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1) Forced to be family: a guide for living with sinister sisters, drama mamas, and infuriating in-laws
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Measure for Measure - William Shakespeare - Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's first recorded performance occurred in 1604. The play's main themes include justice, "mortality and mercy in Vienna," and the dichotomy between corruption and purity: "some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." Mercy...
7) Sisters
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
For thirty years, French-Algerian sisters Zorah, Nohra, and Djamila have been living in the hope of finding their brother Rheda, abducted by their father, and hidden in newly decolonized Algeria. Their relationship is shaken when Zorah, the eldest sister, decides to write a play based on the traumatizing events of their childhood that haunted them their whole life. But when they learn that their father is dying, the three sisters decide to go to Algeria...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming comedy that's all about food, family and a certain kind of magic that only happens at the dinner table. Martin is the culinary genius behind a successful restaurant and the widowed father of three daughters whom he has a compulsion to try and steer in the right direction. Hungry for their independence, the girls find themselves at odds with their traditionalist father.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.
11) Happy tears
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Jayne and Laura are about to take on the first man they just might not be able to handle; their father Joe. Dutiful daughters returning to the house they grew up in, Jayne and Laura are forced to take a closer look at their own not-so-perfect lives. Laura suspects that Joe needs full-time care, but Jayne refuses to believe that their father's condition is serious. Joe still signs and plays the blues on his prized guitar, and the lively widower even...
12) Past life
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters traverse 1977 Europe in the hopes of solving a World War II-era mystery that haunts their present lives.
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When their family bakery may have to close its doors right before Christmas, rival sisters Kim and Gina must team up in a national baking competition to win the grand prize. Thrown into a world of fierce competition with other master pastry chefs and a ticking clock, it will take a Christmas miracle to save the bakery, though they may discover a prize much larger than they had hoped for.
14) Brace up
Publisher
The Wooster Group
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances from Kate Valk, Peyton Smith, Scott Shepherd, Ari Fliakos, Anna Kohler, Beatrice Roth, Ron Vawter, and Willem Dafoe.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Hollywood star Justin and his struggling brother Rory uneasily confront the true price of fame. Long-bickering sisters Nikki and Maggie are thrown together on a road trip gone wrong. Louise struggles with the challenges of caring for her mentally ill brother. And spoiled teen Sarah is about to meet the gentle half-sister she never knew she had.
16) Heartland
Publisher
Wolfe Video LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lauren, a young Oklahoma artist struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend.
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Two sisters live secluded in a large manor and care for their deranged uncle. The rest of their family died five years before, under suspicious circumstances. When a cousin arrives for a visit, family secrets and scandals unravel.
18) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who is forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Power of Three continues to work in mysterious ways as the magical Halliwell sisters are called to travel back in time, protect the Innocents from the deadly demon Sarpedon, and keep Zankou from claiming the powerful Book of Shadows. Join the Charmed Ones in the ultimate battle of impending doom when the almighty Avatars from ancient Egypt plot to vanquish anyone who threatens their Utopian transformation of the world.
20) Night comes on
Publisher
Sundance Film Festival
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. Haunted by her past, Angel embarks on a journey with her ten-year-old sister to avenge her mother's death.
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