Washoe County Library System

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2 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.

Description

Nian finds her life at a standstill when faced by relentless bullying from her peers as she prepares for her college entrance exam. Fate brings her together with small-time criminal Bei, but before they can retreat into a world of their own, both are dragged into the middle of a murder investigation that will change their lives forever.

2) Four daughters

Publisher

Kino Lorber

Pub. Date

[2024]

Language

Arabic

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2 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.

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"This riveting documentary by filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania uses an audacious formal conceit to tell the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Attempting to answer the question of how and why the Tunisian woman's two eldest were radicalized, Ben Hania reveals a complex history. We watch as the family relives key events in their lives with help from professional actors standing in for the missing girls. Winner of the Best Documentary award...

3) Come and see

Series

Criterion collection volume 1035

Publisher

Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

Russian

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2 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.

Description

Follows a Belarusian teenage boy who joins the Soviet partisans after the Nazi invasion, and finds horror and destruction in their wake.

4) The ascent

Series

Criterion collection volume 1063

Publisher

The Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

Russian

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2 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.

Description

The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, Larisa Shepitko's final film won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the finest works of late-Soviet cinema. In the darkest days of World War II, two partisans set out for supplies to sustain their beleaguered outfit, braving the blizzard-swept landscape of Nazi-occupied Belarus.

5) The leopard

Series

Criterion collection volume 235

Publisher

Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

2004.

Language

English

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2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Description

Recounts the years of Italy's Risorgimento, when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a democratic Italy. Contains the original Italian version with optional subtitles, the English-language version, and special features. (This title has been repackaged.) Recounting the years of Italy's Risorgimento-when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a democratic Italy. Contains the original Italian...