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War

In Praise of Older Women

In Praise of Older Women

April 11, 1997

In the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, a young man comes of age sexually, through a string of relationships with a wide range of mature, older women.

The Island on Bird Street

The Island on Bird Street

April 11, 1997

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.

An Apostle of Non-Violence

An Apostle of Non-Violence

March 29, 1997

A Buddhist monk tries to preach non-violence to the Khmum-Chachak rebels and the National Army, who are in the midst of a civil war that can dangerously affect innocent civilians.

Edge

March 22, 1997

No overview found.

The Second Civil War

The Second Civil War

December 4, 1997

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.

The Informant

The Informant

March 15, 1997

A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.

The Game Bag

The Game Bag

March 14, 1997

In late summer 1991, three Italians reach a hunting reserve in Croatia with a station wagon. They go to deer, but, unaware of what's in store for months, they do not decipher the enigmatic signs that surround them. One of the three is suddendly wounded in the knee by a bullet of unknown provenance, and they end up in a hotel targeted by snipers night and day.

Comanche Territory

Comanche Territory

March 7, 1997

Spanish TV reporters covering the War in Bosnia. Based on true experience.

Level Five

Level Five

February 19, 1997

Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese experts and witnesses prompt her to reflect on life, humanity, and the lasting influence of history and memories.

The Truce

The Truce

February 14, 1997

After the liberation of Auschwitz, an Italian prisoner of War begins a torturous voyage home to Turin, through a Europe caught between war and peace.

Paradise Road

Paradise Road

February 11, 1997

A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.

The Sentence

January 21, 1997

A beat-up camper approaches a snow-covered mountain military check point. A pale sun is rising as a prelude to a chilly morning. The passengers are two old people who are trying to avoid the national draft of their grandson. They hide the kid in a coffin, pretending he's dead. But the commander discovers the young deserter.

Goodbye America

Goodbye America

January 6, 1997

It is November 1992 and the US Navy is preparing to surrender its largest overseas facility at Subic Bay, Philippines, after almost a century. For both countries, and for the navy, it is a time of change. Violence erupts shortly after the U.S. Navy announces plans to withdraw from a Philippine base in 1992.

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon

January 2, 1997

In the midst of a war between Venice and Genoa, Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, is imprisoned by the inquisition and is charged with heresy.

My Native Land

January 1, 1997

It shows how the Chinese nationalistic landowners made evil plots with the intention of inheriting Manchu's imperial rights to Mongolia, and how the people of Darganga entered the path of freedom and happiness as a result of the victory of the people's revolution.

Peacekeepers

Peacekeepers

January 1, 1997

A Canadian Army unit with the United Nations peacekeeping force in the former Yugoslavia is tasked with keeping the peace in a dangerous Croatian town named Krasna.

Witnessed

January 1, 1997

Witnessed is inspired from the dance piece Courtyard choreographed by Allen Kaeja. Allen delves into the times his family lived through during the Holocaust of WW II, by exploring the relationships of five individuals after months of forced confinement inside the Ghetto walls. The story of Witnessed is one of displacement, unrelenting fear and community support in a time of crisis.

Soldier's Bride

January 1, 1997

An explicit anti-rape film.

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报告班长5:女兵报到

January 1, 1997

Meensel-Kiezegem 44

January 1, 1997

Docu drama of a true story from august 1944 about belgians who worked for the germans nicknamed as de zwarten the blacks who tortuered en killed habitans of a village called Meensel Kiezegem.