LOOKMOVIE

Tag: based on novel or book

  • Satantango

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    Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town’s source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and,…

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

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    A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.

  • Angelic Eyes

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    Charming, witty and smart men represent a fictitious insurance company who soon fall for an innocent-looking young woman smarter than she seems.

  • Exit to Eden

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    Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation on an S&M island, he is followed by Omar, Omar’s partner, Nina, and undercover police officers Fred and Sheila. Unaware of the number of people chasing him, Elliot enjoys his stay at the…

  • In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

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    After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.

  • S.F.W.

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    An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he’s taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.

  • Turkish Passion

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    A young woman’s passion forms the basis of this erotic Spanish drama adapted from a popular novel by Antonio Gala. The night before Desideria’s marriage, her girl friends give her some valuable advice on sex. The marriage takes place, and while it is generally happy, her husband Ramiro suffers from sexual dysfunction and Desideria is…

  • Nexus 2.431

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    This international co-production, shot at Barrandov Studios with international cast including Czech actors is an attempt to create a sci-fi fantasy in the tradition of Star Wars and Star Trek. Sometime in the distant future, several earthlings turn up on a strange planet ruled over by a despotic ruler with magic powers. A young earth-man…

  • Stockholm Marathon

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    A gardener decides to exact revenge on the men he believes to be responsible for the death of his mentally disturbed wife.

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

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    The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor’s mansion, and “Wild” Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.

  • The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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    Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The authorities appear to have forgotten about him so this leaves him free to work his chams on the village postmistress, Njura, untill the local…

  • Saturnin

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    Saturnin is a servant who becomes his master’s master. A young man of good social standing and upbringing, somewhat conservative, acquires, through no fault of his own, a servant named Saturnin. Saturnin effectively becomes his employer’s master and causes a series of surprising twists and situations in his previously peaceful life. Without Saturnin, these would…

  • Queen Margot

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    Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

  • Vekslák aneb Staré zlaté časy

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    Even a college education does not protect against temptation—the young hero ceases to distinguish between right and wrong, but strangely enough, even his education does not help him to detect the fraud committed against him in time. Michal Najman, a student at the University of Economics, earns extra money as a pest controller. After being…

  • Disclosure

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    A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.

  • The Specialist

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    May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent’s killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick’s is assigned to protect one of Quick’s potential victims, a deadly game of…

  • Legends of the Fall

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    In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.

  • Forrest Gump

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    A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

  • The Shawshank Redemption

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    Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates — including…

  • The Voyeur

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    At a college in Rome, a professor, nicknamed “Dodo” is in a deep depression. His stunningly beautiful wife has just left him for another man. Dodo wants her back very badly and has erotic daydreams about her. A beautiful young student in his class asks him for a ride home and seduces the lucky man,…

  • The Man Who Knew Too Little

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    An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it’s all part of the act.