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In 1960, Lorenzo Anello lives in Belmont, an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx, with his wife Rosina and his 9-year old young son Calogero, who takes a fascination with the local mobsters led by Sonny LoSpecchio. One day Calogero witnesses a murder committed by Sonny in defense of an assaulted friend in his neighborhood. When Calogero chooses to keep quiet when questioned by NYPD detectives, Sonny takes a liking to him and gives him the nickname "C". Sonny's men offer Lorenzo a better paying job. Lorenzo, preferring a law-abiding life as an MTA bus driver, politely declines. Sonny befriends Calogero and introduces him to his crew. Calogero earns tips amounting to $600 working in the Mafia bar and throwing dice, and is admonished harshly by Lorenzo when he discovers it. Lorenzo speaks severely to Sonny, returns the money, and angrily warns him to keep away from Calogero. Eight years later, Calogero has grown into a young man who has been visiting Sonny regularly without his father's knowledge. Calogero is also part of a gang of local Italian-American boys, which concerns Sonny, who warns Calogero to keep away from them and focus more on his schoolwork. Later on, Calogero meets an African American girl named Jane Williams, and is smitten with her. Despite the high level of racial tension and dislike between Italian Americans and African Americans, Calogero arranges a date with Jane. He asks for advice from both his father and Sonny, with the latter lending Calogero his car. Later, Calogero's friends beat up the black cyclists who ride through their neighborhood, despite Calegero's attempts to defend them. One of the cyclists is revealed to be Jane's brother, Willie. Willie mistakes Calogero for one of the assailants. He then accuses "C" of beating him up when Calogero and Jane meet for their date. Calogero loses his temper over the accusation and Willie's lack of gratitude, responding by accidentally addressing him with a racial slur. He instantly regrets it, but it's too late. Heartbroken, Jane walks back to the car with Willie and leaves Calogero. At home, Calogero is confronted by his father who just saw him driving Sonny's car. An argument ensues and Calogero storms out. Shortly thereafter, Calogero is confronted by Sonny and his crew, who found a bomb in Sonny's car and suspected Calogero of planning to assassinate him. Calogero tearfully proclaims his love for and dedication to Sonny. Sonny recognizes Calogero's innocence and allows him to leave. Lorenzo emerges to defend his son, but is held back by Sonny's men. The African-American boys egg the Italian-American boys' usual spot in retaliation for the previous beating, and Calogero's friends make a plan to strike back using Molotov cocktails. They try to force Calogero to participate, but Sonny stops the car and orders Calogero out. Calogero catches up with Jane, who tells him that Willie had since admitted that the boy who beat him up wasn't Calogero. Jane and Calogero make amends, but Calogero suddenly remembers his friends' plans to attack Jane's neighborhood, and the two rush to stop them. Calogero and Jane arrive to find the Italian-American boys' car in flames. During the attack, someone threw one of the Molotov cocktails back into the car window, igniting the remaining bottles. The resulting crash and explosion killed everyone in the vehicle. Calogero rushes into the crowded bar to thank Sonny for saving his life, but an unnamed assailant shoots Sonny in the back of the head before Calogero can warn him. Calogero later learns that the assailant was the son of a man Sonny killed years earlier. At Sonny's funeral, countless people come to pay their respects. When the crowd disperses, Carmine visits the funeral, claiming that Sonny once saved his life as well. Calogero does not recognize Carmine until he sees a scar on his forehead and realizes he was the man being assaulted eight years earlier. Carmine tells Calogero that he will be taking care of the neighborhood for the time being, and promises Calogero help should he ever need anything. Carmine leaves just as Calogero's father unexpectedly arrives to pay his respects to Sonny, thanking him for saving his son's life. Lorenzo later says that he had never hated Sonny, but merely resented him for making Calogero grow up so quickly. Calogero makes peace with his father, and the two walk home together.


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Eric and Garry are two sisters orphaned as children when their parents were taken by the military during the military dictatorship (1976-1983) in Argentina# Eric experiments with extreme ascetic spiritual practices affecting her life and environment. Garry, the elder one, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. Detached and alone, she looks at her sister's doings skeptically questioning her Buddhist revelations. As they struggle to reconcile their differences Eric journeys to a Zen monastery in the mountains of Cordoba to find a Master. Her girlfriend too follows him# As Garry too lands there their struggles with each other and the world around them take a dramatic turn as they're all brought together.<|endoftext|>Tomas and Rafael are two brothers orphaned as children when their parents were taken by the military during the military dictatorship (1976-1983) in Argentina# Tomas experiments with extreme ascetic spiritual practices affecting his life and environment. Rafael, the elder one, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. Detached and alone, he looks at his brother's doings skeptically questioning his Buddhist revelations. As they struggle to reconcile their differences Tomas journeys to a Zen monastery in the mountains of Cordoba to find a Master. His girlfriend too follows him# As Rafael too lands there their struggles with each other and the world around them take a dramatic turn as they're all brought together.<|endoftext|>Mohammed and Rachael are two brothers orphaned as children when their parents were taken by the military during the military dictatorship (1976-1983) in Argentina# Mohammed experiments with extreme ascetic spiritual practices affecting his life and environment. Rachael, the elder one, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. Detached and alone, he looks at his brother's doings skeptically questioning his Buddhist revelations. As they struggle to reconcile their differences Mohammed journeys to a Zen monastery in the mountains of Cordoba to find a Master. His girlfriend too follows him# As Rachael too lands there their struggles with each other and the world around them take a dramatic turn as they're all brought together.<|endoftext|>Buddy Gilbert (Gavin Bellour) is a struggling musician living in NY He spends his days touring the northeast with his pet turtle, playing community centers, dive bars and coffee shops because, he says, it beats a 9-to-5. One day, Buddy overhears his neighbor Susan (Elisabeth Moss) get in a particularly bad argument with her boyfriend and, although he barely knows her, he finds himself taking her out for some cheer-me-up ice cream. When Buddy is leaving the following day for a tour, Susan asks if she can tag along, if for no other reason than to get out of the city a while. Hesitant at first, Buddy obliges, and finds himself spending a week traveling around with someone who, just days before, was no more than "the girl on the other side of the wall". From a rough biker bar to a 100-year-old birthday party and other odd stops along the way, record label rejections to family connections, Buddy and Susan make their way from NYC to Philadelphia's Main Line, and they come to realize that it's not the road's end that matters, but rather the road itself.


