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Rust and Bone (2012)De rouille et d'os
Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) dreams of becoming a professional boxer. When he is suddenly put in charge of his five year old son, he moves in with his sister for support. Whilst working as a nightclub bouncer, he meets the beautiful and confident killer whale trainer, Stephanie (Marion Cotillard). He gives her his number, not expecting that she will ever call. After being the victim of a tragic accident, Stephanie surprisingly turns to Ali for support. These lost souls discover new meaning in life together when Ali enters the dangerous world of underground boxing. - Director:
- Jacques Audiard
- Cast:
- Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure
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Boys (2014)Jongens
Sieger and Marc are part of an all-boys athletics club, training hard for the relay championships. During their lakeside summer days, an innocent friendship develops into something deeper, but coming to terms with these new emotions is a hurdle they have to overcome. At first, Sieger denies his attraction to Marc. But then, they kiss... - Director:
- Mischa Kamp
- Cast:
- Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders
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Challenging the boundaries established by '9 Songs' and 'Dastricted', "Lie with Me" is a sensual love story. Sexually adventurous Leila connects with men through spontaneous, fleeting encounters. At a crowded house party, she meets the equally impulsive David. Stunned by the effect of this brief but lust-drenched liaison, they begin a heated game of seduction that soon explodes into a full blown and rampant affair. Being intimate is everything to them and they indulge themselves everywhere - in bed, on the rooftops, at the park. But this is different from anything they've experienced before. This is desire beyond the physical. It's an emotional craving, something that terrifies them both. Ravaged by lust, burdened by their impulses but desperate for love, Leila and David embark on an exploration to the very limits of their desires. - Director:
- Clément Virgo
- Cast:
- Lauren Lee Smith, Eric Balfour, Polly Shannon
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Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-Boats known as ‘The Grey Wolves’. Prowling the North Atlantic, they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle, coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy... - Director:
- Wolfgang Petersen
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- Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann
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Jeremy Sisto stars as the son of God in this mesmerising mini-series that vividly explores the life and mission of Jesus of Nazareth. This new epic production is directed by Roger Young and features an all star cast. Jacqueline Bisset is Jesus's mother Mary. Armin Mueller-Stahl is Joseph. Pontius Pilate is played by Gary Oldman, Debra Messing is Mary Magdalene and Satan is performed by Jeroen Krabbe. This brilliant new version of the greatest story ever told traces the life of Jesus from simple carpenter to spiritual leader, philosopher and martyr, focusing on his relationship with Mary, Joseph and his apostles. - Director:
- Roger Young
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- Jeremy Sisto, Debra Messing, Armin Mueller-Stahl
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Some may find 'The unknown Jesus' disturbing and even heretical, but this fearless biography probes the truth about the man that millions believe was the son of god. Jesus Christ left a legacy of love, yet some of history's worst atrocities have been committed in his name. Much of what we think we know about Jesus is the result of assumptions and tradition. Not historical fact. It starts with the basics – his name – and even there the problem is clear. Archaeological evidence proves that Nazareth did not exist until three centuries after his death and Christ (from the Greek word for the saviour) was added to his name long after his death. With the help of scholars, authors and historians we trace the origins of the stories of Jesus that have come down to today. We'll also examine the latest discoveries and theories that are challenging many long-held assumptions about Jesus. Armed with ancient sources like the dead sea scrolls, the papyrus books at Nag Hammadi and overlooked writings from the early church, modern scholars are making an impact with new theories on the most important figure of the western world. - Director:
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Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets as be crosses the separation wall every bay to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. To prove himself to Nadia's family, the sensitive young baker becomes a freedom fighter and must soon face painful choices about life and manhood. When he is captured after a deadly act of resistance, he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal jeopardise his longtime trust with friends and accomplices and Omar's feelings become as torn apart as the Palestinian landscape. - Director:
- Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast:
- Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Eyad Hourani
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Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly knit family. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America. - Director:
- Alan Parker
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- Emily Watson, Andrew Bennett, Robert Carlyle
