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Stolen Girl (2025)
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other title: Sin rastro / 疾速營救 …
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally abducted children who promises to help her find Amina in exchange for her collaboration.

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Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons (2008)
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★ 8.0 11 ratings
詹姆斯·肯特 actor: 大卫·苏切 / 哈丽特·瓦尔特 …
other title: 鸽群中的猫 / 大侦探波罗系列之校园疑云 …
谢斯塔公主(阿玛拉·卡兰 Amara Karan 饰)的到来让芳草地女子学校蓬荜生辉,她即将成为这里的一名学生。作为校长,布尔斯特罗德女士(哈丽特·瓦尔特 Harriet Walter 饰)对接下来的一个学期充满了期待,除了谢斯塔公主外,詹妮弗(乔·伍德考克 Jo Woodcock 饰),茱莉亚(Lois Edmett 饰)等名门闺秀的存在让她相信,自己一手创办的学校会越来越好。 随着时间的推移,一些问题和矛盾暴露了出来,校园中的气氛逐渐紧张了起来。斯普林杰小姐(Elizabeth Berrington 饰)的死亡让学生和老师们陷入了恐慌,随后,谢斯塔公主遭到了绑架。在一连串打击之下,茱莉亚和詹妮弗意识到她们正处于危险之中,两人找来了大侦探波洛(大卫·苏切特 David Suchet 饰),希望通过他的智慧找到最终的真相。

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HG Wells: War with the World (2006)
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Drawing upon H.G. Wells' An Experiment in Autobiography and framed by his 1934 visit to the Soviet Union to interview its leader Joseph Stalin, the movie follows Wells' transformation from self-confident womanizer, socialist radical and young literary prophet to a journalistic missionary, dedicated to the creation of a World State.

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9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers (2009)
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After the 9/11 attacks, many people were trapped inside The World Trade Centres desperate to make contact to the outside world. Some were able to speak on the phone to loved ones, others were only able to leave messages. Many of these calls have never been heard but now they are being featured in this documentary to help shed light on what really happened inside the towers.

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Albert Camus: The Madness of Sincerity (1997)
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Documentary about the writer Albert Camus, including interviews with his former mistresses and Camus' daughter Catherine and her twin brother Jean, who talk about Camus and their feelings for him. Looks at his life and work, with letters and extracts read by Brian Cox.

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Margaret (2009)
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other title: 撒切尔夫人 / 撒切爾夫人 …
It’s November 1990 and Britain’s longest serving Prime Minster for more than 150 years is about to announce her resignation after almost 11 years in office. She has just been forced to face another ballot for the position of Conservative leader (illustrated here by an amusing bit of footage featuring John Sergeant) and her party ally Geoffrey Howe has just stepped down due to her European policy. And so marks the political downfall of Maggie Thatcher, played by multi-BAFTA nominated actress Lindsay Duncan who starred as Servilia in the HBO/BBC series Rome, the subject of this TV film entitled Margaret which tells the story a woman who simply couldn’t keep up the fight after her time as British Prime Minister. Thatcher – A Hate Figure or Political Revolutionary? The name Margaret Thatcher drums up many images and polarised opinions. She is someone who was famous for her tough-talking persona (earning her the nickname the ‘Iron Lady’), her staunch approach to the trade unions, the introduction of the poll tax (and successive riots) and the 1982 Falklands War, all of which made her a hate figure amongst the politically active left-wing but viewed as a strong leader by her supporters. This film is an intimate portrayal of a woman on the brink of ruin; a human story about Maggie behind the public persona as she loses her grip on the power she had strived to achieve. In her last days the Cabinet tell her that she must go before she is "humiliated" and she is being challenged by her long time rival Michael Heseltine. The story is also complemented by flashes to 15 years previously showing Maggie challenging the then Conservative leader Ted Heath and how she rose through the ranks of the Tory party. “A drama not a documentary” – says Margaret Writer Richard Cottan It’s not the first time Thatcher has been documented on screen either through real-life footage or in fictional accounts but it’s one that is bound to confront your perception on the person it portrays. The toughest task however must be trying to make even the most hardened anti-Thatcherite feel any sympathy for her. Screenwriter Richard Cottan said: “What I was trying to do was to take the downfall as the narrative spine of a more personal story. When writing the script the biggest challenge was deciding what to leave out. I'm sure there will be much debate about the blurring between fact and fiction but I consider this to be a drama not a documentary.” An Impressive Supporting Cast for Margaret The producers have managed to attract an exciting array of veteran actors to portray her closest allies and advisors including Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars films) as Thatcher's husband Denis, Robert Hardy (All Creatures Great And Small) as her trusted second-in-command Willie Whitelaw, Philip Jackson (Poirot) as no-nonsense press secretary Bernard Ingham and Kevin McNally (Pirates Of The Caribbean and recently ITV’s Demons) as Kenneth Clarke. The supporting cast also lists John Sessions as Geoffrey Howe, Michael Maloney (Notes On A Scandal) taking the role as Thatcher's successor John Major, Roy Marsden (The Palace) as Norman Tebbit, Casualty’s Nigel Le Vaillant as former Conservative Prime Minster Ted Heath and an appearance by the Queen played by Rosemary Leach. Whether or not the content of Margaret and the human side of Thatcher will appeal to most people the prospect of seeing such an impressive display of talent on one screen is too tempting to miss. Regardless of your personal opinions on the Thatcher government and despite being vilified by numerous comedians (namely Ben Elton) and countless rock bands over the decades she still remains as one of the most important political figures in British history and the reason why she is still the topic of TV shows almost 20 years later.

