Tagged: genre: historical

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Esi Edugyan – Half-Blood Blues

Jazz musicians of mixed nationalities and ethnicities struggle to survive Nazi Berlin and occupied Paris. Decades later, the survivors still face the consequences of their choices.

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Marie Krøyer (2012)

Marie Krøyer depicts the relationship between the Danish painter Marie Krøyer (Sørensen) and her husband painter, Peder Severin Krøyer (Sætter-Lassen).

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Guillotines, The (2012)

Set during the Manchurian rule of the Qing Dynasty, the Empire had set up an assassination squad known as the Guillotines set to kill anyone who dared to oppose the Emperor.

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Farewell, My Queen

Based on the novel by French historian Chantal Thomas, Les Adieux à la Reine tells the fictionalized relationship that Queen Marie Antoinette had with her reader during the final days before the French Revolution in 1789.

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days chronicles the last days of Scholl’s life after she’s caught distributing ‘anti-government’ printouts during the not-so-final days of Nazi Germany.

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No (Chilean Film)

No is an interesting look at some of Chile’s history with some of the coolest production design around.

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Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty is a well-made effort from Bigelow that lets down some strong actors thanks to Mark Boal’s script that lacks any real semblance of solid character development.