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Childhood sweethearts, Alan (Derek Jacobi) and Celia (Anne Reid) are both now widowed and in their 70s. When their grandsons connect them through the internet, they rediscover feelings for one another that just might have blossomed 60 years ago. Still, it's never too late... or is it? For all the what-might-have-beens, their lives have moved on and both Alan and Celia have daughters, whose dysfunctional lives bring drama at every turn. Celia's daughter Caroline (Sarah Lancashire), a career-focused head teacher, is dealing with the return of her adulterous husband John (Tony Gardner); while Alan's hard-working farmer daughter Gillian (Nicola Walker) is distracted by the advances of a younger lover and the accusations of her brother-in-law, who's convinced she was involved in the death of her husband. Neither daughter would ever dream of getting in the way of their parents' happiness. But somehow life and love are never quite that straightforward. - Director:
- Samuel Donovan
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- Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Edward Ashley
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Eric (Jack O'Connell) plays a teenage con 'starred up' (moved to adult prison) where he finds his father (Ben Mendelsohn) running the wing and trying to teach him how to survive the brutal side of real prison life. This 'truly extraordinary movie' follows Eric as he battles his explosive temper. Finding mates in the most unlikely places but enemies at every turn. With only the prison therapist who's got his back. See what it's really like trying to stay alive inside. - Director:
- David Mackenzie
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- Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend
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Boyhood (2014)Growing Up
Dreamy-eyed grade-schooler Mason (Ellar Coltrane) is facing upheaval: his struggling single mom Olivia (Patricia Arquette) has decided to move him and older sister Samantha (Lorelei Linklater) to Houston - just as their long-absent father Mason Sr. (Ethan Hawke) re-enters their world. Thus begins a decade of constantly unfolding heartbreak and wonder as Mason swims against the tide of family moves and controversies, faltering marriages, new schools, first loves, lost loves, good times and scary times that shape the person he will be. - Director:
- Richard Linklater
- Cast:
- Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke
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The BAFTA-wining drama about romance and second chances returns with yet more secrets and surprises. Following his heart attack scare, reunited childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia are determined to live life to the full. However, as they begin to move on and enjoy the next stages of their relationship, it becomes clear that the rest of their family aren't as content with their own lives.
Gillian finds herself spiralling into a dark place as old skeletons resurface, while Caroline's fractious relationship with John leads her to make bold decisions involving Kate and their future. Meanwhile, Lawrence struggles to accept his mother's choice of partner and Raff breaks some news to the family which will change his life forever.
As secrets from the past come tumbling out and family members adjust to changing relationships, can Alan and Celia find the long-awaited happiness they deserve?- Director:
- Euros Lyn
- Cast:
- Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi, Josh Bolt
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The IT Crowd is a British comedy about the IT support industry; three members of staff, Moss (Richard Ayoade), Roy (Chris O’Dowd) and Jen (Katherine Parkinson) run the geeky IT department of the London office of a billion pound mystery organization. Their anti-social lives consist of repetitive computer related questions and in Jen’s case, sexual advances by the son of the company owner Douglas Reynolds (Matt Berry) and is the third successful series created by Black Books and Father Ted’s Graham Linehan. - Director:
- Graham Lineham
- Cast:
- Peter Serafinowicz, Matt King, Chris O'Dowd
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Two brothers return to the hometown they left eight years earlier, to find it still run by the same game of small-time drug dealers and petty thugs. Their purpose, it soon becomes clear, is not reunion, but revenge - a quest of particular significance for Richard (Paddy Considine), the leader of the two, whose obsessive desire to even the score will lead them into dangerous territory. - Director:
- Shane Meadows
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- Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell
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Import / Export (2007)Import Export
A tour de force journey through modern-day Europe, 'Import Export' tells two parallel stories: Olga (Ekateryna Rak) who leaves behind her mother and young child in the Ukraine to seek out a better life in Vienna; and a headstrong young security guard (Paul Hofmann) who leaves Vienna to accompany his stepfather on a trip delivering gumball machines in Eastern Europe. Hailed by critics as a startling and bold film, it is without doubt recent European cinema's most provocative and audacious investigation of the post-Soviet universe and the new relations between East and West. - Director:
- Ulrich Seidl
- Cast:
- Ekateryna Rak, Lidiya Oleksandrivna Savka, Oksana Ivanivna Sklyarenko
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