The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
Wherever this man went--there was trouble. Death stalked him at every turn. Elfego Baca is "The man who couldn't be killed!"
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Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox: Legendary Heroes
Walt Disney's passion for real-life heroes from the pages of American history was showcased in a host of extremely popular TV series inspired by real-life adventurers who were legends in their own time and beyond. Celebrated here are two of these outstanding series - Elfego Baca, the outlaw-turned-lawyer, and The Swamp Fox, the daring hero of the Revolutionary War. These episodes from the 1955-1960 season are made even more exciting with fascinating stories about the historical figures and the men who portrayed them.
Incarnation
Sister Talia, about to take her perpetual vows, learns of her friend Thuy's death and discovers that another friend, Trang, is possessed by a demon. Using her ability as a medium, Talia exorcises the demon and helps Detective Oh investigate a series of chain suicides. They uncover that Thuy's mother, Chao, a shaman from Vietnam, uses a curse called "Go" to drive people to suicide. When Talia learns Chao plans to pass the curse onto Thuy's daughter Jin, she decides to sacrifice herself by taking the curse into her own body. As she prepares for her fate, Talia is confronted with an unexpected truth.
Adam and Eve
It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating from sexually advanced Paris. The book doesn't look like much, but shouldn't be judged by its cover. Wherever this book goes, something will happen. And for sure, this book goes around.
When Love Blossoms
Qiang is a postman, secretly in love with his housemate Xia. One day, while working, Qiang comes across a theater company working on a play that will turn his life upside down: the story of a young girl saved from suicide by a postman.
El crimen del otro
The Mine
A film dedicated to miners, showing the hardship and risk of working in a mine. Devoid of verbal commentary, it draws its impact from the form: suggestive cinematography close to the pre-war avant-garde, dynamic editing closely linked to music. Brzozowska was accused of formalism at the 1949 Congress of Filmmakers in Wisła, where socialist realism was proclaimed.
Tempus de baristas
This documentary focuses on the vanishing lifestyle of a family of rural residents of the island of Sardinia. For many generations, they have been goatherds in the mountains, and it was a respected and acceptable occupation. Now tourism and the lure of other occupations deeply affects the younger generation, and soon there may be no goatherds left.
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
The opening scene of our story shows a Union powder wagon making its way down the road convoyed by a company of mounted Union soldiers. The route of this wagon is reported to Confederate headquarters by one of its spies. Nan, a girl frequently employed by the department of the Confederate army, is called to headquarters and instructed to secure the destruction of the enemy's ammunition train just reported. Nan is fitted out with a Union uniform, mounted on a fast horse and sent on her journey, previously provided with a forged order supposedly signed by a Union general which authorizes her to pass through the lines.
Gypsy
An orphan, Josefa, runs away from her threatening uncle with whom she is living, and stows away on traveller Fændrik's boat. She is no better off with him, however, as he forces himself on her and makes her steal and beg for a living. Meanwhile Fændrik's sister, who has been left penniless on shore by her deceitful brother, joins forces with Josefa's fiancé, Oscar, in a search for the missing pair.
Therion: Adulruna Rediviva and Beyond Budapest 2007
The concert recorded in Budapest, Hungary was a concert on the “Adulruna Rediviva” 20-year Anniversary Tour in December. The idea of the tour was to play the entire "Theli" album and a set consisting of songs that the fans had voted for on the band web page.
Nina
Nina, a 13-year-old pickpocket with a sharp and wise look, is checking the content of a man's wallet she has just stolen. She is staring at the unknown family pictures with curiosity and sadness - A little later, Nina is captured in her next attempt to steal. Surprisingly, the victim Yana refuses to surrender Nina to the police and decides to pay a little attention to the girl, taking her lunch.
Broken Promise
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
Prea cald pentru luna mai
At a party, the class valedictorian gravely injures a passer by with some saucers thrown through the window. Characters are tested by what follows.
Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara
Wealthy Deepak comes to the rescue of a village belle named Tara, marries her in secret, leaves her with a promise to return. When Tara finds out she is pregnant, and Deepak has abandoned her she gets a stroke and as a result loses her voice. Subsequently, she gives birth to a son, and leaves the village to go to Bombay to look for Deepak. Once there, she comes across Deepak, who will not have anything to do with her, and gives her some money to look after herself and the child. She abandons the child in a taxi-cab, and the child ends up with Deepak's sister, Neela. Watch how hilarious chaos reigns as the child keeps on ending up with Deepak - no matter what he does to get rid of it.
Black Birds
WW2 story about group of prisoners who are trying to escape the death camp, run by local pro-Nazi militia.