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Our Little Sister (2015)Umimachi Diary
Sachi, Yoshino and Chika are three sisters living happily together in a relaxed seaside town south of Tokyo. When their long-estranged father passes away they meet their shy teenage half-sister at his funeral. Bonding quickly, they invite the orphaned Suzu to live with them and she eagerly agrees, sparking a journey of self-discovery for all four sisters, looking back into painful pasts in order to reach forward to more hopeful futures. - Director:
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Cast:
- Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho
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Grace (Annette Bening) and Edward (Bill Nighy) have been married for 29 years and live in a small seaside town called Hope Gap. During a visit from their son Jamie (Josh O'Connor) Edward informs them both that he plans to leave Grace and walks out the door that very same day. With the whole family knocked into disarray, Grace has to find a way through this new life which she least expected and, with the help of her son, achieve hope once again. 'Hope Gap' tracks the emotional unravelling of a tight knit family going through divorce and walking the thin line between love and hate. - Director:
- William Nicholson
- Cast:
- Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O'Connor
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A shy and enigmatic Detective Sergeant is partnered with a wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector to solve crimes in the historic city of Bath... A social media influencer Rose Boleyn (Rosie Day) elects to have plastic surgery at a clinic run by soon to be divorced couple Al (Rhashan Stone) and Mariel (Sarah Parish). After tragedy strikes, McDonald (Tala Gouveia) and Dodds (Jason Watkins) are brought in to investigate the clinic and its staff...The chalk-and-cheese police partners are tasked with untangling the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a young woman in a busy park in broad daylight, surrounded by witnesses and with a spooky smile on her face... A talented Formula One race car driver is murdered while training. Everything points to a mechanic at the track as the killer... - Director:
- Robert Quinn
- Cast:
- Caoimhe O'Malley, Alan Davies, Tala Gouveia
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Newly arrived in Bath, highly ambitious Londoner DCI McDonald (Tala Gouveia) intends to lake the city's police force by storm. But when she's partnered with veteran Sergeant Dodds (Jason Watkins), the unlikely pair must find a way to work together as their different approaches to policing - and to life - come to the fore, Together, in two new feature length episodes, they investigate intriguing crimes, set against the backdrop of the contemporary changing face of Britain's most traditional city. From the secret lives of the rich and entitled, to the undercover world of addiction treatment clinics, McDonald and Dodds come to realise not all is at it seems in the seemingly sleepy city of Bath. - Director:
- Laura Scrivano
- Cast:
- Jason Watkins, Pearl Chanda, Jack Riddiford
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Britain's most diverse investigative duo is back! DCI McDonald (Tala Gouveia) and DS Dodds (Jason Watkins) are tasked with three new murder cases that seem trickier than ever. After an initially prevented hot-air balloon accident, all four passengers are doing well. But after the successful emergency landing, one of the passengers was swallowed up by the earth. What is behind the mysterious disappearance of the fifth inmate? It doesn't take long before the next body is found in tranquil Bath: After a party, rugby pro Dominique (Tomos Gwynfryn) is found dead in a railway tunnel. How did that happen? In the third case, the two colleagues reach their limits. No body, no motive: only one thing is clear, it was murder! To make matters worse, Dodds is threatened with a medical examination, which in the worst case could push him into early retirement. Are the days of the two investigators' strange but wildly successful collaboration over? - Director:
- Alex Pillai
- Cast:
- Jason Watkins, Tala Gouveia, Jack Riddiford
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)Kôkaku kidôtai / Armored Riot Police
The year is 2029, the world is made borderless by the net; augmented humans who live in virtual environments. Watched over by law enforcement that is able to download themselves into super-powered, crime busting mecha. The ultimate secret agent of the future is not human, has no physical body and can freely travel the information highways of the world. Hacking and manipulating whatever, whomever and whenever required.... - Director:
- Mamoru Oshii
- Cast:
- Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka
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