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821) Sinatra
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English
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Through the years, Frank Sinatra did it his way. To set the record straight, he collaborated in the making of this movie of his life, featuring his own vocals and some astonishing personal revelations. It covers more than 50 years, beginning with a spirited boyhood in Hoboken and ending with the 1974 return from retirement of the man whose voice captivates generations. More than two dozen Sinatra standards grace this production, and most are from...
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English
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The story of Nick Burnham, a young industrialist, and Lianne DeVilliers, the wife of an esteemed French ambassador, who meet by chance at the White House and again on a transatlantic voyage to Europe, where they begin an illicit affair; as war breaks out across Europe and Lianne's husband falls under suspicion as a Nazi collaborator, the pressure on their forbidden romance soon takes its toll, sending them to opposite sides of the globe.
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Français
Description
This absurdist, metaphysical murder mystery opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France. The bumbling and mumbling Captain Van der Weyden is assigned to investigate the crime, but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin, as he proceeds to investigate the case.
826) Here and there
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Français
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The director Agnès Varda documents her travels through Europe and America (both North and South) and encounters with a variety of artists, including Chris Marker and Manoel de Oliveira.
827) The fourth estate
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English
Description
"A revelatory four-part series from behind the scenes of The New York Times during the first year of the Trump Administration. Through extraordinary access and exclusive interviews, this series chronicles the tenacity of editors, journalists, and reporters who fight every day for the freedom of the press in their tireless pursuit of the truth, no matter the political cost or personal sacrifice" -- from container.
828) The lost boys
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English
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The haunting story of the life of J.M. Barrie, the creator of "Peter Pan." A chance meeting with a little boy turns into a friendship that inspires the story that changed the world.
829) The wild west
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English
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Re-evaluates three of the most famous figures of the time. Colonel Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn, Billy the Kid, and the role that Wyatt Earp played in the gunfight at the OK Corral. Wild West brings this time to live with dramatizations of historical events, uncovering secrets and twists, proving that once and for all, fact can be a lot more interesting than fiction.
830) Luther: Series one
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English
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A self-destructive near-genius, Luther might just be as dangerous as the depraved criminals he hunts. Luther follows his own moral code as much as the rules of criminal law. But he quickly becomes locked in a lethal battle of wits with Alice, a beautiful, highly intelligent mass murderer, and his decision-making process becomes increasingly murky. Luther's lonely path pulls him towards the very edge of temptation.
831) Holocaust
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English
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The award-winning miniseries follows the tragedy and triumph of the Weiss family of Berlin and intertwines their fate as European Jews with the story of a German family, the Dorfs, whose members include a high-ranking Nazi officer.
832) Road to Avonlea: The complete third season =Les contes d'Avonlea.L'intégrale de la troisième saison
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English
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In this season, Avonlea gets an effervescent new schoolteacher and endures a villain plucked from a mystery novel, while Olivia's wedding plans get wildly out of hand and Sara trades places with a street-smart waif who passes as her double. It ends with the death of Marilla Cuthbert, filling in the story between Anne of Green Gables: the sequel and Anne of Green Gables: the continuing story.
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Korean
Description
Cha Joo Hyuk works at a bank. He has been married to Seo Woo Jin for five years. When a strange incident happens one day, Joo Hyuk makes a decision that impacts his life, and those around him in unexpected ways. Suddenly, the life he had with Woo Jin and his best friend, Yoon Joong Hoo are gone, and he is leading a very different life.
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English
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Rory O'Manion is a hot-headed and rebellious farmer, who has become increasingly fed up with his meager existence in British-controlled Ireland during the Great Potato Famine of the 19th century. He ironically meets and falls in love with Rachel Clement, the feisty daughter of a local English landlord, but he decides to set off to establish a new life in America without her.
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English
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Mrs. Wilson: It's 1963, and Alison Wilson returns home to find husband Alexander dead. Soon afterward, a woman arrives at the door, claiming to be Alec's 'real wife.' Alison embarks on a mission of discovery to try and find out who her husband was, but from their wartime romance to a mysterious period in India, it soon becomes clear that Alec died holding his secrets close to his chest.
Flesh and blood: Helen, Jake and Natalie are thrown into disarray...
836) Jack the Ripper
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English
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"In 1888, a reign of murderous terror struck East London. To this day, the case is unsolved. And the killer is known only by his infamous nickname. But the truth may at last have been found. Based on breakthrough research at the time it was made, this gripping 'what if' suggests who wielded the surgically sharp blade of death and why his identity has been concealed. Scotland Yard's Frederick Abberline heads a movie cloaked in mystery and wrapped in...
837) The good lord bird
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English
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Told from the point of view of Onion, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery and finds himself part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry, the Limited Event Series is an adventure equal parts absurd and tragic, spotlighting the ever-changing racial, religious and gender roles that make up the American identity.
838) Cranford
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English
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1842. Cranford is a small market town in the Northwest part of England. It is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness in Cranford, and her demurring sister Matty, the town is a hub of intrigue where little goes unnoticed. Everyone in town - from the charming rogue Dr. Marshland to Mrs. Jamieson and her lap dog - talks, and in turn is talked about....
839) Defending Jacob
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English
Description
Chris Evans stars in the limited series directed by Academy Award nominee Morten Tyldum. Based on the New York Times bestselling novel, this series unfolds around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town and one family in particular, forcing an assistant district attorney to choose between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional love for his son.
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English
Description
Friends and Crocodiles: Stephen Poliakoff drama depicts the love story and working relationship between a 'Gatsby-like' businessman and his secretary, against the backdrop of the changing business world of Britain in the 80's and 90's. Much Ado about Nothing: Retelling of the Shakespeare play as a romantic comedy set in a south coast regional TV newsroom, charting the relationship between ex-lovers and warring co-anchors Beatrice Evans and Benedick...