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To be a "moffie" is to be weak, effeminate, illegal. The year is 1981 and South Africa's white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the Angolan border. Like all white men over the age of 16, Nicholas Van der Swart (Kai Luke Brummer) must complete two years of compulsory military service to defend the Apartheid regime. But that's not the only danger Nicholas faces. He must survive the brutality of the army culture itself, proudly hardened and homophobic - something that becomes even more difficult when a connection is sparked between him and a fellow recruit. From the producer of 'Ida' and co-written and directed by one of South Africa's greatest emerging auteurs, Oliver Hermanus, 'Moffie' is a beautifully captured story of a man's struggle to find the beauty in himself in one of the ugliest times in contemporary history. - Director:
- Oliver Hermanus
- Cast:
- Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, Matthew Vey
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur
Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to the classic Excalibur myth that traces Arthur's journey from the streets to the throne. When his father is murdered and his uncle seizes the crown, Arthur is robbed of his birthright and must grow up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy. - Director:
- Guy Ritchie
- Cast:
- Charlie Hunnam, Lexi Wolfe, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
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Une Chambre en Ville (1982)A Room in Town
The story is set during a workers' strike in Nantes in 1955. Young shipyard worker François Guilbaud (Richard Berry) is one of the strikers, and he rents a room from Madame Langlois (Danielle Darrieux), a widow who sympathizes with the strikers although she is herself upper-class, born a baroness. His girlfriend Violette Pelletier (Fabienne Guyon), who works in a shop and lives with her mother, wants to get married but he is unwilling, partly because they have no money and nowhere to live. In the street François is accosted by a beautiful woman wearing only a fur coat. This is Édith Leroyer (Dominique Sanda), unhappily married to the owner of a television shop, who has taken to part-time prostitution. The two have a blissful night together in a cheap hotel and fall in love. In the morning Violette comes looking for François because she has learned she is pregnant, but he tells her he loves another woman. Meanwhile, Édith, going back to her husband's shop to collect some things and leave him, has a terrible row with him during which he cuts his throat. She flees back to her mother, who is François' landlady. Next morning, François joins a demonstration which is broken up by the police and is fatally injured. His workmates carry him up to the flat of the baroness, where he dies in the arms of Édith. Unable to live without him, she shoots herself. - Director:
- Jacques Demy
- Cast:
- Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry
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The sleepy staff of Macpherson's traditional Scottish tweed firm get a rude awakening when young Macpherson (Robert Morley) hires feisty American efficiency expert Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings). She advocates new-fangled horrors like automation and - ghastliest of all - 'synthetic fibre'. Can nothing stop her? Nothing, perhaps, but meek accountant Mr Martin (Sellers). Beneath that placid surface, still waters run deep; to balance the books, he decides, he must erase the 'error'... - Director:
- Charles Crichton
- Cast:
- Sam Wanamaker, Peter Sellers, Robert Morley
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Like a Brother (2005)Comme un frère
When 18-year-old aspiring actor Sebastien leaves his small French town and moves to Paris, he reinvents himself, changing his name to Zack, after the lead character in his favorite American TV show. Every night he cruises the city's most fashionable gay bars, hoping to find love but despite numerous partners, he's unable to find emotional or sexual fulfillment. When his old friend Romain calls and announces that he is coming to Paris, Zack's unrequited feelings are rekindled and he is forced to make some big decisions about his life and how to live it honestly. - Director:
- Bernard Alapetite
- Cast:
- Benoît Delière, Johnny Amaro, Thibault Boucaux
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Andrei Rublev (1966)Andrey Rublyov
Widely regarded as Tarkovsky's finest film, 'Andrei Rublev' charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and Tatar invastions. Made on an epic scale, it does not flinch from portraying the savagery of the time, from which, almost inexplicably, the serenity of Rublev's art arose. The great set-pieces - the sack of Vladimir, the casting of the bell, the pagan ceremonies of St. John's night and the Russian crucifixion are tours-de-force of visceral film-making. - Director:
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast:
- Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Klara Rumyanova, Ivan Lapikov
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Lullaby (2019)Chanson Douce / Perfect Nanny / Sweet Song
When mother of two, Myriam (Leïla Bekhti), decides to go back to work despite her husband's initial reluctancy, the couple start to look for a nanny. After a selective process, they finally find the perfect candidate, Louise (Karin Viard), a poised 40-year old woman who is an instant hit with the family. But as Louise makes herself indispensable, she starts revealing her true self and her behaviour becomes more and more unsettling. - Director:
- Lucie Borleteau
- Cast:
- Karin Viard, Leïla Bekhti, Antoine Reinartz
