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poster
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7.1
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75
/18/
62
/29/
3.5
/597/
100
/5/
52
/8/

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
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Hoopla
83
36
7.4
/409/
74
/52/
78
/15/
3.7
/1353/
100
/10/
100
/3/

Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (2018)
The extraordinary life story of science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) who, in spite of remaining for many years on the sidelines of the mainstream literature, managed to be recognized as one of the most remarkable US writers of all time, due to the relevance of her work and her commitment to the human condition.
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Kanopy
72
36
7.0
/740/
65
/33/
59
/8/
3.4
/1258/
93
/43/
86
/4/
64
/7/

The Capote Tapes (2021)
A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
28
7.0
/456/
68
/35/
74
/24/
3.3
/1180/

Stephen King: A Necessary Evil (2020)
The American writer Stephen King has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps by the boundless inventiveness of his literature? And what else is behind the longevity of his astonishing career?
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Kanopy
71
17
7.6
/503/
71
/28/
68
/12/
3.5
/642/

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019)
The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian leaders, deal with increasingly intrusive technologies, and discuss climate change. Her books are useful as survival tools for hard times. But few know her private life. Who is the woman behind the stories? How does she always seem to know what is coming?
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74
13
7.5
/160/
80
/17/
67
/13/
3.7
/395/

Words for an End of the World (2020)
Spain, April 14, 1931. The Second Republic is born. From the beginning, the writer Miguel de Unamuno is considered one of the ethical pillars of the new regime. Five years later, on December 31, 1936, a few months after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Unamuno dies at his home in Salamanca, capital of the rebel side, led by General Francisco Franco, and main center of dissemination of its propaganda apparatus.
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68
11
6.9
/151/
73
/8/
63
/3/
3.5
/845/

Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar (2018)
The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Sylvia Plath (1932-63), published in February 1963, shortly before her death.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
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7.0
/167/
75
/13/
85
/13/

The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein (2018)
In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than man's quest for the secret of life. Since then, the Creature became a pop culture icon, overshadowing the novel and Doctor Frankenstein himself.
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71
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7.4
/82/
71
/10/
70
/3/
3.5
/304/

Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings (2024)
An analysis of the sources of inspiration that fed the imagination of the British writer, poet and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), great master of epic fantasy.
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10
/1/
100
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In memoriam Hajnóczy Péter (1985)
The footage was shot in the writer's room a few days after his death. Everything in the room was untouched. The poet György Petri reads from one of Péter Hajnóczy's works, Miss Embolia. A sacred image of the Eastern European "beaten generation."
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?
6.3
/6/

O avô na sala de estar: a prosa leve de Antonio Candido (2024)
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6.4
/29/
73
/3/

Do You Know Kafka? (2024)
A portrait of the German-language Czech writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924), a mysterious, strange and solitary individual, but also a visionary creator.
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7.4
/12/
70
/1/

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation (2023)
Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive novel about the dazzling social ascent of a rebellious heroine; too scandalous to be published at that contradictory time.
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7.2
/22/
72
/3/

Inside a Nazi Mind: The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (2023)
An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dissects the ruthless mechanisms of the Shoah from the detached point of view of Maximilian Aue, a high-ranking Nazi officer.
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40
/2/

Moby Dick: An American Allegory (2023)
A look at US society through the prism of Moby Dick, the mythical novel published by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851.
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80
/2/
50
/1/

Dracula, l'éternel (2018)
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6.6
/11/
60
/1/
80
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Aladdin and Ali Baba: Stories from the 1001 Nights? (2023)
The stories of The Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) have captivated mankind for centuries. However, two of its most famous tales do not belong to the original canon.
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7.4
/15/
100
/2/

Heidi's Alpine Dream (2022)
An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine, who was first introduced to the world between 1880 and 1881, in a novel published in two parts, and became definitely immortal thanks to an anime series, released in 1974, directed by the Japanese genius Isao Takahata.
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7.1
/36/
10
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80
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Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance (2022)
In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë (1818-48), perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë sisters, published her novel Wuthering Heights, a dark romance set in the desolation of the moors, a unique work of early Victorian literature that stunned contemporary critics.
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Amazon Prime Video
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6.3
/32/
60
/1/

Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy (2021)
A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, hated hypocrisy, was of great poetic brilliance, had a tragic perception of life and a calm outward appearance, was at heart a man of seething and somber darkness.
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7.3
/73/
70
/1/
70
/1/

100 Years of Ulysses (2022)
Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.
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7.7
/34/

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street (2017)
An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.
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80
/1/

The Legacy of Othello (2022)
A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.
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7.3
/45/
50
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70
/1/

Prisoner C33 (2022)
Reading Gaol, England, 1896. Prisoner C33, starving and thin, unable to wash properly, is a brilliant writer, husband and father of two, once the most beloved artist in Victorian London. His real name is Oscar Wilde.
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7.0
/42/
66
/6/
71
/7/

Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)
The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through Louis Feuillade, André Hunebelle, surrealism and Moscow.
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6.5
/29/
70
/1/
80
/1/

