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Willie (Rocky McKenzie) falls foul of Father Benedictus (Rush), his school's iron-willed headmaster and runs away Stranded in Perth, Willie is befriended by Uncle Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), a streetwise character who offers to help Willie get back home, and they hit the highway, catching rides with a

handful of colourful strangers, while Father Benedictus is in hot pursuit.

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Following the death of his mother, the young 'J' Cody (James Frecheville) goes to live with his estranged gangster relatives. With conflict escalating between his family of criminals and the police's armed robbery division, 'J' finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded vengeance plot.

As he naively navigates his way through the criminal underworld, he is forced to question where his loyalties lie as he tries to decipher who he can trust and who can protect him as he struggles for his own survival.

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In 1981, disenchanted with what the communist ideal has become, KGB Colonel Grigoriev decides to change the world by passing on secret documents to Pierre, a French engineer working in Moscow.

With Pierre acting as a go-between, the valuable documents find their way into the hands of France's President Mitterrand and the French Secret Service, who give the Moscow source the codename 'Farewell'. Based on a true story, Farewell reveals one of the most astounding espionage cases to come out of the Cold War.

Javier Bardem is Uxbal, a man on the wrong side of the law who struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. As fate encircles him, Uxbal learns to accept the realities of life, whether bright, bad - or biutiful.

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In 1958, 14-year old Robert James "Bobby" Fischer stunned the chess world by becoming the youngest Grand Master in history, launching a career that would make him a legend.

Raised by his mother in Brooklyn, he taught himself to play chess at the age of six and started beating seasoned adult chess players at eight. Throughout the sixties, as his star rose, Bobby would appear regularly on TV and tour the world resoundingly beating all. His career highlight came in 1972 when he played the Russian Grand Master and reigning champion Boris Spassky - a series that was equally tied in with the Cold War as it was with chess. After his victory Bobby became the most famous person on the planet, and his already erratic behaviour began spiralling out of control, turning this genius into an unrecognisable recluse and pariah.

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With his beloved chocolate business turning sour, socially awkward boss Jean-Rene (Benoit Poelvoorde) decides to enlist an extra pair of hands. Enter AngSlique (Isabelle Carre), a chronically shy youngwoman who shares Jean-Rene's passion for all things sugar and sweet.

She is the answer to his prayers in ways he didn't even realise. Because while he is looking for a sales rep to keep his sinking ship afloat, she is in fact a gifted, albeit covert, chocolatiere extraordinaire whose treats are legendary around town. As the pair become more and more acquainted it is not long before chocolate is not the only sensual element in the air.

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In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair - a trip made famous in Tom Wolfe's book 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test'.

Kesey was joined on his Magic Bus by "The Merry Band of Pranksters", a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers that included Neal Cassady, the Beat Generation icon immortalised Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'. This trip sparked the beginning of the 1960s psychedelic revolution.

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Long distance lorry driver Ruben (German de Silva) agrees to drive'Jacinta (Hebe Duarte) and her 5 month old child en route from Paraguay to-Buenos Aires.

As the miles slowly melt the two damaged souls, LAS ACACIAS grows into a heart rending tale about a passing encounter between two strangers and the unlikely bond that grows between them.

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Mary and Max chronicles Mary's trip from adolescence to adulthood, and Max's passage from middle to old age and explores a "bond that survives much more than the average friendship's ups-and-downs.

Both hilarious and poignant Mary and Max is a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, where babies come from, obesity, kleptomania, sexual differences, trust, copulating dogs, religious differences, agoraphobia and many more of life's surprises.

Young, beautiful and falling in love for the fist time, Fillipa has a life other kids only dream of. But when her seemingly perfect father begins an affair, her world is turned upside down.

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Unsuccessful writer Eddie Morra's life is transformed by NZT, a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become the perfect version of himself.

But when Eddie's enhanced abilities attract unwanted attention from the rich and powerful alike, he soon realises they'll stop at nothing to uncover his secret.

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Enjoy this warm ensemble comedy that delivers all the charm and surprise of Swedish Midsummer! The wonderful Swedish-American cast includes Luke Perry, Lisa Werlinder and Olle Sam.

Sumptuous food, steaming saunas, and midnight skinny dipping are the tradition on Swedish Midsummer, a day when the sun never sets. This year, friends have gathered at the country house of Emil and Susanne, the perfect Swedish couple. In attendance are Eva, who is looking for something (someone) to take her mind off of her recent split with Patrick. Anders and Maria the nude hipsters who are trying for their first child, Micke and Katrina who are about to have their first any day, and finally Sam, the American friend who engages in the proceedings with a twinkle and a smile. Expectations are exceeded when Emil's big planned surprise goes awry - leaving them all turned around for good!

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Kim (Felicity Jones) is a 19 year old ex-skateboarder, working in a burger bar for a living.

When she stumbles into a chalet girl job, she's completely out of her depth, both on the snow - she can't even ski - and with the Mad sen ^ family, her uber-posh employers and their ultra-cool son Jonny (Ed Westwick). Desperate to fit in, Kim dusts off an old snowboard and takes to the slopes. Unleashing her talents, she enters the resort's pro-board na * & competilion. As she and Jonny grow closer and m the finals draw nearer. Kim could have the world at her feet - but can she overcome the obstacles and odds to triumph?

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Twins Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) are left two envelopes in their mother's will, asking them to find a brother they never knew existed, and father they believed to be dead.

Journeying from Canada to Lebanon to unravel this mystery, they begin to uncover the terrifying secrets of their mother's tumultuous and brutal past, their discoveries moving them ever closer to a gut-wrenching and inevitable truth that will define their very existence.

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Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a rebellious sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in international cocaine smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

However, when his enthusiastic new partner disappears, his favourite hooker attempts to blackmail him and the drug-traffickers themselves try to buy him off, sergeant Boyle finally realises that he needs to take matters into his own hands.