Love on the Run (1979) is a romantic comedy-drama directed by François Truffaut. Set in 1970s Paris, the film follows the character Antoine Doinel as he searches for love and confronts unresolved conflicts from his past. Antoine Doinel, now divorced and in his thirties, is working as a proofreader and occasional writer. He embarks on a series of romantic encounters, from casual flings to rekindled romances, while also dealing with his own fickle nature and unresolved conflicts. As Antoine navigates the complexities of love, he revisits memories from his childhood and confronts his mother issues. The film is an exploration of romantic love, the battle of the sexes, and the struggles of becoming an adult.
In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.
Set in colonial Massachusetts during the American Revolution, Johnny Tremain follows the story of a young apprentice silversmith who becomes embroiled in the political tensions and secret organizations of the time. As the rebel forces grow stronger, Johnny must find his place in the fight for freedom. With themes of loyalty, patriotism, and perseverance, the movie explores the challenges faced by those living in colonial America.
Hospitalité is a movie about a small print shop, owned by a Japanese family, that becomes the center of chaos when a mysterious stranger comes into their lives. The arrival of the stranger leads to a series of events that disrupts the family's relationships and brings to light issues of immigration, xenophobia, and infidelity. As the family tries to navigate the challenges they face, they also discover the power of forgiveness, unity, and love.
A precarious loner sneaks into a blind woman's home and begins living there without her noticing. Meanwhile, the woman mourns her recently deceased father and struggles to remain connected to the world.
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
Peter Gifford is a likable, dedicated schoolteacher that teaches a senior life skills class. When student Janet Sommers brings up the topic of sex and dating, he asks students to write questions on the topic, and will cover them in the next class. The parents get wind of what Gifford is about to do, notify the principal, and he warns Peter not to read the questions in class. Gifford decides to go against this and is suspended. The whole student body protests, and the administration gets worried on what to do.
Reza, the veteran worker of a print house whose sight is adversely affected because of his job, loses his mother. Finding the gloom reigning over the home beyond bearing, he departs to overcome his sorrows. He ends up at a hostel where he shares his room with a southern guy called Ahmad who has a group of orphan war-stricken children under his wing. After the initial inkling gives way to the friendship, Reza discovers that Ahmad's patron plies his trade in black-market. At the same time, Reza's sister is constantly beaten and humiliated by her husband for being infertile.
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
A story of a modest ordinary crook trying his best to turn his boring life into an affordable extraordinary adventure.
A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to achieve his ends...
The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.
Low Kok Kee is 67. He runs a print shop in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Foto Pak Tai has been faithfully serving the photography and printing needs of the local community since the 1940's. With the advent of the digital age and a rapidly fluctuating appetite of the young and hip, Pak Tai is a business in decline.
War refugees begin new lives in a small Massachusetts town.
This short from the publishers of Encyclopedia Brittanica shows the process of making a book, from the author's finished manuscript to its being turned over to a printer for typesetting, assembly, cutting, trimming, binding and actual printing.
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