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Manet is one of the main candidates for the title of the most important artist that ever lived As the father of Impressionism he can be accused of inventing modern art But his story is deeper than imagined

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history In 1905 a 19 year old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich A young doctor, Carl Gustav Jung, takes her under his care and

Akizs movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the it girl of Munichs club scene Wh

Documentary about notorious punk rock performer GG Allin

An Argentine journalist strives to prove that his countryman, Guillermo Villas, was wrongly denied the No 1 world ranking in the 1970s

An extraordinary look into the political career of Imelda Marcos, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines

When a young woman who is living in the woods with her struggling musician husband and her very young daughter discovers that she has terminal cancer, she begins to tape record a journal of

Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, the dancing outlaw As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane

The worlds most popular entertainer and Europes greatest boxer the film puts the love affair of these two national heroes against a backdrop of the end of World War II, hotel suites in New York, transatlantic plane flights, Cerdan

The story of castrato opera singer Carlo Broschi, who enthralled 18th century European audiences under his stage name Farinelli

Revolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows

An exploration of the history of the Bee Gees, featuring revealing interviews with oldest brother Barry Gibb, and archival interviews with the late twin brothers Robin and Maurice

A pseudo documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights of his life, meeting figures from his past

When a wide eyed 10 year old girl visits her fathers insect laboratory, she receives an unorthodox education in genetics

Biopic of the iconic French singer Edith Piaf Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19 Despite her success, Piafs life was filled with tragedy

George Washington is central to understanding Americas founding He was the crucial figure in winning the American Revolution, in creating the Constitution, and in establishing the precedents for effective self government as our fir

During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness Colm Meaney and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley Timothy Spall are forced to travel by car together

Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Marie found home at a Santa Monica laundromat Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimis passion for pink, and living without looking back, has taken her from homelessness to Hollywoods red carp

The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories

A journey where the viewer can see Werner Herzogs creative and personal vision which was shared with iconic travel writer Bruce Chatwin, the prolific author of In Patagonia and a champion of the nomadic life

A documentary portrait of James Baldwin, one of the towering figures of 20th century American literature, Black culture and political thought, filmed in Paris The iconic writer is captured in several symbolic locations in the city,

A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkades painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home

Follow the short but influential life of Bostons own UHF based music video channel of the mid 1980s V66

An account of the two women convicted of assassinating Kim Jong uns half brother, Kim Jong nam The film follows the womens trials in an attempt to understand whether they are trained killers or simply pawns

Its 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death

In the spring of 1798, Napoleon set out with 38,000 men and 10,000 sailors to conquer Egypt

Two people come to the end of a spear in order to realize that the divisions between them are not real

For many generations people in the Omo Valley tribal southwest Ethiopia believed some children are cursed and that these cursed children bring disease, drought and death to the tribe The curse is called mingi and mingi childre

A story based on the life of journalist Torgny Segerstedt, who alerted the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism in the 1930s

A Canadian farmer takes on a giant corporation after their GMOs interfere with his crops

In Scampia, the Camorra hires young people from an early age to make them lookouts, drug couriers or hit men Here is Enzo Capuanos gym, where he teaches judo to the boys of the neighborhood, tearing them from the street

An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers

A depiction of the lovehate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex

In turbulent 16th century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return

A backstage pass to Micky Flanagans career, from early raw material in the East End to staging the worlds biggest comedy tour in 2017

Writer, Visual Artist and pioneer of the Queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up conservative Chilean society during Pinochets dictatorship in the 1980s Body, blood and fire were protagonists in his work that he att