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I've Loved You So Long is the outstanding, critically celebrated breakthrough film of the year.

Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The English Patient) offers a truly sensational performance in this utterly engrossing and deeply moving tale of two sisters who rebuild their relationship after fifteen years apart. The two women gradually rediscover common ground and learn how to relate to one another through the memories of their shared childhood, all the while the spectre of their time apart looming overhead... This intelligent and compassionate film is a testament to the power of family, love and forgiveness.

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From the highly acclaimed Director and star of 'Amelie', comes the truly amazing story of one woman's journey to discover the truth behind her lover's disappearance, whilst battling against the secrecy and absurdity of War. In 1919, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) was 19 years old.

Two years earlier, her fiance Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was "killed on the field of battle". It's written in black and white on the official notice. But Mathilde refuses to believe it. If Manech had died, she would know. A former sergeant tells her in vain that Manech died in the no man's land of a trench named Bingo Crepescule, in the company of four other men condemned to die for self-inflicted wounds. Her path ahead is full of obstacles but Mathilde is not frightened. Anything is possible to someone who is willing to challenge fate...

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"Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office" so outraged a nation that within days of airing, it forced the Prime Minister to change the law to right the damage done.

The series tells the extraordinary story of the greatest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, created with direct input from the innocent - and indomitable - people caught up in it. When money started to disappear from its local branches, the Post Office wrongly blamed their own sub-postmasters for its loss. For more than a decade, hundreds were accused of theft and fraud, and hundreds were sent to prison. Lives, marriages, and reputations were left in ruins. But the issue was actually caused by errors in the Post Office's own computer system - something it denied for years. Revealing a shocking David vs. Goliath fight for justice, this is the story of the decent ordinary people who were relentlessly pursued, intimidated and punished by a powerful corporation; and their ongoing battle, against seemingly insurmountable odds, to right so many horrific wrongs.

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As a young boy Antoine's two passions in life were dancing to Arabic music and having his haircut by the voluptuous local hairdresser. In reaching middle-age his passions remain unchanged and a dream comes true when he meets and marries shy hairdresser Mathilde.

He moves into her salon where they embark on a reclusive life of intense passion, shunning the realities of life outside.

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When Sarah Manning's (Elaine Cassidy) husband, Lee (Paul Popowich), is killed while on business in Montreal, her life back in Dublin starts to spin out of control. Sarah soon realises she knew little about her husband's past or his job at a powerful international pharmaceutical company.

Assigned to the case, Detective Emer Byrne (Angeline Ball) doggedly investigates as conflicting evidence arises, even in defiance of her superior's order. As more lies surface, Sarah begins to suspect that Lee's murder could be connected to the death of her first husband. Did both men know a terrible secret that got them killed? This gripping international thriller follows Sarah's high-stakes fight for the truth amidst a conspiracy of corporate, police, and political interests.

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Davy Chou's 'Return to Seoul', which premiered in Cannes 2022's Un Certain Regard, is an unpredictable and refreshingly authentic story of a young woman's search for identity. Park Ji-Min delivers a revelatory performance as Freddie, an adoptee who was born in South Korea and raised in France.

Freddie is magnetic, spirited and hard to pin down; never in one place, or with one person, for long enough to get attached. At 25 years old, she visits Seoul for the first time since her adoption, in an attempt to reconnect with her biological parents and the culture she had to leave behind.

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In this lavish new adaptation of Georges Simenon's classic detective novels, Maigret (Gerard Depardieu) investigates the death of a young girl. There is nothing to identify her, and no-one seems to have known, recognise, nor remember her.

Then he meets a young female offender who bears an uncanny resemblance to the victim, awakening the memory of another disappearance, older and more intimate...

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Nik (Tristan Halilaj) is a normal 17-year-old in the last year of high school ready to embark on his first romance and the opening of his own cafe after graduation.

But when a local land dispute results in his father being accused of murder, Nik and the male members of his family are forced under house arrest. Nic's sister Rudina (Sindi Lacej) has to leave school to take over the family business and whilst she flourishes with her newfound responsibility, Nik's resentment at his enforced isolation causes him to try and end the feud even though it may cost him his life.

It's a new decade, and the royal family are facing what may be their biggest challenge yet: proving their continued relevance in '90s Britain. As Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) and Charles (Dominic West) wage a media war, cracks begin to splinter the royal foundation.

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Bartek (Jan Hrynkiewicz) runs a small horse farm in the mountains in Poland. He had to become head of the family when his father left and his mother fell apart. One day their neighbor dies and his son Dawid (Pawel Tomaszewski) comes back to the village for the funeral.

Bartek becomes fascinated by Dawid and his care-free approach to life. This new romance will force him to decide if he's ready to risk it all and choose his freedom above family obligations.

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In the acclaimed new film by Abderrahmane Sissako (Bamako) the people of the Malian city, Timbuktu, struggle against an oppressive regime of terror inflicted upon them by invading Jihadists who prohibit every enjoyable indulgence of life.

Meanwhile, Kidane lives a peaceful life in the nearby dunes, but when he has an altercation with a neighbour the extremists take it upon themselves to deliver their brand of draconian justice.

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As the 1970's are drawing to a close, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O'Connor), who is still unmarried at 30.

As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), tensions arise between her and the Queen which only grow worse as Thatcher leads the country into the Falklands War. While Charles' romance with a young Lady Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) provides a much-needed fairytale to unite the British people, behind closed doors, the Royal Family is becoming increasingly divided.

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Lars is the only teenager in village. he is also the only one in a community of hunters who doesn't want to hunt. Niaqornat, in North West Greenland has a population of 59 and with no local industry people are being forced to leave to find jobs in the nearest town.

While the rest of the community pull together to try to re-open the fish factory, Lars begins to plan his escape. Like all villages, Niaqornat has its supporters and detractors amongst the locals. Some can't imagine living anywhere else, others feel trapped. For most Niaqornat is simply home. There are increasing pressures on a place like this - the ice is melting, the government no longer wants to subsidies the ship that brings in essential supplies and the population is dwindling. 'Village At The End Of The World' is a film that reflects the dilemmas of most small communities all over the world, this one just happens to be in one of the remote and beautiful spots on earth.

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Halim (Saleh Bakri) and Mina (Lubna Azabal) run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco's oldest medinas. The couple have lived for a long time with Halim's secret, his homosexuality, which he has learnt to keep quiet about.

Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice will disturb this equilibrium. United in their love, each will help the other confront their fears.

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Recently retired, Harold Fry is well into his 60s and content to fade quietly into the background of life.

Harold's life with his wife Maureen is uneventful and their marriage frozen, due to an unspeakable conflict relating to the absence of their son, until one day, Harold learns his old friend Queenie is dying. He sets off to the post office to send her a letter and decides to keep walking: all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.