alec-guimness-films's - Rented List

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A richly textured essay film on landscape, art, history, life and loss. Patience (After Sebald) offers a unique exploration of the work of internationally acclaimed writer W.G. Max Scbald (1944 - 2001) via a walk through East Anglia tracking his most influential book, The Rings of Saturn.

Grierson award winning filmmaker Grant Gee (Joy Division) directs the first film about Sebald internationally, marking ten years since the writer's untimely death, with contributions from major writers, artists and film-makers including Tacita Dean, Robert Macfarlane, Sir Andrew Motion, Rick Moody, Iain Sinclair and Marina Warner as well as the first feature film soundtrack by acclaimed composer and sound artist The Caretaker.

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Set in the 1920s prohibition era America, Lawless is the true story of the Bondurant brothers. Brazen and fearless, these young rural bootleggers became legendary criminals.

The youngest brother, Jack (Shia LaBeouf) is ambitious and impulsive, the middle brother, Howard (Jason Clarke), is loyal but reckless and eldest brother, Forrest (Tom Hardy), leads the family with a silent determination. As the Bondurants' illicit business and legend grows, so too looms the danger of bigger fish, and it's not long before the brothers must face the consequences.

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On a hot summer day, a bicycle is found in a wheat field, and nearby, the body of a young girl. The killer is never found. 23 years later. Same date. Same place. Another bicycle. Another girl.

This time round, an ageing detective convinced that history is repeating itself, comes out of retirement determined to track down the perpetrator with the help of his young colleague. Spanning a week in the investigation, both of them will begin a journey that will see intact worlds shatter apart.

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A dark realistic cop series from world-famous filmmaker and former police office Olivier Marchal. Braquo (slang for Heist) follows a squad of Paris cops who exist in the blurred boundaries at the very edge of the law, often using violence and intimidation to get the job done.

The lives of these officers change radically when their squad leader, falsely accused of corruption, commits suicide. Determined to clear his name they start an investigation of their own, only to find that the police department itself stands in their way. Driven by adrenaline and a thirst for justice, they must turn their backs on the laws they're sworn to enforce if they are to uncover the truth. Facing constant danger from all sides - and with the two most likely outcomes being imprisonment or death - the stakes couldn't be higher, but that merely serves to crank up the tension in this acclaimed series.

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Working on the fringes of the murky underworld and constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, the domineering Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts) initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader.

But when an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky is forced to confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions.

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After the tragic passing of their well-liked teacher a school class is left shaken and fragile. A new primary teacher is appointed, the mysterious and charming Bachir Lazhar who, as each day passes, earns the trust of the class and allows them to grieve.

Lazhar's compassion has a huge impact on the most sensitive pupils, but unbeknown to them, he is also fighting his own personal battles that have left him emotionally vulnerable.

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Hearing reports of a sighting of the last Tasmanian tiger in existence, ex-mercenary Martin (Willem Dafoe) is sent to hunt it down by a biotech company who believes it carries a unique and valuable chemical.

Posing as an environmental scientist, he begins his pursuit of the creature, only to encounter a nearby community riven with conflict and simmering tensions. But faced with hostile locals and even more treacherous terrain, he must stop at nothing if he is to find his prey...

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Based on the true story of Caroline Mathilda, the English princess who married King Christian VII of Denmark in the early 1770s, "A Royal Affair" is a bold, sumptuous tale of illicit love and political pasion on a sweeping, epic scale.

Keen to be a dutiful wife and queen, Caroline's hopes are soon dashed when she discovers the King's true madness. Turning away from the King she finds herself in the arms of the King's physician, a radical libertarian, with whom she embarks upon a passionate affair that would bring the kingdom to the brink of revolution.

An ordinary family are accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table.

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Patricio Guzman travels 10,000 feet above sea level to the driest desert on earth for this hugely-praised documentary. Here, the sky is so translucent that it allows astronomers to see the boundaries of our universe.

Yet Chile's Atacama Desert climate also keeps human remains intact: pre-Columbian mummies; explorers and miners; and the remains of disappeared political prisoners from the years of the Pinochet regime. Women sift the desert soil for the bones of their loved ones, while archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations and astronomers examine the most distant and oldest galaxies. Melding celestial and earthly quests, feature is a gorgeous, deeply moving, and personal odyssey into astronomy, archaeology, geology and human rights.

A filmmaker (Christopher Denham) and his girlfriend (Nicole Vicius) set out to expose the beautiful leader of a cult (Brit Marling), who claims to be from the future. But the more they explore, the more danger they face...

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New York is in turmoil, the age of capitalism is drawing to a close and Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a high finance golden boy, is chauffeured across the city in his extravagant limousine. As the day goes by, an eruption of wild activity unfolds on the city's streets.

Eric's empire collapses and as his paranoia intensifies he starts to realize his assassination is imminent.

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In the wake of their parent's divorce, 12-year-old Koichi (Koki Maeda) and his younger brother Ryunosuke (Ohshiro Maeda, Koki's real life brother) have been split up against their will. Koichi lives with his mother and grandparents in Kagoshima, in the shadow of a constantly rumbling volcano.

Ryunosuke lives a comparatively spirited life with his rock-musician father in Fukuoka. But when Koichi discovers that a new bullet train line is due to open connecting the two towns, he determines that the intense energy generated by two trains passing in opposite directions will work a miracle, and their wish to be reunited will come true.

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Channing Tatum sizzles as the irresistible Magic Mike – the shining star act in 'Xquisite' - a steamy men's dance show.

Along with his mentor Dallas (Matthew McConaughey), Mike takes young dancer 'Kid' (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing to school him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women and making easy money!

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A woman cautiously emerges from a decrepit house – cold, scared and alone. Returning to her daily routine, she tells her friends and colleagues she has been on holiday, that everything is all right.

But she harbours a dark, disturbing secret that she doesn't intend to share - until the tension builds, finally forcing her to reveal the shocking truth... An intense and claustrophobic erotic thriller, this breathtaking story of a passionate yet treacherous relationship between a victim (Kristin Scott Thomas) and her mysterious aggressor is a tour de force of tension, intrigue and shocking revelations.