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Paper Souls (2013)Les âmes de papier
In this charming and touching dramatic comedy, Emma (Julie Gayet) is a pretty widow and bookshop owner with a young son. Paul (Stephane Guillon), who is also getting over the death of his spouse, earns a living writing funeral orations. One day, Emma hires Paul to write about her late husband so that her son will have something to remember him by. A relationship forms between Paul and Emma, but just when romance is in the air, Emma's dead husband appears as a ghost at Paul's front door. This critically acclaimed movie was inspired by the comedies of Woody Allen. - Director:
- Vincent Lannoo
- Cast:
- Stéphane Guillon, Julie Gayet, Jonathan Zaccaï
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Amidst the glitz and glamour of the New York Disco scene, Duane stalks the night - transforming into a crazed serial killer every time he hears the relentless rhythm of disco music. As he flees New York, desperate to escape the disco craze, his murderous tendencies explode again in a whirlwind of bloody violence and groovy beats. - Director:
- Renaud Gauthier
- Cast:
- Jérémie Earp-Lavergne, Sandrine Bisson, Ivan Freud
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Lauded by critics as one of the films of 2014, "Manakamana" is a stunningly original and breathtaking visual experience. The Hindu temple of Manakamana is almost a mile above sea level. Instead of a lengthy journey on foot, worshippers can now take a 10-minute cable car journey up in to the mountains to pray at this sacred place. Using a 16mm camera, directors Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez (Harvard University's Sensory Ethnography Lab) join a varied mix of subjects on their pilgrimage. The scenery is mesmerising, as are the characters - a diverse mix of commuters - from a group of old women discussing how much things have changed, a group of young men taking 'selfies', an elderly man and his grandson, a mother and daughter eating ice-creams, a married couple and their chicken and a herd of goats. Every shot follows a different set of passengers as we learn about them and their unique lives. - Director:
- Stephanie Spray
- Cast:
- Chabbi Lal Gandharba, Anish Gandharba, Bindu Gayek
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Down on his luck Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) stumbles upon the dangerous, cut-throat world of underground world of freelance crime journalism - discovering that filming murder and mayhem can be a quick way to make a buck. Aided by Nina (Rene Russo), a ruthless veteran of TV news, Lou combs LA's seedy underbelly for the city's most sensational news footage. He soon discovers he's uniquely suited to his new job, but events begin to spiral out of control as one dark choice leads to another. - Director:
- Dan Gilroy
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton
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From writer/director J.C. Chandor comes "A Most Violent Year", a riveting crime thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, the most dangerous year in the city's history. Starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, this gripping story shows one man's determined battle to build his business in the midst of corruption and mob rule whilst protecting his family, without resorting to the violence that surrounds them. - Director:
- J.C. Chandor
- Cast:
- Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo
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In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanised police force. But now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind. - Director:
- Neill Blomkamp
- Cast:
- Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman
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Six years ago Robert Kenner, a mild mannered postman from Peckham, South London was struck by a meteor which bestowed him with super powers. Today, Bob is an overworked underappreciated SuperHero (or 'civil servant' as he prefers to be called) working for the British government. He spends most waking hours saving people and filling out forms. His boss, Theresa Ford has made sure he has no time for anything except work... However, today he has a well-earned day off. And best of all, he has a date. A date with June, the loveliest girl in Peckham. Which will all go swimmingly as long as the visiting US Senator doesn't start World War 3...Starring a dream team of British comedy including Natalia Tena, Laura Haddock, Ruth Sheen, Ricky Grover and David Harewood, SuperBob will make you laugh, cry and check your gas provider. - Director:
- Jon Drever
- Cast:
- Brett Goldstein, Catherine Tate, Natalia Tena
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Uzumaki (2000)Spiral
Spirals are everywhere. From snail shells to washing machines, to fingertips, to the insides of our ears. Wherever you look, a spiral isn't far away. But in the sleepy town of Kurouzucho long-time friends Kirie and Shuichi have discovered how deadly spirals can be. A spiral-obsessed man commits suicide in a washing machine, leaving his body contorted into a spiral. A young student falls to his death down a spiral staircase. A women becomes so afraid of the spirals on her fingerprints that she cuts off her own fingertips. One by one, the people of Kurouzucho are twisted, mentally and physically, as reality itself begins to distort into a horrific vortex. Humanity begins to transform into snail like beings in spiral shaped shells as Uzumaki, the power of the Vortex, takes control. With the sky above turning to nightmare patterns of whirls, is there any way that Kirie and her boyfriend can escape? - Director:
- Higuchinsky
- Cast:
- Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Hinako Saeki
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In a world that is not quite here and not quite now, a young boy (Isaac-Newton) and girl (Marie-Curie) meet. However, in this world this simple fact should not be possible. In this world human Frequency has been discovered. If you are high frequency, you are born lucky — you will have natural 'timing' and always be in the right place at the right time. If you are low frequency every natural law will conspire against you.
