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Lion's Den (2008)Leonera
Julia (Martina Gusman) wakes up one morning to find herself covered in blood and surrounded by the bodies of two men, one of whom is dead. Charged with murder and pregnant with one of the men's child, she is sent to the maternal wing of a tough prison. With her boyfriend claiming his innocence and her absent mother suddenly reappearing in her life, Julia soon realises that there are greater dangers for her outside the prison's walls. - Director:
- Pablo Trapero
- Cast:
- Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro
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Ever since the brutal slaughter of her parents, Justine has lived in solitude, wishing to remain as close to invisible as possible. However, the early release of the killer stirs up fear and pain. She finds an unlikely source of comfort in Louis Schneider, a troubled Crime Squad cop in Marseille. With his police force discredited by a series of particularly savage and vicious murders which remain inexplicably unsolved, Schneider, an incorruptible individualist, decides to go against the opinion of his superiors and begins an investigation which will lead him to the gates of hell. Will helping Justine lead him to some form of redemption? - Director:
- Olivier Marchal
- Cast:
- Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy, Catherine Marchal
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The world is in danger and the government is being threatened. Crazed terrorists are on the loose and will stop at nothing to cause death and destruction. Using stolen technology they have created their own version of the Universal Soldier: a lethal robot warrior whose only programme is to kill and kill again. The government's only hope is to regenerate Luc Deveraux, a decommissioned Unisol and expert assassin. His mission: to infiltrate a highly armed fortress, slaughter the enemy and save the world from nuclear disaster. But somebody - or something - is waiting for him, something intent on crushing the future into oblivion. Let the combat commence. - Director:
- John Hyams
- Cast:
- Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Andrei Arlovski
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Vengeance (2009)Fuk sau
The mean streets of Hong Kong: a French chef with a deadly secret has just heard that his daughter has been attacked, her husband and children slaughtered without mercy His only option is to take things into his own hands. His only hope is Hong Kong's deadliest mafia assassins: hired to kill and ready to unleash a recipe of bloodshed and revenge, served in the coldest way possible. - Director:
- Johnnie To
- Cast:
- Johnny Hallyday, Conroy Chi-Chung Chan, Sylvie Testud
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The Aviator's Wife (1981)La Femme De L'Aviateur
Francois (Philippe Marlaud) loves Anne (Marie Rivière). However, his night-shift job at the post office means they rarely get to spend much time together. One day, he sees her leaving home with her ex, Christian (Mathieu Carrière), who had come to break up with her for good. Reeling from the news, Anne lets Francois fall prey to his jealous imagination. Obsessed with the idea that she may have cheated on him, Francois decides to stay up all night. As he wanders, desolate, through the streets of Paris, he comes across his rival sitting in a cafe with a blonde-haired woman. Intrigued, he follows them. A young woman catches on to what he's up to and accosts him in an alley of the Buttes-Chaumont. - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury
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Frank (Kim Bodnia) is a small-time drug pusher playing with the big boys. He loves the job, the life, the money. But a deal goes wrong and he has 48 hours to come up with the cash. He's a hunted man and a dead one if he doesn't come up with a solution - fast. 'Pusher' is a simple, powerful story told with considerable stylistic energy and visual flair by Nicolas Winding Refn. He makes Copenhagen's bars, brothels and shabby hotels come alive with colourful and scary vitality. It is an uncompromising, outstanding, verite study of life in the heartless underworld. To deal or not to deal, that is the question. - Director:
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Cast:
- Kim Bodnia, Liv Corfixen, Zlatko Buric
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Best friends Anthony (Luke Wilson), Dignan (Owen Wilson), and Bob (Robert Musgrave) stage a wildly complex, mildly successful robbery of a small bookstore, then go "on the lam". During their adventures, Anthony falls in love with a South American housekeeper, Inez (Lumi Cavazos), and they befriend local thief extraordinaire Mr. Henry (James Caan). 'Bottle Rocket' is a charming, hilarious, affectionate look at the folly of dreamers, shot against radiant southwestern backdrops, and the film that put Anderson and the Wilson brothers on the map. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd
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The Barbarian Invasions (2003)Les Invasions Barbares
Denys Arcand's Oscar winning comedy drama is a life-affirming tale of love, family and friendship that features many of the cast and characters from his breakthrough film 'The Decline of the American Empire'. After years of indulging his hedonistic lust for life and women, Remy (Remy Girard) is taken ill, an event that prompts a reunion with his ex-wife (Dorothee Berryman) and estranged son Sebastien (Stephane Rousseau). As father and son learn to set aside their differences, Sebastien moves heaven and earth to make his father's life more comfortable, calling upon the unorthodox help of his old childhood friend Nathalie (Marie-Josee Croze) and Remy's close friends and past mistresses. A brilliantly written and engagingly acted exploration of personal, political and sexual moves, Arcand's acclaimed film is witty, moving and hugely entertaining. - Director:
