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Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett star in "Truth", based on a riveting true story of one of network news' biggest scandals.

As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather (Redford), Mary Mapes (Blanchett) believes she's broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sifting U.S. President's military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change their stories, document authenticity is questioned and the casualties begin to mount. This dramatic thriller goes behind the scenes to expose the intricacies of journalistic integrity and what it takes to reveal the Truth.

Erik (Espen Klouman Hoiner) and Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) have been best friends since childhood and both want to become writers. While Erik's manuscript is refused by the publishers as lacking in talent, Philip is eagerly welcomed and overnight becomes a young star in Norway's literary scene. Soon, their young dreams clash with reality.

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One of the most critically acclaimed films of 2011 tells the story of Julie, a young French actress shooting a film in Lisbon about a 17th Century nun who is seduced by a soldier.

Among the city's enigmatic and transient inhabitants, she encounters a young Nun and the exchange between the two women changes Julie's destiny forever. This absorbing drama is the fourth film by the acclaimed New York-born filmmaker Eugene Green and his first to be released in the UK.

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Recovering drug addict Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie) is given a day's leave from his rehab centre to apply for a job in the city.

Over the course of one day and night, he tries to reconnect with his old friends and family in Oslo, where the ghosts of his past mistakes wrestle with the hope to see some future by morning.

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John (Joaquin Phoenix) and the world famous ice skater Elena (Claire Danes) have a cosmopolitan marriage and have lived apart for a number of years.

Time has made the distance between them grow and eventually John goes from Poland to New York to see Elena and get a divorce - but as John arrives in New York he realizes that unexpected and inexplicable things are going on around Elena. The people he knew as friends might not be friends after all. The love that he thought had died bursts into flames again and it becomes up to John to save Elena from her destiny. If he can.

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Three years after her untimely death, an upcoming exhibition celebrating famed war photographer Isabelle Reed brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family home, forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years.

With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.

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Despite their hardships in life, Romulus (Eric Bana) and his beautiful wife, Christina (Franka Potente), struggle to raise their son, Raimond (Kodi-Smit-McPhee), to the best of their abilities.

As the deeply moral Romulus struggles to make up for the heartbreaking absence and neglect of the boy's depressive mother, father and son build an unbreakable bond that is only strengthened with the passing of time.

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Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann made before he was tried and hanged in Israel in 1962 this powerful film stars Thomas Kretschmann as the SS Officer who orchestrated the mass murder and destruction of millions of innocent people.

Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 15 years after World War H, Eichmann, must be broken down by Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer. Gradually, Avner uncovers the harrowing truth about Eichmaun's role as the architect of Hitler's plan for the "final solution," which killed 6 million Jews including Avner's own father. As the world watches, the two men confront each other in a battle of wills-the result which will change a nation forever

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Shipping captain Marco (Vincent Lindon) receives a phone call from his sister, urgently calling him back to Paris. Her husband has committed suicide, her daughter is missing and the family business has gone under.

She holds her husband's business partner, Edouard Laporte, accountable and Marco sets out to expose his treachery. But, as he begins to scratch under the surface, Marco discovers a dangerous underworld of violence, corruption and exploitation that will culminate in a final, shocking revelation...

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This visually stunning & elegant story follows the life of Joana Prats, a beautiful, young woman who suffers from agnosia.

As the only one who knows the deep, dark secret left behind by her father, she is drawn into a sinister and life-threatening plot by those trying to garner information, taking advantage of her sensory confusion. The deceitful criminals will stop at nothing to get what they want and as the plot unfolds, will her two closest suitors protect her from falling victim to their cunning plans?

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Germany in the 1970's: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the foundations of the fragile German democracy.

The radicalized children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past.Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhumane means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity.

When 15 year-old Steve is thrown out of a juvenile centre, his single mother Diane takes on the daunting task of home schooling her troubled son. Struggling to make ends meet and rocked by Steve's livewire temperament, a shy, reclusive neighbour may prove to be the duo's unlikely saviour.

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Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro star in this powerful thriller about the birth of the CIA. Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it.

But as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets...but will Edward's destroy him?

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A plainclothes street patrolman, Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) might be the best cop in New York, but he's unwilling to play dirty and give into the police corruption surrounding drugs, violence, and kickbacks that his colleagues indulge in every day.

When he decides to expose those around him, Frank finds himself a target - not just to the city's criminals, but to his own peers.

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Arriving in a small town after a tragic accident, a lawyer visits each member of the community to offer hope and promise financial compensation.

But as he delves deeper into their grief he discovers layer upon layer of mystery and tragedy and soon finds himself face to face with his own inner demons...