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At school, siblings Saida and Nikola face extreme discrimination due to their Romani identity, while at home, they live in poverty in an informal settlement under a bridge in Belgrade, Serbia. Nikola is a talented trumpeter and dreams of leaving their present situation behind to become a famous musician, so when he receives an invitation to play at a festival, it seems like everything is falling into place. But he soon discovers just how difficult...
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"1666. It is a year after plague has devastated England. Young widow Cecilia Thorowgood is a prisoner, trapped and isolated within the cavernous London townhouse of her older sister. At the mercy of a legion of doctors who fail to cure her grief with their impatient scalpels, Cecilia shows no signs of improvement. Soon, her sister makes a decision borne of desperation: she hires a new physician, someone known for more unusual methods. But he is a...