Monthly Archives: June 2020
Movies
The General (Silent Film) Original title: The General Genre: Comedy, historical movie Release date: 1926 Public: Adults, teenagers Available at the Internet Archive: link The Betrothed Original title: I Promessi Sposi Original language: Italian Genre: Drama, historical movie Release…
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The Odyssey
There is no literary work in the entire history of Western culture so influential as Homer’s Odyssey. Created, probably, in the 8th century before Christ, this masterpiece is an ode to the family. It describes the ten years journey which…
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The Adventures of Tintin
In our family, all those books, movies and cartoons with treasures are highly appreciated. Our God and King Jesus Christ Himself knows the interest of people of all times for treasures: he used the image of the discovery of a…
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The Monk and the Fish
I am convinced that the benedictine monks from Norcia monastery will agree with me. An alternative title of this marvelous creation signed by Michaël Dudok de Wit can be “Quaerere Deum”. Translated from Latin it is a short sentence which…
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A Christmas Carol
Probably this is not that exceptional kind of movie that is better than the book it transposes. But in any case it is at least as good as the famous novella A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. Not just that the…
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The Reluctant Saint
Born like our King and Savior Jesus Christ in a stable, Joseph of Cupertino (1603 – 1663) is one of the most famous Catholic saints ever known. The supernatural gifts that God has endowed him with are the clear fulfillment…
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