LLC Recorded Books
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
A former POW hunts for the truth behind a web of murder, betrayal, and treason In the midst of the Korean War, Martin Shane and five others were captured as POWs and tormented by the cruel Colonel Li. One of them revealed military secrets in return for freedom, but before Shane could uncover his identity, a violent explosion wiped his memory and confined him to the sterile halls of a mental institution. When he suddenly regains his memory six years...
Series
Film Movement volume year 8, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Alex and Alice are hosting a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. The other couples arrive in various states of discord, and the tensions are compounded when Alice's friends bring along a surprise guest--the very young and beautiful Helena. Alex and Alice try to keep the evening from spiraling out of control, and their own marriage from coming apart
Series
Film Movement volume 15, film 11
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Creole
Description
After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years embark on a journey of reconciliation.
Not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission
Series
Film Movement volume 15, film 8
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Bulgarian
Description
"Tsanko Petrov, a railroad worker, finds millions of leva [Bulgarian currency] on the train tracks. He decides to turn the money over to the police, for which the state rewards him with a new wristwatch that soon stops working. Meanwhile, Julia Staikova, head of the PR department of the Ministry of Transport, loses Petrov's old watch, a family relic. Here starts his desperate struggle to recover both his old watch and his dignity."--Publisher's website....
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 7
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"[One of] the 10 best films I saw at SXSW 2015... [with] the most explosively uncomfortable dinner party scene ever."– Ryan Lattanzio, Indiewire When Davis Green's alluring young cousin Alexis appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father's wishes, Davis travels to rural, upstate New York to meet his other cousins. While wrestling with a taboo attraction to one another,...
6) Illegal
Series
Film Movement volume year 9, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
Tania is a former teacher from Russia, living illegally in Belgium with her 14-year-old son, Ivan. One day, they are stopped on the street for a routine check by the police; Tania is arrested and placed in an immigration detention center for women, while Ivan manages to escape. Threatened with imminent deportation and fearful for Ivan's fate, Tania embarks on a harrowing journey, determined to preserve her dignity and find her son
7) Paradise
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Russian
Description
Not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission.
Paradise tells the compelling story of three individuals, Olga, Jules and Helmut, whose paths cross amidst the devastation of war. Olga, a Russian aristocratic immigrant and member of the French Resistance, is arrested by Nazi police for hiding Jewish children during a surprise raid. As her punishment, she is sent to jail where she meets Jules, a French-Nazi collaborator who is assigned...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Hindi
Description
An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news to his son Rajiv, knowing he wants to breathe his last in the holy city of Varanasi and end the cycle of rebirth, by attaining salvation. Being the dutiful son he is, Rajiv, is left with no choice but to drop everything and make the journey with his stubborn father. Daya and Rajiv check into Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) in Varanasi, a guesthouse devoted...
9) Amnesia
Series
Film Movement volume 15, year 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
On Ibiza in the early nineties, Jo is a twenty-five-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on her door. Her solitude intrigues him. They become friends even as the mysteries around her accumulate:...
10) La familia
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
A dramatic thriller about Andrés and Pedro, a father and son. When 12 year-old Pedro fatally injures another boy in a fight, they are forced to flee the violence in Caracas, Venezuela.
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
Lalia (Mouna Hawa), Salma (Sana Jammelieh), and Nur (Shaden Kanboura) share an apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv. Lalia, a criminal lawyer with a wicked wit, loves to burn off her workday stress in the underground club scene. Salma, slightly more subdued, is a DJ and bartender. Nur is a younger, religious Muslim girl who moves into the apartment in order to study at the university. Nur is both intrigued and intimidated by her two sophisticated...
13) Moka
Series
Film Movement volume 15, film 9
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
Diane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Évian, where she's learned the driver lives.
14) Nina
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Polish
Description
Not rated; not recommended for ages under 17 without permission.
Nina and Wotjek are a married but mismatched couple. They're eager to have a child, but Nina can't conceive. When a chance encounter introduces them to Magda, Wotjek believes they may have found a suitable surrogate. But meeting the fiercely independent, single-minded Magda awakens a repressed desire in Nina, causing events to spiral out of everyone's control.
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Frankfurt, 1946. David Bermann is determined to make the most of the ravaged postwar era by recruiting some friend from a displaced persons camp to sell linens at inflated prices to unsuspecting Germans. Most of the group have a single motivation - to raise enough money to leave Germany and move to the United States. But David has a secret, and the beautiful American Army investigator Sara Simon is determined to uncover it."--Container.
Series
Film Movement volume year 15, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Slovak
Description
In 1983, students and parents at a suburban Bratislava middle school must decide whether to go against new teacher Miss Drazdechova, a high-ranking official of the Communist Party who is tying pupils' grades to how helpful their families can be with favors.
Not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission.
17) 1944
Series
Film Movement volume 15, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Estonian
Description
"The year is 1944. As the Battle of Tannenberg Lines rages, Estonia finds itself helplessly trapped in the crossfire of two opposing forces. With the Red Army on the offensive, the severely outnumbered SS dig in to repel the Soviet advance on the Third Reich. Half of their infantry are local Estonian recruits, drafted from Siberian labor camps, and sent back to their homeland wearing enemy uniforms. Forced to fight against their own brothers, these...