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1) Ladivine
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the hugely acclaimed author of Three Strong Women—“a masterpiece of narrative ingenuity and emotional extremes” (The New York Times)—here is a harrowing and subtly crafted novel of a woman captive to a secret shame.
On the first Tuesday of every month, Clarisse Rivière leaves her husband and young daughter and secretly takes the train to Bordeaux to visit her mother, Ladivine. Just...
On the first Tuesday of every month, Clarisse Rivière leaves her husband and young daughter and secretly takes the train to Bordeaux to visit her mother, Ladivine. Just...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Isabel has devoted her life to working with the children in a Calcutta orphanage. Theresa is the multimillionaire leader of a media company who lives with her artist husband in New York. When Isabel hears of a mysterious and generous grant for the financially strained orphanage, she must travel to New York to meet the benefactor, Theresa, in person, who then insists she stay for a family wedding.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo's magisterial Beyond the Rice Fields delves into the upheavals of the nation's past as it confronted Christianity and modernity, through the twin narratives of a slave and his master's daughter.
Fara and her father's slave, Tsito, have been close since her father bought the boy after his forest village was destroyed. Now in Sahasoa, amongst the cattle and rice fields, everything...
5) Zombi child
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Description
Haiti, 1962. A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at a prestigious all-girls boarding school, Melissa, a young Haitian teenager, confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends, never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
A seemingly random group of people find themselves in a state of confusion as they attempt to return home. What they don't know is that they have been dead for several years, and no one is expecting them back. Buried secrets emerge as they grapple with reality, struggling to reintegrate with their friends and families. But they aren't the only ones back from the dead. Their arrival coincides with a series of gruesome murders that resembles the work...
8) Cobweb
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall, a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?
Publisher
ABC Studios
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Get down and dirty with the deliciously scandalous second season of Dirty Sexy Money. TV's most manipulative family takes drama to new heights in a year filled with deception, suspense and even murder. And will the lure of riches and power pull Nick toward the dark side of the Darling Empire?
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
At the center of the tale is Silvio, who in his younger years fled the boredom of the village for of travel and adventure, returns to live in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Much to his family's dismay, Silvio is content with his solitude. But when he attends the wedding of his favorite young cousin, Silvio begins to be drawn back into the complicated life of this small town. As the narration unfolds, we are given an intimate picture...
12) The apology
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration. Late Christmas Eve, her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
13) Coco
Series
Publisher
Disney / Pixar
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!/¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!
Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!/¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!
Description
Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
14) Grandma
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elle has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
15) Ida
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Polish
Description
"Poland 1962. On the eve of her vows, 18 year old Anna meets her estranged Aunt Wanda, a cynical Communist judge who shocks the naive Anna with a stunning revelation: Anna is Jewish and her real name is Ida. Ida and Wanda embark on a revelatory journey to their old family house to discover the fate of Ida's birth parents and unearth dark secrets dating back to the Nazi occupation."--Container.
Publisher
Alcon Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When newcomer Lena arrives in the small town of Gatlin, she quickly captures the attention of Ethan, who only wants to escape what he views as a boring and dead-end town. He quickly gets more than he bargained for. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.
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