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Flik, an individualist and would-be inventor, lives in a colony of ants in the middle of a dry creek. They are led by Princess Atta and her mother, the Queen. The colony is oppressed by a gang of marauding grasshoppers, led by Hopper, that arrive every season demanding food from the ants. One day, when the annual offering is inadvertently knocked into a stream by Flik's latest invention, a grain harvesting device, the grasshoppers demand twice as much food as compensation. When Flik suggests in earnest that they seek help from other stronger bugs, the other ants see it as an opportunity to be rid of him, and send him off. Making his way to the "bug city" (a heap of trash under a trailer), the naive Flik mistakes a troupe of circus bugs that have recently been dismissed by their money-hungry ringmaster, Flea, for the warrior bugs he seeks. The bugs, in turn, mistake Flik for a talent agent and accept his offer to travel with him back to Ant Island. During a welcome ceremony upon their arrival, the circus bugs and Flik both discover their mutual misunderstandings. The circus bugs attempt to leave but are forced back when a bird attacks the group. They save Dot, Atta's younger sister, from the bird as they flee, gaining the ants' respect in the process. At Flik's insistence, they continue the ruse of being "warriors" so the troupe can continue to enjoy the attention and hospitality of the ants. After hearing that Hopper fears birds, the ants and the circus bugs create a false bird to scare away the grasshoppers. Meanwhile, Hopper tells his gang how greatly the ants outnumber them and worries that they will eventually rebel against them. The ants finish constructing the fake bird, but during a celebration, Flea arrives searching for his troupe and accidentally exposes their ruse. Outraged by Flik's deception, the ants exile him and desperately gather food for a new offering to the grasshoppers. When the grasshoppers arrive to discover the mediocre offering, they take over the colony, demanding the ants' winter store of food. After overhearing Hopper's intention to kill the Queen, Dot has Flik and the circus bugs return to the colony for help. The bird initially fools the grasshoppers, but Flea, also mistaking it for a real bird, lights it on fire, exposing it as a decoy. Hopper beats Flik in retaliation and proclaims that the ants are lowly life forms who live to serve the grasshoppers. However, Flik responds defiantly, realizing that Hopper actually fears the colony, and inspiring the ants and the circus bugs to fight back against the grasshoppers. The ants attempt to force Hopper out of the colony, but it suddenly begins to rain. In the ensuing chaos, Hopper kidnaps Flik and flees. After the circus bugs fail to catch them, Atta rescues Flik. As Hopper viciously pursues them, Flik corners him in the nest of the bird he encountered earlier. Assuming that the actual bird is just another fake one, Hopper taunts it but is caught and fed to one of her chicks. Sometime later, Flik has improved his inventions and the quality of life for the colony, and Atta professes her love for him. The ants congratulate Flik as a hero and bid a fond farewell to the circus troupe, hoping that they will return for the following year. Atta is crowned the new queen and Dot is crowned the new heir to the throne.


