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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again....
3) El profe
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Español
Description
"El Pintoresco profesor Sócrates García es llamado para dar clases en una escuela rural; a pesar de simpatizar rápidamente con los habitantes tiene un obstáculo: el cacique del pueblo y el presidente municipal son enemigos de la educación, por lo que harán todo lo posible para que el Profe no pueda impartir su educación: lo mandan golpear, convierten la escuela en cantina, y cuando Sócrates improvisa un toldo para dar clases al aire libre,...
4) Amelie
Pub. Date
2001
Language
Français
Description
Amelie Poulain has led a sheltered life, educated at home by her parents, she lives in a fantasy world of her own. When she finally leaves home and finds work as a waitress in a Parisian cafe, life is uneventful until a chain of extraordinary events leads her to the discovery of a box containing a schoolboy's long forgotten mementos. It is then that Amelie discovers her vocation in life - helping others find love and happiness - which she sets about...
5) Aguila o sol
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Español
Description
Cantinflas, as a child, escapes from an orphanage with two friends and makes his way to the stage as part of a comedy team. Meanwhile, a man searches for the son he left at an orphanage years ago.
7) Mad Max
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the desolate near future, road cop Mad Max tires of chasing after vicious roving gangs and quits. When his wife and child are murdered by a motorcycle gang he returns to seek revenge.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Swedish
Description
The final installment of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy. Lisbeth Salander is fighting for her life in more ways than one. In an intensive care unit and charged with three murders, she will have to not only prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce the same corrupt government institutions that nearly destroyed her life. Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now, Lisbeth Salander is fighting back.
10) Belle epoque
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Español
Description
A young Army deserter is seduced by each of the four daughters of the man who has offered him refuge.
11) Layer cake
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Planning to retire and begin a new life, Mr. X is a successful West End drug dealer who has been asked for one last favor: to negotiate the sale of one million hits of Ecstasy. Unfortunately for Mr. X, the pills were stolen from a Serbian drug lord who'll cut off his head if he sells them. And with a London crime czar promising to retire him permanently if he doesn't, Mr. X may be rightfully concerned about his future.
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
Chinese
Description
Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love.
Pub. Date
[1999?], 1997.
Language
English
Description
A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II...and a beloved wife and son are saved from an unthinkable fate!
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
עברית
Description
It's the story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. Nira discovers that her young student Yoav has an otherworldly talent for language and poetry, and becomes interested in cultivating the boy's gift, but when fascination morphs into obsession; Nira pushes the boundaries of her relationship with the boy and his family in an attempt to protect the purity of his...
17) El sinvergüenza
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
Description
Fernández is a father who has trouble with his family because he is, among other things, a shameless rogue.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Español
Description
Pepa (Maura) has just been jilted by Ivan, her girlfriend Candela has fallen in love with a terrorist, Ivan's son wants to rent the love nest Pepa shared with Ivan, Ivan's crazed wife arrives with loaded guns, and Ivan himself is about to fly off to Stockholm on a plane that Candela's boyfriend plans to hijack.
19) Charlotte Holmes
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Español
Description
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson recount cases for Sherlock's neice, who decides to become a detective like her uncle.
20) Amores perros
Series
Criterion collection volume 1060
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Tres personas diferentes son catapulted en circunstancias dramáticas e imprevistas tras un accidente del coche terrible: un punk jóven tropieza en el mundo siniestro subterráneo de lucha de perro; el perro de diseñador de un supermodelo herido desaparece en los entarimados del apartamento; y un ex-radical dio vuelta el asesino a sueldo rescata un Rotweiler con una herida de bala.
In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers, a young man mixed...
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