Marie is super-high frequency, Zak is ultra-low. Nature should ensure that they never cross paths. Yet they do. Every year they get to spend exactly one minute together before nature dramatically intervenes.
Over-the years it becomes an obsession for Zak to change his frequency and be with Marie. What he discovers may allow him to realize his dream, but will change everything we know about ourselves and our destinies, forever.- Director:
- Darren Paul Fisher
- Cast:
- Daniel Fraser, Eleanor Wyld, Dylan Llewellyn
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In the pitch black of the tunnel, rats swarm through piles of garbage as high-speed trains leaving Penn Station tear through the darkness. For some of those who have gone underground, it has been home for as long as twenty-five years. Deeply moving and surprisingly entertaining, Dark Days is an eye-opening experience that shatters the myths of homelessness by revealing a thriving community living in tunnels beneath New York City and honestly capturing their resilience and strength in their struggle to survive. - Director:
- Marc Singer
- Cast:
- Marc Singer
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The Treatment (2014)De Behandeling
Based on the Sunday Times bestselling novel by crime writer Mo Hayder, "The Treatment" heralds a new and unforgettable turn in the Nordic noir phenomenon. A husband and wife are discovered, imprisoned in their own home. Badly dehydrated, they've been bound and beaten. But worse is to come: their young son is missing. Detective Inspector Nick Cafmeyer is called in to investigate and as he digs deeper he exposes an insidious criminal network that unnervingly has links to his own past. - Director:
- Hans Herbots
- Cast:
- Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche
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Inspired by a true story... Set in 1950s New York and starring Elijah Wood as John Malcolm Brinnin, the aspiring young American poet who finds his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas, played by Celyn Jones. Directed by BAFTA-nominated director, Andy Goddard this visually stunning film, shot entirely in black and white, is a cautionary tale about meeting your heroes, the dirty business of celebrity and about what may have happened in an East Coast boathouse when an earnest ingenue shared cabin space with his idol, the greatest living poet of the twentieth century. - Director:
- Andy Goddard
- Cast:
- Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly
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Royal Marine A.J Budd (Joseph Morgan) awakes in a mysterious house and is forced to fight for his life everyday against grotesque inhuman opponents. Trapped alone in an unchanging prison of unbreakable routines, he must kill every day or die himself. As days stretch into years, the isolation and unceasing violence threaten his very soul. - Director:
- Luke Massey
- Cast:
- Joseph Morgan, Matt Ryan, William Troughton
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David (Dan Stevens) is the perfect guest. Friendly and helpful, the charismatic soldier arrives at the Peterson family's doorstep claiming to have been a friend of their beloved son who recently died in action. The Petersons welcome David into their home and into their lives, but when people in town start dying under mysterious circumstances, their teenage daughter Anna (Maika Monroe) begins to suspect that David isn't who he claims to be. - Director:
- Adam Wingard
- Cast:
- Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe
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The Ultimate Accessory (2013)100% Cachemire
Aleksandra (Valerie Lemercier) has a fantastic husband Cyrille (Gilles Lelouche), a fantastic riverside apartment in Paris, a fantastic lover and a fantastic job (editor-in-chief for ELLE magazine). In short, she's got it all... except the ultimate accessory - a child. Aleksandra and Cyrille decide to adopt. After being fast-tracked, they welcome 7-year-old Aleksei into their lives. What they don't expect is the newest addition to their trendy collection has a mind of his own, and more importantly a hectic effect on their perfect lives. - Director:
- Valérie Lemercier
- Cast:
- Valérie Lemercier, Gilles Lellouche, Samatin Pendev
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