Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his moth...
In an abandoned theater, French actress Marina Vlady recites from Borges' "The Immortal"... Japanese research scientist Shin Kubota sings praises to the "immortal jellyfish"... Milan Duomo workers subject the cathedral's exquisite statues to perpetual regeneration....
Basedonatruestory.1996,opensea.Duringhisshiftonatransatlanticship’sdeck,Joel,areligiousFilipinosailor,discoversDumitru,aRomanianstowawayhiddenbetweensomecontainers.IfheisspottedbytheTaiwaneseofficersrunningthevessel,Dumitruisatrisktobethrownoverboard.Joeldecidestohidehim,asasignofhisgratitude...