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This stylish Wong Jing production is a prime example of what makes Hong Kong's fantasy movies so unique and visually stunning. It follows the lustful progress of a wealthy squire who has one obsession which is to bed more women than any other man in history! However, although he is proud of his own sexual prowess, he is extremely strict with his own daughter, Yau (Loletta Lee). When she is sent away to study, he has her disguised as a man and fitted with a special chastity device to protect her from men like himself. However, she falls in love with a handsome swordsman who is pursuing the deadly Mirage Lady (Shu Qi), who has the power to drain her enemies by seducing them! The plot thickens when the lecherous Squire marries off his dim-witted son to a beautiful girl, not knowing that she is really the Mirage Lady in disguise. Now it is up to the daughter, Yau, aided only by her handsome swordsman--her fellow student with his mechanical penis--to save the world from sexual domination by the irresistible Mirage Lady... - Director:
- Chin Man Kei
- Cast:
- Shu Qi, Loletta Lee, Xu Jin Jang
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The Captive (2000)La captive
Acclaimed director Chantal Akerman becomes the latest filmmaker to take inspiration from Marcel Proust’s epic masterwork 'In Search of Lost Time'. Adapted from the fifth volume, 'The Captive' tells the story of Ariane, who lives under her lover Simon’s surveillance in a grandiose Parisian apartment. Simon harbours an obsessional need to know everything about her. He has her accompanied everywhere she goes and subjects her to endless questioning. Knowing of Ariane’s attraction to women, Simon imagines that she leads a double life, which only serves to increase his desire for her. Akerman’s film is an elegantly constructed and compelling meditation on love, desire and obsession. - Director:
- Chantal Akerman
- Cast:
- Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy
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The Succulent Succubus (2011)Kairaku no sekai: Miradashimasho!
Momo (Celebrity Japanese porn star Sho Nishino) is unlucky in love and even unluckier in life. Having been diagnosed with an illness that gives her just six months to live, she meets a succubus who offers to grant her one wish in return for her soul. 'The Succulent Succubus' is an erotic comedy starring two of Japan's biggest adult stars; Sho Nishino and Asami. - Director:
- Mototsugu Watanabe
- Cast:
- Shô Nishino, Asami, Minami Aoyama
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A Fantastic Woman (2017)Una mujer fantástica
Marina Vidal's life is thrown into turmoil following the sudden death of her partner, Orlando. Met with suspicion from the police and contempt from her lover's relatives. As tensions rise between her and Orland's family, she is evicted from their shared home and banned from attending his funeral. But faced with the threat of losing everything, Marina finds the strength to fight back. Sebastián Lelio returns with a groundbreaking, deeply humane and Oscar-winning story about a trans woman's fight for acceptance. Anchored by a powerhouse performance from rising star Daniela Vega, 'A Fantastic Woman' is an urgent call for compassion. - Director:
- Sebastián Lelio
- Cast:
- Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco
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Happy as Lazzaro (2018)Lazzaro Felice
Lazzaro (talented newcomer Adriano Tardiolo) is a beautiful peasant whose sweet nature makes people mistake him for simple-minded. He happily does the bidding of anyone in his local village, which is ruled over by the evil Marchesa (Nicoletta Braschi). He finds an unlikely friend in the Marchesa's petulant son Tancredi (Tommaso Ragno / Luca Chikovani), who convinces his hapless ally to help him stage a dramatic incident to secure a ransom. 'Happy as Lazzaro' follows the adventures of this young man living on the margins of his society, who can seemingly travel through time, arriving in the big city and appearing as a fragment of the past lost in the modern world. - Director:
- Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast:
- Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher
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Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her family and face this new, cut-throat world alone. Based on the incredible true story, this heartwarming comedy follows Paige as she proves that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star. - Director:
- Stephen Merchant
- Cast:
- Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn
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"All Is True" explores the human story behind a dark and little known period in the life of William Shakespeare (Kenneth Branagh). The year is 1613, Shakespeare is the greatest writer of the age. When his beloved Globe Theatre is burned to the ground, he decides to return to his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. There he faces his neglected family. Still haunted by the death of his only son, Hamnet, he struggles to mend broken relationships with his wife, Anne (Judi Dench) and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as an absent husband and father. In the search for peace, he must also finally confront the dark heart of his family's secrets and lies. - Director:
