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Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 203 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oscar winner Judi Dench stars in this darkly humorous drama about a meek, middle-aged divorcee who suddenly begins to behave in ways that shock her ex and her grown daughter. Extras include biographies of star Judi Dench and writer Catherine Heath.
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Doris Miller meets John Fremont sparks fly-at least for Doris. In the cluttered house she shared with her late mother. When Doris begins showing up at John's regular haunts, she wins over his Williamsburg friends. Her new life brings Doris a thrilling perspective, but also creates a rift between her and her longtime friends and family, who believe she's making a fool of herself over a guy half her age.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After aspiring playwright Stanley Krown's new play is optioned, his producer insists he rewrites the script to allow his middle-aged ex-wife to play the lead role, that of a ninteen-year-old ingenue. But the role wasn't meant for her, and despite constant changes, Krown's play can't seem to win over critics.
4) Puzzle
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A closely observed portrait of Agnes, who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father. That begins to change in a quietly dramatic fashion when Agnes receives a jigsaw puzzle as a birthday gift and experiences the heady thrill of not only doing something she enjoys, but being very, very good at it.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. Back then she played the role of an alluring young girl but now she is being asked to step into the older role. With her assistant Maria prepares to play opposite a young Hollywood starlet and finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an unsettling reflection of herself.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kyra Johnson, a middle-aged divorcee, moves into her elderly mother's Brooklyn apartment while she looks for work and tries to get back on her feet. When her mother dies suddenly, Kyra is left without any support, both emotional and financial, and finds herself with very few options. Kyra can't accept that her once-tidy life has completely fallen apart. This leads her on a risky path of self-destruction that has devastating consequences.
7) Gloria Bell
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcee who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
8) Land
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.
10) Cake
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower while confronting fantastical hallucinations of his dead wife. With her feisty housekeeper-cum-caretaker ever at her side, Claire searches for human connection and self-forgiveness in this tale of personal redemption.
11) Gloria
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A story about a middle aged woman who gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, whom she meets at a dance club for singles. But when she discovers the truth of their relationship, she takes matters into her own hands and sets forth to change her life.
12) I am love
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The wealthy Recchi family has undergone sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr. has named a successor to the reins of his company, and surprised everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo. But Edo had always dreamed of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio. To make matters worse, the very foundation of the entire family may be totally shattered after Tancredi's wife Emma falls deeply in love with Antonio and begins a passionate...
13) The substance
Pub. Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Elisabeth Sparkle is a former A-lister fired from her fitness TV show by studio head Harvey. A new miracle drug promises it only takes one injection and she is reborn as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue. The only catch is her body needs to alternate -- one week as Sue, one week as Elisabeth -- or else it could have disasterous effects.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Glorious gardens and classic whodunits combine in a hit British series seen on public television. Rosemary Boxer is a former professor. Laura Thyme is a former policewoman. They share a passion for horticulture and a talent for sleuthing. Filmed on location in English and European countryside settings, the collection includes all 3 series.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Centuries ago, two 'sworn sisters' are isolated by their families, but stay connected through a secret language written in the folds of a white silk fan. Now in modern-day Shanghai, their descendents must draw inspiration from the past as they struggle to maintain their own eternal bond in the face of life's complications. What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in their universal notion of love, hope and friendship.
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