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On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.
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In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history to legitimize a hideous system and was an accomplice to its unspeakable crimes. The story of the Ahnenerbe, a sinister organization created to rewrite the obscure origins of a nation.
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A TV documentary that recounts the many "battles" Coco Chanel overcame to become the great businesswoman and legend she is considered today.
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A lo largo de cincuenta años de carrera y más de cien películas, el cineasta John Ford (1894-1973) forjó la leyenda del Lejano Oeste. Al dar un rostro a los más desfavorecidos, desde los humildes vaqueros hasta las minorías perseguidas, reveló como nadie las grandes divisiones sociales que existían y siguen existiendo en Estados Unidos. Más de cuatro décadas después de su muerte, ¿qué queda de su legado y de sus valores humanísticos en la memoria de quienes aman su obra?
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En 1818, Mary Shelley escribió «Frankenstein, o El moderno Prometeo», una novela poderosa e intemporal cuyo eterno tema no es otro que la búsqueda por el hombre del secreto de la vida. Desde entonces, la Criatura se convirtió en un icono de la cultura pop, eclipsando a la novela y al propio doctor Frankenstein.
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A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël Prazan's father, who escaped from Nazi-occupied France in 1942 thanks to the efforts of a female smuggler with mysterious motivations.
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A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.
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In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him. However, his peculiar manners, political commitment and complicated love life always overshadowed his artistic success.
