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Language
English
Description
After their good-for-nothing father dies and their mother leaves to be with the man she really loves, brothers Jack, Barry and Patrick are left with only each other as they struggle with their relationships. Married Jack is tempted to have an affair; Patrick isn't sure his fiancee is 'the one'; and Barry can't deal with the fact that he is actually falling in love.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.
6) M. Butterfly
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Story of a French diplomat and a Beijing Opera star who carry on a love affair over almost 20 years before the diplomat discovers something shocking about his lover.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This book is the first comprehensive and systematic study of cross-class romance films throughout the history of American cinema. It provides vivid discussions of these romantic films, analyses their normative patterns and thematic concerns, traces how they were shaped by inequalities of gender and class in American society, and explains why they were especially popular from World War I through the roaring twenties and the Great Depression. In the...
12) Strapless
Publisher
Granada Film Productions in association with Film Four International
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
An American doctor living in London is visited by her wild-at-heart sister. The doctor has always devoted her life to her work, but her sister and a mysterious man teach her to experience life and love, and that a life without passion is not worth living- even if it carries a price.
13) Temptress moon
Publisher
Tomson (Hong Kong) Films
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
This is a captivating story of a beautiful young woman, her seductive lover and their struggle for power, passion and revenge.
16) Skylark
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
A sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall, Skylark continues the story of the Kansas family, the Wittings. When a terrible drought strikes, the family must watch helplessly as farms are abandoned, wells run dry and fire threatens their very lives.
20) The fountain
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1,000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Tom is a man who is devoted to one woman, Izzi, and becomes determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to 16th century Europe and America where Tomas is a Spanish explorer searching for Incan magic; to the present day where Tom is a doctor...