Who's Afraid of Lady Chatterley? (2020)
England, 1960. The Crown sues the publisher Penguin Books in order to ban the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel by the British writer D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), published privately in Italy in 1928, which celebrates nature and deals with sex without taboos.
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6.2
/7/

Ernst Jünger: Between Nature and Nationalism (2019)
A portrait of the controversial German writer Ernst Jünger (1895-1998), the great stylist of 20th century German literature.
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7.3
/19/
80
/1/
70
/1/

Though You May Not Know (2016)
An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and his contact with other artists, both from the literary world and from other disciplines.
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6.8
/48/
61
/5/
61
/9/

Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis (2021)
In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cynical mergers and acquisitions executive obsessed with brands, inconsequential details, pop culture and brutal murder.
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6.8
/24/
68
/4/

The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)
On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.
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7.2
/29/
76
/3/
70
/2/

Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral (2021)
A look at the intimacy of the US writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), a man infinitely more complex than his public image suggested, through the story of his relationship with his four wives.
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66
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6.7
/92/
70
/3/
62
/3/
3.4
/242/

Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance (2021)
The brilliant Czech writer Milan Kundera has not given an interview in thirty years; nor does he appear in public. How did he become a legendary author? What is so unique about his books?
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80
/1/
80
/2/

La Véritable Histoire du comte de Monte Cristo (2020)
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7.2
/23/
45
/2/
66
/5/

Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde (2019)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, the seminal work of Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), continues to find new readers and inspire artists and creators around the world more than a century after its publication in 1891, because it was endowed with all the elements necessary to make it an undisputed heritage of world literature.
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45
/2/

El Quijote desde la platea (2019)
How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has been depicted in cinema, television, cartoons, theater, opera, ballet and other artistic disciplines. An adventure that began more than four hundred years ago in the pages of a book and is far from coming to an end.
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7.3
/53/
75
/2/
60
/1/

Paul Auster: What If (2019)
A look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, an exploration of human identity and the soul of New York, the city that Auster has portrayed as no one else has ever done.
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Amazon Prime Video
56
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6.5
/165/
53
/3/
50
/1/

Henry Miller: Prophet of Desire (2017)
The US writer Henry Miller (1891-1980), scandalous and nonconformist creator, hated by the most recalcitrant puritans, was a vilified genius, considered a threat, accused of being a sexist, of consciously pursuing the destruction of every civic principle; but he was also someone venerated as a saint, as a sex guru; and today as one of the most important characters of the twentieth century.
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75
/2/
75
/2/

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century (2015)
An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected with the great themes that marked the 20th century. Glamour, fame, social criticism and Marilyn Monroe.
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6.6
/16/
60
/1/
50
/2/

Regreso a Coronel Vallejos (2018)
A bitter postcard of the town of the Buenos Aires countryside that Argentinean writer Manuel Puig (1932-90) portrayed with singular mastery, based on his own land, a town named General Villegas. Its inhabitants never forgave him. However, a woman, owner of a painful and enigmatic past, will build a bridge between Coronel Vallejos, the town created by Puig, and the real General Villegas, trying to reconcile the place with the writer.
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7.3
/14/
70
/1/

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman (2018)
The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life and Fate (1980), a literary masterpiece, a monumental and epic account of life under Stalin's regime of terror, a defiant cry that the KGB tried to suffocate.
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61
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7.4
/101/
50
/3/
62
/7/

With Love from Truman (1966)
At his Long Island beach house, and on the occasion of the publication of his masterful nonfiction novel In Cold Blood, reporter Karen Dennison interviews celebrated writer Truman Capote, who displays his exuberant personality, makes witty jokes, shares his thoughts on writing, reflects on various aspects of the book and, in a sweet and endearing voice, reads and explains some of its highlights.
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Louis Guilloux, the rebel (2009)
Louis Guilloux (1899-1980) is one of the great figures of 20th-century literature. Rolland Savidan and Florence Mahé's film accurately retraces the writer's career and his commitments to the century, while emphasizing the significance of his work.
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What Gatsby Saw
A documentary by author Steven Goldleaf. This 2003 extremely low-budget 32-minute documentary traces the geographic roots of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, setting straight Fitzgerald scholars’ mistaken assumptions (including some in the authoritative 1991 annotated Cambridge edition of the novel) about where the novel was set, where Fitzgerald deliberately distorted the geography for literary effect, where he misapplied his geographic knowledge of Long Island and New York City. It traces where Fitzgerald lived and traveled as he was composing the novel, with many photographs of these locations in the mid-1920s. In one instance WHAT GATSBY SAW identifies (with a contemporary photograph) the precise location of the fatal automobile accident at the story’s climax, which had never before been definitively established. (credit Steven Goldleaf).
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Books fly by themselves
The documentary explores Gabriel Garcia Marquez influence on everyday life in Barranquilla, taking into account the impact of his time in the city on his life and work. Through testimonies of those who are inspired by his legacy, we reveal the connection between the "Gabo" of the Caribbean Coast and the creativity of generations who continue to find memories in his art.
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Antonio Gala: figura con paisajes (2015)
A first-person account of the life and work of Spanish writer Antonio Gala.


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