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Poster for The Story of Mr. Sorry

2009 · ★ 6.0 (3)

This quirky animated delight revolves around a harried young man who keeps getting smaller and smaller until he is the size of a spider. He becomes an ear-cleaner, delving into people's ears to clear wax and peek at memories. In the ear of a legislator, he discovers a shocking memory about himself and the sister whom he misses dearly.

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Poster for Walter Treppiedi

2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Walter is an unpleasant man, dirty, a small-time middleman, a third class swindler. He lives in an old station wagon full of dirt and scraps of a lifetime. In that car, Walter eats, sleeps, receives young customers to whom he promises to break into the show business, as long as they are willing to do anything and in exchange for a bribe. His bodyguard is always by his side, he's too old and smells. He's own faithful life companion: A Rottweiler named Blackie and he's dying.

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Poster for Wasteland

2019 · ★ 5.0 (4)

Brisa’s daily life alternates between the world of show business, appearances, and the stark reality presented by his son Hilario, who fell into poverty as a result of his addiction to drugs. The film portrays an intense fragment of Susana and Hilario’s story, the difficulties that arise when she tries to keep her professional commitments, the elegance with which she manages to avoid the low blows and her pain; but, fundamentally, the film reveals how this woman faces a difficult process without losing her dignity or sense of humor.

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Poster for Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003 · ★ 7.5 (4)

He washes his paws, brushes his teeth and goes to bed early. He is packed off to Uncle Bigbad's Cunning College, where he will learn the Nine Rules of Badness and hopefully win a Badness Badge.

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Poster for Valley of the Innocent

2003 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Police officer Eva Meyer re-visits the orphanage where she grew up with the intent of unraveling her confused identity. Stasi archives reveal that her birth was the result of a one-night stand between her mother and one of her husband’s students, a Kenyan. Her family’s plot to hide her birth, metaphorically mirrors Germany’s suppressed history in this noire thriller.

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Poster for Rosannas Tochter

2010 · ★ 4.8 (3)

The lives of childless couple Nela and Josch change abruptly after the accidental death of Josch's ex-girlfriend Rosanna. The deceased leaves behind her 14-year-old daughter Aimée, who the couple take in after some back and forth. The couple sensitively try to help the girl overcome her pain. But Aimée, who doesn't speak for a long time, is stubborn and unpredictable. Nela fears that the teenager wants to destroy her marriage and makes serious accusations against the girl. Josch, who is absorbed in the role of family man, doesn't seem to notice.

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1996 · ★ 1.0 (1)

The film takes shape through the form of a video exchange between Hirokazu Kore-eda and Naomi Kawase. Each films the world around them and intimately reflects on their individual struggles with making films. Kore-eda self-consciously reflects on his process, “What does a camera shoot? What does a film capture? The emptiness in my life reflects in my work.” Kawase concentrates on her everyday life and candid moments with her friends, who say, “Hang in there Naomi we are all on your side,” and, “You never keep the promises you make, but I love you anyway.”

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Poster for A Song to Long For

1953 · ★ 4.5 (4)

The story of a teenager who becomes a famous singer with the help of a woman.

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Poster for True Mothers

2020 · ★ 7.3 (85)

After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu make the decision to adopt a child. Six years after adopting a boy they named Asato, Satoko has quit her job to concentrate fully on her husband and son. The family lives a peaceful existence until the arrival of a stranger.

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Poster for Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

1996 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and television's most enduring stars.

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Poster for There's Still Tomorrow

2023 · ★ 8.1 (1487)

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.

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1995 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A choreographed interpretation to the music of Henry Purcell's opera.

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Poster for Hit a Lick

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A middle-aged ex-con hired to manage his nephew's fledgling music career is caught between working for and taking down the neighborhood's crime boss.

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A dyslexic girl seeks to win her distant father’s attention by taking on an ultra-marathon.

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Poster for Snow

1981 · ★ 5.8 (11)

Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users. When a beloved friend (and young drug dealer) is caught by narcotics agents, Anita takes it upon herself to score for his struggling clients.

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Poster for Homes for the People

1945 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A documentary on the housing problems of Great Britain following WWII

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Poster for Milk Teeth

2024 · ★ 5.8 (13)

Skalde lives in a small rural community, far from a world that may no longer exist. She is an interloper in her own home, having been born to an ‘outsider’ mother and therefore marked by a social stigma she cannot easily erase. Displaying a loyalty to the codes of the community, she has earned the respect of the village elder. However, when she encounters a mysterious girl in the local woods, Skalde risks everything by befriending her, eventually giving the girl a home.

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Poster for Bella and Bernie

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Two 16 year old carefree confidantes, Bella and Bernie, tentatively explore independence and sexuality while trying to dodge the ever watchful eye of Mrs. Judge, Bella's mother. The evangelical Mrs. Judge has concerns over Bella's friendship with the vibrant Bernie, wary of Bernie's secret family history repeating itself in Bella. As Bella learns more about Bernie, and herself, she will realize that choice is fickle, sometimes coming down to those who make the choice and those who must live with the consequences.

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Poster for Stendali (Still They Toll)

1960 · ★ 6.0 (3)

A unique 1960s documentary on the traditional dirge sung by women in Griko, an ancient dialect of Salento, so old that it originates from the ancient Greeks who once colonized that part of southern Italy.

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Poster for Ruth & Boaz

2025 · ★ 7.5 (90)

A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.

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