sorrow
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The director’s 1969 masterpiece, “The Sorrow and the Pity,” an intense, four-hour work that made Ophuls’ reputation, began as a project for a government-owned French broadcast network.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
In fact, they're having so much fun that they are living in a full-fledged, delusional fantasy that makes "Barbie" look like "The Sorrow and the Pity."
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2023
For the book to be published again in Vietnam, the author had to change the Vietnamese title from “The Sorrow of War” to “The Fate of Love.”
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023
Steps' debut single, 5,6,7,8, was released in 1997, kicking off more than 25 years of hits including Tragedy, One for Sorrow and Last Thing on by Mind.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2023
The dragon held the Sorrow Eater in his hands, extended as far from his body as they could be, as though he found her repellant.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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