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Poster for Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

2015 · ★ 7.5 (2)

An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected with the great themes that marked the 20th century. Glamour, fame, social criticism and Marilyn Monroe.

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Poster for Being Women

1965 · ★ 6.5 (2)

This documentary is one of the earliest film enquiries on women's condition in Italy, seen in its different aspects: social, economic, psychological. Starting from an analysis of the feminine role models proposed by the cultural industry, the film finds its protagonists among all kinds of women.

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2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Tbilisi Silk is a lyrical short film that explores the city of Tbilisi, the tradition of silk making in Georgia, the life cycle of the silk worm, and the restoration of the 19th century in Tbilisi State Silk Museum. The film freely explores these themes, alluding to their intersections and parallels. Tbilisi Silk incorporates archival footage from the National Film Archive in Tbilisi, and images from books found in the Silk Museum collection. In a metamorphosis similar to the silk worms, the museum is re-emerging restored to its former 19th century stature. This film is a collaboration between Stacey Steers and John Romano. Georgian title designed by Mariam Natroshvili.

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Poster for Friend of the Year

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When high school senior Julia brings her new friend Naya to a party, she’s quickly sidelined as Naya falls into the spotlight—forcing Julia to confront jealousy, betrayal, and a harrowing moment that changes everything.

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Poster for Giannis in the Cities

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

1949, towards the end of the Greek Civil War. Yannis, the son of a rebel, is torn from his village and deported to the Childcare Cities where his ideas and desires are manipulated. Nightmares and dark feelings for his father slowly inhabit his heart. Only when he reaches adulthood does he redefine his existence, so he decides to go and meet the man.

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Poster for Talk

2023 · ★ 10.0 (1)

In a world embracing change, Ajeng distances herself from her Javanese roots. She explores the consequences as she grapples with the clash between tradition and modernity. "Wicanten" is a poignant reflection on the evolving dynamics of language and its profound impact on personal and cultural connections.

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Poster for Floating on Water

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Khun-sin is like a solitary island, and those who are struggling in water. Faced with the missing husband who set sail to the seas, Yue’s life is just like swept by the current as well, whereas her little Ren is looking for the water striders. What he wonders is why they can live safely in water without sinking.

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Poster for Der Nesthocker

2018 · ★ 5.2 (4)

Armin has virtually abandoned any hope of finding happiness in the perpetual struggle of life – until he meets the woman of his dreams at last. Everything with Tina could be simply perfect... if it weren’t for her son Hendrik, a 25-year-old failed artist with a looming presence who still lives at home and won’t tolerate another man anywhere near his beloved mummy. Soon Hendrik declares war on Armin, who has no choice but to engage in a bitter though surreptitious struggle with Tina’s unpleasant offspring, if he wants to keep the woman he loves…

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Poster for Got to Love

2016 · ★ 3.8 (6)

Sawa, set to marry her “perfect” fiancé Jurek, is suddenly beset by doubts when a handsome actor, Krzysztof, appears on the scene. With only hours until the wedding and her best friends, thrill-seeker Anka, Oriental enthusiast Weronika, and ultra-organized TV star Oliwia, gathered for her bachelorette party, the bride-to-be is nowhere to be found.

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Poster for Arboreal

2021 · ★ 4.0 (1)

Arboreal is a short film by Emily Richardson commissioned for IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2021. It was premiered during the concert given by Orchestra for the Earth on 24th July 2021. The music is Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor with soloist Rebecca McNaught and was recorded live during the event.

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Poster for Performing Kaoru's Funeral

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When a screenwriter named KAORU dies suddenly, she leaves behind a tangle of relations who are all pulled together for the final act in her life: performing her funeral. The chief mourner is her ex-husband, Jun. A failed actor, he drifts around Tokyo as a driver for callgirls. He has to clean himself up to lead the ceremony down in the small village in Okayama that KAORU came from. There, he meets a host of eccentric characters, TV people, and KAORU ’s daughter, all of whom have complicated feelings for the recently departed. As can be guessed, the funeral becomes chaotic as people quarrel and fight but the fact that KAORU was loved is not in doubt as nostalgia, bitterness, and affection for the woman come out from each mourner in comic confrontations.

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Poster for Les Bois assassins

2024 · ★ 7.3 (8)

Malik Dahmani, a brilliant but hot-headed police captain from the Paris region, who, after exposing police brutality, is forced to go into hiding in the Cévennes mountains to lay low. But stuck in this Cévennes valley, which is too peaceful for his liking, as if time had stopped... Malik is going round in circles and can only think about going home. Then a body is discovered in the forest. Our cop finds himself having to investigate alongside Gaëlle, a local police lieutenant, who, like the inhabitants of this remote area, seems keen to preserve its secrets.

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Poster for Ayna

2006 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A story in the life of a woman who is forced to forge an independent life for herself

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Poster for Strange Object

2020 · ★ 6.0 (1)

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Africa and Asia.

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Poster for Seuls sont les indomptés

2003 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Created in 1966 by Jean-Marie Rodon and Jean-Max Causse, the Action cinemas has succeeded in establishing itself as the leading group for the distribution of classic cinema in the world.

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2009 · ★ 7.3 (3)

A charming and comic New York tale about Emma, single, successful, and not a dog person, who gets stuck with a dog because her younger married sister is pregnant with twins and moving into a dog-free apartment. Her sister insists the dog is a good luck charm - he will help you find a man. And this turns out to be true... for Emma's assistant.

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Poster for Selfie

2014 · ★ 6.2 (28)

Yasmine , Roxi and Ana run away to the seaside two days before their finals to have the time of their lives.

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Poster for The Turkish Spear

1973 · ★ 5.0 (2)

The adventurous history film conjures up the way of life in the castles on the country border in the late 16th century. Dani is only six years old when agha Akibar and his troop kill his father and force his mother to go with them. He engraves the face of the Turk into a spearhead and swears that he will take revenge.

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Poster for Castration Movie Anthology iv.

2027 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Fourth of five parts in director Louise Weards Castration Movie series. Plot details unknown

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Poster for Heiresses

2001 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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