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Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, renowned director Michael Apted has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, Apted has been back to talk to the same subjects, examining the progression of their lives. From cab driver Tony to East End schoolmates Jackie, Lynn, and Susan and the heart-breaking Neil, we see, as they enter their 40’s, how close these subjects are to realizing their ambitions. An extraordinary look at the structure of life in the 20th century, The Up Series is, according to Roger Ebert, “an inspired, almost noble use of the film medium. Apted penetrates to the central mystery of life.”

The premise behind the Up series is deceptively simple: take a cross-section of children at age 7, ask them about their hopes for the future, and then return every seven years to mark their progress. However, the results of these experiments, launched in 1963 by Britain’s Granada Television, are anything but mundane, and their revelations about society, maturation, and the human condition were compiled into six extraordinary films, packaged together for the first time in this five-disc set. We meet the 14 children whose lives we will follow for the next 36 years in Seven Up, a episode of the television series The World in Action and directed by Paul Almond. What becomes evident almost immediately is that class and background will have an indelible effect on the kids for the rest of their lives; the upper-class boys and girls seem confident to the point of boorishness, while the middle- and working-class children seem resigned to a life of hard work or inevitable failure due to their backgrounds.

Fascinated by the footage, Almond’s assistant, Michael Apted (later the director of The World Is Not Enough, among others, and president of the Directors’ Guild), proposed to revisit the subjects every seven years, and in 1970, 7 Plus Seven was released, followed by 21 Up in ’77, 28 Up in ’84, 35 Up in ’91, and the most recent entry, 42 Up, in ’99 (Apted plans to continue the project). And the changes that occur to the original 14 (some of whom drop out of the project) are among the most fascinating and often tragic ever recorded on film. Success, failure, marriage and childbirth, poverty, illness–almost every possible element of the human experience passes before Apted’s camera. And while each of the children’s stories is riveting, the viewer will undoubtedly be gripped by that of Neil, a shy boy who endures incredible hardships. A one-of-a-kind series and sociological experiment, The Up Series is required viewing for not only documentary fans but any viewer with a curiosity about and concern for their fellow humans. The DVD set includes commentary by Apted on 42 Up. –Paul Gaita

seven.up.1964.720p.bluray.x264-usury.mkv

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A woman with a troubled past is saved from drowning in a river and brought to a strange community hidden in the woods.

Found drifting down the Saguenay River, half-drowned and clinging to a log, a woman is rescued by Boulder, who carries her to Undersky, his commune in the Quebec wilderness. Named after the river from which she was saved, Saguenay is haunted by memories of her past and remains unresponsive for days, drifting in and out of consciousness. She gradually becomes aware of the life going on around her and begins to explore it. But she senses she has brought ill fortune to this community and fears something in her past has doomed her and all who know her.

A young woman clinging to a log and drifting down the Saguenay river is struggling for her life when she is rescued by a large man. Boulder Allin, her savior, carries her back to his primitive wilderness commune called Undersky hidden in the woods. Boulder is the leader of the inhabitants who have fled their modern urban lives to return to the simplicity of nature. The woman, half-drowned and suffering from some type of amnesia, is named Saguenay after the river from which she was saved. Saguenay’s dreams are haunted by memories of her past and she remains unresponsive for days, drifting in and out of consciousness. When she finally comes to, she observes the group in utter silence and passively explores her new surroundings. She eventually returns to some type of normalcy and begins to become part of the group until strange phenomena appear and paranoia takes hold of the people. Saguenay senses she has brought ill fortune to this community and fears something in her past has doomed her and all who know her. She decides she must confront the nightmare of her past once and for all.

Journey (1972).mkv

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A woman believes she is beginning to lose her mind when she begins seeing ghosts and spirits.

As a comment on religious repression, familial ostracism, and subliminal incestuous urges, this film might have some value.

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https://nitroflare.com/view/0D3B1466E299F0A/Isabel_(1968).mkv

Language:English, French
Subtitles:English hardsubs for French parts

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Martha Hayes, a woman fanatically devoted to Jesus Christ, ekes out a meager existence in Montreal, Canada. As a singer in an Anglican Church choir, Martha meets and is fascinated by Father Michael Ferrier, an Augustinian monk who’s the guest conductor for an interfaith concert. How far is Martha willing to go to show her devotion to God?

the audio goes out of synch for about the last 20 minutes

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