Rete Bibliotecaria Bergamasca

Abstract: Siamo nella Germania del 1944, il padre di Jojo è al fronte in Italia, mentre sua madre, Rose, si prende cura di lui, dopo la morte della sorella. Il bambino trascorre le sue giornate in compagnia di Yorki, il suo unico vero amico, e frequentando un campo per giovani nazisti, gestito dal capitano Klenzendorf. Sebbene sia considerato strambo dai suoi coetanei, il ragazzo si sente un nazista avvantaggiato perché ha un amico immaginario molto particolare: una versione grottesca e caricaturale di Adolf Hitler. Jojo odia gli ebrei, nonostante non ne abbia mai visto uno, è fermamente convinto che sia giusto ucciderli. La sua visione nazista del mondo cambia completamente quando scopre che sua madre nasconde in soffitta una ragazza ebrea. Da questo momento in poi Jojo dovrà fare i conti con i dubbi sorti riguardo il nazionalismo e in questo dissidio interiore verrà aiutato soltanto dal suo amico immaginario Adolf.

Abstract: The Sinner follows a young mother (Jessica Biel) who, when on a day trip with her husband (Christopher Abbott) and son, commits a startling act of violence and, to her horror, has no idea why. The event launches an inverted and utterly surprising crime thriller whose driving force is not the 'who'; or the 'what' - but the 'why'. When an investigator (Bill Pullman) finds himself obsessed with uncovering the woman's buried motive, together they travel a harrowing journey into the depths of her psyche and the violent secrets hidden in her past.

Abstract: Kenny Ortega directs this fantasy adventure sequel following the children of some of Disney's most notorious villains. When the celebrity lifestyle becomes too much for Mal (Dove Cameron), she reverts back to her old ways and returns to the Isle of the Lost. However, her sudden return doesn't go down well with her old enemy Uma (China Anne McClain), who is still bitter that Mal was chosen to become a citizen of Auradon over her. Meanwhile, realising that Mal's disappearance could be his fault, Ben (Mitchell Hope) ventures to the Isle with Evie (Sofia Carson) in the hope he can find her and bring her back to Auradon.

Abstract: Stanley Kubrick directs this chilling adaptation of the Stephen King shocker. Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Eager to get started, Jack disregards warnings that the isolation drove a former caretaker mad, and moves into the massive resort with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd). But Danny has a supernatural gift which makes him aware of an evil lurking in the hotel, and sure enough, as winter storms cut the hotel off from civilisation, Jack gradually becomes murderously insane.

Abstract: Set in San Francisco, James Stewart portrays an acrophobic detective hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife (Kim Novak). After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the bay, he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautiful troubled woman.