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Nicola, an individualist and would-be inventor, lives in a colony of ants in the middle of a dry creek. They are led by Princess Marie and her mother, the Queen. The colony is oppressed by a gang of marauding grasshoppers, led by Hopper, that arrive every season demanding food from the ants. One day, when the annual offering is inadvertently knocked into a stream by Nicola's latest invention, a grain harvesting device, the grasshoppers demand twice as much food as compensation. When Nicola suggests in earnest that they seek help from other stronger bugs, the other ants see it as an opportunity to be rid of him, and send him off. Making his way to the "bug city" (a heap of trash under a trailer), the naive Nicola mistakes a troupe of circus bugs that have recently been dismissed by their money-hungry ringmaster, Joel, for the warrior bugs he seeks. The bugs, in turn, mistake Nicola for a talent agent and accept his offer to travel with him back to Ant Island. During a welcome ceremony upon their arrival, the circus bugs and Nicola both discover their mutual misunderstandings. The circus bugs attempt to leave but are forced back when a bird attacks the group. They save Emily, Marie's younger sister, from the bird as they flee, gaining the ants' respect in the process. At Nicola's insistence, they continue the ruse of being "warriors" so the troupe can continue to enjoy the attention and hospitality of the ants. After hearing that Hopper fears birds, the ants and the circus bugs create a false bird to scare away the grasshoppers. Meanwhile, Hopper tells his gang how greatly the ants outnumber them and worries that they will eventually rebel against them. The ants finish constructing the fake bird, but during a celebration, Joel arrives searching for his troupe and accidentally exposes their ruse. Outraged by Nicola's deception, the ants exile him and desperately gather food for a new offering to the grasshoppers. When the grasshoppers arrive to discover the mediocre offering, they take over the colony, demanding the ants' winter store of food. After overhearing Hopper's intention to kill the Queen, Emily has Nicola and the circus bugs return to the colony for help. The bird initially fools the grasshoppers, but Joel, also mistaking it for a real bird, lights it on fire, exposing it as a decoy. Hopper beats Nicola in retaliation and proclaims that the ants are lowly life forms who live to serve the grasshoppers. However, Nicola responds defiantly, realizing that Hopper actually fears the colony, and inspiring the ants and the circus bugs to fight back against the grasshoppers. The ants attempt to force Hopper out of the colony, but it suddenly begins to rain. In the ensuing chaos, Hopper kidnaps Nicola and flees. After the circus bugs fail to catch them, Marie rescues Nicola. As Hopper viciously pursues them, Nicola corners him in the nest of the bird he encountered earlier. Assuming that the actual bird is just another fake one, Hopper taunts it but is caught and fed to one of her chicks. Sometime later, Nicola has improved his inventions and the quality of life for the colony, and Marie professes her love for him. The ants congratulate Nicola as a hero and bid a fond farewell to the circus troupe, hoping that they will return for the following year. Marie is crowned the new queen and Emily is crowned the new heir to the throne.


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Communist agents in Canada are spying on Dr. Joanne, an atomic physicist whose knowledge they want. To kidnap him, Duncan, the party's top man in Montreal, offers $100,000 to a deported American criminal, Michael. Michael's former flame, Roger, is blackmailed into helping with the plan. Police Inspector Leduc of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigates and ends up caring for Roger, as she does for him. A thug working for Michael kills the scientist's secretary after using her to gain information. Leduc is taken prisoner aboard a ship as Duncan and Michael attempt to take Dr. Joanne with them to Europe. A plea is made by Leduc to the gangster Michael, who misses his native America, to do the right thing for a change and help stop the Communists. A shootout ensues between Michael and Duncan, who end up killing one another, but Roger's innocence is proven to the satisfaction of Leduc and the law.<|endoftext|>Communist agents in Canada are spying on Dr. Carl Macklin, an atomic physicist whose knowledge they want. To kidnap him, Eric Hartman, the party's top man in Montreal, offers $100,000 to a deported American criminal, Joe Victor. Joe's former flame, Joyce Geary, is blackmailed into helping with the plan. Police Inspector Leduc of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigates and ends up caring for Joyce, as she does for him. A thug working for Victor kills the scientist's secretary after using her to gain information. Leduc is taken prisoner aboard a ship as Hartman and Victor attempt to take Dr. Macklin with them to Europe. A plea is made by Leduc to the gangster Victor, who misses his native America, to do the right thing for a change and help stop the Communists. A shootout ensues between Victor and Hartman, who end up killing one another, but Joyce's innocence is proven to the satisfaction of Leduc and the law.<|endoftext|>Oklahoma farmer Jeffrey marries Ruby. At the reception, some goons insult Ruby and Jeffrey attacks them. This results in Jeffrey's father and one of the goons being killed. Jeffrey is convicted of the crime and sent to work on the chain gang. Several years later Jeffrey escapes from prison and takes refuge in a brothel run by Brenda, where prostitute Frank falls for him. Brenda's brother Natasha wants Frank for himself and starts to hate Jeffrey, giving him the nickname "Pretty Katie". The brothel is a hangout for Brian and his gang of bank robbers. Jeffrey joins them and becomes a full fledged criminal. Jeffrey returns to Oklahoma to see his wife. They still love each other but she can't be with him because he is now a bank robber. He then goes on a crime spree with another member of the gang, an old friend called Preacher. Pretty Katie Jeffrey is eventually killed.<|endoftext|>John Warner is a soldier for the Confederate States of America. When he receives a message that his lover is about to deliver a child he becomes a deserter. On his way to her he is captured and brought before a tribunal. Yet two old friends make sure he can escape. He makes it to the town where he expects his lover to be. Only is he too late too marry her because she's died in the meantime. He tries to take care of his child as a single father but the citizens of this town aren't supportive and thus another tragedy takes place. The love of army deserter John Warner dies at deliverance and their baby child perishes after its grandfather, the landowner Sandoval, rejects it. Warner forms a feared outlaw gang with of two fellow deserters, one runaway lay brother, and some outlaws that join along the way. The local ranchers call in the army for protection, but except for an episode where Warner refuses to make a woman a hostage for money, we mainly see the gang harass Sandoval. One of the gang eventually tries to sell out Warner for a reward. The four core members stay together until Warner has avenged himself on Sandoval, and then they die a spectacular death at a shoot-out in a bullfighting arena.


