Middlemarch
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Personal and public politics in a small English town in the middle of the 19th century
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Duel In The Sun
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The sons of a cattle baron in Texas in the 1880s vie for the love of an untamed "half-breed".
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The Garden Of Allah
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A lonely women finds love in the desert after the death of her father. Unbeknown to her, her new husband is an monk who has escaped the monastery.
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Gandhi
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Richard Attenborough’s epic tracing the rise of Gandhi from lawyer in South Africa to an Indian leader who won independence for his people.
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Wives And Daughters
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How the good daughter of a country doctor becomes involved in scandal and gossip.
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The Spiral Staircase
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A serial killer of disabled women stalks a mute girl in a gothic mansion during a thunder storm.
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Our Mutual Friend
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BBC Adaptation of Charles Dickens classic.
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Gone To Earth
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A barefooted Shropshire lass marries the vicar and is seduced by the squire.
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Faithless
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A woman tells the tale of her infidelity.
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The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
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A low-key story of young lovers is turned into a beautiful MGM style musical in this French classic.
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