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1) Don Quixote
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Series
Language
English
Description
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray -- he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants -- Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together, and together they...
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Series
Language
English
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, or just Don Quixote, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Turn next to Don Quixote, a wannabe knight-errant whose infamous exploits mark a pivotal moment in the history of literature. Explore his fantastic adventures and meet Sancho Panza, who is perhaps literature's first antihero. See why this novel is so innovative and how it has influenced writers in the centuries since its publication.
Publisher
Video Artists International
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
A documentary of the career of Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet. Covers the development of her career and shows highlights from some of her greatest roles. Included are scenes from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Spartacus, The little humpbacked horse, Raymonda, The stone flower, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote and others.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Fyodor Chaliapin was one of the greatest opera singers Russia ever produced. This biographical film includes fascinating newsreel footage and archive film of Ivan the Terrible and Don Quixote. Features interviews with members of Chaliapin's family and singers Sergei Leiferkus and Alexei Mochalov.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Studies the tragic hero who, despite courage, intelligence and willpower, must act within human limitations. Examines the imprefections of tragic heroes, the qualities of character that determine their choices and the consequences of those choices. Well-known literary characters such as Cervantes' Don Quixote and Fitgerald's Jay Gatsby illustrate this story of the tragic hero.
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
1916.
Language
English
Description
In the comedies Charlie Chaplin created for the Mutual Film Corporation, Chaplin sometimes played an inebriate, a fireman, or a prop man in a movie studio; but most of all, he further explored and developed his celebrated Little Tramp character that would soon join Falstaff and Don Quixote in the pantheon of immortal comic characters.
12) Growing Up Smith
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English
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Description
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival** and **CAAMFest**. *"A crowd-friendly immigrant's tale painted with a thick coat of '70s nostalgia." - John DeFore,...
Author
Publisher
Open Letter
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Joan Orpí (Piera, 1593 - New Barcelona, 1645) is one of the most unknown characters in Spanish history. In this torrential book we are told the odyssey that brought him first to Barcelona, later to Sevilla and finally to America, where he would experience all kinds of outlandish situations. Using historical facts as raw material, and with stellar appearances of characters such as Miguel de Cervantes or the brigand Serrallonga among others, Besora...
15) Leviathan
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
One of the most critically-acclaimed documentaries in recent years, LEVIATHAN is a groundbreaking, immersive portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry. Directed by the award-winning filmmakers of *Sweetgrass* and *Foreign Parts*, LEVIATHAN is a purely visceral, cinematic experience. Nominated for the Truer Than FIction Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards.** Winner of the Don Quixote Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the **Locarno...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It would be hard to find a more unlikely senatorial candidate than Charlie Hardy, a former Catholic priest who spent nearly a decade serving the poor while living in a cardboard shack in a Venezuelan slum. In 2011, Charlie returns to his hometown of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and is shocked to see poverty, hunger and homelessness. After being snubbed by his congressional representatives, Charlie decides to run for office himself and he manages to receive...
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Filipino
Description
Following the internationally acclaimed *Norte, the End of History*, Filipino master Lav Diaz returns to one of his enduring themes — the historical rift and ongoing trauma caused by the Marcos regime — with the extraordinary five-and-a-half-hour epic, FROM WHAT IS BEFORE, which examines the conditions that laid the groundwork for Marcos's rise. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Winner of the Don Quixote Award,...
Publisher
PeaceJam Foundation
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing -- the greatest powers in the world to follow Costa Rica's example.. OSCAR ARIAS: WITHOUT A SHOT FIRED is a Don Quixote-like saga with great historical...
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