Plot:
Uma loses her husband at a very young age and faces many hardships. The only support she gets is from her brother-in-law.
Tag: History
My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes 2014 • Movie
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MY ITALIAN SECRET tells a heroic story that was all but lost to history, until now. The film recounts how WWII bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy’s Jews.
Everlasting Moments 2008 • Movie
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In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
The Pagan Queen 2010 • Movie
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Fantasy film based on the medieval legend of the visionary Queen Libuse (Winter Ave Zoli), founder of Prague. When Libuse marries farmer Premysl (Csaba Lucas), he threatens to destroy her new kingdom. New 2018 Director’s Cut.
Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong 2021 • Movie
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Set in 1973, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong governor sets up Independent Commission Against Corruption to investigate and arrest the corrupted chief Chinese inspector Tsui Lok, and gang boss Crippled Ho.
Eternal Brotherhood 2024 • TvSeries
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Follows the heir of the Zichuan family. Together with his sworn brothers Di Lin and Si Te Lin, they set out to protect his family against threats.
Jhansi Ki Rani 1956 • Movie
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Rajguru (Sohrab Modi) decides that Jhansi should get its proper recognition in history. He comes across a young girl Manu (the young Rani Lakshmibai) played by Baby Shikha. Her father has been hit by a carriage driven by an English driver. She gathers a few children to confront the driver. This and her confrontation with an elephant impresses the Rajguru who takes her in hand, shaping her into becoming a determined leader. He arranges for her, at the age of nine, to marry the much-older ruler of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao (Mubarak), who is about fifty years, and become Queen. Manu grows up under the expert tutelage of the Rajguru, learning physical combat and political administration. The older Manu now called Lakshmibai gives birth to a boy who dies. She adopts another boy Damodar Rao who the English refuse to accept as the rightful heir. This further sets her against the British. During the uprising of 1857 (1857 Mutiny) she fights against them succumbing to her injuries in the end.
Ferrari 312B: Where the Revolution Begins 2017 • Movie
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In a race against time and all odds, the revolutionary F1 racing car Ferrari 312B will get back on the Monaco circuit, 46 years later, under the wing of its creator, the genius engineer Mauro Forghieri.
Falling Star 2014 • Movie
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The difficulty of establishing beauty and the futility of power.
Man Suang 2023 • Movie
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Khem and Wan, two young men from Chachoengsao take on the mission to investigate the truth hidden inside Man Suang, the most luxurious and mysterious entertainment club in Siam.
The Gandhi Murder 2019 • Movie
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This is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop of a non-violent Gandhi, and hard-line fanatic mindsets beginning to grow roots in an India divided on the basis of religion. This movie is a story of three police officers in different parts of India, who, well aware of the intelligence that Gandhi’s life is under threat, must take key decisions that would eventually either save the Mahatma, or the country.
My Psychedelic Love Story 2020 • TvMovie
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An examination of the high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Was Leary’s “perfect love” a CIA plant or was she simply a rich, beautiful young woman out for the adventure of a lifetime?
A Tale of Love and Darkness 2016 • Movie
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The story of Amos Oz’s youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man’s relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
A United Kingdom 2017 • Movie
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The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay 2015 • Movie
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Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay traces the origins of Industrial music, taking you on a journey through the crumbling industrial cities of Europe to America’s thriving avant-garde scene.
Fortress of War 2010 • Movie
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A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.
Dawn of War 2020 • Movie
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A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.
Alexander: The Making of a God 2024 • TvSeries
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Alexander was King of the ancient Greek city state Macedon and widely considered to be one of history’s greatest and most successful military commanders. By the age of 30 he had created one of the largest empires in history.
My Happy Marriage 2023 • TvSeries
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An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.
United 93 2006 • Movie
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A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
El Conde 2023 • Movie
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After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.
W.E. 2012 • Movie
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The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.
Taking Woodstock 2009 • Movie
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A man working at his parents’ motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
The Official Story 1985 • Movie
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During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
1942: A Love Story 1994 • Movie
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A young Indian couple, both from wealthy backgrounds, find themselves caught up in the 1940’s Indian revolutionary movement against their families whom are under the thumb a sadistic British general.
The Legendary Life of Queen Lau 2022 • TvSeries
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Everyone thought that fate played an unbelievable joke – the foul-mouthed woman from the village who can beat a brawny man with her bare hands has become queen. She will be the one to help her “weak chicken” husband in a story full of laughter and warmth. Liu Jin Feng was abandoned by her own father. Growing up in a small alley, she and her mother only had each other to depend on. The entire court laughed when she married into the imperial family. Even her husband, the King , was suspicious of her and repeatedly tried to test her loyalties. Duke Qi has been manipulating government affairs, the young king has always had lofty ideals for the future of his kingdom. Jin Feng’s chubby appearance is unlike the fair and slender maidens in the inner court. With her around, life in the palace has become less boring and more chaotic. As the newly weds get to know each other, the most “mismatched” king and queen become the most perfect couple.
The Normal Heart 2014 • TvMovie
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In the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.