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Poster for Voyages en Italie

2023 · ★ 4.7 (32)

A French couple burnt out by the routine of their daily family life decides after much hesitation to travel to Sicily for a short holiday.

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Poster for User Zero

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A reckless neuroscientist must save her patients from her own invention before she loses her mind.

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Poster for Strange Birds

2017 · ★ 5.5 (22)

Mavie is 27 years old and has just moved to the French capital from the provinces. She dreams of a future as a writer but is plagued by doubt and uncertainty. 76-year-old misanthrope Georges runs a bookshop in Paris – or has he merely been forced to take refuge there to escape his past? These are two peculiar creatures indeed. Georges is cynical and no longer expects much from life, while Mavie is still brimming with expectation. Yet something magical happens between them, until Georges' dark secret suddenly catches up with him – and Mavie is caught up in something very different...

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Poster for ¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

2006 · ★ 10.0 (1)

Actress Rosie Perez makes a stunning directorial debut in this heartfelt tribute to Puerto Rican pride. She takes an in-depth look at the complex and often controversial history of Puerto Rican-U.S. relations. By turns shocking and celebratory, this wide-ranging documentary examines such rich themes of the Puerto Rican experience as family, language, and racism, all with careful consideration of historical context.

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Poster for No Trifling with Love

1977 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Perdican, his studies completed, returns to his family castle at the same time as Camille, returning from the convent where she was raised. The two young people are promised to each other, but the young girl appears distant. Out of spite, Perdican courts Rosette, a peasant girl, Camille's foster sister who, for her part, announces her plan to take the veil. Perdican announces his marriage to Rosette. On the eve of the wedding, Camille and Perdican finally confess their love to each other. But Rosette, who heard everything, commits suicide, which separates the two lovers forever.

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A quiet college campus becoming terrorized by the threat of a serial killer after an honor student is murdered in her dorm.

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Poster for The Ordeal

2021 · ★ 6.0 (1)

In the past ten years, the Slovak citizens’ trust in justice has fallen sharply. Thanks to the access to Threema messages of Marian Kočner, a businessman under investigation in relation to the murder of the journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, a vast corruption network within state administration and the justice system has been revealed. Disintegrating the merciless machinery including corrupt judges, rich and influential businessmen, mafia, politicians, and innocent citizens alike, is all but an easy task. Reflecting on the long-term crisis of the Slovak justice system, Zuzana Piussi’s investigative documentary asks whether the justice system with its many failures can ever be corrected.

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Poster for Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus

2021 · ★ 8.0 (2)

In 2019, the director Leos Carax proposes to Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet to design, make and animate "Annette", the puppet of his new film. This one will be the child of the couple Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver. Propelled into the world of cinema, begins for this charismatic duo a unique and singular adventure in their career as puppeteers. Faced with the demands of the filmmaker, the impossible, they are held.

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1998 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A preview of Aerlyn Weissman's unfinished documentary on gay men living in rural British Columbia.

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Poster for Animated Epics: Moby Dick

2000 · ★ 9.0 (1)

Paint-on-glass animation of the classic novel.

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Poster for Color of Us

2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Yuri, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, moves to Taiwan after her father's remarriage and job transfer. Because of the language barrier, living with her new Taiwanese mother has been stressful,but they start to build a new relationship after something happens......

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Poster for 60 Spins Around the Sun

2003 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Helmed by "Saturday Night Live" alumna Laura Kightlinger, this hourlong exposé chronicles -- warts and all -- the life of comedian turned activist Randy Credico, an up-and-coming funnyman whose candor tanked his career. But the end of his showbiz days didn't stop him: He switched gears and became a mouthpiece for various causes, including the fight against New York's draconian drug laws. Credico's peers and ex-girlfriends weigh in with insights.

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Poster for L'handicappato

1997 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In the land of the slides, three handicapped plot against people with two legs.

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Poster for My Aunt Gilma

2023 · ★ 8.0 (1)

Isabel, 13, takes care of her aunt Gilma, who was admitted to a hospital in Caracas after being beaten by her partner. In the midst of the chaos that surrounds them, Isabel will do anything to save her aunt and keep a promise.

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Poster for Mūza

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The storyline begins with Muza's childhood in the grip of the Soviet occupation regime. After winning the Liszt-Bartok International Piano Competition in Budapest, Muza starts receiving invitations to perform at Europe's foremost concert halls, but, alas, the Iron Curtain descends and she is no longer allowed to go abroad. Muza finally gets her chance in 1989 when the Soviet Union begins to collapse. Hard work eventually brings international recognition. The film depicts Muza's renewed battle with isolation as she is once again not fully able to perform due to the pandemic.

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1949 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

2021 · ★ 6.3 (3)

This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.

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Poster for Abdel et la Comtesse

2018 · ★ 5.4 (29)

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Poster for Polka Graph

1947 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Short film by Mary Ellen Bute

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Poster for The Three Men of Melita Zganjer

1998 · ★ 4.8 (5)

Protagonist of the film is Melita Zganjer, woman who desperately tries to lose weight. This proves to be very difficult because she works in a pastry shop. Unlike her man-eating roommate Visnja, she only dreams about love and spends all her free time watching South American soap opera "Slave of Love". The man of his dreams is much closer than she thinks, though. Janko, young man who delivers pastry, loves Melita but is too shy to express his feelings. In the meantime, Eva, policewoman and another of Melita's roommates, tries to set her up with one of her colleagues. Those efforts fail, but Melita's dreams seems to come true with Antonio Mulero, "Slave of Love" star who arrived to Zagreb to shoot a feature film.

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