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Wild Awakening (2016)Salvaje despertar
A fabulously delicious, totally erotic, forbidden love story, 'Wild Awakening' is equal part drama and gay soap opera! Emma and Toni run a riding school where men are forever seemingly running around topless. Toni's life is mostly notable for his uncontrolled and promiscuous gay sex life - so when he falls for the foreman's gorgeous son Aaron, it causes shockwaves around the close-knit community, and for Aaron's homophobic father. Stacked full of the hottest latino men you've ever laid eyes on, and dripping with sensuality, 'Wild Awakening' is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on! - Director:
- Joan Fermí Martí
- Cast:
- Christian Blanch, Fabián Castro, Gina
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The Invisible Man (2020)Untitled Universal Monster Project
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex suddenly dies, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turn lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel while she desperately tries to prove she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. - Director:
- Leigh Whannell
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer
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During his frequent business trips to Berlin, Oren begins a passionate, loving affair with Thomas, a German baker. When Oren's regular visits abruptly cease, Thomas's life is thrown into turmoil. His world collapses when he discovers that Oren has died in a car accident. In search of answers about the life and death of his lover, Thomas moves to Jerusalem, leaving his life in Berlin behind. Concealing his past relationship with Oren, Thomas finds his way into the life of Anat - Oren's recently widowed wife. - Director:
- Ofir Raul Graizer
- Cast:
- Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Roy Miller
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The Dark Valley (2014)Das finstere Tal
A lone rider arrives in a small high mountain village; nobody knows where he is from and nobody wants him there. Greider (Sam Riley) is met with scepticism and paranoia arid is reluctantly offered shelter for the harsh winter ahead. The village, cut off by snowfall with barely a ray of sunlight reaching the valley through the winter months, is a bleak, isolated and lawless place. When a tragic accident leads to the death of an elder's beloved son, suspicion is raised. When another son is mysteriously killed, it's clear this is not a coincidence, and this visitor carries a dangerous and deadly secret with him. - Director:
- Andreas Prochaska
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- Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer
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Who You Think I Am (2019)Celle que vous croyez
To spy on her younger ex-lover, divorcee Claire (Juliette Binoche) creates a fake profile on social media. Posing as a 24-year-old named Clara, Claire becomes entangled with her ex's friend Alex who is instantly enamored. Riding a wave of self-discovery but confined to her avatar, Claire falls madly in love with Alex. Although everything is played out in the virtual world, the feelings that blossom become very real. As Clara and Alex's virtual lives grow, Claire's reality begins to hang by a thread as her web of lies starts to unravel. - Director:
- Safy Nebbou
- Cast:
- Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia, François Civil
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Follow the outrageous misadventures of 'Moondog' (Matthew McConaughey), a rebellious burnout who only knows how to live life by his own rules. Complete with an all-star cast including Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, Jimmy Buffett, Martin Lawrence and Jonah Hill, The Beach Bum is the wildly original and subversive new comedy from writer/director Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers). - Director:
- Harmony Korine
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- Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher
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Jonathan (Jannis Niewöhner) is 23; he and his aunt, Martha (Barbara Auer), work on their farm. Jonathan also devotes himself to looking after his father Burghardt (André Hennicke), who has cancer. But his father stubbornly sabotages his son's efforts to care for him. Jonathan finds it increasingly difficult to cope until they hire a young caretaker, Anka (Julia Koschitz), to help. Jonathan and Anka fall in love; her experience of working at a hospice helps Jonathan to gain a new insight into his father's situation. But then Burghardt's long-lost boyhood friend Ron (Thomas Sarbacher) appears on the scene and his health visibly improves. The family sees Ron as an intruder; then Jonathan discovers that, many years ago, his father and Ron were deeply in love. All at once, the facade of cherished family beliefs crumbles and long-repressed secrets come to light. Can Jonathan forgive his father? - Director:
- Piotr J. Lewandowski
- Cast:
- Jannis Niewöhner, André Hennicke, Julia Koschitz
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Out of nowhere, a gaunt man in a dark suit and a red baseball cap appears tn the burning heat of the desert between the US and Mexico. Travis (Harry Dean Stanton). He drinks the last sip from his water bottle, then he moves on, doggedly, into the inhospitable area that the locals call "The Devil's Playground". Travis might seem to be mute and amnesiac, but he's driven by the desire to reconnect with his family. - Director:
- Wim Wenders
- Cast:
- Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell
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