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viking.com | 55 S U M M E R I S S U E 2 5 MYSTERIES OF LISBON (2010) This highly acclaimed movie traces the adventures of a jealous countess, a rich businessman and a young orphaned boy as they travel across Portugal, France and Italy, and to Brazil. Filmed in multiple locations including Lisbon. PASSAGES (LÜ CHENG) (2004) Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education. WHITE FANG (1998) RANDAL KLEISER This film tells the stories of Jack Conroy, a gold hunter looking for his dead father's claim, and White Fang, a wolfdog that is forced into both human hands and nature. Jack and White Fang cross paths numerous times, and though the two seemingly want nothing to do with each other, a strong bond is formed. A ROYAL AFFAIR (2012) When British Princess Caroline is forced to marry the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, she finds herself miserable—until Dr. Johann Struensee, an ordinary man of Enlightenment, influences the king to begin passing reforms in Denmark. Nominated for one Academy Award and one Golden Globe. POETRY IS AN ISLAND, DEREK WALCOTT (2013) See St. Lucia through the eyes of Derek Walcott, a poet, playwright, painter, filmmaker and Literature Nobel Laureate who has been inspired by St. Lucia for more than 60 years. This documentary was filmed in St. Lucia, Walcott's native island, and explores the people and places that have been the subjects of his prized poetry. IN MY COUNTRY (2004) When Langston Whitfield, a Washington Post journalist, is sent to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, he finds himself confronting his own demons and questioning his sense of identity, while Anna Malan, an Afrikaans poet covering the hearings for radio, is deeply moved by acts committed by her fellow countrymen. HOW THE WAR STARTED ON MY ISLAND (1996) In this bold black comedy, it is 1991 on an unnamed Croatian island and the Croatian parliament has declared the island's independence from Yugoslavia. But conscripts from the Yugoslav People's Army barricade themselves in a garrison, refusing to leave. THE SPANISH APARTMENT (2002) This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L'Auberge Espagnole. KON-TIKI (2012) In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl's 6,700 -kilometre expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. St. Lucia

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