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Poster for Pintinho

1994 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The training process of professional soccer players has become part of a powerful economic system. The case of Pintinho illustrates the drama not only of soccer players, but all those gifted with talent and potential who permanently struggle against the social and economic conditions in which they live and which hinder their personal realization. The film shows soccer as one of the few ways of escaping poor social conditions, as well as the high price of success, the problems in overcoming personal limitations and bearing the pressures of premature expectations.

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Poster for I Am Yours

2013 · ★ 5.1 (17)

An unhappy single mother in Norway's Pakistani expatriate community begins to ignore her young son in favor of placating a Swedish filmmaker she thinks could change her life for the better.

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Poster for A Choice of Coward: The Vortex

1964 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Nicky Lancaster must deal with the problem of his youth-obsessed aging socialite mother.

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Poster for Asya

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Asya is a successful police officer who deals with juvenile cases. The measured rhythm of her life is disrupted when, after many years, her flighty, eternally young 50-year-old mother Nadya suddenly reappears. She tries to restore her relationship with her daughter, but warm memories are quickly replaced by old grievances. Nadya has not changed…

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2014 · ★ 2.0 (2)

The film takes place in the changing room, showers and basketball court after practice. The best place to discuss the latest boy-stuff.

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Poster for When Two Worlds Collide

2016 · ★ 7.2 (17)

In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop at nothing to keep their respective goals intact. On the one side is President Alan Garcia, who, eager to enter the world stage, begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is quickly met with fierce opposition from indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, whose impassioned speeches against Garcia’s destructive actions prove a powerful rallying cry to throngs of his supporters. When Garcia continues to ignore their pleas, a tense war of words erupts into deadly violence.

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Poster for Three Comrades

2006 · ★ 10.0 (1)

Chechnya's struggle for independence, as seen through the eyes of three friends who grew up in the Chechen capital of Grozny.

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A superhero just can't catch a break when she tries to visit her dying mother.

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Poster for WICCA

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A short movie that was made for a Spanish class. Three young girls go into a forest in Trazmos and visit a castle. But during their adventure, they encounter strange occurrences.

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Poster for This Time Each Year

2024 · ★ 6.3 (16)

Despite a trial separation, Lauren pretends to still be with her husband Kevin to placate her overbearing mother. The ruse may be just what the couple needs to finally work on their marriage.

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Poster for Tibbits Hill

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

If the wind spoke the language of children, what would its voice be? The film tells the story of migrating children that have found refuge from war in an abandoned school, protected from the horrifying whistling of the wind. When one of them disappears, they decide to break the silence and reunite to commemorate the loss.

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Poster for Ringo Expo '18: Peace of Mind at Forty Years Old

2019 · ★ 5.0 (1)

A concert film documenting Sheena Ringo's performance that was held at Saitama Super Arena on her birthday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her debut.

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2008 · ★ 3.2 (7)

Basketball is the backdrop against which this coming of age lesbian Indie flick is set. A touching story of young ladies irresistibly drawn together against their will.

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Poster for The Cuckoo's Curse

2023 · ★ 5.3 (39)

Two couples, Marc and Anna, from Spain, and Hans and Olga, from Germany, swap their homes for vacation.

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Poster for Once in a Lifetime

2014 · ★ 7.4 (325)

At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competition.

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Poster for Sylvie Vartan, vous et moi

2025 · ★ 0.0 (1)

Sylvie Vartan has had an extraordinary life: a Bulgarian child forced into exile, who became the icon of a youth in the midst of revolution in France. After a career spanning 64 years, with nearly 50 albums recorded and 40 million records sold, she has decided to bow out. During her farewell tour, the singer chose to open up to Augustin Trapenard.

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Poster for The Book of Delights

2022 · ★ 4.7 (9)

The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely and melancholic woman. She divides her time between her duties as a school teacher and her relationships, which are always fast and shallow. By chance, she meets Ulisses, an acknowledged Philosophy professor, who is self centered and provocative. Although he knows nothing about women, Lóri learns with him how to love and to face her own loneliness.

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Poster for The Midnight Swim

2015 · ★ 5.0 (36)

Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home. They find themselves unable to let go and become drawn into the mysteries of the lake.

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Poster for Infernum: O Fruto de uma Decisão

2021 · ★ 8.0 (1)

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Poster for Astronaut

2019 · ★ 6.1 (23)

A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.

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