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2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Filmed largely in Lowell and Lawrence over four years, Beyond the Wall is a raw and honest chronicle of one man’s efforts to help former convicts stay on the straight and narrow, away from the needle that sent them spiraling into prison.

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1986 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A comic glimpse at the small-town politics where all the functions and privileges are in the hands of one local leader. Despite being a man, he even becomes the chairman of the Women's League.

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Poster for Palace II

2000 · ★ 6.2 (4)

Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" (and most dangerous) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers.

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Poster for Caroline and the Magic Potion

2015 · ★ 3.9 (7)

Caroline dreams of a life filled with adventure. Then one day, while living with her healer Granny and troublesome cat Mus, Caroline gets her chance. While looking through her granny's healing potions, Caroline stumbles across a magic formula that will make her fly. Jumping with excitement, Caroline turns an ordinary umbrella into her own personal flying broomstick. But magic isn't always used for good and when the evil leader of a manufacturing company finds out about the magic potion, she kidnaps Caroline's Granny in order to steal the recipe. When Caroline finds out, she jumps into action and starts off on the adventure of her lifetime to rescue her Granny.

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2014 · ★ 7.5 (6)

Georgiana Halmac is turning 15 this winter, but she has no time for teenage dreams when her mother, who's on unemployment, moves to Torino to find work. Georgiana is left in charge of her six siblings in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. Caught between adolescence and the responsibilities of adulthood, Georgiana does the best she can, improvising with parenting advice from the television and the occasional phone call with her mother. As she handles her own issues and high-school dramas, Georgiana must also deal with admonishing neighbours who threaten to turn the whole family into social services. With incredible calm and stoicism, Georgiana amazes as she holds everything together in an ingenious and delicate balance.

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Poster for Not at Home

2013 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In Kabul, a family with 4 girls is about to move to a new house. The father feels he lost the position as the head of the family, since the oldest Girl, Sakina, 22, is working and pays for all the costs. Communication between the family members is difficult. Sharifa, 20, helps in the house and is looking for a job, Kamila, 16, learns English and Zar, 10, takes care of her sick chicken. Everyone is trying in their own way. An 18 year old Girl from Afghanistan is new in an isolation refugee camp in Germany. She feels lonely and is trying her best to adjust and to understand the routine in the camp. One day, a man, 23, stitches his mouth and starts a hunger strike in the canteen. Worried about him and at the same time fascinated by this man who strongly sits there day and night, she starts to look after him.

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Poster for Fragmentos de Uma Observação Participativa

2013 · ★ 3.0 (0)

While observing others, Paula is also, herself, observed. ' Know the difference between an old maid and a spinster? The old maid does not have a choice. '

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Poster for Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago

2013 · ★ 5.4 (8)

'A Walk to Within: The Camino de Santiago' tells the story of walking the ancient 500-mile pilgrimage across norther Spain known as 'The Camino de Santiago'. The documentary follows six strangers from incredibly diverse walks of life as they attempt to cross an entire country on foot with only a backpack, a pair of boots, and an open mind. Each pilgrim throws themselves heart-and-soul into their physical trek to Santiago de Compostela, and their personal journey to themselves. As you watch, you will learn the rich history of this honored tradition, as well as witness the Camino's remarkable ability to change lives and provide those who choose to walk its paths with a greater sense of self and spiritual knowledge.

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Poster for Don't Take This the Wrong Way

— · ★ 0.0 (0)

Beaten down by constant microaggressions and a devastating breakup, Darcy begins to unravel.

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Poster for An Alien Among the Cabbages

1989 · ★ 0.0 (0)

There lived a grandfather and a woman, and they had a goat - but there was no grandson. The grandfather went to look for his grandson and found him in the cabbage.

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2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Children climb into an abandoned attic and meet a talking rook who is rushing to the Pokrovka district to save houses from the house-eater - the spirit of oblivion. The children decide to help the rook and go with him. The rook takes the children into the memory of the house and tells the secrets of the houses. Going on this adventure with the heroes, the viewer will walk along the streets of the Pokrovsky district of Moscow: learn the history of the Levitan house, the Rakhmanov house and the Ukraintsev chambers.

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Poster for Querencia

2025 · ★ 10.0 (1)

“Querencia” (เคอ-เรน-เซีย) (n.) a place where one feels at home; a place where you are your most authentic self.

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2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A chance encounter between a homeless woman and a homeschooled teen sheds new light on the meaning of home.

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Poster for STAIRS

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Minutes before the first day of shooting her feature directorial debut, Matilda battles her own "cinematic shitty committee" of crippling self-doubt and anxiety, which threatens to derail her career.

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2007 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The most mysterious and significant phenomena in the history of mankind, the fate of people, the great secrets of great civilizations, unexpectedly revealed to us through the prism of architecture. Palaces and temples, lost in the space and time of the city.

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Poster for Verdict of the People

1943 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Wenn Mutti wüsste...

2008 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Seven heart-rending short films, seven approaches to a special relationship: When it comes to his mother, every gay man will immediately think of Sunday roasts, fresh laundry and hidden porn magazines, of the warmth of the nest and pubertal rebellion, of a mixture of intimate connection and hidden feelings, complicity and emancipation. Coming out (Mum, I have to tell you something...) is just one of many facets. But even if you can talk to her about everything - there are some things Mama shouldn't know... With the films: - Peking Turkey (CA) 2006 13 minutes - Herzhaft (DE) 2006, 13 minutes - HitchCocked (USA) 2006, 8 minutes - Implicación (ES) 2004, 6 minutes - Kali Ma (USA) 2007, 14 minutes - Mors lille Ole (SE) 2003, 14 minutes - Bonus film: Trevor (USA) 1994, 19 minutes

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Poster for Cato

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

As a woman’s health rapidly declines, her journey toward death is seen through the eyes of her cat, Cato.

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Poster for The Secrets Of The A'xia River

1976 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The Secrets Of The A'xia River

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Poster for The Witches of Hollywood

2020 · ★ 6.5 (2)

A documentary studying the archetype of the witch in Hollywood cinema from the 1930s to the present and shows, between the lines, how it is linked to the social history of female power.

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