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Five years after their year together in Barcelona, the exuberant inhabitants of L'auberge espagnole (Pot Luck, 2002) reunite for a Russian wedding. With their carefree student days behind them, they are close to 30 and facing career and relationship issues yet remain young at heart.

Xavier is now thirty years old. He has realised his childhood dream, has become a writer, but he still seems a little lost. Earning a living by writing is not so easy and he has problems with his banker too. Xavier has also problems settling down with a girl -he has one meaningless romantic encounter after another. He lines up a confusing, pell-mell series of jobs relating to writing - he's a journalist, a ghost-writer, a soap-opera writer or a screenwriter for junk TV series.

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Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jorgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions...

Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jorgen's daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life.

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Paolo Sorrentino's effortlessly stylish film centres on Geremia di Geremei, a sleazy and misanthropic small-time loan shark who lives in a dingy apartment with his invalid mother.

When a cash-strapped couple approach him for a loan to pay for the wedding of their daughter Rosalba, Geremia finds himself helplessly obsessed by the bride-to-be's stunning beauty and takes full advantage of his self-proclaimed position as 'a friend of the family' to get as close to her as possible. But in the icily disdainful Rosalba, he may finally have met his match...

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The body of teenage girl is discovered in a field of sunflowers.

At the same time a traveling salesman watches the events unfold on television, whilst in the small village of Angosto the discovery of prehistoric cave brings excitement the discovery of a prehistoric cave brings excitement and the arrival of an experienced caver, his young fiancé and his assistant. The town chief police plans his retirement, while his deputy dreams of escaping boredom of his marriage and his job…Through a series of shocking events, their lives become entangled in a web of violence, deceit and murder.

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Jack Wallis is a road-train driver with a secret. He has just become a top selling romance novelist. However, being a "mans man" in the Australian outback, to avoid embarrassment he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby.

When a glamorous city publisher shows up to sign "Ruby Vale" to a major book deal, Jack must do some fancy footwork to keep up the charade, including convincing the real Ruby Vale to play along. Like two fish out of water, and out of their depth, Jack and Ruby are drawn closer together as they cope with all the media attention of a whirlwind publicity tour. In the tradition of The Matchmaker and French Kiss, a comedy of errors ensues as two romantic triangles collide. But Jack and Ruby have a secret so closely guarded.... they haven't even told themselves!

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Cheating husband Laurent has it all - a beautiful wife, a good job and two adorable children. Somehow that isn't enough - he just can't stop having affairs. Loli, his gorgeous wife, fed up with Laurent's unexpected evening appointments, meets and is seduced by Marijo, a butch, cigar-smoking lesbian.

When Loli hears of her husband's adulterous activities, she is outraged and Marijo moves in to become her live-in lover. With Laurent's male ego in tatters, the stage is set for a sexy, hilarious menage-a-trois battle for Loli's sexual favours. Will Laurent go to where no man has gone before to win his wife back?

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It's the '60s and the Liverpool Sound tops the charts in every country except Ireland, where traditional Irish music still reigns supreme.

Can an upstart Irish band from Liverpool, led by Jimmy McMahon win the All Ireland music Championship for the first time in history? Jimmy’s estranged older brother, John Joe and his feisty local band are determined to win trophy for the third year in a row. Meanwhile, County Clare’s star fiddler, Anne falls in love with Teddy, Liverpool’s star flute player. They are Ireland’s answer to Romeo and Juliet. Star-crossed lovers, feuding brothers, narrow-minded parents and rebellious children-all brought together by their love of music. Against a backdrop of amber-lit pubs, narrow streets and sandy shores, the visuals keep pace with the toe-tapping soundtrack and reflect the honour and traditions at stake in the competitions.

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A random act of kindness snowballs into vivid proof that 'no good deed goes unpunished' in Apres Vous, the irresistible French comedy that garnered actor Daniel Auteuil a Cesar Award nomination for Best Actor.

