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In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible -- and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio's flesh.
3) Othello
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This second edition of Othello has a new, illustrated introduction by leading American scholar Ayanna Thompson, which addresses such key issues as race, religion and gender, as well as looking at ways in which the play has been adapted in more recent times. Othello is one of Shakespeare's great tragedies-written in the same five-year period as Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth. The new introduction attends to the play's different meanings throughout...
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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The year is 1929 and Dictator Benito Mussolini is still faced with the twenty-year long war waged by Bedouin patriots to establish of the "Fourth Shore." Omar Mukhtar: a teacher by profession, guerrilla by obligation, fights against his oppressors and commits himself to a war that cannot be won in his lifetime. With Omar Mukhtar as their inspirational leader, the Bedouin troops fight on against the Italian Army.
Publisher
Entertainment Programs
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Italiano
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Two women: In Rome, during WWII, escaping the allied bombings, Cesira and her 13-year old daughter, Rosetta, are traveling to the home town where Cesira was born. During these difficult times, Cesira fearlessly attemps to protect her daughter from atrocities from the war. Soldiers hiding in the village church rape both women which drives Cesira into a mental breakdown.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: (Story 1) Adelina sells black-market cigarettes...
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All's Well That Ends Well (1607) is a comedy by William Shakespeare. All's Well That Ends Well was likely inspired by the tale of Giletta di Narbona from Boccaccio's Decameron. Unpopular during Shakespeare's lifetime, the play remains one of his least staged works to this day. Despite this, scholars praise All's Well That Ends Well for its moral ambiguity. "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together, our virtues would be proud...
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Distributed by MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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Italiano
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"Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation ... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints. All the while he confronts his personal demons, which war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his beautiful long-distance girlfriend and his constant flirtation...
8) Il Divo
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MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
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Italiano
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He is the most enigmatic and feared politician that Italy has had for 50 years. At the height of his power, this seven-time Prime Minister, Giulio Andreotti's, has been accused of masterminding a shocking Vatican/Mafia/Neo-Fascist conspiracy while ordering the assassinations of judges, journalists and even members of his own political party. An incredible true story of corruption and murder.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, Ryan has to win the support of the mainly British soldiers he is commanding.
13) Romeo and Juliet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Presents the text of Shakespeare's play of unrequited love and contains extensive annotations that provide context, pronunciation, and alternative readings and phrasings.
Series
Criterion collection volume 585
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Italiano
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After his wife leaves him, a film director finds himself drawn into affairs with two enigmatic women, while at the same time searching for the right subject (and actress) for his next film.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Set in the early 1900's. "Tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis)"--Container.
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Italiano
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The worldwide gangster show phenomenon from Stefano Sollima, which is based on Roberto Saviano's best-selling book and the subsequent award-winning film of the same name. At the start of season two, it appears that the era of the Savastano clan, which once reigned supreme over Naples, seems to be definitively over. A power vacuum, the biggest ever in Camorra history, now yawns like a chasm.
17) Amarcord
Series
Criterion collection volume 4
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Italiano
Description
A portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period, in which director Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political repartee.
18) Dogman
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Italiano
Description
In a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian city, Marcello is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his modest dog grooming salon, caring for his daughter Alida, and being coerced into the petty criminal schemes of the local bully Simoncino. When Simoncino's abuse finally brings Marcello to a breaking point, he decides to stand up for his own dignity through an act of vengeance, with unintended consequences.
19) House of Gucci
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.
20) Terraferma
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Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
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Italiano
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Set on and around a summer tourist island off the coast of Sicily, TERRAFERMA tells the story of two struggling, yet disparate families, whose members become fatefully intertwined. A well-intentioned, but illegal rescue of immigrant "boat people" forces the individuals of the indigenous family to choose between their economic survival and doing the morally right thing.
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