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I love interspecies films such as Fly Away, and Brazilian director David Schurmann’s film is a delightful addition to the genre. Based on a true story, it celebrates how kindness can result in a friendship that spans hundreds of miles of ocean. Joao Perei de Souza (Jean Reno) and wife Maria (Adriana Barraza) are a fisher family …
We seem to travel with Pope Francis to many countries where he seeks to instill hope for refugees & the poor & to call us to work for their benefit.
This fascinating documentary pays tribute to film genius Orson Welles, thanks to the three men listed as directors of the film, the late Richard Wilson (who had worked with Welles), Bill Krohn, and Myron Meisel. Welles was busy, after making his masterful Citizen Kane, editing The Magnificent Ambersons as well as starring in Journey into Fear. …
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A mother who is a live-in domestic in Sao Paulo is torn between loyalty to her estranged daughter & her employers when the girl moves into her small servant quarters & ignores social boundaries.