Antoine a restaurant headwaiter, takes a shortcut through a park one night and spots Louis, a despondent, lovelorn stranger, attempting to kill himself. Antoine intervenes - despite Louis's vehement protests - and hustles him home to his apartment. And it isn't long before Antoine has decided to fix all that is wrong in Louis's life. He artfully intercepts a suicide note mailed to Louis's grandparents ... riotously attempts to land Louis a job at his posh restaurant, Blanche. But an unexpected twist of fate upsets Antoine's grandiose plans for Louis's 'rehabilitation'.

Catherine refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable Francois, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone to pose as his best pal, Francois enlists the services of a charming taxi driver to play the part.

Bimbo (Donal O' Kelly) is brokenhearted as being laid off. His best friend Larry (Colm Meaney) hasn't held down a job in ages. During World Cup fever these two fast friends cook up a get-quick-rich scheme that may be a dream come true or a living nightmare.

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Relentless edge-of-your-seat suspense, jaw-dropping, high-octane action and a powerful love story combine in what has been hailed by many critics as the best film of the year. 'Tell No One' follows one man's frantic race against time when his tragic past is suddenly and unexpectedly unearthed. Dr.

Alex Beck (François Cluzet) is left unconscious after his wife, and childhood sweetheart, Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) is brutally murdered. 8 years on and still unaware of the truth, Alex receives an anonymous e-mail. Clicking on the link he sees a woman's face in a crowd - Margot's face...But before this can sink in, Alex is thrown headlong into a deadly chase - running from both the Police and a team of killers who will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.

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Nanni Moretti presents a semi-autobiographical account of his experiences in fatherhood, beginning when his wife Silvia's announces her pregnancy. Family, work and politics mingle in a charming light-hearted tale with a large helping of irony and humour.

Following the general election of 1994, won by the centre-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi, Moretti is encouraged by a journalist friend to make a documentary about the current political situation in Italy. Two years pass, another election is held, and he has still made no progress with his documentary. He starts another project, a musical about a Trotskyist pastry chef in the 1950's, but becomes disillusioned and increasingly distracted by the pregnancy. When his son Pietro is born and the centre-left coalition Ulivo wins the election, he continues to try to shoot his documentary, but with the film remaining unfinished he must learn to stop hesitating in order to complete his passion project.

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Gunner Palace reveals the complex realities of the situation in the Iraq not seen on the nightly news.

Told first-hand by American troops, 'Gunner Palace' presents a thought provoking portrait of a dangerous and chaotic war that is personal, highly emotional, sometimes disturbing, surprisingly amusing and thoroughly fascinating. Filmmaker Michael Tucker, who lived with the 2/3 Field Artillery, aka "The Gunners" for two months, captures the lives and humanity of these soldiers whose barracks are the bombed-out pleasure palace of Uday Hussein , situated in the heart of the most volatile section of Baghdad.

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The Castle is a classic tale of David versus Goliath, except Goliath is the Australian Government and David is Darryl Kerrigan... a tow-truck driving, grey hound racing, moustachioed father from suburban Melbourne.

Even though there's an airport practically running through his backyard, Darryl loves his family's humble home. But when the airport needs room to expand, the government says that the Kerrigan's have got to go. With the help of local lawyer Dennis Denuto and newly acquired friend, QC Lawrence Hamill, Darryl takes on the Government to tell them they're dreaming!

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A party of French holidaymakers arrive at a holiday club on the Ivory Coast in Africa, intent on making the most of their new-found freedom. The main concern for most of these energetic pleasure-seekers is to sleep with as many members of the opposite sex as is physically possible in a week.

This is to the benefit of Popeye, the sports organiser, whose good looks make him an easy conquest for the women holidaymakers. For the male half of the party, it proves a little harder to satisfy their needs, as Jerôme and Jean-Claude amply demonstrate. Meanwhile, Bernard is taken aback when his wife Nathalie freely admits she has already been putting it about...