 Saint-CyrYear: 2000 Country: France, Germany, Belgium Actors and Actresses: Jeanne Le Bigot, Mathilde Lechasles, Nina Meurisse Tags: bathing girl Review: This historical drama is based on a true story from 17th century France. Madame de Maintenon (Isabelle Huppert) rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV (Jean-Pierre Kalfon). With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls, seeking to educate young ladies of distinguished parentage but limited financial means. With the coaching of Maintenon and her staff, the girls learn to speak French with a linguist's precision, in addition to studying philosophy and history. However, when two of Maintenon's charges, Anne (Morgane More) and Lucie (Nina Meurisse), recite material in class that Madame deems inappropriate, it begins a war of wills between the headmistress and her students. The girls begin demanding increasingly greater freedom of both mind and body, as Maintenon turns from espousing beauty and liberty to demanding strict self-denial and enforcing an increasingly narrow set of regulations. Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale composed the film's original score. - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Movie added at: 12.07.2025 |
           
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 SrikanthYear: 2024 Country: India Actors and Actresses: Om Kanojiya Review: Blind Srikanth gets into MIT, founds Bollant Industries. Pursues goals for visually impaired while facing entrepreneurial challenges, navigating personal sacrifices. Highlights obstacles overcome by the blind in academics and business. - IMDb Movie added at: 09.07.2025 |
          
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 A Girl Named SoonerYear: 1975 Country: USA Actors and Actresses: Susan Deer Tags: bathing girl Review: A young girl in the hills of Indiana, who had been abandoned by her family and raised by a bootlegging old woman, is taken by the authorities and made the ward of a childless couple. - IMDb Movie added at: 05.07.2025 |
         
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 Oficio de tinieblasYear: 1981 Country: Mexico Review: Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and are also not interested in ending the exploitation of their workers. On the opposite side of the fence, the Native Americans have almost no way to better their living conditions or to fight oppression. They are also plagued by "superstition," which leads to some misguided actions that only make things worse. Violence and sexual encounters are interspersed throughout the story. - IMDb Movie added at: 02.07.2025 |
  
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