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Movie: Louis, enfant roi (1993)

“The title of this major French costume drama means “Louis, child-king”, and indeed it’s a fascinating fresco about the formative years of the young king Louis XIV, before he became the Sun-king at Versailles. It was a dark and violent period, when the Louvre (meaning ‘wolves hunt castle’, hunting was a major aristocratic pastime), then still the somewhat gloomy royal palace, was the battle field of palace intrigues while the regency was held by queen-mother Anne of Austria but the actual head of the royal government was the aging cardinal Giulio Mazirini (‘Mazarin’), the less-known Italian precursor and a teacher of Richelieu, who also introduced to the court and the kingdom a host of his countrymen from whom Louis would learn the passion for Italian culture, especially music which would flourish under the direction of Lully (but that later story is another movie, “Le Roi danse”). The elaborate script sketches the story of French power politics, too complicate and devious to summarize in any detail, but mainly from the viewpoint of the immature king under maternal guardianship, who probably didn’t comprehend half of the grave troubles focusing on the strife between the official Catholic church and those claiming freedom of religion, especially for the Huguenots, but in reality mainly driven by personal and family ambitions and the grip of nobles on the kingdom at the expense of the royal power, and climaxing in a full rebellion, known as the Fronde, which forces the royal family to flee for their lives, an experience that may have decided Louis to dedicate his reign to preventing a repeat by establishing absolutism as he did. Some narration is done by Louis’s younger brother Philip, the duke of Anjou, who seems smarter but as the spare heir is condemned to life in a golden cage, overshadowed by Louis while any ‘disrespect’ for his crowned sibling is punishable on the spot by strap lashes administered on his bare behind by a servant. Written by KGF Vissers”

• Director: Roger Planchon
• Release Date: 21 April 1993 (France)
• Run Time: 160 min
• Country: France
• Genre: Biography , Drama , History , War

Movie: Louis de Saint-Just (1910)

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• Director: Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
• Release Date: 8 December 1910 (France)
• Country: France
• Genre: Short , Drama , History

Movie: Lost Worlds of Georgia (2005) (V)

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• Director: Gary C. Daniels
• Release Date: 1 May 2005 (USA)
• Run Time: USA:45 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Documentary , History

Tagline: 4,000 Years of Native American History in Georgia

Movie: The Lost World of the Crystal Skull (2008) (TV)

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• Director: Gabriel Murray
• Release Date: 24 August 2008 (UK)
• Run Time: UK:56 min
• Country: UK
• Genre: Documentary , History

Tagline: Story of Mitchell Hedges – his search for The Crystal Skull.

Movie: The Lost River (2008)

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• Director: Jason Urban
• Country: USA
• Genre: History

Movie: Lost Liners (2000) (TV)

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• Director: Peter Schnall
• Genre: Documentary , History

Movie: The Lost Children of Berlin (1997)

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• Director: Elizabeth McIntyre
• Run Time: USA:50 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Documentary , History , War

Movie: Los Canadienses (1975)

“In the 1930’s, hundreds of idealistic youths, many of them Canadian, acted on their resolve for a more just world in a most direct way. This was done by volunteering in the International Brigades to fight in the Spanish Civil War against the Nationalist forces lead by Francisco Franco and supported by Nazi Germany. This film tells their story in that war and the consequences they faced for their decision. Written by Kenneth Chisholm {kchishol@home.com}”

• Director: Albert Kish
• Run Time: 58 min
• Country: Canada
• Genre: Documentary , History

Movie: Lorenzo Ruiz the Saint (1988)

“Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (c.1600 – September 29, 1637), was born in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. His Chinese father taught him Chinese, and his Filipino mother taught him Tagalog. Both of his parents were Catholic. Lorenzo served at the convent of Binondo church as an altar boy. After a few years Lorenzo earned the title of “escribano” (notary). He became a member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. He was working as a clerk at the Binondo Church when he was falsely accused of killing a Spaniard in 1636. Prior to that, his life with his Filipino wife and three children was one of peace, contentment, and Christ-centered. Lorenzo was falsely accused of murdering a Spaniard and sought asylum on board a ship with three Dominican priests, Saint Antonio Gonzalez, Saint Guillermo Courtet, Saint Miguel de Aozaraza, a Japanese priest: Saint Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, and a layman named Saint Lazaro of Kyoto, a leper. The boat landed at Okinawa and the group was arrested on basis of their Christian religion. They were tortured by the Japanese, but did not denounce their faith, and died as martyrs. Lorenzo Ruiz was beatified in Manila on February 18, 1981 by Pope John Paul II who canonized Lorenzo on October 18, 1987. Lorenzo’s beatification was the first one outside the Vatican and is the first Filipino saint. Written by Anonymous”

• Director: Maria Saret
• Country: Philippines
• Genre: Biography , Drama , History