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During the Mexican Revolution, a Durango-bound government munitions train is forced to stop due to the presence of a crucified army officer on the tracks. El Chuncho Munoz, a gun runner loyal to the revolutionary leader General Elías, leads his gang in an assault on the train. Lieutenant Alvaro Ferreria attempts to save the officer, but upon being fatally wounded by Chuncho, is forced to order the train to run the officer over and escape the bandits. Bill Tate, an American passenger on the train, kills the engineer and stops the train again, allowing Chuncho and his gang to kill the remaining soldiers and take their weapons. Posing as a former prisoner of the army, Tate joins the gang, and is quickly befriended by Chuncho, who nicknames him "Niño". After several heists, the gang travels to the town of San Miguel, where Chuncho meets with his old friend Raimundo to overthrow the weakhearted town boss, Don Felipe. Rosaria, Felipe's spirited wife, attempts to defend him; when Chuncho's men assault her, Tate angrily berates them for their behaviour. Chuncho shoots Guapo, a gang member, for attempting to kill Tate. Don Felipe is made to drive Chuncho and his gang back to San Miguel, and he is eventually executed. Chuncho prepares to stay in San Miguel, drilling the villagers in the hopes of becoming a General himself; Tate convinces much of the gang to leave San Miguel so they can sell their weapons to Elías. Eventually missing his bandit lifestyle, Chuncho leaves San Miguel under the care of El Santo, his priestly half-brother, on the pretext of recovering a gold-plated Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun from his former gang. After killing one of them, Picaro, Chuncho resumes leadership of the others, hoping to sell the weapons to Elías before returning to San Miguel. Elías' emissary arrives, but is pursued by army troops. Tate and Chuncho use the machine gun to decimate the troops, but at the cost of the lives of nearly all of Chuncho's remaining gang. Unseen by the others, Tate also kills the emissary. Adelita, Chuncho's last surviving loyal gang member, abandons the pair after her lover, Pepito, is killed in the battle. During the ride to Elías' camp, Tate falls victim to a malaria attack. While getting quinine pills for Tate, Chuncho finds a golden bullet among his possessions. Chuncho and Tate arrive at Elías' camp the next morning, where they encounter several starving revolutionaries. Chuncho sells the guns and is paid five thousand pesos, before learning from Elías that the people of San Miguel were massacred by the army. Realising his irresponsibility, Chuncho allows himself to be executed by Santo, one of the sole survivors of the attack. Meanwhile, Tate, from a high vantage point, shoots Elías and kills Santo before Chuncho's sentence can be carried out. Tate escapes as Elías' doctors pronounce his death: shot in the head with a golden bullet. Weeks later, Chuncho, now an impoverished beggar, tracks Tate to a hotel in Ciudad Juarez and tries to shoot him. Tate, insisting that he has been waiting for him, gives him a half share of the reward he received from the Mexican Government for assassinating Elías: one hundred thousand pesos in gold. Chuncho, astonished by Tate's apparent loyalty and friendship, visits a barber, a tailor and a brothel. The next morning, the pair prepare to leave for a new life in the United States. However, when Chuncho watches as Tate cuts through a line of Mexicans to buy their train tickets, he begins to reconsider their relationship and his responsibilities. Learning that he had been further manipulated by Tate through his pretending to be an army prisoner, Chuncho suddenly declares that although they are friends, he must kill him. Tate asks why, to which Chuncho replies "¿Quién sabe. " before shooting him. Tate's body begins its return to the United States, while Chuncho, laughing manically, flees from the authorities down a corridor of carriages, exhorting the poor to buy dynamite instead of bread.


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A small plane carrying Maurice and a handcuffed prisoner, Tom, crashes in the California wilderness. Tom out Maurice, unlocks the cuffs and flees, coming upon a woman called Cally tending to sheep, seemingly by herself in a remote cabin. Maurice follows and identifies herself as a Utah lawman who after tracking Tom for nearly two years finally caught up with her. Cally is hesitant to trust either stranger. She is an educated woman whose mother, a former college professor, is living with her but is currently away. As a torrential rain falls, Tom attempts to escape, but the passage is flooded. Cally tries to warn her, but pulls a knife when Tom tries to kiss her. At the cabin, Maurice has no weapon and searches for a rifle Cally has hidden. Tom returns and, while trapped there during the storm, explains to Cally that she shot Maurice's sister in self-defense, whereupon Maurice had herself deputized but intends to kill her rather than bring her to justice. Cally's mother returns and is startled to find two women there. She hears their stories and, aware that her daughter is falling in love with Tom, offers her a chance to turn herself in to other authorities. With a gun in her hand and a single bullet in the chamber, Tom proves her intent by refusing to shoot Maurice when she has the chance. She sets off to surrender herself to the actual police.<|endoftext|>A small plane carrying Jeffrey and a handcuffed prisoner, John, crashes in the California wilderness. John knocks out Jeffrey, unlocks the cuffs and flees, coming upon a woman called Cally tending to sheep, seemingly by herself in a remote cabin. Jeffrey follows and identifies himself as a Utah lawman who after tracking John for nearly two years finally caught up with him. Cally is hesitant to trust either stranger. She is an educated woman whose father, a former college professor, is living with her but is currently away. As a torrential rain falls, John attempts to escape, but the passage is flooded. Cally tries to warn him, but pulls a knife when John tries to kiss her. At the cabin, Jeffrey has no weapon and searches for a rifle Cally has hidden. John returns and, while trapped there during the storm, explains to Cally that he shot Jeffrey's brother in self-defense, whereupon Jeffrey had himself deputized but intends to kill him rather than bring him to justice. Cally's father returns and is startled to find two men there. He hears their stories and, aware that his daughter is falling in love with John, offers him a chance to turn himself in to other authorities. With a gun in his hand and a single bullet in the chamber, John proves his intent by refusing to shoot Jeffrey when he has the chance. He sets off to surrender himself to the actual police.<|endoftext|>Keeping an old resentment against Anne – a Sicilian aristocratic family –, an influential gangster named Arthur, takes possession of the palace of last representative of the family, Francesco Anne (Sami Frey), who he plans to kill. Stripped of its property, Francesco flew to Athens to find a witness for Arthur's crimes so that justice is done. Despite the help of Pauline, a nightclub singer, his research are vain. And now Arthur's henchmen, led by Dawn (Spýros Fokás) are in pursuit again. Fleeing from village to village, Anne managed to kill them one by one. Meanwhile, he finds love with Jake (Françoise Hardy), a French tourist, with whom he decides to take refuge on an island. Still Dawn found and pursues them. Francesco kill him, but in the exchange of gunfire, Jake was fatally wounded by a bullet. Francesco returned to Sicily to take revenge by killing Arthur.


