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When a man mysteriously vanishes from an overseas flight, his disappearance sends shockwaves all the way to the nation’s capitol. Desperate for the truth, his wife begins a search for the missing man which leads a CIA unit head and a novice agent into an international web of deceit, conspiracies and top secret truths far more frightening than the lies that conceal them. - Director:
- Gavin Hood
- Cast:
- Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard
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Graduation (2016)Bacalaureat / Recycling Feelings
Romeo (Adrian Titieni), a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza (Maria-Victoria Dragus) with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study abroad in the UK. But on the day before Eliza's first entrance exam to university, she is assaulted in an attack which threatens to jeopardise her entire future. Now Romeo has a decision to make: there are ways of solving her predicament, but not without betraying the moral principles that he, as a father, has taught Eliza throughout her life. - Director:
- Cristian Mungiu
- Cast:
- Adrian Titieni, Ioana Chitu, Maria-Victoria Dragus
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A beautiful young drug addict who is saved from the brink of death, Johanna (Orsolya Tóth) believes she has been touched by a divine grace. On becoming a nurse, she begins to cure the sick through a miraculous form of sexual healing. It is not before long that this unconventional approach incurs the hate and derision of her fellow hospital staff, who brandish her as a whore. As they attempt to force her out, her patients, who see her as an angel, come to her protection. - Director:
- Kornél Mundruczó
- Cast:
- Orsolya Tóth, Eszter Wierdl, Zsolt Trill
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In Cairo at the height of the Arab Spring, hotel night manager Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) receives a plea for help from the beautiful Sophie Alekan (Aure Atika). As the mistress of the powerful but dangerous hotel owner, Sophie has evidence of an arms deal that could help crush the popular uprising. Compelled to do what he thinks is right, Pine makes contact with his friend at the British Embassy. But his actions unwittingly draw him into the terrifying world of ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). When Sophie's information makes its way to Angela Burr (Olivia Colman), a government anti-corruption agent intent on bringing down Roper's empire, a leak in her network triggers a chain of events that end in tragedy. - Director:
- Susanne Bier
- Cast:
- Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki
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Child's Pose (2013)Pozitia Copilului
Cornelia, an elegant and well-connected woman at the pinnacle of society, hides a dark secret. She has an estranged son, Barbu, who seems determined to keep his life as private as possible. Far from the prying eyes of his aristocratic mother, he resists all her attempts to re-establish the bond between them.
When her son is found at the wheel of a car involved in a fatal collision, Cornelia's character and public image are cast into doubt as her strong maternal instinct turns into something much darker in her ruthless pursuit to protect her son.- Director:
- Calin Peter Netzer
- Cast:
- Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab
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Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son; but he isn't her boy. Driven by one woman's relentless quest for the truth, the case exposes a world of corruption, captivates the public and changes LA forever. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, William Brent, Colm Feore
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Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. - Director:
- Terry George
- Cast:
- Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix
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Risen up from privation and obscurity, Michael Marler (Nicol Williamson) has carved out a life for himself as a ruthless businessman in London. Made determined and arrogant in his ascent to the cutthroat realm of business in the capital, his success is accompanied by a steady decline in the stability of his marriage. All this is disrupted by the news that Michael's father has suffered a bad accident, and so he steps outside of his tumultuous life to return to his family in Liverpool. - Director:
- Jack Gold
- Cast:
- Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell, Lilita De Barros
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Elizabeth Olsen stars as a rookie FBI agent tasked with solving the brutal murder of a young woman in a Native American reserve. Enlisting the help of a local hunter (Jeremy Renner) to help her navigate the freezing wilderness, the two set about trying to find a vicious killer hidden in plain sight. The closer they get to the truth the greater the danger becomes with a town full of explosive secrets ready to fight back. - Director:
- Taylor Sheridan
- Cast:
- Kelsey Chow, Jeremy Renner, Julia Jones
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Michael Clayton (George Clooney) has done his law firm's dirty work for years. Now the top lawyer's gone insane and there's a conspiracy against their biggest client from the inside. 'Michael Clayton' is heart-pounding, action-packed thriller that cuts a vicious path to the darkest heart of New York City. - Director:
- Tony Gilroy
- Cast:
- George Clooney, Danielle Skraastad, Tilda Swinton
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Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and her sister Sole (Lola Duenas) are visited by the apparition of their Mother (Carmen Maura), who has returned to reconcile with her daughters and resolve an issue that has haunted the family since her death. In Pedro Almodovar's latest critically-acclaimed film, the living and deceased co-exist without discord, creating a filmic experience which is at once hilarious and yet filled with a deep, genuine emotion. VOLVER is a film about life in Almodovar's native La Mancha; a film about the way the presence of the dead continues to add richness and humanity to the lives of those they leave behind. - Director:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast:
- Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas
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Last Year in Marienbad (1961)L'Annee Derniere A Marienbad
In a vast and opulent hotel, an unnamed man (Giorgio Albertazzi) attempts to persuade a similarly unnamed married woman (Delphine Seyrig) that they have not only met before, but they were also romantically involved and had planned to escape together. The woman recalls no such encounter and so begins a sensual and philosophical examination into the uncertainty of truth. - Director:
- Alain Resnais
- Cast:
- Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
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Rebellion: Series 1 (2016)Rebellion 1916 / Resistance
RTE's new five-part 1916 commemorative drama Rebellion begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in ! the narrative of Ireland's independence. - Director:
- Aku Louhimies
- Cast:
- Ruth Bradley, Paul Reid, Brian McCardie
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Sgt Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell) had to leave Dublin fast when his affair with a senior officer's wife was discovered. But Jack's father, Gerry, comes to his son's aid. Recently retired from his post as Garda Sergeant in a small Connemara town, Gerry manages to 'swing it' so that Jack inherits the job. Jack's now on his own, in charge of hundreds of square miles of remote, beautiful rural Ireland... Coming back to the place where he grew up ought to be an easy posting, but Jack finds that the cases he has to investigate are as mysterious and as unyielding as the dark, brooding Irish landscape. And it gets harder still when Jack discovers that his father, far from being the upholder of law and order in this remote community, is, in fact, a deeply corrupt man at the centre of a web of intrigue. - Director:
- Colm McCarthy
- Cast:
- Owen McDonnell, Ian McElhinney, Liam Carney
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Papa Reily (Gabriel Byrne) once lived the life of a traveller. However, following the death of his wife seven years earlier, Reily has been making an unhappy go of city life; drinking heavily and living on benefits in the most grim of Dublin's tenement blocks with his two young sons. The arrival of the children's grandfather brightens the situation somewhat. Grandfather is a traveller and disagrees with the confines of city life. He brings a gift for the children. A beautiful white stallion named "Tir na nOg". But a white stallion in the poorest areas of Dublin begins to cause unwanted interest and it's not long before "Tir na nOg" is stolen from the boys. And so begins an adventure that takes the children off across the Irish countryside and onto the outer boundaries of their imagination. - Director:
- Mike Newell
- Cast:
- Gabriel Byrne, Bernadette Barlow, Bono
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