Movies and TvShows featuring "literary-narration" theme.

A River Runs Through It follows the lives of two brothers, Norman and Paul, as they navigate their relationship, their love for fly-fishing, and the challenges of growing up in rural Montana. Through their shared passion for the river, they learn about themselves, their family, and the power of nature.

Memoir of War is a dramatic biography set during World War II in Nazi-occupied France. The film follows a French writer as she navigates love and loss, and recounts her experiences as part of the French Resistance. With powerful themes of survival, collaboration, and the human spirit, Memoir of War is a poignant tale of strength and resilience.

During the political repression in Chile in 1948, poet Pablo Neruda goes into hiding to avoid arrest by the police. A police detective begins a manhunt to capture him, leading to a cat-and-mouse chase across different locations. The film explores themes of poetry, politics, and personal freedom.

Christ Stopped at Eboli is a movie set in the interwar period in southern Italy. It explores the lives of intellectuals and peasants in a remote village, showcasing their struggles under the fascist regime. The story follows a doctor who is exiled to the village and his interactions with the locals.

A painter spends a summer day with his family in the French countryside, reminiscing about the past and enjoying the present.

Set in 1945, The Truce follows an Italian-Jewish survivor of Auschwitz, who embarks on a long journey back home, facing numerous obstacles and encountering people from all walks of life. Along the way, he discovers the power of compassion and the resilience of the human spirit.

Viper in the Fist is a powerful drama set in Brittany, France. It follows the story of a young boy who must endure the cruelty of his neglectful parents. Through adversity, the boy learns to navigate the harsh realities of life and find strength within himself. This film explores themes of family violence, hatred, and the resilience of the human spirit.

A young man named Julien Sorel, driven by ambition and desire for social advancement, becomes involved in a passionate and forbidden affair with a married woman. As he navigates the complex web of social class and deceit, his actions lead to tragic consequences.

Guernica is a documentary film that tells the story of the tragic aerial bombing of the town of Guernica in the Basque Country during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The film explores the impact of the bombing on the civilian population and the suffering caused by the war. It also delves into the historical and political context of the bombing, highlighting the war crimes committed and the artistic response, especially Pablo Picasso's famous painting 'Guernica.'

In 16th century France, the Princess of Cleves navigates the treacherous waters of the royal court while dealing with love, jealousy, and rumors of infidelity. After her husband's death, she finds herself torn between duty and desire, leading to tragic consequences.

La Possibilité d'une île is a 2008 film directed by Michel Houellebecq, loosely based on his 2005 novel The Possibility of an Island.

In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and bring them back to her villa in Paris to recuperate. The authorities will not give them passes until an innocent 16-year-old boy, Guillaume Thomas de Fontenoy, joins them and is mistaken as the nephew of the popular General de Fontenoy. The Princess is enraptured by Thomas and her daughter, Henriette, falls in love with him. However Thomas feels impelled to see more of the action of the war.

A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a television relay station in a remote region of Zahedan province. He has already hired Turkmen tribespeople for his film and selected his filming location. Meanwhile his wife, who is working on her Ph.D. dissertation about the Mongol invasion of Iran, attempts to dissuade him from accepting the assignment. One night, while working on his history of the cinema series, the director fantasizes a diegetic world that consists of clever juxtapositions of his different worlds: the history of cinema, the history of the mongol invasion, his own film idea and his imminent assignment to the desert.

The heroine in L'Eau Vive is the unwilling heir to a fortune. Young Hortense (Pascale Audret) has always known that her family was greedy, but until she inherits her father's hidden millions she has no idea how loathsome her relatives could be. Surrounded on all sides by grubby, outstretched hands, Hortense takes some comfort in the fact that her legacy is still missing. When the money is finally recovered, our heroine does the "right thing" with her windfall, leaving her mercenary family empty-handed. Throughout the film, Hortense's dilemma is likened to a government dam project not far from her home; as the bridge grows in size, so too does Hortense's resolve to rise above the nastiness all around her.

The Empire of Mid-South is a documentary that covers the fight for independence in Southeast Asia during the French colonial era. It explores themes of guerrilla warfare, the struggle for power, and the impact of colonialism. The film contains archive footage and features literary narration. It provides a comprehensive overview of the wars and conflicts that took place in the region. The documentary also delves into the political motives behind the Japanese puppet regime and highlights the role of various factions in the fight for freedom.