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1) Ju dou
Series
Publisher
MagicPlay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
In 1920s China, a young woman is forced into marriage and is then abused by her elderly husband. Her suffering attracts the sympathy of her husband's younger, kinder nephew, and the two begin a secret affair that could lead to tragic consequences.
2) Martha
Series
Fassbinder collection volume 2
Publisher
Fantoma
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
The decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in the rural American south. Forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mr.", Celie turns inward and shares her grief only with God. But she is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.
Publisher
Zipporah Films
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Domestic violence shows the Tampa, Florida police responding to domestic violence calls and the work of the Spring, the principal shelter in Tampa for women and children. Sequences with the police include police response, intervention, and attempted resolution of domestic violence calls. Sequences at the shelter include intake interviews, individual counseling sessions, anger management training, group therapy, staff meetings, conversations among...
5) Akai satsui
Series
Criterion collection volume 471, 474
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
日本語
Description
Sadako is a typical Imamura heroine: one who revels in the pleasures of food, labor, sex, and self-preservation. Carrying the burden of her status as a lowly, poor, prostitute-birthed commoner wife, Sadako is subjected to an escalating series of belittlement both at home and in society.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Español
Description
A terrified Pilar hastily flees from her husband Antonio's rage in the middle of the night with her young son as if her life depends on it. Reaching her sister Ana's house, Pilar breaks down in turmoil. Banging on Ana's front door is Pilar's husband, Antonio, who in a fit of rage screams for Pilar to return home. With Ana's support, Pilar is determined to save herself from Antonio's rage. Yet the very passionate Antonio is far from a one-dimensional...
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