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A Royal Affair (2012)En Kongelig Affære
Based on the true story of Caroline Mathilda, the English princess who married King Christian VII of Denmark in the early 1770s, "A Royal Affair" is a bold, sumptuous tale of illicit love and political pasion on a sweeping, epic scale. Keen to be a dutiful wife and queen, Caroline's hopes are soon dashed when she discovers the King's true madness. Turning away from the King she finds herself in the arms of the King's physician, a radical libertarian, with whom she embarks upon a passionate affair that would bring the kingdom to the brink of revolution. - Director:
- Nikolaj Arcel
- Cast:
- Alicia Vikander, Kenneth M. Christensen, Mads Hjulmand
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'The Big Sick' is the hilarious and heart-rending true story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his stand-up sets. What they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing, which complicates the life that is expected of Kumail by his traditional Muslim parents. When Emily is beset with a mystery illness, it forces Kumail to navigate the medical crisis with her parents (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano), who he's never met, while dealing with the emotional tug-of-war between his family and his heart. - Director:
- Michael Showalter
- Cast:
- Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter
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The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's (Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favour with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity. - Director:
- Stephen Frears
- Cast:
- Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith
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Force Majeure (2014)Turist
The sun is beaming and the ski slopes are spectacular for Tomas, his wife Ebba and their two children. However, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant an avalanche suddenly bears down upon the happy diners. As the wall of snow gets ever closer, Tomas makes a split-second decision in a moment of panic that will engulf and shake his relationship with his wife and children and leave him struggling to reclaim his role as the family patriarch. - Director:
- Ruben Östlund
- Cast:
- Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren
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'Next Goal Wins' is an inspirational story about the power of hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. In 2001, the tiny Pacific island of American Samoa suffered a world record 31-0 defeat at the hands of Australia, garnering headlines across the world as the worst football team on the planet. A decade after that humiliating night, they remain rooted to the bottom of FIFA's World rankings, having scored only twice in seventeen years. Against this backdrop of serial underachievement, the team face the daunting prospect of a qualification campaign for the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It would take a miracle-maker or a madman to turn the team's fortunes around - and in maverick Dutch coach Thomas Rongen the islanders somehow find both. A film for non football lovers and football fans alike, 'Next Goal Wins' is a classic underdog story set amongst the beauty and tribal magic of the South Pacific. - Director:
- Mike Brett
- Cast:
- Thomas Rongen, Jaiyah Saelua, Nicky Salapu
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A Monster Calls is a spectacular story of one boy's journey for hope and courage. With his mother (Felicity Jones) fighting a life-threatening illness and his strict grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) imposing new rules on his life, 12-year-old Conor O'Malley (Lewis MacDougall) is faced with a future beyond his control. Confused, angry, and alone, he immerses himself in a fantastical world of his own creation where he meets an ancient and giant creature known as 'The Monster' (Liam Neeson) who helps Conor to confront his nightmares. - Director:
- J.A. Bayona
- Cast:
- Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones
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When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army cameramen, revealing for the first time the horror of what had happened. Using British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information's Sidney Bernstein collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock to make a film that would provide evidence of the Nazis' unspeakable crimes. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US governments, the film was shelved. In this compelling documentary by Andre Singer (executive producer, The Act of Killing), the full story of the filming of the camps and the fate of Bernstein's project, which has now been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums, can finally be told. - Director:
- Andre Singer
- Cast:
- Alfred Hitchcock, Helena Bonham Carter, Jasper Britton
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May 1985 - Peru. Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, ambitious young mountaineers, set off to scale the hitherto unclimbed West Face of Siula Grande, a remote and treacherous peak in the Peruvian Andes. Simpson and Yates reach the summit but shortly after starting the descent, an accident turns their daring expedition into a desperate fight for survival. Based on Joe Simpson's international bestseller, Touching The Void documents one of the most extraordinary true stories of human endurance of our time. Made by Academy Award winning director Kevin MacDonald, this gripping, inspiring film combines dramatic reconstructions of the fateful climb and interviews with the two men it nearly killed. - Director:
- Kevin Macdonald
- Cast:
- Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey
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The Salesman (2016)Forushande
The future looks promising for amateur actors Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) as they prepare for opening night on their production of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman'. However, when dangerous work on a neighbouring building forces the couple to leave their home and move into a new apartment, a case of mistaken identity sees a shocking and violent incident throw their lives into turmoil. What follows is a series of wrong turns that threaten to destroy their relationship irreparably. Academy-Award winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) returns with 'The Salesman', a characteristically taut drama exploring how unexpected cracks can form in the foundations of a seemingly happy marriage. - Director:
- Asghar Farhadi
- Cast:
- Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi
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Set against the antebellum South, 'The Birth of a Nation' follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities, against himself and his fellow slaves, Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom. - Director:
- Nate Parker
- Cast:
- Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller
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"Cake" takes us into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett (Jennifer Aniston) who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower (Sam Worthington) while confronting fantastical hallucinations of his dead wife (Anna Kendrick). With her feisty housekeeper-come-caretaker (Adriana Barraza) ever at her side, Claire searches for human connection and self-forgiveness in this tale of personal redemption. - Director:
- Daniel Barnz
- Cast:
- Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick
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Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, and his cold unforgiving family. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. - Director:
- William Oldroyd
- Cast:
- Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Christopher Fairbank
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Based on the true life story and international best-selling book, 'A Street Cat Named Bob' is a moving and uplifting film that will touch the heart of everyone. When London busker and recovering drug addict James Bowen (Luke Treadaway) finds injured ginger street cat Bob in his sheltered accommodation, he has no idea just how much his life is about to change. - Director:
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Cast:
- Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas
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London-based military intelligence officer Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation to capture a group of dangerous terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya. When the mission suddenly escalates from a "capture" to a "kill" operation and innocent lives are put at risk, the impossible decision of whether to strike gets passed up the chain of command. With the clock ticking, the brutal realities of modern warfare play out among the military, politicians and lawyers thousands of miles away from the front line. - Director:
- Gavin Hood
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman
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The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann
Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, this is the wonderful and unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it's not too late to start over. After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home. A big celebration for his 100th birthday is in the works, but Allan really isn't interested. Instead, he climbs out of a window and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey - involving a gang of criminals, murderers, a suitcase stuffed with cash, an elephant and an incompetent policeman. It would be the adventure of a lifetime for anyone else, but Allan has a larger-than-life back-story. Not only has Allan witnessed some of the most important events of the twentieth century, but he has actually played a key role in them, including the invention of the atomic bomb and sharing meals and more with everyone from U.S. presidents to Russian tyrants. For a hundred years, Allan Karlsson rattled the world, and now he's on the loose again... - Director:
- Felix Herngren
- Cast:
- Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg
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