
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
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Author Archives: rarefilm
Prizzi’s Honor (1985) John Huston, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Unbeknownst to Charley,the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who double-crossed them.
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Malas temporadas / Hard Times (2005) Manuel Martín Cuenca, Javier Cámara, Nathalie Poza, Eman Xor Oña, Drama

Four people are searching for their place in this world.
A beautiful singer (Leonor Watling) who has lost the ability to inspire is struggling to make sense of her life. Spending the remaining of her time in a wheelchair Laura is having second thoughts about what it means to be.
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Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002) Mina Shum, Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Comedy, Drama, Family

Mindy Ho, an eccentric, strong-minded 12-year-old, stages Taoist magical experiments to save her harried single mother from financial and romantic ruin.
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Tapas (2005) José Corbacho, Juan Cruz, Ángel de Andrés López, María Galiana, Elvira Mínguez, Comedy, Drama

The film centers on a Spanish tapas bar and the love lives of the loosely interconnected people in the neighborhood surrounding the bar.
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La fuggitiva (1941) Piero Ballerini, Jole Voleri, Anna Magnani, Clelia Matania, Drama

In the absence of the biological mother, too busy pursuing her theatrical career, we see the glorification of the maternal surrogate, a woman who is a paragon of sacrifice and self-abnegation. La Fuggitiva is also a film in which a child actress takes a prominent role.
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Blame It on Rio (1984) Stanley Donen, Michael Caine, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Comedy, Romance

Michael Caine plays Matthew Hollis; a man on holiday in Rio with his best friend Victor Lyons (Joseph Bologna). Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Caine falls for Victor’s daughter Jennifer (played by Michelle Johnson), they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship.
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The Unholy Night (1929) Lionel Barrymore, Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian, Mystery, Thriller

On a dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli.
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Akumu Tantei 2 / Nightmare Detective 2 (2008) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Ryûhei Matsuda, Yui Miura, Hanae Kan, Drama, Horror

Yukie and two of her girlfriends are being haunted by the ghost of a classmate, they once heavily bullied. When the other two die under mysterious circumstances, Yukie sees only one chance for herself. With the help of the Nightmare Detective (Ryuhei Matsuda) she hopes to escape her hopeless situation.
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) Michael Anderson, Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste river in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire.
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