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Leviathan [videorecording] / by Serebryakov, Aleksey.; Madyanov, Roman.; Lyadova, Elena.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov, Elena Lyadova.Nikolay is in danger of losing his home. His pleas to the corrupt mayor of this small Russian village fall on deaf ears. The police and the church are all on the mayor's side. Even his wife ends up betraying him. Desperate, he turns to an old friend he served with in the army. But this friend brings even more trouble into Nikolay's life. Will he be able to overcome all these obstacles and save his home?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Political corruption; Fishing villages; Mayors; Foreign films; Motion pictures, Russian.; Feature films.;
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Swim home to the vanished / by Shay Basham, Brendan,author.;
"A haunting debut novel in the indigenous Diné tradition, Swim Home to the Vanished follows a grief-stricken young man who, after his brother's sudden death, seeks refuge--and oblivion--in a mysterious fishing village of brujas"--
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Brothers; Grief; Resilience (Personality trait); Villages;
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God's Creatures. by Rose Holmer, Anna,film director.; Davis, Saela,film director.; Franciosi, Aisling,actor.; Watson, Emily,actor.; Mescal, Paul,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Aisling Franciosi, Emily Watson, Paul MescalOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2022.In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Ireland.; Families.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Twilight territory : a novel / by Pham, Andrew X.,1967-author.;
In the Vietnamese fishing village of Phan Thiet in 1942, Tuyet meets and falls in love with Japanese major Yamazaki Takeshi, a wounded veteran with a good heart, but when he risks his life for the Resistance, she and her family are drawn into the conflict, with devastating consequences.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Divorced women; Single mothers; Soldiers; Survival;
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Doc Martin. [videorecording]. by Catz, Caroline.; Clunes, Martin,1961-; Cole, Stephanie,1941-; McNeice, Ian.; Acorn Media (Firm); Buffalo Pictures Ltd.; Portman Film and Television Ltd.;
Disc 1. Tick tock -- The morning after -- Love they neighbor -- The GP always rings twice.Disc 2. Breaking up is hard to do -- The two of us -- In sickness and in health.Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stephanie Cole, Ian McNeice.Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: City and town life; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Physicians; Television comedies.;
© c2010., Acorn Media,
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Fire monster [graphic novel] / by Conley, Pauline,author,illustrator.; Lahey, Anita,author.;
Set in a fictional version of the real Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia, where a 1976 wildfire caused catastrophic devastation, 'The Fire Monster', tells the tale of a skilled oil sands worker who returns to the Cape Breton fishing village where, as a child, he was blamed for causing the fire that tore through the local community, consuming bush, trees, houses, boats, cars, animals and the century-old gothic church.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Families; Ghosts; Mothers; Wildfires;
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Doc Martin. [videorecording] / by Catz, Caroline.; Clunes, Martin,1961-; Cole, Stephanie.; McNeice, Ian.; Acorn Media (Firm); Buffalo Pictures Ltd.; Homerun Productions (Firm); Image Entertainment (Firm); Portman Film and Television Ltd.;
Disc 1. Old dogs -- In loco -- Blood is thicker.Disc 2. Aromatherapy -- Always on my mind -- The family way.Out of the woods -- Erotomania -- On the edge.Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stephanie Cole, Ian McNeice.As a hard-charging London surgeon, Martin Ellingham didn't need a bedside manner. His patients were unconscious, so he could be as rude and arrogant as he pleased. All that changes when he develops a crippling fear of blood and is forced to give up surgery. Now a GP in a sleepy, picturesque Cornish fishing village, Doc Martin offends everyone in town, including the one person he wants to impress, beautiful teacher Louisa Glasson. Getting her attention proves even more difficult when Louisa's old flame returns to the village and becomes his new rival.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: City and town life; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Physicians; Television comedies.; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2009., Acorn Media,
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Broken man on a Halifax pier / by Choyce, Lesley,1951-author.;
"A tale of one man's shipwrecked life and an unlikely crew of rescuers. Having lost his long-time journalism job and been swindled out of his life savings, fifty-five-year-old Charles Howard is standing by the edge of Halifax Harbour on a foggy morning contemplating his dismal future when Ramona Danforth interrupts his ritual of self-pity. And so begins a most interesting relationship. Charles and Ramona decide to travel to his childhood home, Stewart Harbour, a fishing village far down Nova Scotia's remote Eastern Shore populated by rugged individualists. Charles left the village immediately after graduating from high school and never looked back. Until now. The past soon catches up with him in ways he could never have imagined."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Homecoming;
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Snowblind : a thriller / by Ragnar Jónasson,1976-author.;
"Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors -- accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik--with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theater, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness -- blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose. Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent. "--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Police; Violent crimes;
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Nightblind / by Jonasson,Ragnar1976-author.; Bates, Quentin,translator.; translation of:Ragnar Jónasson,1976-Nattblinda.English.;
"Chilling, and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from undeniable new talent Ragnar Jonasson. Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman, whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland--where no one locks their doors--continue to haunt him. The peace of this close-knit community is shattered by the murder of a policeman--shot at point-blank range in the dead of night in a deserted house. With a killer on the loose and the dark arctic winter closing in, it falls to Ari Thór to piece together a puzzle that involves tangled local politics, a compromised new mayor, and a psychiatric ward in Reykjavik where someone is being held against their will. Then a mysterious young woman moves to the area, on the run from something she dares not reveal, and it becomes all too clear that tragic events from the past are weaving a sinister spell that may threaten them all."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Murder; Police;
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