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The Idealist (2015)Idealisten
January 21st 1968 - An American B - 52 bomber carrying nuclear warheads has just crashed on the polar ice caps near the US military Air Base in Danish controlled Thule, Greenland. A few days later, responsible governments classify the crash as a Broken Arrow scenario but proclaims the situation as being under control. Hundreds of Thule workers are set to work, helping in the gigantic clean-up operation. After eight months, all traces of the crashed aircraft and the plutonium-contaminated snow are gone. The case is closed. 18 years on, while covering a local workers compensation story, reporter Poul Brink, suddenly runs into suspicious circumstances linking back to the concealed 68' nuclear accident. Apparently the full and true story about the crash lays well-protected deep under the Thule Bay's ice cap and deep down the classified archives in the US. The ambitious reporter launches an uncompromising investigation. The deeper he goes the further he finds himself in the heart of an International cover-up so immense in size that it holds 2 nations across the Atlantic culpable. Soon those in charge are finding it hard to keep the truth about tragic accident under wraps, and will take any measure to suppress Brink. - Director:
- Christina Rosendahl
- Cast:
- Peter Plaugborg, Søren Malling, Thomas Bo Larsen
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Against the backdrop of modern-day Colombia, newcomer Brayan Santamaria plays ten-year-old Eric who, with his dog Lupe, is sent to live with his father Gabriel (Carlos Fernando Pérez) in downtown Bogota. Gabriel, a carpenter, has trouble keeping their heads above water, and struggles to build a relationship with his son; neither fact goes unnoticed by his employer, Maria Isabel (Alejandra Borrero). Anxious to help, Maria invites father and son to spend Christmas in the country at her family's luxurious villa; but it seems that her good intentions can only highlight the social divide between them. - Director:
- Franco Lolli
- Cast:
- Brayan Santamarià, Carlos Fernando Pérez, Alejandra Borrero
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Pot Luck (2002)L'Auberge Espagnole
As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier (Romain Duris), an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange programme to gain a working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend (Amelie's Audrey Tautou), then heads to Barcelona. An English girl (Kelly Reilly) and her brother (Kevin Bishop), a young woman from Belgium (Cecile de France), an Italian, a boy from Denmark, a German and a girl from Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life. - Director:
- Cédric Klapisch
- Cast:
- Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Reilly
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Award-winning stars Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman bring to life the story of a man who awakened the world's imagination, and the people who inspired him. Finding Neverland is a tale about James M. Barrie's extraordinary journey to create the classic, Peter Pan... from his first inspiration to the night of the play's premiere. - Director:
- Marc Forster
- Cast:
- Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
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A Paris Education (2018)Mes Provinciales
Étienne Tinan (Andranic Manet), a young and serious cinephile, leaves behind Lyon and his girlfriend of six years to study at film school in Paris. There, he integrates into a bohemian student lifestyle. He is challenged and enthused by his new colleagues, Mathias (Corentin Fila) and Jean-Noël (Gonzague Van Bervesseles), with whom he shares artistic ideas and discusses the merits of Bach, Baudelaire and the Russian/Georgian film-maker Marlen Khutsiev (Christine Brücher). Cinematic references guide their conversations, and they are very aware that their tastes and approach to film-making dictate their status. However, it is against Mathias that Étienne compares himself the most, and their relationship becomes emotionally complicated when Annabelle (Sophie Verbeeck), a political activist, meets Ètienne. He must now find his own personality and discover if he in fact has any talent. - Director:
- Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Cast:
- Andranic Manet, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam
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The Ornithologist (2016)O Ornitólogo
Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for endangered black storks along a remote river in northern Portugal, when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrim girls on their way to Santiago de Compostela, he plunges into a dark, eerie forest, trying to get back on track. But as he encounters unexpected uncanny obstacles and people who put him to the test, Fernando is driven to extreme, transformative actions. Gradually he becomes a different man: - inspired, multifaceted, and finally enlightened. - Director:
- João Pedro Rodrigues
- Cast:
- Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, João Pedro Rodrigues
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The Taste of Tea (2004)Cha no aji
"The Taste of Tea", a strange yet heartwarming portrait of the unconventional Haruno family. Amongst the classically picturesque tableau of cherry blossoms, green fields and bright yellow sunflowers, the idiosyncratic storyteller delicately balances traditionalism and cutting edge, live-action and animation, drama and comedy in his unique exploration of such universal themes as family, time and life. - Director:
- Katsuhito Ishii
- Cast:
- Maya Banno, Emi Wakui, Takahiro Satô
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Made in Hong Kong (1997)Heung Gong Jaijo
