Monsieur Spade. Poster of the 2024 TV series and cover of the 1929 book, The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett, 1929
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Scott Frank, 2024-

The series revolves around the renowned detective Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett, who has been leading a peaceful retirement in the small town of Bozuls in the South of France. The year is 1963, the Algerian War has recently concluded, and soon Spade’s tranquility will also come to an end.


White Dog. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1970 book
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White Dog
Romain Gary, 1970
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Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, 2022

After Martin Luther King, Jr. is killed, author Romain Gary, an animal lover and humanist, and his wife, actress Jean Seberg, a civil rights fighter, take in an abandoned dog.


The Program. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2012 book, Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong
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Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong
David Walsh, 2012
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Stephen Frears, 2015

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.


Peter von Kant. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1972 book, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972
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François Ozon, 2022

Peter von Kant is a successful film director. He lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Sidonie is the great actor who was his muse for many years. She introduces him to Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. Peter falls in love with Amir on the spot and offers to share his apartment with him and help him break into the film industry.


Hannibal Rising. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Hannibal Rising
Thomas Harris, 2006
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Peter Webber, 2007

In 1941, eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter lives in Lecter Castle in Lithuania. The German invasion of the Soviet Union turns the Baltic region into part of the bloodiest front line of World War II. Lecter, his younger sister Mischa, and their parents travel to the family’s hunting lodge in the woods to elude the advancing German troops. The explosion kills everyone but Lecter and Mischa.