- Kenneth Branagh
- Cast:
- Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen
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Set in 1946, this engrossing drama follows Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley), a British woman whose colonel husband (Jason Clarke) is charged with rebuilding war-ravaged Hamburg. When she joins him there during the bitter winter months, she learns they will be sharing their home with a German widower (Alexander Skarsgard) and his troubled daughter. Before long, the unusual arrangement intensifies political divides and stirs deep personal wounds. In this increasingly charged environment, enmity and grief give way to unexpected passion and betrayal. - Director:
- James Kent
- Cast:
- Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin
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An Impossible Love (2018)Un Amour Impossible
1960: Rachel (Virginie Efira) is working as a secretary when she begins a passionate but stormy affair with the callous Philippe (Niels Schneider). The liaison results in the birth of a daughter, who Philippe refuses to acknowledge. Whilst Rachel's love for her daughter is unconditional, Philippe's presence in their daughter's life has dangerous consequences that endure, to the present day. A heartbreaking story of a toxic love affair across the decades, Catherine Corsini's beautiful 'An Impossible Love' is as emotionally raw as it is elegantly shot. - Director:
- Catherine Corsini
- Cast:
- Virginie Efira, Niels Schneider, Jehnny Beth
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In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, California, telemarketer Cassius Green (LaKeith Stanfield), finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory. As Green's career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organise a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius soon falls under the spell of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a cocaine-snorting CEO who offers him a salary beyond his wildest dreams. - Director:
- Boots Riley
- Cast:
- David Cross, Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018)Mary Poppins 2
The magic returns in Disney's all-new classic as Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) helps the Banks family remember the joy of what it's like to be a child. Together with her friend Jack the lamplighter (Lin-Manuel Miranda), fun is brought back to the streets of London in celebration that everything is possible...even the impossible. - Director:
- Rob Marshall
- Cast:
- Emily Blunt, Chris O'Dowd, Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Rams (2015)Hrútar
In a secluded valley in Iceland, brothers Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their prized ancestral sheep. But a long-term grudge means that they haven't spoken to each other for four decades, passing messages via the sheep dog. When a lethal ovine disease suddenly appears in the valley, the authorities move in to cull all of the livestock. But Gummi and Kiddi don't give up easily and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle, and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in the brothers will need to come together to save the sheep - and themselves - from extinction. - Director:
- Grímur Hákonarson
- Cast:
- Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving
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Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) is an eminent judge in the Family Division of the High Court, making daily decisions about complex family issues. But her workload is heavy, and her marriage to American professor Jack (Stanley Tucci) is at breaking point. In this moment of personal crisis, Fiona is asked to rule on the case of Adam (Fionn Whitehead), a brilliant and beautiful teenager who is refusing on religious grounds the blood transfusion which will save his life. Wanting to hear from Adam before making her decision, Fiona goes to his hospital bedside. Their extraordinary meeting releases strong emotions, with momentous consequences for both of them as Fiona decides whether Adam should live or die. - Director:
- Richard Eyre
- Cast:
- Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead
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In 17th Century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl (Alicia Vikander) is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant (Christoph Waltz) - an unhappy 'arrangement' that saves her from poverty. After her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter (Dane DeHaan), a struggling young artist. Seeking to escape the merchant's ever-reaching grasp, the lovers risk everything and enter the frenzied tulip bulb market, with the hope that the right bulb will make a fortune and buy their freedom. - Director:
- Justin Chadwick
- Cast:
- Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell
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