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Poster for True Women

1991 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The drama about the Bark family and their daughter Berta, who will fight against the house patriarchal order. Berta remains in the house and becomes a daily threat against those who seek to oppress her. Written by Anne Charlotte Leffler (1883), one of the preeminent authors of modernism’s breakthrough

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Poster for Wishing Stairs

2003 · ★ 6.2 (107)

A staircase leading to a schoolgirls' dormitory usually has 28 steps, but sometimes a 29th step appears. Any wish you make while standing on this step comes true, even if it must come true in the most horrific way possible.

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Poster for Water

2005 · ★ 6.8 (120)

The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.

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2017 · ★ 1.0 (1)

Screen adaptation of James Franco's novel 'Actors Anonymous', in which the Hollywood star addresses the strange addiction of acting, based on the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Poster for Enfances

2007 · ★ 5.6 (4)

Six stories, six films that follow on from each other; this is a glance at the childhood of renowned directors whose style has marked the history of film. A group of young directors focus their cameras on the story of these filmmakers, these childhood stories that sometimes shape an entire life and thus shed light on their cinematic works. The stories overlap to merge into one film about childhood, filled with emotional wounds, frustrations and encounters.

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Poster for Am I Beautiful?

1998 · ★ 6.7 (20)

Between Munich and Seville, the destinies of sixteen characters intertwine and intersect, missing each other or colliding head-on. They are all, without knowing it, at a pivotal moment in their lives...

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Poster for Mountain

2017 · ★ 6.9 (75)

An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places.

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Poster for Snow Canon

2011 · ★ 4.4 (9)

February in the French Alps. Vanina likes to hear the chalet’s parquet floor squeaking beneath her bare feet. Vanina likes to coat herself in sunscreen cream in front of the fireplace. Vanina likes the tawny fur of her rabbit. But above all, what Vanina likes is her American babysitter, Mary Jane…

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Poster for Knockout

2011 · ★ 5.4 (55)

Outsider and new kid Matthew desperately wants to join his high school's boxing team, but resident bully and boxing champion Hector stands in his way. Facing constant torment, Matthew finds an unlikely ally in Dan, the school's janitor and one-time amateur boxer. Together, they train for the biggest boxing match of Matthew's life and discover what it truly means to be a winner.

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Poster for The Brady Bunch Movie

1995 · ★ 6.1 (305)

The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.

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Poster for Instinct

2019 · ★ 4.9 (56)

Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.

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Poster for Gringa

2023 · ★ 5.5 (24)

Unpopular and down-on-her-luck, Marge is already having a tough time navigating the minefield that is her suburban high school. But Marge’s life is completely upended when her beloved mother and only champion dies in a tragic accident. With nowhere else to turn except her ultra-conservative grandparents, Marge decides instead to hunt down her estranged father, a former soccer star living in rural Mexico as a beach bum and coach to the local women’s team. Neither is ready for such a big change, but the best shot they have at fixing their past and moving forward is together.

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Poster for Wadena

2012 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Wadena, MN: (population 4,060: town motto “Where the Prairie Meets the Woodands”) was hit by a tornado in June, 2010. “I didn’t need the things I lost,” Cindy said on a windy day on the empty ground where her house used to be. “I didn’t need to hold on to everything."

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Poster for Accidental Stars

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When aspiring actress Nerissa started attending David’s acting class, she dreamed of becoming a star of stage and screen. Desperate for his guidance and approval, she pays for private acting lessons in hopes that she can reach a deeper sense of truth. But under his judgmental gaze, her sanity starts to crack. As she struggles to maintain her grip with reality, a hysteria begins to take hold of her — But it might just be the salvation she’s been looking for all along.

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Poster for Journey with Tarsilinha

2022 · ★ 5.4 (4)

Tarsilinha sets off on a journey to save her mother’s memory. The only way to do this is to find her mom's stolen keepsakes and overcome her own fears.

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2011 · ★ 0.0 (0)

AFTERGLOW is a short film about a moment in time when a man is confronted with his past actions. The love of a young woman leads him to a place of the most profound loss. A loss that will force him to question the very meaning of his own life and those he loves.

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Poster for Tarot

2024 · ★ 6.4 (1339)

When a group of friends recklessly violate the sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death.

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Poster for Habibi

1983 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A young gay man falls head over heels in love with an Algerian labourer he meets in transvestite bar where he is a regular.

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Poster for Dust Cloth

2015 · ★ 7.6 (15)

Nesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why her husband left her, Hatun dreams of buying a house in the district where they clean.

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Poster for Istanbul Story

2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Katia’s unexpected journey to Istanbul traps her in a chain of adventures enacted on the front of her disrupted childhood. She discovers her mother’s secrets and faces her own inner desires and dilemmas.

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