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Une linguiste est recrutée par l'armée pour communiquer avec une forme de vie extra-terrestre après que douze vaisseaux spatiaux mystérieux se soient posés aux quatre coins du monde.

Un professeur de phonétique misogyne et snob accepte le pari de transformer une vendeuse de fleurs et la rendre présentable dans la haute société.

En suivant des indices sur l'origine de l'humanité, une équipe trouve une structure sur une lune lointaine, mais réalise rapidement qu'ils ne sont pas seuls.

Professeur et content au mariage, connu d'avoir eu des relations avec ses étudiants, devient suspect principal suite à la disparition d'une jeune femme.

Une intrigue et des tromperies politiques font rage au sein des Nations Unies, où un agent des services secrets américains est chargé d'enquêter sur un interprète qui aurait entendu parler par hasard de la préparation d'un assassinat.

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Un expert en phonétique et en diction fait le pari qu'il peut apprendre à une fille aux fleurs de cockney à parler un anglais correct et à se faire passer pour une dame de la haute société.

Based on the actual events of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever to be documented, this haunting drama tells the tale of a young girl who was locked in a room for over 12 years.

Une histoire d'amour entourée de mystère. En Europe pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un professeur est métamorphosé par un évènement cataclysmique et explore les mystères de la vie.

The son of a shepherd embarks in the quest of emancipating himself from a tough lifestyle that his condition and his father force on him.

A series of murders during the reign of King Sejong leads investigator Kang Chae Yoon to discover a grand conspiracy involving a group of geniuses willing to risk their lives for a cause.

Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

Soir après soir, Patricia et Emile, se retrouvent sur un plateau pour discuter de l'apprentissage, du discours et du chemin vers la révolution.

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

Three humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.

Tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.

A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the straightforward, intimate approach to students. He is opposed in his liberal views by Jakub, who likes to manipulate people. There is a confrontation from the beginning when Jaroslaw allows to attend the seminar a student who presents the views not according to the official line. In the end, a jury prize is given to mediocre paper, while the suspected school of thought still draws a recommendation. Finally the deputy rector arrives for the closing ceremonies, and since he disfavors the line of thought awarded by the recommendation the tensions rise. They climax when student in question bites the rector in the ear while receiving recommendation. The confrontation results in a scandal and the police is called in.

A poet of Urdu fame is struggling with his legacy while an aspiring poet and historian comes to document him like never before and in return becomes custodian of the great poets last verses.

Holocaust survivors share their story of fleeing to the United States, joining the US Army, training in Military Intelligence, and returning to Europe to end Nazism by using their linguistic abilities.

A documentary about the stereotype of the gay voice.

The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great untranslated writing systems. Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, called by the New York Times "one of the great stories of 20th century scientific discovery", Breaking the Maya Code traces the epic quest to unlock the secrets of the script across 200 years, nine countries and three continents.

Several Canadians discuss how Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau affected them in the 1970's, in particular, his efforts to create a bilingual Canada.

Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.

The history of the English language.