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For AJ (Nell Barlow) planning a gap year trip to knit jumpers for elephants is much more appealing than spending a week with her family at a British Seaside Holiday Park. Yet, she finds herself on a four-hour car journey to the Dorset coast with her mum Tina (Jo Hartley) and little sister Dayna.

Met by older sister Lucy (Sophia di Martino), and her boyfriend Steve (Samuel Anderson), AJ expects this to be 'a week of hell'. That is, until she lays her eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) and is instantly infatuated.

Water Lilies is a beautifully observed, intelligent and provocative portrait of female adolescence. Set in the competitive world of synchronised swimming, three 15- year-old girls experience first love, friendship and rivalry in very different ways.

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Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and her sister Sole (Lola Duenas) are visited by the apparition of their Mother (Carmen Maura), who has returned to reconcile with her daughters and resolve an issue that has haunted the family since her death.

In Pedro Almodovar's latest critically-acclaimed film, the living and deceased co-exist without discord, creating a filmic experience which is at once hilarious and yet filled with a deep, genuine emotion. VOLVER is a film about life in Almodovar's native La Mancha; a film about the way the presence of the dead continues to add richness and humanity to the lives of those they leave behind.

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In this true-life cold war spy thriller, unossuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes entangled in one of the greatest international conflicts in history.

Recruited by MI6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), Wynne forms a covert partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), and both men risk everything in a danger-fraught race against time to provide the intelligence needed to prevent nuclear confrontation and end the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Adapted from Jojo Moyes' best-selling novel, 'The Last Letter from Your Lover' is a passionate, dual-narrative love story set in the French Riviera and London during the 1960's and present day.

It tells the tale of elegant Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley) and how her life becomes inextricably interwoven with that of Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) in life changing events which connect them across almost half a century.

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There is a philosophical theory that we should be born with a small amount of alcohol in our blood; that modest inebriation opens our minds to the world around us diminishing problems and increasing creativity.

Intrigued Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) and three of his friends all weary high school teachers, embark on a risky experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday. Initial results are positive, but as the units are knocked back and stakes are raised, it becomes increasingly clear that some bold acts carry severe consequences.

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The Scent of a Cafecito Caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community.

At the intersection of it all is the likable, magnetic bodega owner who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.

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Anthony Hopkins plays the eponymous role of a mischievious and highly independent man who, as he ages, refuses all assistance from his daughter Anne (Olivia Colman). Yet, such help has become essential following Anne's decision to move to Paris with her partner.

As Anne's father tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

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From acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, a stunning valentine to femininity in all its disguises, motherhood in all its glory and to classic Hollywood melodramas and their diva actresses.

A birthday treat turns into heart-rending tragedy for single mother Manuela (Cecilia Roth) when her teenage son is killed in a car accident after a performance of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' starring his favourite actress Huma Roja (Marisa Paredes). Determined to exorcise her overwhelming guilt, Manuela goes to Barcelona to finally tell his father about the son he never knew he had. There, the reason why she has kept the identity of her forbidden lover a secret for so long is revealed. He is a transvestite named Lola who is dying from an AIDS related illness. However in confronting her own past, Manuela forges a new future with Lola's transsexual best friend Agrado (Antonia San Juan), church social worker Sister Rosa (Penelope Cruz) and Huma, when her play comes to town But even as the women from different fringes of society form a bond, further heartbreak, misfortune and ultimate joy lies in store for each. Considered by critics world wide to be the finest movie Almodovar has directed in his entire glittering career, and featuring glorious acting from the cream of Spanish cinema, All About My Mother combines warmth, love, tears and humour as it builds to an unforgettable emotional crescendo.

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Tsumugi (2004)

A disturbing Japanese 'youth' drama centred on a teenage girl, Tsumugi (Sora Aoi), a coquettish and sensual teenager who is attracted to her teacher and a boy her own age, forming a bizarre triangle between the three. An erotic, mildly sadomasochistic and very risque film that focusses on Aoi, whose powerful sexuality and impish personality dominates..
The Secret in the Attic (2005)
A beautiful woman marries a wealthy man and at first, they have a happy marriage, her new husband proving to be an enthusiastic lover. Soon their romance cools and his wife discovers that it is because of something or someone hidden in the attic that her husband sneaks up to every night...

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Directed by Michael Winterbottom, the film charts the intensely emotional and physical relationship between Matt (Kieran O'Brien) and Lisa (Margo Stilley), a young American student in London, from their first encounter at the Brixton Academy to their eventual split.

Intercutting between the couple's uninhibited sexual encounters and electrifying gig footage of Black Rebel, Motorcycle Club, The Von Bondies, Elbow, Primal Scream, The Dandy Warhols, Super Furry Animals, Franz Fredinand and Michael Nyman, 9 Songs tells a truly modern love story.

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A bittersweet modern love story starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as Sam and Tusker, long-term partners who are revisiting their past and coming to terms with Tusker's illness on a road trip across England.

'Supernova' is a deeply moving portrait of a couple navigating difficult circumstances with wry humour and affection.

A real tour de force from the director Pedro Almodovar 'Law Of Desire' is a wildly funny, emotionally intense and deeply moving drugs-and-sex fuelled murder mystery, a breathless, vibrant riot of flaming passions run wild.

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Directed by Pete Travis 'City of Tiny Lights' stars Riz Ahmed and Billie Piper in a unique portrait of contemporary London as a multicultural metropolis teeming with intimidation and deceit.

Riz Ahmed is Tommy Akhtar, a deadbeat private eye with a taste for cigarettes and bourbon and a finely tuned moral compass that he keeps hidden behind a sharp cynicism. When he walks into his office one morning to find high-class prostitute Melody seeking his help, he takes on a job that goes beyond a simple missing person case into something far more sinister.

Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden.