The Jane Austen Book Club
4.9
2007
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Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels.
Late Autumn
7.9
1960
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A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husbands three friends.
100 Years of Ulysses
7.5
2022
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Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare and Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyces life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.
La Lectrice
6.5
1988
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A multi-faceted film based on Raymond Jeans novel \La Lectrice\. Constance (Miou-Miou) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover. Inspired by the story of Marie, a woman who advertises her services as a reader of literature, Constance decides to do the same. Here the film takes on a kaleidoscopic effect as the lives of Constance and Marie become merged, making it hard to distinguish what is real and what is fantasy. This structure is further complicated when the lives of Constances clients become tangled with the stories she reads. The film is interspersed with readings from well known literary sources as diverse as, amongst others, Baudelaire, Duras, Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll and de Sades \120 days...\
Gemma Bovery
6.4
2014
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Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flauberts heroes.
The Bronte Sisters
6.1
1979
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In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Yao
6.4
2018
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A young boy from a rural Senegalese village goes to the capital Dakar to see his idol, French actor Seydou Tall.
Murder In Harlem
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1935
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A black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Gothic
5.7
1986
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The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.
Albatross
6.4
2011
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Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beths father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy
7.3
2021
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Hardy is not the man he appears to be. Combining radical instincts, a hatred of hypocrisy, poetic brilliance and a deep sense of the tragic basis of life, Hardy had a quiet external appearance but internally was a man of seething, gloomy darkness. The author of a series of a brilliant novels, many of which have been made into successful feature films -Tess of the DUrbevilles, Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure -Hardy late in life became a great poet. Despite his respectable outward appearance, Hardys life was more complex than it seemed. He married his first wife Emma Gifford in 1874 and became estranged from her for the last 20 years of their life together. They hardly spoke. Hardy was overcome with grief and sadness following the death of Emma.He had ignored her for half their married life. Hardys uncomfortable secret was that for the last years of his wifes life he had been deeply in love with a young woman -his secretary. Quite simply and rather suddenly, Hardys acts of mourning and regret released a greater poet within himself. The work he created made Hardy one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. At the heart of Hardys writing is the intersection of fate and chance with human tragedy, set in a landscape that Hardy called Wessex -one that has haunted his readers ever since.
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
7.1
2022
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A documentary that accurately explores the little-known and disturbing aspects of Emily Brontës cult book.