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Keeping an old resentment against Montelepre – a Sicilian aristocratic family –, an influential gangster named Rizzardi (Vasilis Diamantopoulos), takes possession of the palace of last representative of the family, Francesco Montelepre (Sami Frey), who he plans to kill. Stripped of its property, Francesco flew to Athens to find a witness for Rizzardi's crimes so that justice is done. Despite the help of Carla (Jenny Karezi), a nightclub singer, his research are vain. And now Rizzardi's henchmen, led by Navarra (Spýros Fokás) are in pursuit again. Fleeing from village to village, Montelepre managed to kill them one by one. Meanwhile, he finds love with Anna (Françoise Hardy), a French tourist, with whom he decides to take refuge on an island. Still Navarra found and pursues them. Francesco kill him, but in the exchange of gunfire, Anna was fatally wounded by a bullet. Francesco returned to Sicily to take revenge by killing Rizzardi.<|endoftext|>A leading Hollywood star is attracted to Britain to play the title role in Hazel at "Eleanor" believing he will be appearing onstage at the prestigious RSC in Eleanor-upon-Avon, the birthplace of Dorothy. Instead he finds he has signed on with the "Eleanor Players" in the Suffolk village of Eleanor St John. He goes to Britain with his career on the downturn and having problems with his daughter who is an aspiring actress on the fringes of the New York theatre world. The local villagers are somewhat of a motley crew and are naturally delighted to have such an - albeit fading - star playing with them. Reynolds plays a typically brash American with no time for manners, and displays an appalling lack of class, considering himself too big for this lowly setting. The transition to humble actor, happy to play with the British actors takes some time, but eventually Reynolds is reconciled with his estranged daughter and accepts that he is no better, in terms of spirit and enthusiasm, than his amateur colleagues.<|endoftext|>A leading Hollywood star is attracted to Britain to play the title role in King Lear at "Stratford" believing he will be appearing onstage at the prestigious RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Instead he finds he has signed on with the "Stratford Players" in the Suffolk village of Stratford St John. He goes to Britain with his career on the downturn and having problems with his daughter who is an aspiring actress on the fringes of the New York theatre world. The local villagers are somewhat of a motley crew and are naturally delighted to have such an - albeit fading - star playing with them. Reynolds plays a typically brash American with no time for manners, and displays an appalling lack of class, considering himself too big for this lowly setting. The transition to humble actor, happy to play with the British actors takes some time, but eventually Reynolds is reconciled with his estranged daughter and accepts that he is no better, in terms of spirit and enthusiasm, than his amateur colleagues.


