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Good morning! I hope that you are doing well. How are you spending your time at home? Are you baking anything? Creating anything? Watching anything? I have been doing a little of all of the above and I thought I would share a few of the movies I have been watching in the evenings. I have been streaming these from Amazon Prime but I am sure you can find them elsewhere as well.
Let me preface this by saying that some are old favorites, and some are new, and to be honest some are a little heavy, but still great movies.
Florence Green, a free-spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop — the first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England. But this mini social revolution soon brings her fierce enemies: she invites the hostility of the town’s less prosperous shopkeepers and also crosses Mrs. Gamart, Harborough’s vengeful, embittered alpha female who is a wannabe doyenne of the local arts scene.
At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, which views indigenous populations as savages, the determined Fawcett, supported by his devoted wife, son, and aide-de-camp, returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case
A woman utilises ancient beekeeping traditions to cultivate honey in the mountains of North Macedonia. When a neighbouring family tries to do the same, it becomes a source of tension as they disregard her wisdom and advice.
An American father travels to France to retrieve the body of his estranged son, who died while attempting the pilgrimage to Spain’s Santiago de Compostela. He resolves to take the journey himself, in an effort to understand both himself and his son.
When elderly matriarch Hélène Berthier (Édith Scob) discovers that her health is declining, she contacts her three adult children about contending with her valuable art collection after her passing. As the family gathers, local son Frédéric (Charles Berling) is on hand, while his jet-setting siblings, Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) and Jérémie (Jérémie Renier), fly in from abroad. Together, they try to agree on what to do with their mother’s collection, as they also grapple with her mortality.
These are on my list for the next few days.
Armed with bundles of ancient maps, a leaking boat and a failing heart, GARNET’S GOLD follows one extraordinary man’s quixotic and recklessly brave adventure in search of hidden treasure, in a belated rite of passage to reclaim his soul and to rediscover the meaning of his life.
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Four longtime friends and book club members–Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen–have their lives upended when they aim to spice up their mundane routines by reading the provocative bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey. With newfound confidence, they each begin to come alive as exciting romances are ignited and old flames are rekindled. Through it all, the ladies inspire one other to make this next stage of their lives the best and steamiest thus far.
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I love these lists!
We have signed up for a month of Netflix, which might be extended. So far, lots of animal documentaries (Night on Earth! Totally amazing!) and just started "The Good Place." I wasn't sure about it, because I don't like religious shows. But it isn't at all. More like karma, which yes is religious but not preachy. The Eleanor character on earth must be modeled on a certain relative. It is delicious to watch the karma happen to her.
The Way is one of my all time favorite movies…I work at a Catholic university and have met several employees as well as students who have walked the trail, said it was an amazing experience.
I have The Bookshop arriving tomorrow from Netflix – taking a break from The Handmaid's Tale which is rather demoralizing. . . . . . .but quite amazing too!
Stay well dear Elizabeth – your family too of course.
Hugs – Mary