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Marchlands (2011)
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James Kent actor: 阿莉克丝·金斯顿 / Dean Andrews …
故事开始于1967年,无辜可怜的小女孩爱丽丝(Milly Archer 饰)淹死在了黑水湖之中,这让她的母亲露丝(茱蒂·惠特克 Jodie Whittaker 饰)和父亲保罗(Jamie King 饰)陷入了绝望之中。虽然很多年过去,但露丝依然没有走出丧女的阴影,她总觉得爱丽丝的死并不是一出单纯的意外,她和保罗之间的关系也降到了冰点。 在爱丽丝的坟墓前,露丝捡到了一个可疑的女人利兹(詹妮弗·亨内斯 Jennifer Hennessy 饰),她的存在更加坚定了露丝的想法。对于保罗来说,日子也十分的艰难,因为每当他想和妻子亲近时,总能够在妻子的脸上看见爱丽丝的影子。

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Testament of Youth (2015)
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★ 6.5 22 ratings
other title: 青春誓言 / 青春作证 …
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

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内鬼 (2012)
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James Kent actor: 斯蒂文·麦金托什 / 沃伦·布朗 …
克瑞斯(艾什雷·沃特斯 Ashley Walters 饰)是一名保安,某日,他同一位名叫蒂塔(Leila Mimmack 饰)的美丽女子坠入了爱河,为了谱写两人美好的未来,他需要一大笔钱。马库斯(沃伦·布朗 Warren Brown 饰)是卡车司机,曾经,他借来了巨款想要投资发廊生意,却亏得血本无归,如今,只有还清债务才能够让他和妻子吉娜(凯尔丝通·沃尔英 Kierston Wareing 饰)的生活重回正轨。 约翰(斯蒂文·麦金托什 Steven Mackintosh 饰)公司的账房经理,某日,他发现公司的账户中竟然一下子少了五万英镑,约翰想来想去,全公司只有克瑞斯和马库斯最为可疑,他找来了两人,但并没有将他们交给警察,因为他的内心里打着自己的算盘。

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The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
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★ 6.6 17 ratings
other title: El cuento número trece / 第十三个故事 …
Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.

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BBC: The Genius of Mozart (2004)
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詹姆斯·肯特 actor: Ed Pearce
other title: 天才莫扎特 / BBC 天才莫扎特
The story begins with the composer's father Leopold with whom Mozart conducted a passionate and tortured correspondence. It is Leopold who knows Mozart's secrets. And there is another voice: that of the music itself. Music is the key to unlocking the emotions of Mozart, starting in this film with the great piano works. Without this key, how can we ever understand the emotions that gave birth to some of the most beautiful sounds the world has ever heard? The first great phase of Mozart's brief life was that of the travelling child prodigy - gifted as a performer and writer of music - who grew into the genius who, working within the restrictions of his time, began to rewrite the musical rules.But there was another facet to Mozart - the adult thinker aware of the bigger picture, passionately attached to the progressive values of the Enlightenment - impressively well-read, a speaker of most European languages (even a little English), an Austrian Catholic, a Freemason and above all a composer at the height of his formidable powers, determined to succeed in the most difficult and lucrative area of all - Opera. Towards the end of his life, Mozart mastered the language of instrumental and orchestral writing - and how both love and loss provoked in him an extraordinary burst of creativity. This was essentially crystallised in three ambitious works that changed the future course of music: his last, great trilogy of symphonies - numbers 39, 40 and 41 - which he wrote in six short weeks.