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Poster for Kayak to Klemtu

2018 · ★ 5.3 (3)

14-year-old Ella is determined to travel the length of the Inside Passage, along the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest by kayak in order to testify against a proposed pipeline that would see oil tanker traffic through her beloved homeland waters.

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Poster for Red

2017 · ★ 4.9 (27)

A savage tale of female power, inspired by the mating rituals of the female Australian Red Back Spider.

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Poster for Sexy Movie

2003 · ★ 4.0 (11)

Two down on their luck Hollywood filmmakers decide to make a pornographic film.

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Poster for Above the Shadows

2019 · ★ 6.7 (194)

A young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help of the one man who can see her.

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2003 · ★ 6.0 (2)

Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. SOPHIATOWN celebrates the great popular jazz music of the 1950's in South Africa; a rich tradition deserving international attention. Director Pascale Lamche, traces the music, uncovers the artists who created it and the unique culture in which it thrived, concentrated in Sophiatown, Johannesburg's own Harlem, which fuelled by liberation politics until its destruction by the Apartheid regime. The film features Nelson Mandela and such household names from the jazz world as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.

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Poster for Sonhos de Menina Moça

1988 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories. The celebration is marked by a barbecue with lots of gossip and fun among old friends.

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Poster for The Last Supper

1995 · ★ 6.5 (296)

A group of idealistic but frustrated liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering right-wing pundits for their political beliefs.

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Poster for One Night Stand

2010 · ★ 3.3 (3)

Episode 1_MIN Yong-geun A young man sits on the steps of an apartment every night. He listens to a college girl coming home without her knowing. A woman who lives in the same building watches the young man every night. Episode 2_LEE Yoo-rim A newlywed couple and another younger couple go to a cabin. The husband tries to have sex with his wife who rejects him every time and he feels strangely attracted to his younger friend's girlfriend. On the day they are supposed to go home, the husband sees the younger couple having sex and feels a pang of jealousy. Episode 3_JANG Hoon Jean-Claude Romer is a well known New York critic who has come to Korea to attend an international film festival. He is quite familiar with Korea and enjoys jangguk and shopping at traditional flea markets, but what he loves most is the ttemiri(scrubbing) culture. Having had a ttemiri session with bath manager Jin-young as usual, he has dinner with her for the first time.

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Poster for Através da Janela

2000 · ★ 6.0 (1)

Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some changes in her son's behavior. At first, she thinks it may be some girlfriend. But soon she learns it's something else.

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Poster for Dakota

2012 · ★ 6.0 (2)

A female poker player on a short losing streak is invited to a high stakes home game, but the stakes for her young son are what matter most.

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Poster for July 96

2020 · ★ 5.5 (2)

July 1996, the beach, the sea, the sun. Sophie, 10, spends her summer vacations with her mother and her cousin Laurence. But Laurence has grown up and her mother's thoughts are elsewhere. While the whole country is still looking for two missing little girls, Sophie discovers that this will be her last summer as a child.

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Poster for A Family

2024 · ★ 7.1 (15)

Award-winning French writer Christine Angot goes on a business trip to Strasbourg where her father lived before dying several years ago. It is the city where she met him for the first time at the age of 13, and where he sexually abused her over the following years. His wife and children still live there. Angot takes a camera and knocks on the doors of her family to push them to clarify their attitudes to her father’s crime that stretched over so many years. A cinematographic journey that challenges social norms and family perspectives in dealing with incest.

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Poster for Suzanne

1984 · ★ 0.0 (0)

About Danish author Suzanne Brøgger's strictly scheduled everyday life, interleaved with conversations and philosophical reflections.

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Poster for The Wedding Parade

2022 · ★ 4.0 (1)

Gule is preparing for her wedding the next day. Her family receives news of an imminent threat of war attack on the city. They must take a decision: Should they celebrate the wedding or not?

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Poster for Fantarias

2022 · ★ 2.0 (1)

Documentary about the creative process of El Tigre, a work by Argentine director Alfredo Arias. Set in Paris, from the first day of rehearsals to the final performance, the documentary explores the artistic explorations of both the director and the actors.

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Poster for Bachiranun

2021 · ★ 5.5 (4)

On Yonaguni Island, the westernmost island of Japan, there is a language in danger of disappearing. How far can we take the language, culture and history that are being quietly forgotten at the edge of Japan? A semi-documentary fantasy full of life force.

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Poster for Nerodič

2017 · ★ 2.0 (1)

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Poster for Around Jacques Baratier

2003 · ★ 0.0 (0)

directed by Jackie Reynal, from 2003 Autour de Jacques Baratier, directed in 2002 by Jackie Raynal, is a 24-minute documentary portrait that offers a sensitive look at the man and the filmmaker. It stands as a valuable complement to other films about him, helping us understand Baratier’s playful, poetic, and rebellious approach to cinema.

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Poster for The Trace

1988 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A determined young woman in a remote Tunisian city bucks tradition by studying for an academic degree, instead of accepting the time-honored, submissive role of her sex as a wife and housekeeper for some 'mustached man'.

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Poster for Bang och världshistorien

2008 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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