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Series
Criterion collection volume 1034
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe, swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr. Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's dismay. For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbor Kaz, the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
This unforgettable Broadway smash, filled with memorable songs and brilliant dances, centers on a Hong Kong girl who comes to San Franciso for an arranged marriage. Features the hit tunes: "I enjoy being a girl", "Chop Suey", and "A hundred million miracles".
5) A fond kiss
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Not every girl gets what she wants on her 16th birthday, but Kobeni's gift is something she never saw coming: an arranged marriage! Thanks to her late grandfather, Kobeni's been engaged to a total stranger since childhood, and even though she's supposedly met him she doesn't remember a single thing about him. Even weirder is that both her Mom and creepily over-doting sister, Benio, seem completely unsurprised when the groom-to-be, Hakuya, and his...
Series
Criterion collection volume 489
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
When one family reunites for an unexpected wedding, sparks fly as love, lust, and secrets are revealed.
10) Picture bride
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.
11) Loving Leah
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 67
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Description
When his brother dies, Jake, a 30-year-old cardiologist, is called upon to marry the widow, Leah, under orthodox Jewish law. While initially just going through the motions to satisfy their mothers, the two soon find themselves in love.
12) Arthur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Lovable billionaire Arthur Bach has always relied on his limitless fortune and nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge. He must choose between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy, Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will finally learn what it means to become...
13) Mesmerized
Publisher
Legacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, 1989
Description
A young orphan's arranged marriage to a deranged, possessive businessman becomes so unbearable that she attempts to free herself of the relationship and, when her husband dies, is charged with his murder. Based on a true story.
14) Pardes
Publisher
Eros International
Pub. Date
[2005], ©2005
Description
Kishorilal left India to make his fortune in America. Successful in his endeavors, he nevertheless remains true to his Indian cultural values and seeks to find his son, Rajiv, a traditional Indian wife. Kishorilal selects Kusum Ganga, the daughter of an old friend. But when Ganga comes to America, East and West collide. It is up to Arjun, Kashorilal's foster son, to reconcile the engaged couple's differences.
15) Mesmerized
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
A young orphan's arranged marriage to a deranged, possessive businessman becomes so unbearable that she attempts to free herself of the relationship and, when her husband dies, is charged with his murder. Based on a true story.
Publisher
First Look Studios
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
A year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy about her arranged marriage and is secretly in love with Alu, a young elephant handler. When the romance is revealed, Alu is thrown in jail and the wedding elephant goes missing. To save the princess, Paige and Eddie must find the elephant and free Alu, plus convince...
Publisher
Yash Raj Films Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Description
Raj and Simran are second generation British Asians who meet one summer riding Eurail with their friends. They fall in love, but Simran's traditional father already has arranged for her to marry the son of an old friend from India.
18) Love me
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Sasha is an attractive young Ukranian woman who finally decides to end her dead-end relationship with a married man. Cemal, bound by tradition to marry a girl he's never met, is dragged by his uncle and cousin from Turkey to Kiev for a bachelor party. When their paths cross at a nightclub, everything changes for these two lost souls.
19) Tom Jones
Series
Criterion collection volume 910
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Follows the bawdy activities of Tom Jones, a foundling of mysterious origin, adopted by a squire in eighteenth-century England.
Publisher
ADV Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The tales of six lovelorn women during one particularly snowy winter on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. These episodes focus on Atsuko, a quiet young woman who is slated for an arranged marriage; and Karin, a terminally ill girl who creates a web blog and meets someone very surprising.
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