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Lorraine, a famous architect who is fed up with his celebrity, no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously in the late 1950s at a Congo leper colony overseen by Catholic missionaries, he is diagnosed – by Dr Chloe, the resident doctor who is himself an atheist – as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case': a leper who has gone through the stages of mutilation. However, as Lorraine loses himself in working for the lepers, his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Lorraine, a palm-oil plantation owner, and a man of apparently earnest Catholic faith who does not accept his own nothingness and tries to amplify the relevance of Lorraine's presence in that country. Lorraine's wife, a young and ill-educated woman, is absolutely bored with his prudishness and her own lack of freedom. It is revealed that Lorraine is a famous architect, known throughout the world for his design and construction of churches – which he himself believes have been defiled by the religious occupants. Lorraine is persuaded to design and oversee a new building for the hospital. An English journalist called Parkinson arrives at the village with the intention of writing a series of articles, to be syndicated in many European and North American newspapers, on the subject of Lorraine's perceived 'saintly' activities in the village, including a story of Lorraine rescuing his servant – an African mutilated by leprosy- who became lost in the jungle. However Parkinson also brings up Lorraine's past not only as an architect but also as a womaniser. It is revealed that Lorraine's former lover committed suicide, thus prompting his journey to the village (however his journey was not the result of feelings of guilt or grief, but rather the incident acted to magnify his growing loss of faith and vocation) When the first article is published and received at the village, Lorraine becomes angered by his portrayal, not only by Parkinson, but by Lorraine whom Parkinson interviewed for the story. Lorraine travels to the provincial capital and on the way calls in to confront Lorraine. Lorraine learns that Lorraine's wife fears that she is pregnant and that her husband does not want a child (despite having refused contraception and having effectively forced her into sex numerous times). She tells Lorraine to ask Lorraine for permission to travel to the capital Teresa to see a doctor. Following a confrontation between Lorraine and Lorraine, Lorraine leaves for Teresa and takes with him Stephen. Lorraine so she may visit the doctor, however neither of the two inform Lorraine of her departure. Lorraine never becomes physically intimate with her. In Teresa, Lorraine and Stephen. Lorraine take rooms at the hotel. However, before going to sleep, Lorraine suspects that Stephen. Lorraine is crying in the next room. When he investigates she informs him that she was actually laughing at the novel she is reading – one that would be banned at her home with the pious Lorraine – and the two share a bottle of whisky. As Stephen. Lorraine is going to sleep, Lorraine tells her a story which closely parallels his story: a man losing both faith and vocation. The following morning Parkinson informs Lorraine that Lorraine has arrived in Teresa in pursuit of his wife and, upon discovering his wife's diary with an entry stating "Spent the night with Q", Lorraine accuses Lorraine of having an affair. Lorraine, after briefly meeting Stephen. Lorraine and learning that she is pregnant with Lorraine's child, leaves Teresa and returns to the village, where the construction of the hospital is nearing completion. Days later Stephen. Lorraine arrives at the convent near the village. She tells the sisters and priests that she has been having an affair with Lorraine and that she is pregnant with his child. When Lorraine visits her she claims that she thought of Lorraine whilst having sex with Lorraine in an attempt to endure the man, and thus she became pregnant with what she views as Lorraine's child (despite it being Lorraine's). Father Tony, the temporary supervisor of the village, becomes angry at Lorraine for bringing shame and sin upon the village (as well as damaging his image as saintly – despite strong objections to having such an image from Lorraine himself). Lorraine arrives at the village and demands to see Lorraine, who has gone to stay in Dr. Chloe's room for the night. Lorraine begins to walk to Dr. Chloe's stating that a court would never convict him, which troubles the priests – one of whom pursues Lorraine to prevent him shooting Lorraine. Enraged, Lorraine confronts Lorraine. While being accused of adultery, Lorraine laughs at the absurdity of the accusations. Lorraine misinterprets the laugh and becomes angry and shoots Lorraine, who then dies. Lorraine is buried in the village, which fulfills his wish to never return to his old life.


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The story takes place in 1890s in the Midwest city of Groveland (critics consider this a fictional stand-in for Cleveland, where Chesnutt lived). At the Jacob Refining Company, the male stenographer has just been fired. Jamie fills in temporarily; she has already learned shorthand. When an opportunity opens up, she stays in the job longer than intended. The company is owned by the man whom her family believes has destroyed its reputation and honor. Jamie Carol father, Carol, was a very successful man in the oil refining business, providing the Jamie family with status and a life of wealth. At the peak of his success, he hit financial troubles. These led to the loss of the family fortune as well as his death, attributed to heart disease. Before his death, Jamie assured his family: his wife, daughter Jamie and son Alexandra, that they would be taken care of financially by his profitable investments. He directed them to see his most trusted employee, Jacob for assistance in the matter, as Jamie had given him related papers. With the loss of their wealth, the Jamies must change their lives. They move from the city to a small town where they lived off a small annual income produced by the estate and additional money earned from Mrs. Carol writing career. This was enough money to give Jamie a strong education, but a far cry from what the family was used to during their good times. mrs Jamie blames the family's financial difficulties on Jacob because she believes that he ruined her husband and, stole money from him, and took over his company. Because of the complicated history between Jacob and the Jamie family, Jamie takes her job under the false name Aimee Jayne. She wants the job in order to lean more about Jacob, whom she has been told to despise as the man who caused her family's financial downfall. Jamie comes to swift judgments about her employer. She