- Denys Arcand
- Cast:
- Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau
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Ma Vie Sexuelle is a modern tale of Parisian romance. The film's originality and humour lie in its superb performances, including one for which Mathieu Amalric won a Cesar Award for Best Newcomer in his role as Paul. Paul is a fiercely intellectual, assistant professor and appreciator of the fairer sex at the university of Paris. He became a teacher but hasn't finished his doctorate that would make him a full professor. On a poor wage, he lives a half-life waiting to begin what he calls 'his life as a man'. Paul has been dating Esther for ten years. They don't get along, in fact, they are on the verge of splitting up. Two years ago, he had an affair with his best friend's girlfriend. Since he considers it unthinkable to steal his friend's girl, the state of his romantic affairs remain much the same way as his professional ones... - Director:
- Arnaud Desplechin
- Cast:
- Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger
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Nine Queens (2000)Nueve Reinas
Set in Buenos Aires over the course of 24 hours, Nine Queens is a taut, highly seductive heist thriller in which nothing is what it seems and where no one can be trusted. A naive young con artist (Gaston Pauls) teams up with an enigmatic, experienced master criminal (Ricardo Darin) for what could be the crime to end all crimes. But in a relationship propelled by brinkmanship and double-cross, corruption rarely has a happy ending. - Director:
- Fabián Bielinsky
- Cast:
- Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Leticia Brédice
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The con is on, and so are the laughs in this two-fisted comedy. James Woods and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr. are a potent one-two punch as a pair of mismatched partners in for the scam of their lives in a movie that's hard to resist. For con artist Gabriel Caine (Woods), Diggstown is the promised land, legendary for its high-stakes boxing matches that attract high-rollers from miles around. Gabe, recognising a golden opportunity, bets the town's powerful boss (Bruce Dern) that his fighter will defeat ten opponents in 24 hours. It's far from a sure thing, though, since Gabe's fighter is "Honey" Roy Palmer (Gossett), a cranky, over-the-hill 48-year-old who has just come out of retirement. But Roy comes out swinging, pulverizing one contender after another, leading to a final exciting bout that may decide the ownership of the town itself! - Director:
- Michael Ritchie
- Cast:
- James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern
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The eldest daughter of show-biz parents, Hannah (Mia Farrow) is a devoted wife, loving mother and successful actress. A loyal supporter of her two aimless sisters (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne Wiest), she's also the emotional backbone of a family that seems to resent her stability almost as much as they depend on it. But when Hannah's perfect world is quietly sabotaged by sibling rivalry, she finally begins to see that she's as lost as everyone else, and in order to find herself, she'll have to choose - between the independence her family can't live with… and the family she can't live without. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine
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Arriving in a small town after a tragic accident, a lawyer visits each member of the community to offer hope and promise financial compensation. But as he delves deeper into their grief he discovers layer upon layer of mystery and tragedy and soon finds himself face to face with his own inner demons... - Director:
- Atom Egoyan
- Cast:
- Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks
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'Beat' Takeshi -Japan's most popular and charismatic star plays the lead role in this very original tale of the last days of a tough Tokyo gangster. 'Beat' Takeshi plays Murakawa , an established and ruthless Yakuza, sent outside his usual turf to intervene in gang war on the tropical island of Okinawa. Things go badly wrong and he and his gang get caught into the crossfire. Forced to retreat to seaside hideaway they kill time and fool around on the beach, but then their enemies start to pick them off. Takeshi decides to go on the offensive for a final and breathtaking showdown... - Director:
- Takeshi Kitano
- Cast:
- Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe
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Pity the poor film director (William H. Macy) who's arrive only to discover that the local mill - a crucial location for his movie, since it's titled 'The Old Mill' - burned down in 1960. The idealistic screenwriter (Philip Seymour Hoffman) would rather pursue a pure-hearted local girl (Rebecca Pidgeon) than do a last-minute rewrite; the bimbo starlet (Sarah Jessica Parker) is now baulking at her contractual nude scene; a local teenager (Julia Stiles) is only too willing to exploit the indiscretions of the film's skirt-chasing star (Alec Baldwin), and of course, the power-wielding producer (David Paymer) is panicking about everything. - Director:
- David Mamet
- Cast:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon
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