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A delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda, a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef, the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa, along...
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Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy about Bathsheba Everdene who is an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.
84) Summer catch
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America's two national pastimes, baseball and romance, are in play in this Bull Durham style comedy romance. Lawnboy Brian Dunne joins an elite summer league and falls for a vacationing Vassar grad. Her family, however, does not think him suitable.
85) Tea for two
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English
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Wealthy stage-struck Nan Carter strikes a bet that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she gets the $25,000 she needs to back a Broadway musical vehicle for herself. She's determined, even if it means saying "no" when the fellow she loves pops the question.
88) The gardener
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English
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The quiet of the English countryside is shattered one brutal night in this intense home-invasion thriller. a troubled wealthy family gathers in a quaint manor home for the holidays, never suspecting that bloodthirsty, sadistic Volker and his crew linger at the gates, ready to attack, rob and maim them at nightfall. But they didn't count on the estate's quiet gardener Johasz, who must return to the savage ways he learned as a soldier to the savage...
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In the shadows of a rusted Pennsylvania steel town, the mangled body of a teenage girl is discovered. As they hunt for a monster among them, rumors mount and many of the eccentric residents become suspects, from the newly-arrived gypsy family to the wealthy Godfrey clan. In the twisted world of Hemlock Grove, everyone hides a dark secret.
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When the teenaged son of the wealthy Cain family is abducted, it looks like a simple kidnapping for profit. But appearances can deceive, as an obsessed private investigator and a troubled FBI agent soon learn while they dig ever deeper into a vast conspiracy. Death strikes at every turn as cold-blooded assassins take out anyone who threatens to expose the crime's hidden motive.
92) Alena
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Swedish
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With a traumatic event in her recent past, Alena transfers to a posh private all-girls school where her decidedly lower class roots makes her an outsider. While a gang of mean rich girls are determined to make her life a living hell, she is mysteriously defended by a shadowy and jealous, yet beautiful guardian angel.
93) Mansfield park
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English
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This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealth, secret passions, and mischievous women put love to the test, with delightfully surprising results! When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns 'their' ways, she also enlightens them with a wit and sparkle all her own!
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The insurance man: an unpredictable tale of well-intentioned deeds with disastrous results. Told through flashbacks, the story follows Franz, who recounts a mysterious skin condition he suffered as a factory worker before the First World War.
Dangerous corner: While gathered with his coterie of high society friends and coworkers at the country estate of his business partner, one guest makes a surprising remark about a musical box.
96) Mentada de padre
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Español
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A wealthy father makes his four sons compete to get his money and properties.
99) Lady for a night
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English
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Jenny Blake is the owner of a riverboat casino, but aspires to live a life of high society. Jack Morgan is her business partner and the two are in love, but Jenny decides to leave him and the business so she can marry socialite Alan Anderson for prestige. Her new in-laws are infuriated by this marriage and do everything in their power to ruin Jenny in the eyes of society.
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