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Bread and Tulips (1999)Pane e Tulipani
A Woman's Fairy Tale of Hope - a day trip just to get away is the starting point of a new life. Life's little turning points often come in the plainest forms. A casual encounter, a little oversight, a strange coincidence, a twist of fate. When a tour bus leaves without bored housewife and dutiful mother, Rosalba (Licia Maglietta), during a family holiday and not even her husband or children notice until it is too late, see sees an irresistible opportunity for freedom. 'Bread and Tulips' isn't so much about the difficult decisions we make in life, but the ones we make almost out of instinct...the wonderful, crazy spontaneity that makes us human. - Director:
- Silvio Soldini
- Cast:
- Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston
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From the makers of 'Utopia' and 'Broadchurch', 'Humans' is an enthralling action packed thriller set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for a busy family is a synth - a life-like humanoid. Worried he is losing his wife Laura (Katherine Parkinson), Joe (Tom Goodman Hill) believes the addition of a highly developed robotic servant to the household will give them back the time they so desperately need to re-connect as a couple and as a family. Their synth Anita (Gemma Chan) is an immediate hit with Joe and the kids, but Laura seems less susceptible to Anita's efficiently chilly charms. There's just something about her. Every now and again she does something... almost human. Others, though, long since abandoned any scepticism, and embraced their synths as part of the family. Retired synth engineer George (William Hurt) reminisces about the past with his rickety synth Odi (Will Tudor). To George he is more like a son than a piece of machinery, but their relationship is threatened when Odi malfunctions. Will George be forced to destroy the one thing he loves? Meanwhile, Leo (Colin Morgan) is a human on the run with his synth, Max and the two unlikely companions are desperately searching for someone. But who, and why? And why does this synth seem to be so unlike the others? - Director:
- Samuel Donovan
- Cast:
- Gemma Chan, Tom Goodman-Hill, Pixie Davies
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John River (Stellan Skarsgärd) is a gifted police officer with a secret. As a man haunted by manifestations of the dead, including a tormenting killer, Thomas Cream (Eddie Marsan) and the murder victims whose secrets he must unlock, he walks a tightrope between maintaining respectability at work and managing his own fragile state of mind. His colleague and confidant, Detective Sergeant Jackie Stevie Stevenson (Nicola Walker) lends River the emotional support he so badly needs, whilst his boss, Chief Inspector Chrissie Reid (Lesley Manville) is conflicted between River s obvious talents and his evident problems. Adrift in a London full of other exiled souls, River's own isolation helps him connect with the troubled victims who crash into his world, and to see the truth in ways his colleagues are drawn to admire and question, in equal measure. But as his long-held defences are eroded by love and loss, River is torn between the living and the dead; will he have to choose once and for all? - Director:
- Tim Fywell
- Cast:
- Lesley Manville, Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker
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Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus in her three time Emmy-winning role, the Emmy-nominated comedy series "Veep", created by Oscar nominee Armando lannucci, follows the whirlwind day-to-day existence of Vice President Selina Meyer. Following the revelation that the President will not seek re-election, the Veep begins eyeing a promotion. With all of America now watching her and her team, Selina and her staff head off to Detroit and Silicon Valley, go on a drug bust with the Maryland Coast Guard, and fly to London to confer with heads of state. - Director:
- Chris Addison
- Cast:
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jessica St. Clair, Anna Chlumsky
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The Bridge: Series 3 (2015)Bron/Broen
A famous Danish gender activist and owner of Copenhagen's first gender-neutral children's nursery is found dead on a building site in Malmo, her body arranged in a macabre tableaux amongst a 'family' of mannequins. This marks the beginning of a line of spectacular murders that eventually become personal for Saga. Forced to work with a new Danish partner, who has difficulty accepting her for who she is, and having to deal with her past once more when her mother unexpectedly arrives, Saga is put to the ultimate test both in her work and in her personal life. - Director:
- Rumle Hammerich
- Cast:
- Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt, Dag Malmberg
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Love and Mercy presents an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era-defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost. - Director:
- Bill Pohlad
- Cast:
- John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks
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A supercomputer developed by reclusive billionaire and software genius Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) analyzes data patterns in surveillance for the U.S. government to identify impending acts of terrorism. But the computer, known only as "The Machine", can also identify ordinary people who are about to be involved in violent crimes. Can those crimes be stopped before they take place? Secretly tapping into The Machine, Finch and ex-CIA agent John Reese (Jim Caviezel) use vigilante tactics and state-of-the-art technology to identify the soon-to-be victims and prevent the crimes from occurring. Meanwhile, two NYPD detectives (Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman) are drawn into the cases and the mystery surrounding the two covert crime fighters. From The Dark Knight's Jonathan Nolan and J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot Productions comes all 23 heart-pounding and thought-provoking Season 1 episodes from the edge-of-your-seat thriller series 'Person of Interest'. - Director:
- David Semel
- Cast:
- Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman
