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A Girl at My Door (2014)Dohee-Ya
Young-nam (Doona Bae) was a top graduate of the Korean police academy, but due to 'misconduct' is transferred to a post at a small seaside village. On her first patrol she encounters the mysterious Dohee; a young girl excluded by her local community. As Young-nam adapts to her new life, she witnesses Dohee's situation and is compelled to protect the girl from her family by letting her move in. All is well with this unconventional arrangement until Dohee's drunken father decides he wants her back. - Director:
- July Jung
- Cast:
- Doona Bae, Sae-ron Kim, Sae-Byeok Song
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An assassin for the Sicilian mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. Ordered to eliminate a rival clan, he encounters Rita, a beautiful blind girl who stands powerless whilst over hearing her brother's murder. Driven by adrenaline and fear, Rita tries to escape and against his violent instincts, Salvo decides to spare her life, a decision that puts both of them in perilous danger. - Director:
- Fabio Grassadonia
- Cast:
- Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco
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The German Doctor (2013)Wakolda
In 1960, a post-Nazi world, a travelling Doctor strikes up a relationship with a local Argentinian family, in particular their daughter Lilith, a lonely 12-year-old girl who unknowingly becomes close friends with one of the world's most terrifying Nazi war criminals, Josef Mengele A.K.A . 'The Angel Of Death', who is on the run for his crimes in Auschwitz. - Director:
- Lucía Puenzo
- Cast:
- Àlex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti
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When Father Was Away on Business (1985)Otac na sluzbenom putu
Celebrated Balkan filmmaker Emir Kusturica won his first Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's highest honour, for this exuberant portrait of 1950s Yugoslavia, as seen through the eyes of six-year-old Malik. As the country resists the pressures of Stalinism, many find themselves taken away 'on business' by the police for making imprudent statements against the government. But Malik's father Manojlovic finds himself imprisoned for an altogether less noble reason when his affair with the mistress of a high-ranking party official is discovered. Naively believing his Papa to be away on business, Malik must face up to life's sometimes poignant, often comic tribulations without him. - Director:
- Emir Kusturica
- Cast:
- Moreno D'E Bartolli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic
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Athina Rachel Tsangari's acclaimed film tells the strange tale of Marina, a withdrawn young woman who lives with her ailing father in a Greek factory town. Finding the human species strange and repellent she keeps her distance, choosing to observe life through Sir David Attenborough's nature documentaries and the sexual education lessons she receives from her only friend. Bella. - Director:
- Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Cast:
- Ariane Labed, Yorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mourikis
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Following the intricate and complicated lives of politicians, media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures, "Borgen" uncovers a world of political and personal intrigue. The setting is "Borgen", the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building, otherwise known as 'The Castle". After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic, the smart and sexy populist Birgitte Nyborg now faces the biggest dilemma of her life. The question is: Will she succumb to pressure to compromise her ideals and face the consequences, both on and off the political stage? - Director:
- Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
- Cast:
- Sidse babett Knudsen, David Bateson, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
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Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) is a lawyer, the kind always ready to help you get what's coming to him. Dale Putley (Robin Williams) is a shambles, a minor writer and major goofball. They have nothing in common - until they team up to track down a runaway teenager each believes might be his son. Fathers' Day is 'the mother of all comedy events' (Pat Collins), pairing two of the funniest people on the planet and directed by Ian Reitman (Dave). Crystal quips and Williams connips as they bicker, bond...and plunge deep into that uncharted neighborhood called parenthood. In this neighborhood, there's a laugh around every corner. - Director:
- Ivan Reitman
- Cast:
- Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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A young girl named Teresa Banks is found brutally murdered. The FBI agents leading the investigation are drawn into a bizarre and dangerous world, and then disappear. The case is handed to Agent Dale Cooper. He knows it is only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Welcome to Twin Peaks, an idyllic part of small-town America, one year later. A picture postcard setting, but hiding beneath the surface of this tranquil town lies an evil force. One that is praying on the towns most popular and beautiful student. Her name is Laura Palmer. - Director:
- David Lynch
- Cast:
- Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick
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The Golden Dream (2013)La Jaula De Oro
Three teenagers jump 'The Beast' - the infamous train that illegal immigrants board to take them from Guatemala, through Mexico, to the American border. The journey to a better life is fraught with danger. Facing exploitation at every turn, the only people they can trust on this perilous journey are each other. - Director:
- Diego Quemada-Díez
- Cast:
- Ramón Medína, Karen Martinez, Brandon Lopez
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General of Rovere (1959)Il Generale Della Rovere
Based on an article by the Italian journalist Indro Montanelli, Rossellini casts Vittorio De Sica as confidence trickster Emanuele Bardone who helps to save Italians arrested by the Gestapo, or at least pretends to do so, in exchange for money or gifts from their family. When he attempts to save a man already executed he is turned over by the man's wife and is given the choice of execution or carrying out a confidence trick for the Germans; to assume the identity of the General Delia Rovere. Turning on his country to save his skin Bardone enters prison to seek out the identity of the partisan commander, Fabrizio. - Director:
- Roberto Rossellini
- Cast:
- Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli
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Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)Sjecas li se, Dolly Bell
The acclaimed debut feature by celebrated filmmaker Emir Kusturica is a bittersweet coming-of-age tale set amidst the uproar of 1960's Sarajevo. As Hollywood movies begin to find their way into the country, sixteen year-old Dino (Slavko Stimac) becomes seduced by the glamour of the gangster films that flash before his eyes at the local cinema and he decides to follow a life of crime. Falling in with a band of petty crooks, Dino's future seems set until a liaison with local prostitute Dolly Bell (Ljiljana Blagojevic) turns his world upside down in a way not even the movies could have prepared him for. - Director:
- Emir Kusturica
- Cast:
- Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic
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Wild Tales (2014)Relatos Salvajes
From director Damian Szifron and producer Pedro Almodovar comes six stories, each exploring a different facet of revenge and the various brilliant, mad, toe-curling and hilarious flavours in which it can be dished out. Whether it's taking out a belligerent crime lord, getting even with officious parking enforcement, retribution for infidelity, or good old fashioned road rage, 'Wild Tales' takes acts of vengeance for infuriating, often all too familiar situations and blows them out to a bitter and hysterical end in this outrageous, tense and ferociously funny dark comedy. - Director:
- Damián Szifrón
- Cast:
- Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa
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After surviving an unexpected attack in enemy territory, jet-setting industrialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) builds a high-tech suit of armour and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. Straight from the pages of the legendary comic book is a hero who is built - not born - to be unlike any other! - Director:
- Jon Favreau
- Cast:
- Paul Bettany, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow
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Withnail and I (1987)Withnail & I
London. The '60s. Two unemployed actors-acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden "I" (Paul McGann) - drown their frustrations in booze, pills and lighter fluid. When Withnails's Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country, but soon realise they've gone on holiday by mistake when their wits - and friendship - are sorely tested by violent downpours, less-than-hospitable locals and empty cupboards. - Director:
- Bruce Robinson
- Cast:
- Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
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Marvel Studios' 'Captain Marvel' takes you on a spectacular adventure from the 1990's, tracing the path of Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) as she becomes one of the most powerful heroes in the universe. When a galactic war reaches Earth, she meets young agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) at the centre of a maelstrom, leading to her ultimate destiny as an Avenger! - Director:
- Anna Boden
- Cast:
- Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn
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