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Christophe Honore's new film is a return to the musical format of Les Chansons d'Amour, using Alex Beaupain as composer once again and adding Catherine Deneuve as the ultimate Jacques Demy, tribute to his stock company of Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni and Louis Garrel.

Real-life mother and daughter Deneuve and Mastroianni play mother and daughter with Sagnier as the young Deneuve in a story that examines, with the lightest of touches, love and desire through the decades from the 60's to the present day, from Paris to Prague to London, Montreal and back to Paris again.

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It is 1792 in Spain and through the eyes of the great Spanish painter Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgard) unfolds the story of a group of people caught up in the brutal later years of the Spanish Inquisition, the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army and the restoration of the Spanish monarchy by

Wellington's powerful invading army. Javier Bardem is Brother Lorenzo, an enigmatic, cunning member of the Inquisition's inner circle who becomes involved with Goya's teenage muse, Ines (Natalie Portman), when she is falsely accused of heresy, sent to prison and the horrors begin...

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The story of an exotic dancer with multiple personalities struggling to remain true to herself while fighting against two very unique alter egos: a seven-year-old child named Genius and a Southern white racist woman named Alice.

In order to stop the multiple voices in her head, Frankie works together with a psychotherapist to uncover and overcome the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

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Julio and Tenoch are typical over-sexed and under-occupied teenagers. During a festive afternoon with their families they meet Luisa, a twenty eight year old Spaniard, and flirt with her with all the style and grace seventeen year old boys are known for.

As a joke, they invite her to accompany them on a road trip to a beach called Boca Del Cielo, neglecting to mention that they wouldn't know where to find it, even if it did actually exist. To their astonishment, she accepts.

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A woman (gorgeous ex-model Amira Cesar) stands in a gay bar, observing the men and their shared desire, with their requisite need for nothing else. She retires to the ladies room where she slices her wrists.

When asked why by one of the clubs protagonists (internationally known porn star Rocco Siffredi), she replies ‘because I am a woman’. This is how they meet. The Girl proposes that she pay him to watch her in ways ‘that are unwatchable’ and so begins four nights of confrontation, her against him. Four nights to confront the unspeakable, to explore what can’t be shown: that which is secret.Adapting her own, poetic-polemic novel for the screen, Catherine Breillat takes her trademark exploration of gender-politics and sexual mores to a shocking conclusion.

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A romantic comedy about the adventures of an innocent dreamer in the weird and colourful landscape of the American West. Caught between childhood and adulthood he finds himself back in his hometown where he becomes involved with a wealthy widow and stepdaughter.

Johnny Depp stars as the young man torn between the place he came from and the life he was making for himself.

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1850 Saint-Pierre, a forgotten small island near Canada. Neel Auguste is found guilty and condemned to death, but in Saint-Pierre there is neither guillotine nor executioner to carry out the sentence.

While waiting for a guillotine to arrive from France, Neel is placed under the custody of the Captain and his wife, Madame La. She is particularly interested in Neel in whom she sees goodness and simplicity. Little by little the condemned man becomes indispensable and his popularity soars. But when the guillotine arrives by boat, justice must be done and the battle to save Neel's life escalates.

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An irresistible blend of bawdy humor and love story, set against the turbulent backdrop of the Bosnian war of the early 90s.

When the conflict breaks out, the life of mild mannered Serbian railwayman Luka is turned upside down as his neurotic opera-singing wife runs off with a musician and his son Milos is called up to fight and subsequently captured. A plan is hatched to exchange Milos for a hostage - a pretty young Muslim nurse, whom Luka is assigned to guard - but in the midst of the chaos around him, Luka can't help himself from falling in love with his captive.

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In seventeenth-century France, Father Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) uses his power to protect the city of Loudun from destruction at the hands of the establishment.

Soon, he stands accused of the demonic possession of Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave), whose erotic obsession with him fuels the hysteria that sweeps through her convent.

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This extraordinarily dramatic black tragicomedy is an epic tale of love, friendship and betrayal set against the complex historical backdrop of the former Yugoslavia.

The story follows two likeable crooks - Marko (Miki Manojlovic), a charmer who manipulates everyone within his reach, and the foolish but loveable Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) - and Natalija (Mirjana Jokovic), an actress of easy virtue with whom they are both in love. The three become embroiled in a world of conflict, self-delusion and deceit - but where there are also moments of tenderness and love - in this visionary allegory of Balkan vitality, energy, humour and the will to survive.

7 Days in Havana captures all the vibrancy of the eclectic and unique Cuban capital city. Set over seven days and featuring films from seven renowned directors, this film will transport you to the bars, harbours and beaches of Havana, offering a tantalising behind-the-scenes insight into Cuban life.

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The two disc edition includes the following films: 1. Wasp – Andrea Arnold (UK) 2. Judgement – Park Chan-Wook (KR) 3. Sikumi – Andrew Okpeaha Maclean (US) 4. Dona Lupe – Guillermo Del Toro (MX) 5. The old lady and the pigeons – Sylvain Chomet (FR & CA) 6.

Attack on the bakery – Naoto Yamakawa (JP) 7 .Two cars, one night – Taika Waititi (NZ) 8. Sonata for Hitler – Alexander Sokurov (RU) 9. My dad is 100 years old – Guy Maddin (CA) 10. Karklift driver Klaus – Stefan Prehn & Jorg Wagner (DE) 11. Unce – Adam Elliot (AU) 12. Quartet for the end of time – Alfonso Cuaron (MX) 13. Madame Tutli – Putli – Chir Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski (CA) 14. A girl's own story – Jane Campion (NZ) 15. Borom Sarret – Ousmane Sembene (SN) 16. Soft – Simon Ellis (UK)

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"The Divine Order" is set in Switzerland in 1971 where, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women were still denied the right to vote.

When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora (Marie Leuenberger) is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town's suffragette movement.

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Byung-Gu is an ordinary young man. He believes that all of the earth's social ills are the result of evil doings of aliens. That's why he knows that, unless he can meet the prince from Andromeda before the total lunar eclipse, planet Earth will be destroyed.

However, to meet the prince, he must find an extraterrestrial representative living on earth. So he kidnaps the most logical suspect; the boss of a multi-national company and thus begins a battle of wills between himself, who's trying to uncover the secret alien plot to destroy Earth, and the boss, who thinks Byung-Gu is nuts and tries desperately to escape. With only four hours until the lunar eclipse, will time run out for planet Earth? Can Byung-Gu single-handedly save the green planet? Possibly the only film that can be said to be a combination of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Red Dragon...

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Karel Zeman has been a profound influence on generations of filmmakers and is now regarded a true master of 20th Century fantasy cinema. 'Invention for Destruction', based on the writings of Jules Verne, is Zeman's most beloved work and the most commercially successful Czech film ever produced.

Breaking new ground in combining live-action with animation and design, it visualised a 'steampunk' aesthetic much ahead of its time. A love letter to Verne's tales of science and adventure, the film is also a valiant cry against man's propensity for self-destruction.