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A tontine is established for a dozen children, a tontine being a kind of bet/insurance Read More »

British and French troops do battle in colonial America, with aid from various native American war parties. Read More »

It’s New Year’s Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner Read More »

The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. Read More »

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. Read More »

The idle son of a rich businessman joins the Army when the U.S.A. enters The Great War. Read More »

A small town bank official, entrusted with taking money to Vienna, spends some of it. Read More »

In Australia, a retired police inspector is called to duty to solve the murder case of a young woman whose partially-burned body has been found on the beach. Read More »

A lethal hunter of bad guys tries to retrieve a microfilm containing information that would cause a Wall Street Read More »

After Anna (Isabelle Adjani) reveals to her husband, Mark (Sam Neill), that she is having an affair, she leaves him and their son. Read More »