A biography of the famous singer Loretta Lynn, who rose from Kentucky poverty to country music stardom. The singer had many unpleasant moments in her life: struggling with a drug addiction, a nervous breakdown, marital troubles, and the death of her best friend.
Julian Albans is expelled from school for abusing Auggie Pullman. Julian is visited by his grandmother, who shares with her grandson the story of her youth in Nazi-occupied France. Her life was saved only by the kindness and courage of an almost unknown boy, who was also bullied at school by his classmates.
After suffering several defeats in a row, Jim Braddock, a promising heavyweight boxer, is forced to quit the sport. During the Great Depression, Braddock takes any job to support his wife May and children. But he still hopes to get back in the ring. And one day he gets that chance. At the last minute, Jim replaces another boxer and goes into a fight with a challenger for the world title ...
The story of Erin Brockovich, a single woman with three children, who is not often spoiled by life's bright days. For someone like her, there are no career prospects, only a modest job in a small law firm. But for a self-confident beauty, not shy in expressions, it is enough one tiny chance to radically change her fate. Beauty and charm have helped her achieve unprecedented success, but now Erin will need incredible determination to bring the case of the century to trial.
New York, mid-1950s. Vito Genovese, who has been released from prison, learns that his position as boss of the Mafia family is now held by Frank Costello, whom he must obey. Unwilling to accept the loss of power, Genovese begins plotting behind his new boss's back to kill him.
Henri Charrière, a safecracker, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to hard labor for a murder he did not commit. Nicknamed the Moth because he has this symbol of thieves tattooed on his chest, Henri makes several escape attempts. As punishment, the authorities put him in a punishment cell for a long time, and then send him to French Guiana on Devil's Island, surrounded on all sides by the ocean. No prisoner has ever escaped from this most dreaded convict prison. But nothing can make Henri lose heart and break his determination to break free.
A series of short sketches revealing various aspects of the life, work and personality of the famous Canadian pianist.
Forty years after Alexander's death, the elderly Ptolemy, one of Macedon's closest companions who became governor of Egypt after his death, decides to tell and record the story of the great commander's victories. For eight years the army of Alexander the Great moved to the East, to the shores of the world Ocean. Having conquered Western and Central Asia, Macedonian was the first to set foot on the mysterious and mysterious land of ancient India. He dreamed about it in his childhood, listening to the myths of Troy, the exploits of Hercules and Achilles....