Released to critical acclaim in 1997, the year of the Hong Kong handover, Fruit Chan's 'Made in Hong Kong' was praised as an anarchic masterpiece, a powerful distillation of urban alienation and youthful despair. 'Mid-Autumn' (Sam Lee) is a small-time triad, stuck in an endless cycle of pointless violence with no hope of escape. After he and his friends witness the suicide of a young girl, they embark on a journey to deliver two letters she had on her when she died. - Director:
- Fruit Chan
- Cast:
- Sam Lee, Neiky Yim Hui-Chi, Wenders Li
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Daphne (Emily Beecham), 31, Londoner. Busy days, hectic nights, friends, people, lovers, ore all welcome distractions from the constant and creeping feeling that her life is somehow stuck. Too young to settle quietly, too old to keep on messing about without aim. One night, an unexpected event slowly but steadily forces her to confront this existential limbo head on, and start looking very closely at the person she has become. - Director:
- Peter Mackie Burns
- Cast:
- Emily Beecham, Geraldine James, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
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It is the fall of 1957 in Connecticut, Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) is returning home from a day of errands. Her husband, Frank (Dennis Quaid), is expected home for a dinner engagement. There's only one problem, no one has heard from Frank all afternoon. What begins as a curious shapshot of 1950's American values is soon transformed into a tangle of competing conflicts, igniting Cathy's friendships with her formidable gardner, Raymond (Dennis Haysbert), her plucky best friend and her maid. As secrets are revealed, Cathy is faced with choices that spur hatred and gossip within the community. - Director:
- Todd Haynes
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- Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
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One of the most highly anticipated hit movies of the year, What the Bleep Do We Know!? has arrived on DVD. This life-changing film has become a worldwide phenomenon and is now available in this special double disc edition. Packed with over 2 hours of exclusive extras, What the Bleep Do We Know!? takes you that little bit further and allows you to explore some of life's most fundamental questions. Embark on a life-changing journey with Amanda (Marlee Matlin), a photographer who tumbles down a metaphysical rabbit hole. Her inspirational voyage through the worlds of science and spirituality is composed of revelations by quantum physics experts, playful animation and gripping drama. Ultimately, Amanda's perception of reality is turned inside out and the meaning of life becomes clear. See for yourself why this groundbreaking movie became one of the most compelling and talked about films of the year. What the Bleep Do We Know!? stars leading authorities in the fields of quantum physics, molecular biology, neurology, theology and metaphysical thought: Dr Fred Alan Wolf Ph.D. Candace Pert Ph.D. John Hagelin Ph.D. Dr Amit Goswami Ph.D. Stuart Hameroff M.D. Dr William Tiller Ph.D. - Director:
- William Arntz
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- Marlee Matlin, Gloria Manon, Robert McKeehen
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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)Zamani barayé masti asbha
For Kurdish children Ameneh, Ayoub and Madi, life is hard. Their mother is dead and their father is often away from home trying to earn the money to keep his family. During these long absences, the children work everyday in a nearby town wrapping glasses for export, or staggering under the heavy loads they carry around the marketplace. After a truck that they are travelling in is impounded by soldiers, the siblings are forced to struggle together through the snow and eventually get involved with the mule-trains which smuggle goods across the mountains of Iraq. All the while their search continues for a way to pay for the urgent operation that their handicapped brother, Madi, needs if he is to stay alive for even another year. This breathtaking film details, with startling power and incredible emotional depth, the extraordinary lengths to which a family will go to survive the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor to numb the pain. - Director:
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast:
- Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
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Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is single, fortyish and deliberately doing nothing. In search of a place to restart his life, he agrees to house sit for his brother in LA and tries to reconnect with his former band mate (Rhys Ifans) and ex-girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh). But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself forging a connection with his brother's personal assistant, Florence (Greta Gerwig). Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg comes to realize that he may at last have found a reason to be happy. - Director:
- Noah Baumbach
- Cast:
- Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Claudio is a middle-aged lawyer with a prosperous life in a placid provincial town in mid-70's Argentina, just before the military coup. One night he enters a restaurant where he is verbally attacked by a mysterious stranger, their argument continues on the street outside, and then escalates even more with drastic consequences. A few months later a friend comes to see Claudio about an abandoned house that he is interested in buying. The two incidents come back to haunt Claudio later with the arrival of a Chilean private detective who is intent on locating the missing stranger, who, it turns out, is a relative of one of Claudio's friends. Claudio's life is possibly about to unravel. - Director:
- Benjamín Naishtat
- Cast:
- Darío Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro
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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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