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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.

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Celebrated writer-director Mia Hansen-Love (Things to Come, Father of My Children) makes a wise and wistful return with 'One Fine Morning', a profoundly moving portrayal of love, loss and contemporary womanhood, featuring a career-best performance from Lea Seydoux.

Set in Paris, Seydoux plays Sandra - a young, widowed mother who juggles her job as a translator with caring both for her young daughter and elderly father. Sandra's life is further complicated when she embarks on a passionate affair with Clement, an old friend in an unhappy marriage. Also starring Melvil Poupaud and Pascal Gregory, this Cannes Film Festival award-winner is a gently poignant romantic drama shot through with the director's characteristically charming touch.

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"Last Holiday" is a 1950 black comedy starring Alec Guinness in fine form as mild-mannered salesman George Bird.

Told by his doctor that he has a very short time to live, George is determined not to waste his final days, deciding to go on the holiday of a lifetime to live the rest of his life to the full.

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In Agnes Varda's directorial debut she faithfully portrays the complicated relationship between a married couple (Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret) set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing town.

Shot with a documentary feel, the film also focuses on the daily struggles of the locals, and was radical enough to later be considered as one of the progenitors of the French New Wave.

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The life of two brothers is shattered by the sudden appearance of their father, whom they know only from a 10 year old photograph.

Is he really their father? Why has he come back after so many years? The boys find some answers on a remote and desolate island travelling with this man who turned their lives upside down.

Based on the true story that will inspire the world. Richard Williams (Will Smith), father of legendary tennis champions Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena (Demi Singleton) Williams, shows how family and perseverance can achieve the impossible and impact the world.

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In the late 19th century, Denmark regards Iceland as its territory, which extends beyond matters of geography and governance to the spiritual health of the population. So Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove), a Lutheran priest, is sent by the Church of Denmark to establish a parish.

Ever an optimist, Lucas believes his faith will guide him, even when he is warned of the obstacles, including a people who may be less than welcoming. 'Godland' makes the most of a breathtakingly austere Icelandic landscape in its story of a man on a singular mission.

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Based on a true story, this tragicomical tale marks the directorial debut of Uberto Pasolini. Machan, the first Sri Lankan film to get a UK theatrical release, tells the story of a sports team with a difference...

Living in the margins of society, under impossible pressures, a group of desperate slum dwellers find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria, Germany. This one-way ticket to the West could be the answer to their prayers and a solution to all their problems...

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Armin Mueller-Stahl stars as Berry, a demanding but dedicated coach who's just been stripped of his job and his self-esteem - until he meets Christine (Nthati Moshesh), a beautiful and fiercely independent runner who may have what it takes to win the toughest race in the world, the Comrades

Marathon. But does Berry have what it takes to help mold this inexperienced runner into a champion? And despite her raw talent, can Christine beat the odds and finish the gruelling race with a victory that might change both of their lives?

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Set in the late-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves (Tom Hughes) has returned from war traumatised and struggling creatively. It takes Laura Riding (Dianna Agron), a radical young American poet to reignite Robert's passion.

With the blessing of his wife Nancy, (Laura Haddock), Robert's muse become his lover. Soon the three of them are sharing a life and Laura's attention then turns to Nancy, sparking a complicated relationship that scandalises society and threatens to destroy everything they have.

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After receiving a letter from her visually impaired (and ever so slightly senile) Aunt Martha (Emmanuelle Riva), Fiona (Fiona Gordon) takes the trip from Canada to France. Except Martha has disappeared, putting Fiona in the middle of a calamitous hunt for the missing nonagenarian.

After a mishap while taking a picture at the Eiffel Tower, Fiona finds herself without any of her belongings, soaking wet and, as the title suggests, Lost in Paris. A chance meeting with a quirky homeless man, Dom (Dominique Abel), sees a relationship blossom across the city's famous sights and streets.

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It's 1976 in Chile, 3 years after Pinochet's military coup overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende, and opponents of the new regime are being hunted down. Carmen (Aline Küppenheim) heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation.

Her husband, children and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps into unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

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Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming, TV's 'golden odd couple', are back as their rip-roaring road trip antics continue across Scotland...and beyond.

A year older but not necessarily wiser, and now accompanied by Alan's dog Lala, the new series sees them take in some of Scotland's most spectacular and far-flung locations, reconnecting with old friends and rekindling old memories - before journeying across the Pond to their other mutual home, the California coast.

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Michal (Noa Kooler) is due to be married. The hall is booked, the wedding dress has been chosen, but there is one small problem - at the last minute her groom has had a change of heart. Unwilling to return to a life of dating, Michal refuses to cancel the wedding plans.

Believing that it is a small task for God to find her a new husband, she embarks on a frequently hilarious matchmaking journey to find the right man.

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When a daydreaming but discontented young teacher is posted to a school in Lunana, a remote village high in the Himalayan mountains, he is disheartened to find a simple yak herding community lacking basic amenities such as electricity or even a blackboard in the classroom.

But the enthusiasm of his young students and the unassuming warmth of the village folk buoy his spirits and he must decide whether to return to the city before the gruelling winter sets in or remain in this strange and captivating land. Beautifully photographed in extraordinary mountain locations, this poetic and enchanting drama earned Bhutan the country's first ever Oscar nomination and gives a fascinating insight into a region largely uncharted on screen.