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After moving to a new school, Shoko is taunted because of her hearing impairment, principally by Shoya, who leads the class in teasing her. When Shoko is eventually forced to transfer to another school, Shoya's classmates in turn ostracise him for his cruel behaviour.

Years later, as a young adult, Shoya is riddled with guilt over his humiliation of Shoko. Living an aimless life with no friends, he determines to find her and try to atone. But is it too late, and what might her reaction be?

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Everyone in Justine's (Garance Marillier) family is a vet, and a vegetarian. At 16, she's a brilliant and promising student. When she starts at veterinary school, she enters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world.

During the first week of hazing rituals, desperate to fit in whatever the cost, she strays from her family principles when she eats raw meat for the first time. Justine will soon face the terrible and unexpected consequences of her actions as her true self begins to emerge.

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Pasolini's final and most controversial film has been banned censored and reviled the world over since it's first release. The film is based on the Marquis de Sade's novel '120 Days of Sodom', with the setting transposed to Mussolini's miniature Fascist Republic of Salo, Italy in 1944.

The film's content and imagery is extreme, and it retains the power to shock, repel and distress a quarter of a century on. 'Salo' remains a cinematic milestone - culturally significant, politically vital and visually stunning.

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On Christmas Eve, three young guys meet two gorgeous girls who invite them to spend the weekend in the country. They arrive and meet the maniacally grinning housekeeper Joseph (Vincent Cassell; La Haine, Irreversible).

That evening, what begins innocently as Christmas dinner turns into disturbing conversations about sex, satanic possession and evil. As the weekend progresses, Joseph's behaviour only gets more erratic and the young friends realise their host has made a demonic pact, and all hell is about to break loose. Following in the footsteps of The Ordeal and Switchblade Romance this twisted tale is a must see for horror fans everywhere.

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Mitsuha and Taki have never met, but when the frustrated country girl wishes of a life in the big city, they will forge a connection both unexplainable and unforgettable. In their dreams, the two swap lives, cultures and genders as they learn more about, and grow closer to, each other.

What was once a shock becomes a joy-filled double life, but what will happen when they discover the red string of fate tying them together?

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When a family is brutally slain near an isolated rural village, a suspicious local man is soon arrested and brought in for questioning.

During the interrogation process it becomes clear that the suspect is not quite what he seems as he begins to transform into a rampaging werewolf set on destroying anything in his path. As the bloodbath ensues, the authorities must do whatever they can to survive the surrounding terror and prevent the chaos from spreading.

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Film recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars; and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis; and the sweetest confection of a love affair - all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.

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Based upon the graphic novels of Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis is the biographical story following the poignant and often hilarious adventures of Marji.

From a rebellious, heavy metal loving tomboy experiencing the turmoil of adolescence during the tyrannical, Iranian revolution to a teenage exile in Vienna, Austria, where she discovers the benefits of freedom can be just as shocking as the repressive regime she was forced to leave behind. Returning to Iran as an alienated adult, Marji must now decide where it is her heart and her home must lay in this complex, insightful, honest and touching story, making Persepolis one of the most sublime animated feature films you're likely to experience.

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George (Matt Damon) is a blue-collar American with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. French journalist Marie (Cecile de France) has a near-death experience that shakes her reality.

And when London schoolboy Marcus (Frankie and George McLaren) loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might - or must - exist in the hereafter.

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Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole, her powers become entangled with super-fan Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), aka Ms.

Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Together, this unlikely trio must team up and work together to save the universe.

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In 'Bullet Train', Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails.

Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe - all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives - on the world's fastest train...and he's got to figure out how to get off.

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Gloria Davies (Lorraine De Selle) is writing a thesis and she believes, unlike most people, that cannibalism is merely a myth which has been invented by whites.

In order to test her theories she sets out for the jungle of the Amazon River, with her brother Rudy (Danilo Mattei) and friend Pat (Zora Kerova). They go as far as Panaguaya in a Range Rover, and then proceed on foot. What they then experience is too terrifying to imagine but you can be sure is enough to chill the spine!

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Ami's a beautiful, popular kid for whom the future looks pretty good. But when her high-school brother gets bullied for money, and the guy after the cash just happens to be the vicious son of a crazy Yakuza crime boss, you know all hell is about to break loose.

When Ami's bro can't pay enough, violence breaks out, he is murdered and Ami is bound, tortured and has her left arm hacked off as a reminder not to screw with the Yakuza. But his is one chick who doesn't take any shit! Barely alive, she is taken in by a mechanic, who builds her a prosthetic limb with a difference – it's only a fully automatic machine gun!

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Hold onto your chimichangas, folks. From the studio that brought you all 3 taken films comes "Deadpool", the block-busting, fourth-wall-breaking masterpiece about Marvel Comics' sexiest anti-hero: Me! Go deep inside (I love that) my origin story...typical stuff...

rogue experiment, accelerated healing powers, horrible disfigurement, Red Spandex, imminent revenge.

In Marvel Studios' 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3', the MCU expands to the far reaches of the galaxy. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) rallies his unlikely team to embark on a dicey, action-packed mission to protect one of their own. And a new force threatens to bring the Guardians down for good.