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1) King Lear
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King Lear descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all.
2) The tempest
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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Orlando’s older brother, Oliver, treats him badly and refuses him his small inheritance from their father’s estate. Meanwhile, Duke Frederick has forced his older brother into exile in the Forest of Arden. Orlando and Rosalind fall in love. Banished by her uncle, Rosalind assumes a male identity and leaves with Celia and their fool, Touchstone. Orlando flees Oliver’s murderous plots. In the Forest of Arden, Rosalind, in her male disguise, forms...
5) The whale
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Description
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
6) Hanging up
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three sisters struggle to deal with each other and their aging father.
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Retells, in simplified prose, William Shakespeare's play about King Leontes, who, after wrongly accusing his wife of infidelity, sets in motion a terrible chain of events with unexpected results.
8) Inescapable
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Syrian military policeman leaves behind his wife and moves to Canada to start a new life for himself, but his past soon comes back to haunt him when his daughter disappears while in Damascus.
9) Off the map
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bo, an 11-year-old girl, lives in a remote desert area of New Mexico, with her mother, a free spirit, and her father, who is losing a battle with depression. One day an IRS agent visits the family, to perform an audit, and decides that he would rather stay than return to his job. He becomes a catalyst for major changes and discoveries affecting every member of the family.
11) Absolute power
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
He was where he shouldn't have been and saw what he shouldn't have seen. Now, who will believe the word of a career thief and ex-con? Who will trust Luther Whitney when he says he saw a woman killed and that the man responsible for her death is the President of the United States?
Publisher
Monterey Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After the death of her mother, Alyssa moves to the Bahamas with her father, where she learns she can talk to the dolphins. When her father's research facility is in danger of closing, it is up to Alyssa and her gift to save it.
13) The auction
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a farmer's daughter comes to him and pleads for help with keeping her house after a divorce, he must decide whether or not to sell his farm and come to the aid of his daughter.
14) Vesper
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Description
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed father, meets a woman with a secret who will force her to use her wits, strengths, and biohacking abilities to fight for the possibility of having a future.
16) I'll be there
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a talented teen discovers the father she's never met is a famous rock star, she becomes part of his life and sets out to fulfill her two dreams: to become a singing star and reunite her parents.
18) Towelhead
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the life of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening after moving to suburban Houston with her strict father.
19) Light of my life
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
A decade after a plague has wiped out nearly all of the world's female population, a father and daughter live on the outskirts of what's left of civilization as they once knew it. Disguising his daughter as a boy, the father struggles to protect her from newfound dangers as they are forced from their home into dangerous territory.
20) Never look away
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Even after German artist, Kurt Barnert escaped from East Germany into West Germany, he is tormented by his childhood under the GDR-regime and the Nazis.
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