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Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. Explore heartwarming, shocking and inspired true stories from around the world.
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The Great Escaper
Comedy drama
English
2023
Bernard Jordan, a World War II veteran, sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
The Great Escaper
Comedy drama
Samia
Drama
Arabic
2024
Somali runner Samia Yusuf Omar rises to fame at the 2008 Olympic Games when she becomes the last runner to cross the finish line. She then embarks on an odyssey in search of a better life that ends tragically in the Mediterranean in 2012.
Samia
Drama
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