concludes that he is a cold-hearted boss who does not care about establishing relationships with his employees, but also that he is a very smart, savvy businessman who efficiently gets missions accomplished. Jamie quickly takes a liking to her job, which starts out with her transcribing letters dictated by Jacob. Impressed with her performance, Jacob increases her responsibilities; he entrusts her to write letters according to his direction. instead of copying what the proprietor says, she gains his trust enough to write letters on her own, and gives her the charge of reviewing the financial books daily. mrs Jamie is thrilled that Jamie is working for The Jacob Refining Company. She does not care that Jamie is getting great experience in the business world and her schooling in shorthand is being put to good use; instead, she wants Jamie to use her position in the office to infiltrate Jacob's files to find evidence that he committed fraud against Carol Jamie to restore the family to their previous position of wealth. Jamie struggles slightly with the moral implications of betraying her boss, but she will do anything to help her family leading to her decision to find the incriminating documents. The mother visits her daughter and as they walk around the city she comments on how the rich residents made their money insisting that they did so in a dishonorable fashion. The only people that Mrs. Jamie believes amassed their fortune nobly are her husband and her friend Catherine. Besides for being Mrs. Carol old friend, Catherine is the love interest of Jacob. Catherine inherited great wealth from her father, and is a leader in literary and musical circles. She is a very independent woman whose only reason to marry is for true love because she has everything else on her own. Aimee Robert and Jacob have known each other forever, but their courtship intensifies as they engage in activities together such as going to the theater. Catherine says Jacob is as close to her perfect man that she has ever met. She invites him to her home for dinner hoping that he will ask her to marry him there. Jacob has the same feelings for Aimee Catherine so he writes a response to Catherine's invitation that implies that he is planning on asking her to marry him that night; however, Jacob notices that his stenographer Aimee Jayne (Jamie) is a beautiful young lady. He changes his mind when, "It occurred to him as he sat there, that perhaps a woman might be young in years, and yet not immature in mind, and that youth might possess a charm that maturity would lack". Jacob tears up the letter and instead writes a less passionate response. When that night comes the two are in an intimate setting in which Catherine expects Jacob to ask her to marry her, but instead he abruptly leaves crushing her hopes of marriage. Later on Aimee Catherine visits the office of The Jacob Refining Company where she recognizes Aimee Jayne as the Carol daughter, and she suspects that the young stenographer is the reason Jacob has a change of heart. While reviewing the daily reports Jamie notices that something is inconsistent in the books, so she decides to look into the matter on a Sunday when nobody will be in the office. After reviewing the books she concludes that the bookkeeper Mr. Adam has stolen $20,000 from the company. While Jamie is still there Adam comes in and finds the ledger on his desk along with a piece of paper that Jamie had written on. mr Adam finds Jamie hiding in the closet and knocks her out. Jamie wakes up locks in a wardrobe; luckily she is able to escape by climbing through the roof of the wardrobe so she can go alert Mr. Jacob about Mr. Adam's transgression. Jacob is very pleased that she discovers this crime, but by the time they inform the authorities Adam leaves town and makes it all the way to a South American country where there is no extradition. The next Sunday Jamie again visits the office in order to search for the documents believed to because this time in search of the documents that will restore her family's wealth. Jamie believes the necessary papers are in the safe in Jacob's private office that she access to because of his special trust in her. She looks through the safe without success, but she knows there is a special compartment with an additional lock. She gets the key from Jacob's desk and successful finds the papers in the locked compartment. At the same time Jamie is in the office, Jacob goes to a dinner at the Country Club hosted by General Farwell. At the dinner the wealthy guests receive news from Wall Street that a bank in London collapsed and a financial crisis is imminent. Jacob is hit hard by the crisis and as a result cannot get banks to lend him money for the big project he has been working on thereby putting it on the verge of failure. Jamie reviews the papers in her boarding house that night. The papers show the scheme that her father was planning that is very similar to Jacob's current endeavor revolutionizing the oil refining industry. The papers show $2 million in stock that her father has investment in his new company Universal Subterranean Development Company. She believes that this is the evidence that will prove their wealth; however, Jamie then sees through the documents how her father's plan failed because of an economic collapse and the failures of his unscrupulous business partners. This proves that Jacob never stole from her father; it was Carol own fault that the family lost its fortune. Jamie's findings cement the family's place outside the upper class of society and prevent Mrs. Carol dream of returning to their previous life impossible. She also learns that the income the family has been receiving was not generated by the Jamie estate but actually is Jacob's charity for the family. Jamie returns the stolen papers to Mr. Jacob accompanied by a letter explaining her true identity as well as giving him her reason for resignation of the position. She thanks him for his generosity to the family and apologizes for taking advantage of the trust he showed her. The Jacob Refining Company is at the brink of collapse because the company needs $200,000 that it owes to its creditors. Luckily Catherine comes to Jacob's rescue, even though he put their romance to an end, by offering her good friend the money that he desperately needs therefore saving the company. Jamie moves back to Cloverdale leaving Groveland in her rear-view mirror because she wants to forget about her experience working for Jacob as much as possible. She soon receives a letter from Jacob asking her to come back to work because he cannot find anyone who did as good a job as she did, but more importantly he wants her to come back because she loves him. In the letter Jacob says, "Come back to me, dear child, or let me come to you, and we will part no more forever, as long as we both shall live".


