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Los habitantes de una remota isla de Escocia siguen con interés los intentos de un joven científico para conectarlos con el mundo exterior usando un cohete que hará las veces de servicio postal. La construcción del cohete deriva en un esfuerzo de toda la comunidad, y de esta manera se crea un vínculo singular entre el científico y los lugareños, especialmente una joven del pueblo. Pero justo cuando todo y todos estaban preparados, el científico recibe presiones de su patria para tomar parte en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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Jean moves to a riverside cottage in an effort to escape her violent husband. There she meets Redfern, a married stonemason, with whom she forms a relationship.
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Yaasin, semialcoholizado policía del Tánger, pasa el tiempo en el selecto prostíbulo de Charhadi. A la ciudad, llegan, al mismo tiempo, el millonario Eric Burns y la alemana Eva Miller que, con su hija pequeña Gudrun, se mantiene a base de estafas y robos. También desembarca en Tánger el elegante mafioso Rustum Wadi, buscando un talismán ahora en manos de Andrews, coleccionista británico homosexual. La misión de Yaasin es proteger a Burns pero cuando Andrews aparece asesinado, el caso toma una dirección insospechada.
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Keith, Anna and their son Peter are a close, loving family living in a smart suburban street of a provincial city. Anna is a typical middle-class housewife, filling her day with good works, until one day, when she finds a note that leads to a shattering discovery - her husband has been having an affair. Anna's intense shock at finding out Keith's secret is compounded when she arranges to meet his lover. When Steve arrives at the meeting place, Anna is forced to accept the fact that Keith has been leading a double life for the length of their marriage. Steve stresses the risk of AIDS and urges Anna to have an AIDS test. To show her what it can be like to live with the disease, he introduces her to Jim, who needs 24-hour care and has developed a realistic attitude towards his own death. When Keith leaves home suddenly, Anna is forced to tell her son about the threat of HIV, but Peter turns violently against her and runs away.
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Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with crazy mix-ups, collisions and brushes with the law