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The Pope and Cardinal Montefiasco plot to bring England back within the fold of the Catholic Church. Montefiasco decides to do this by first converting the Prince of Wales, then arranging the murder of leading Protestants on St Bartholomew's day. The Prince falls under the influence of the homosexual Dean of Balliol, an ally of the Cardinal, but may yet be saved by his love for cabaret girl Beatrice...
Mary Magdalene is a familiar presence in modern culture. We’ve read about her in the Da Vinci Code. We’ve heard about her in Jesus Christ Superstar. We think we know the story well. Yet in actual fact we don’t know it at all because it’s all a fantasy. For a thousand years, the Mary Magdalene story has been one of art's most tremulous myths. In the Bible, she warrants just four actual mentions. She's the most beautiful of the three Marys’ at the foot of the cross. This extraordinary new film tells her story and how it inspired the likes of Giotto, Caravaggio, Titian, Cezanne and Van Gogh. In the end, perhaps the most remarkable thing about Mary Magdalene is that she appears in all this art, yet we still know so little about her. Instead, the many stories of Mary Magdalene tell us more about the artists who have painted her.
Takao escaped from prison to take revenge on his wife who had informed him of his crimes. Along the way, I met Izumi, a high school girl who had been dating a middle-aged man, and spent the night. Takao appears in front of his wife with a gun in his hand ... The protagonist and the sexually unrestrained school girls, who have revenge but cannot give up their feelings for their wives, dramatically gloss various sexual forms.
Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists. In art all Christian saints are inventions but Mary Magdalene has been the subject of more invention and re-invention than any other.
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.