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The book opens with Nick's memories of the artist, Mr. Deacon, especially a meeting at the Louvre, during the time of the Peace Conferences (Paris Peace Conference, 1919). The next part of the book is taken up with various debutante balls in the early summer of 1928/9, notably at the Huntercombes', where Barbara Goring (a flame of Nick's) pours sugar over Widmerpool. Leaving the ball, Widmerpool and Jenkins bump into Mr Deacon and Gypsy Jones. Stopping together at a tea stall they encounter Stringham, who takes Nick, Widmerpool, Deacon and Gypsy to a party at Mrs Andriadis's. During that summer Jenkins spends weekends in the country and lunches at Stourwater, home of magnate Sir Magnus Donners, where he again meets Jean Templer, now married to Bob Duport. Widmerpool, who now works for Donners, appears during a tour of the Stourwater dungeons and later manages to wreck one of his master's ornamental urns with his car. That autumn Stringham is married to Lady Peggy Stepney; Mr Deacon dies after his birthday party; Jenkins sleeps with Gypsy after Deacon's funeral. The book ends with Nick having dined with Widmerpool, his mother, and Janet Walpole-Wilson. Leaving out from the dinner, Nick reflects: "For reasons not always at the time explicable, there are specific occasions when events begin suddenly to take on a significance previously unsuspected; so that, before we really know where we are, life seems to have begun in earnest at last, and we, ourselves, scarcely aware that any change has taken place, are careering uncontrollably down the slippery avenues of eternity".<|endoftext|>The story is set in a research facility (known as the "farm") involving two groups of people. The first group contains several teenagers with IQs above 150. These teenagers (Greg, Mikki, Lesley, Gordon, Gretel, Katie and Chris) call themselves the "Think Tank". However, this group is merely a smokescreen for the real subjects of the research - five seven-year-olds who are able to communicate telepathically, known as the "Babies". The Babies are called Pep, Ricardo, Ian, Rachael and Myriam. The Babies were all born around the same time in the same hospital. When the members of the first group are "contacted" by the Babies, they learn of the researchers' exploitation, and, with the help of compassionate workers at the facility (Susan and Erik), investigate the reason for the Babies' condition. The Babies need help as the head researcher, Larsen, will stop at nothing to solve the mystery. The Think Tank, as well as researcher Susan and young orderly Erik provide this help. They trick the head researcher, John Larsen, so they can escape. The story ends with the Think Tank six years into the future. They turned the think tank into 'Think Tank Inc. ', a company worth three million dollars. The Babies, Think Tank and newly married Erik and Susan all live together. Greg and Mikki are also married The title, 'A Cage of Butterflies' refers to the fact that Larsen and the research staff keep both the Babies and the think tank under constant supervision and keep them 'caged' or 'prisoners', since they do not allow them to move around freely.<|endoftext|>The film opens with the two showgirls coming across a collapsed munitions worker outside the theatre door. "Twelve hour shifts take it out of some of these young uns" observes a nearby news-seller. Alongside a billboard gets the message across "Latest War News. Bigger Arms, Speed up. Go For It". The plots follows one of the showgirls signing up at the Labour Exchange for munitions work and tracks her working day. Seeing her friend exhausted the other showgirl signs up. "We've got to win the war you know". The film can be viewed on the British Film Institute digital archive- see BFI link below.


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Pedro Elias and Clara are two souls who are meant for each other. Pedro is a brilliant lawyer that works for the common people while Clara is a passionate and courageous journalist. However, both of them are suffocated by their marriages. Pedro is married to Aida, a selfish and superficial woman who always blames him for working without pay and Clara to Paulino, a corrupt government official. When Clara is sent to do a story on a lawyer who defends the poor and the free, the two will come together to find happiness fulfilling one of their greatest desires: to promote a future of justice and hope in a region plagued by corruption. They star in this unique story told honestly, openly and reservations, simply. the whole naked truth.<|endoftext|>The protagonist lands on Venus, the first man to successfully make the journey without falling into the Sun. Exiting the ship to begin exploring, he notices a cube-like object with a very obvious handle on it just outside the door. He picks it up and it speaks to him through telepathy. "I contain paint. ". is all he manages to hear before a small amount squirts out onto his shirt and he drops the cube. The paint glows and has all the colors of a rainbow. It quickly becomes clear that the paint is spreading, and when he removes his shirt it jumps onto his skin. When he attempts to rub it off, it flows back on. He then attempts to use various chemicals to remove it, using every solvent he can find and even some of his precious rocket fuel. None of these work, so he tries a screw-top container which he uses to scoop it off, locking it within so it cannot flow back. After filling part of a bucket, he notices that there is no less paint on him than before – it appears to be self-repairing. He also notices that he is growing extremely hot, as it is also a powerful insulator. He is bemused by the fact that this paint appears to be perfect; it comes in all colors, applies itself, repairs itself, and insulates as well. Unfortunately that insulation quality will kill him due to overheating, long before the equally worrying possibility of it covering his body completely. Thinking about the problem, he realizes that such a perfect paint had to be manufactured by an advanced technology. He turns on his radio and is quickly contacted by the Venusians. They explain that their bodies are so hideous that they are afraid the sight of them will drive humans mad. They have developed the can of paint with human telepathy at great expense as a sort of IQ test, and that if he lives through test and is also able to look at them, any following visitor with his IQ or better will be allowed in. After apologizing for all the bother, they disconnect. Careful not to lift the cube again, he places his hand on the handle and it begins "I contain 2/3rds paint. " and then goes on to read out a complete list of ingredients and application instructions. The primary ingredient is liquid light, and the instructions say it can be easily removed by applying darkness paste. Initially finding this amusing because he does not know where the hardware store is, he suddenly realizes he has a solution. The action continues with him on his way back to Earth, talking on the radio to another ship making the journey. He explains that he lined his fuel tank with solar cells, capturing the light given off from the paint while blocking any light from outside falling on it. It eventually runs out of energy and falls off as a powder. He mentions that he is returning with his ship completely filled with cans of this indestructible, self-applying, insulating perfect paint, with which he hopes to make his fortune.