Kasian Nefedovich decides to convey his last wish, of burying him beside his wife’s grave, to his daughter Zinke and spend some time with her. But she doesn’t allow him to stay with her family.
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Idomeneo
Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo — the king of Crete — swears to Neptune that if the monarch survives, he’ll sacrifice the first person he encounters onshore. Tragically, that person ends up being his son, Idamante (Frederica Von Stade). Maestro James Levine masterfully conducts the orchestra and chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. A musical production that was designed for the “Live From the Met” series, this program was produced by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
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Rose Constellation
Summer in Hiroshima, 1945. Hiroshi, who had volunteered to become a child soldier and was wearing a military uniform, hugged Junichi as the atom bomb goes off. Years later, Hiroshi spent every day drowning in Seiichiro Irie’s caress, but sees a man who looks like Junichi…
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Katha
A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Hard-working yet timid Rajaram has a secret crush on his neighbor. Before he gets the courage to tell her how he feels, fast-talking Bashu swoops in.
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The Krishna Incarnation
Krishnavataram (transl. The Krishna Incarnation) is a 1982 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Bapu starring Krishna Ghattamaneni, Sridevi and Vijayashanti. Produced by Mullapudi Venkata Ramanna, the film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan.
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Why was Cairo Calm
It begins in the days after Sadat’s assassination in 1981 by an islamist cell of army officers. The American media had led an outpouring of shock and grief in the United States at the death of the heroic president. All the western leaders then travelled to Cairo to say goodbye to the man who had courageously changed the course of history. But then they found that practically no Egyptians turned up to the funeral. And the western politicians and the American TV reporters couldn’t understand why. The documentary tries to find the answer.
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The Border
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman’s baby is put up for sale on the black market.
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Woman in Black Lingerie
After embezzling money from the company she worked for an assertive young woman and her weak-willed lover go on the run. But she soon craves more than he can deliver.
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Variola Vera
An Albanian pilgrim, infected with an unknown disease, is on his way back to Belgrade from the Middle East. When doctors realize that it is a disease that has been considered eradicated, it is already too late – variola vera begins to languish and the hospital is quarantined.