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Poster for Hide and Seek

1996 · ★ 6.0 (9)

Mixes documentary interviews of memories of lesbian adolescence with the story of the 12-year-old girl Lou discovering her sexuality in 1960s America.

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Poster for The Fortress

1994 · ★ 7.0 (1)

Set in the late 80s in a quiet, rural village headed by a suspicious, conspiring group of nasty leaders. Ewald has arrived there to measure water levels. Surrounding the fortress near the village are soldiers.

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Poster for Paint It Black

2016 · ★ 5.8 (26)

A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.

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Poster for Love, Cecil

2017 · ★ 6.4 (12)

A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as 'Gigi' (1958) and 'My Fair Lady' (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with a number of models, artists, and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career.

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2012 · ★ 8.0 (2)

A man returns home after a prolonged absence and makes a shocking discovery, compelling him to reexamine his past and reconcile with the present.

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Poster for Proxy

2020 · ★ 2.7 (3)

In a world where people hire 'Proxys'-humans trained in the fine art of 'standing in' for a lost loved one, a family member that has passed, a husband or wife that left, or an estranged daughter or son-Victoria (Emma Booth) tries to navigate the life of being one of the highest in demand proxies in the city while at the same time struggling with her own demons. But it's a delicate state that is the human condition which leaves her with her own deficiencies-those she cannot seem to fill.

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Poster for Neighbors

2019 · ★ 4.5 (1)

The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. In Brazil, Olga is a 90-year-old black woman who lost her husband one year ago; her neighbors, who come from different parts of the world, interrupt her grief. In Russia, an employee tries so hard to please his boss that he becomes inconvenient. An Indian woman, with the help of her male friend, decides to learn how to drive, an uncommon practice for women in the country. In China, an elderly, owner of an old and decadent barbershop, argues with his son, who wants to change the business. In South Africa, a group of homeless fights for the right to housing.

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Poster for You Will Be Fine

2017 · ★ 5.7 (3)

Give it time. You'll get over it. Jean celebrates his birthday, gets drunk and recalls the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.

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Poster for Aquamarine

2006 · ★ 6.5 (1555)

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.

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After Man loses his job, he begins to fall into a dark mental spiral. When Woman comes home to find Man strangely vacant, she tries to convince him to join her and their friends at the beach.

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Poster for Soft

2020 · ★ 4.0 (5)

Sam - 16, queer, and falling in love - struggles to untangle himself from his abusive martial arts coach.

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Poster for Joselito

2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The absence of his mother at home has made Joselito's relationship with his father increasingly colder.

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Poster for You and I

2006 · ★ 5.2 (20)

In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine "Toi et Moi." She's emotional and her long-time boyfriend, Farid, has her in a state because he won't propose, won't ask her to live with him, and often is unavailable. Lena is a cellist, quiet and circumspect in life and in her playing. She lives without passion with her boyfriend François; they're talking about having a baby.

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Poster for Bodyguard Seduction

2022 · ★ 5.2 (10)

Charly, a wealthy business woman, must decide whom she can trust when she falls for a sexy bodyguard who might be involved in a plot to assassinate her. Charly relies on seduction to get to the truth when her life is threatened more than once by a mysterious killer. Who could it be? What's their agenda? Will Charly find out before it's too late?

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Poster for Kader Postası

2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A film by Elif Akarsu Polat and Cigdem Bozali.

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Poster for Jamie

2020 · ★ 4.0 (4)

A young girl struggling with bulimia and depression is contemplating ending her life. Preoccupied with suicidal yearnings on the train to her nan’s, her journey is interrupted by another young woman’s death.

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Poster for Patrida

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Ayça rewinds the route that her father Ismet had made 50 years ago from Zürich to Istanbul. Family business meets great history, with its hightlights and its shadows. Father and daughter go through joie de vivre and pain, with the feeling of being rooted and uprooted on both side of the Bosporus.

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Poster for Sévigné

2004 · ★ 4.1 (8)

Two friends begin a lesbian relationship.

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Poster for To Sleep Quietly

2011 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Luis is an 8 year old boy. Dora, his nanny, passed away a few weeks ago. When Dora reappears hidden in Luis's closet, the boy must make great efforts to quench the nanny's hunger.

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Poster for Little Solange

2022 · ★ 5.8 (18)

Solange is a typical 13 year old, curious and full of life, with perhaps the peculiarity of being overly sentimental and adoring her parents. But when her parents begin to argue, fight and slowly drift apart, the threat of divorce looms near and Solange’s world begins to splinter. To keep her family together, she will worry, act out, suffer. It’s the story of a young and overly tender teen who wants the impossible: for love to never end.

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