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In the early 1920s, Gerald Brennan (Mathew Goode) travels across Spain, motivated by idealism and in search of inspiration for his writing.

Settling in a small village he is soon the center of attention from his maid, Maria, her marriageable daughter, Angeles, and Paco, a man who decides to guide Gerald in the ways of the village and of love. Gerald sets his sights on Juliana, an attractive and sensual girl who fascinates and distracts him. Caught in a web of romantic entanglements, he soon learns the pleasures of physical love, but how far away from his class and country can he venture, and for how long?

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Set in Spain in the 1960's, 'Secrets Of The Heart' follows the story of nine year old Javi and his friend Carlos.

Javi takes Carlos to an old country house on the outskirts of the city where, legend has it, a violent crime ofd passion once took place and the voices of the dead can still be heard in the basement. The mystery of the uninhabited house marks the beginning of a search into the unknown for the two young friends and draws them into a world of lies, passion, love and death.

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Eliseo (Javier Camara) is ugly, lame and single. He still hasn't found the woman of his dreams and he doesn't really know what love is. Nati (Carmen Machi) is similarly ugly, she's missing one breast and is currently separated.

She's just met the man of her dreams but she doesn't know what real love is either. Eliseo, on the other hand, fears that the worst is just around the corner, whilst Nati fantasises that the best is yet to come. When Eliseo's mother dies, their two paths cross for the first time in twenty years, giving them one last chance to find happiness and love. But what happens when your ideal woman is married to your brother?

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From legendary filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, 'Elle' is a gripping psychological noir thriller. Starring iconic actress Isabelle Huppert in a career-defining role, 'Elle' follows Michele LeBlanc (Huppert), founder and CEO of a successful video game company, who is attacked in her own home.

Upending our expectations, Michele begins to track down her assailant, and soon they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game, one that at any moment may spiral out of control.

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In a small German town in 1919, Anna (Paula Beer) repeatedly visits the grave of her fiance, Frantz (Anton von Lucke), who was killed in battle during World War I. One day she spies a mysterious young Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney), also laying flowers at the grave.

She enquires about his business there and he explains he was a friend of Frantz. The pair become increasingly close and Anna becomes more and more intrigued by Adrien's history with her fiance. Long buried secrets are revealed that will illuminate unknown areas of their past lives and impact their future ones in a wearied and battle-scarred Europe. At once graceful and gripping, 'Frantz' is an intimate and timely exploration of healing and forgiveness across European borders.

"The Other Side of Hope" follows the fortunes of Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a young man who has travelled to Helsinki from his home in Syria to seek asylum. For first-time visitors, Finland's capital city can be a strange and confusing place. But help is out there for those who know where ti find it.

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Conscientious, inhibited and perhaps a little self-righteous, midwife Claire (Catherine Frot) is stuck in a rut. After years of placing other people before herself, she's worried she might have been left behind. One day, however, an unexpected phone call changes everything.

The call is from her father's former mistress Beatrice (Catherine Deneuve), a capricious free spirit who walked out on the family over three decades ago. As circumstances reunite these two polar-opposites, flighty Beatrice is forced to consider her responsibilities, while uptight Claire finally learns to let go of her troubles.

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This extraordinarily dramatic black tragicomedy is an epic tale of love, friendship and betrayal set against the complex historical backdrop of the former Yugoslavia.

The story follows two likeable crooks - Marko (Miki Manojlovic), a charmer who manipulates everyone within his reach, and the foolish but loveable Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) - and Natalija (Mirjana Jokovic), an actress of easy virtue with whom they are both in love. The three become embroiled in a world of conflict, self-delusion and deceit - but where there are also moments of tenderness and love - in this visionary allegory of Balkan vitality, energy, humour and the will to survive.

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Out of nowhere, a gaunt man in a dark suit and a red baseball cap appears tn the burning heat of the desert between the US and Mexico. Travis (Harry Dean Stanton).

He drinks the last sip from his water bottle, then he moves on, doggedly, into the inhospitable area that the locals call "The Devil's Playground". Travis might seem to be mute and amnesiac, but he's driven by the desire to reconnect with his family.

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Jean (Pio Marma'O left his family and his birthplace of Burgundy ten years ago to tour the world. Learning of his father's imminent death, he returns to his childhood home.

There, he reunites with his sister Juliette (Ana Girardot), and his brother Jeremie (Francois Civil) when their father passes away just before the harvest begins. Over the course of a year, in sync with the rhythm of the seasons, the three young adults rediscover and reinvent their familial bonds, maturing and blossoming along with the wine they are making.

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Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to the classic Excalibur myth that traces Arthur's journey from the streets to the throne. When his father is murdered and his uncle seizes the crown, Arthur is robbed of his birthright and must grow up the hard way in the back alleys of the city.

But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy.

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Reducing and re-working the plot of Cervantes' novel to its fundamentals, it follows Quixote and Sancho as they set off in search of adventures.

At the heart of their journey is their relationship - affectionate, desperate, and solitary - which unwinds slowly against the natural beauty of the Catalan countryside. Their discussions range from the banal to the profound as their friendship deepens.

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When unemployed teacher and single mother Magda (Penélope Cruz) is diagnosed with breast cancer, she begins to doubt everything around her. While watching her son play football she meets talent scout Arturo (Luis Tosar) who takes a shine to both Magda and her son.

When Arturo receives a phone call with news that his wife and daughter have been in a car accident, Magda goes with him to the hospital. As she has told no-one else of her illness, Magda decides to confide in Arturo and the two grow closer, bonding over ill fate. When she discovers that she is pregnant Magda realises that she has something to live for and changes her ways to ensure she is around to see her daughter grow up.

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"The Tit and the Moon" tells of a young boy's search for the perfect breast. Set in a colourful Catalan resort this exuberant tale of lust and love is a coming of age story with a difference.

Tete (Biel Duran) is a nine year old boy who is consumed with jealousy at his baby brother's monopoly of his mum's nipples. After asking the moon for a breast of his own, his prayers are answered with the arrival of Estrellita (Mathilda May), a beautiful French dancer. But the course of true love doesn't run smooth and Tete finds stiff competition for her affection. She is deeply in love with her cabaret partner, Maurice, the flatulent motorbike rider, and is also being pursued by Miguel (Miguel Poveda), the hunky flamenco-singing teenager. A sexy, surreal fairytale, 'The Tit and the Moon' is another memorable offering from Spain's most colourful director.

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Alma (Anna Castillo), 20, works in a chicken farm by the village of Canet, in the province of Castellon, on the East coast of Spain. She has a profound connection with her dearly beloved Grandfather despite the fact he stopped talking years ago.

But when he begins to refuse food too Alma becomes obsessed with an idea; the only way to save her Grandfather is to recover the two thousand-year-old olive tree that the family uprooted and sold twelve years ago against his will. Lying through her teeth, without a plan, and even less money, Alma engages her wayward Uncle "Artichoke" (Javier Gutiérrez), who was ruined by the crisis, her colleague Rafa (Pep Ambròs), her friends Wiki (María Romero) and Adele (Paula Usero), and a big part of the small community of Canet in an outragoeus endeavour; to find and return the olive tree - lost somewhere in Europe - to its rightful spot in the family grove where it has been tended, and in turn, given life, for over two millennia.