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A mentalist is a master manipulator of thought and behavior. The Mentalist is Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), a celebrity psychic whose wife and child are viciously murdered by an elusive serial killer called Red John. Devastated, Patrick admits his paranormal act is fake, renounces his earlier life and uses his astonishing skills of observation and analysis - talents that made him appear psychically gifted - to bring killers to justice. At crime scenes across California, Patrick now helps an elite team of detectives break their toughest cases. But no matter how many criminals he catches, Patrick never forgets his central goal: Find Red John. And bring him down. - Director:
- Bruno Heller
- Cast:
- Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
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Special Agents Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) and Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) head up the FBI's most elite profiling team - experts in analysing criminal minds. Each team member has their specialty. There's Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), who has a background in sexual offences; Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), who focuses on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), the smart but socially challenged genius; and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook), the rookie. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they match wits with the most ruthless criminals on earth. - Director:
- Jeff Davis
- Cast:
- Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini
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The Most-Watched Series in HBO History and a worldwide TV phenomenon, 'Game of Thrones' remains a runaway hit, and the fifth season's 12 Emmy Awards are the most of any TV series in a single year. This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westerns and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself the rightful King of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious group led by the enigmatic High Sparrow, while Jaime embarks on a secret mission. Across the Narrow Sea, Arya seeks an old friend while a fugitive Tyrion finds a new cause. And as danger mounts in Meereen, Daenerys Targaryen finds that her tenuous hold on the city requires some hard sacrifices. This season features some of the most explosive scenes yet, as the promise that "winter is coming" becomes more ominous than ever before. - Director:
- Michael Slovis
- Cast:
- Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey
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Ray Donovan (Golden Globe nominated Liev Schreiber), Boston bouncer turned Hollywood crisis fixer, can protect just about anything except the unity of his family. As his estranged ex-con father (Golden Globe winner Jon Voight) dodges the law, Ray's lonely wife Abby finds herself drawn to a cop. Son Conor may be too close to home while daughter Bridget is slipping away. Can he hold the pieces of his family together while going to bat for celebrities in crisis? In this sharp, edgy second season, Ray finds that what he wants the most is the hardest thing to fix. - Director:
- Tucker Gates
- Cast:
- Liev Schreiber, Jennifer Tracy, Paula Malcomson
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From an executive producer of 'The Shield', comes a gripping drama that takes you into the ruthless underworld of outlaw bikers. The Sons of Anarchy live, ride and die for brotherhood. But as the club's leader (Ron Perlman) and his wife (Katey Sagal) steer them in an increasingly lawless direction, her son Jax (Charlie Hunnam) is torn between loyalty and the legacy in this adrenaline-charged first season. - Director:
- Allen Coulter
- Cast:
- Charlie Hunnam, Nicholas Guest, Katey Sagal
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Each year, Annalise chooses a handful of top law students to assist with her high-profile, albeit morally ambiguous, court cases. But the line between defending and committing murder soon begins to blur when Annalise and her students become intimately involved in a sordid homicide that could destroy them all. - Director:
- Bill D'Elia
- Cast:
- Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Alfred Enoch
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Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn) is a talented but struggling poker player, about to be swallowed up by his unshakable gambling habit, when his luck begins to change after he meets the young, charismatic Curtis (Ryan Reynolds). Gerry convinces his new lucky charm to hit the road with him towards a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans, and an undeniable bond forms between them. Also starring Sienna Miller, Mississippi Grind is a bittersweet road movie about friendship and the refusal to give up - even when the odds are stacked against you. - Director:
- Anna Boden
- Cast:
- Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Hardy Jr., Yvonne Landry
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"Citizenfour" is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to Laura Poitras, Ewen MacAskill and Glenn Greenwald's encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA). Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name "Citizenfour", in January 2013. He reached out to her because he knew she had long been a target of government surveillance, stopped at airports numerous times, and had refused to be intimidated. When Snowden revealed he was a high-level analyst driven to expose the massive surveillance of Americans by the NSA, Poitras persuaded him to let her film. "Citizenfour" places you in the room with Poitras, MacAskill, Greenwald, and Snowden as they attempt to manage the media storm raging outside, forced to make quick decisions that will impact their lives and all of those around them. "Citizenfour" not only shows you the dangers of governmental surveillance - it makes you feel them. After seeing the film, you will never think the same way about your phone, email, credit card, web browser, or profile, ever again. - Director:
- Laura Poitras
- Cast:
- Edward Snowden, Robert Tibbo, Glenn Greenwald
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