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    Movies

    Lorenzo's Oil (1992)

    Intellectual parents (Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon) seek and find a way to save their son from a rare...

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    People

    Jeff Rose

    During an extended hiatus from the industry in the late 90s due to family illnesses, Jeff decided to...

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    People

    Anna Wilding

    Anna Wilding appeared in the movies Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut and Loving Lulu.

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    Movies

    The Condemned of Altona (1962)

    Vittorio De Sica's version of a play by Jean-Paul Sartre stars Frederic March as Albrecht von...

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    Movies

    Last Breath (1997)

    A man (Luke Perry) seeks a transplant donor with a rare blood type to save his dying wife (Francie...

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    Movies

    A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

    Due to a serious injury a man is confined to wheelchair in his home. When a blonde woman moves in...

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    Movies

    First Deadly Sin (1980)

    A New York police detective (Frank Sinatra) with a bedridden wife (Faye Dunaway) hunts a killer who...

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    Harlequin (1980)

    A faith healer (Robert Powell) turns his supernatural powers on a hostile PR man (Broderick...

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    Movies

    Mother and Son (1998)

    Set in a crumbling house in the midst of the fields and forests, a melancholy tale about an adult...

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    Movies

    Ma Saison Preferee (1996)

    Tensions escalate as a man (Daniel Auteuil) and his sister (Catherine Deneuve) quarrel over caring...

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    1918 (1985)

    World War I and a deadly flu epidemic change a Texas family (William Converse-Roberts, Hallie Foote,...

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    Movies

    Five Days From Home (1978)

    In this thriller, an ex-cop, convicted for killing his wife's lover, breaks out of prison six days...

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    Movies

    Docteur Francoise Gailland (1978)

    A doctor gains a new perspective on her life and career when she faces a life-threatening illness in...

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    Movies

    Rak

    In this French drama, the limitations of the medical system are exposed. Lila Kedrova plays a mature...

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    Made (1975)

    In this drama, a young woman must cope with the stresses of single-parenthood and of dealing with a...

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    Aunt Zita

    Zita, portrayed by Katina Paxinou, is a Parisian widow who has suffered a stroke. She is cared for...

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    Vec Videno

    A brilliant pianist who has lost his talent meets a young woman and begins life anew.

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    Mullaway

    A teenage girl is forced to care for her family when her mother learns she has a terminal disease.

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    Movies

    The Detective and Death

    A modern-day, surreal take on Hans Chritsian Andersen's fable "The Story of a Mother," this version...

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    Movies

    Laura: The Rebel Years

    Set in 1955 in Buenos Aires, a young girl tries to liberate herself in a repressive...

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    Sweet As You Are

    A young heterosexual couple's complacent marriage is torn asunder by the news that the husband is...

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    The Love Lesson

    A verbal adoption agreement was made 17 years ago between Camille, a NYC gallery owner and...

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    Movies

    Gallivant (1997)

    Kotting, his grandmother and his daughter Eden set out together to travel the whole way around the...

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    Alchemy (1996)

    Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive...

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    Movies

    Mes dix-sept ans

    A drama about a teenage girl who unwittingly becomes HIV-positive.

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    Movies

    Two Weeks (2006)

    Home movies provide insight into family relationships as four adults gather at the North Carolina...

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    East Lynne

    The first film version of Mrs. Henry Wood's venerable novel East Lynne was filmed in Britain in...

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    East Lynne

    Mrs. Henry Wood's war-horse novel and play East Lynne has been filmed so often that we've lost...

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    Movies

    No Sad Songs for Me (1950)

    Told she is dying, a young mother (Margaret Sullavan) hides it from her husband (Wendell Corey) and...

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    TV

    Lady Lovelylocks and the Pixietails (1987)

    An animated series, set in the enchanted land of Lovelylocks, which relates the adventures of its...