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Películas

The Wikipedia Promise
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In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of knowledge, monopolized by the elites for centuries. But is Wikipedia really a utopia come true?
The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
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The extraordinary story of Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), creator of Nils Holgersson, a memorable and legendary literary character, and the first female storyteller to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1909); a woman as pioneering in her life as in her remarkable work.
Omar Sharif: la vida de un nómada
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Varias películas épicas de alto presupuesto convirtieron a Omar Sharif (1932-2015) en una estrella de cine. Era un actor, pero también un jugador de bridge, un mujeriego, un vividor; era un hombre lleno de contradicciones, que disfrutaba más de los juegos de cartas que de las películas; era un eterno nómada que pasó la mitad de su vida en un hotel.
Edward II of England: The Unhappy King
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His opponents accused him of being homosexual. The male favorites he gathered around him during his short life gave those malevolent enemies solid arguments to do so. He would not have failed if he had proved himself to be an energetic king. But Edward II of England (1284-1327) never was a king like Edward I Longshanks, his father, or Edward III, his son, were. And his end is shrouded in myth and mystery.
Hollywood's Second World War
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For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched a huge propaganda campaign and cinema, the medium of the masses, was quite simply their most important weapon. Government authorities monitored the production of feature films and the military itself produced documentaries aimed at rallying the American people to support the troops. This film tells the story of four Hollywood directors of European origin, who returned to the "Old World" during the Second World War to make propaganda documentaries for the US Army at the front: William Wyler from Alsace, Frank Capra from Italy, Anatole Litvak from Ukraine and - in post-war Germany - Billy Wilder from Austria.
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
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In the summer of 1959, as a correspondent for “Successo” magazine, Pasolini traveled along the Italian coast. In 1963, he documented Italian sex behavior, explained in “Love Meetings,” a 1964 film. In the winter of 1970-71, he witnessed the plight of the most impoverished Italian population and the innocents who suffered the boot of state power. After these three journeys, he concluded that Italian society had changed dramatically for the worse throughout all those years.
Bugatti: A Thirst for Speed
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The story of the Bugattis of Milan and Molsheim, the eccentric family behind the brand: Carlo, the patriarch and furniture designer; Rembrandt, the troubled sculptor; Ettore, the gifted engineer; Jean, the unfortunate heir. Art and design. Beauty and luxury. The fastest cars. Races. The need for speed.
Death of a Banker
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You'll Never Walk Alone
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Documentary about the song “You'll Never Walk Alone,” the most famous sports anthem of the world.
Rasputín: un asesinato en la corte del zar
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San Petersburgo, Rusia, 30 de diciembre de 1916. Grigori Rasputín es asesinado. La historia del humilde campesino que se convirtió en el consejero más influyente de la zarina Alexandra Feodorovna, esposa del último zar, Nicolás II Romanov.
Generation Sputnik
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From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.