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Poster for A Wolf Among the Swans

2025 · ★ 7.2 (2)

Thiago Soares is a young man from the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro who leaves hip hop behind and embarks on the world of classical ballet. His story takes on unexpected turns through his troubled relationship with his mentor, the Cuban Dino Carrera, who improves Thiago's talent until he reaches stardom by becoming the principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London.

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Poster for Aurora Borealis: Northern Light

2017 · ★ 6.6 (15)

The Aurora Borealis is a story of family that is rich in twists and turns. It breaks the depths of the relationship between mother and daughter. A successful lawyer in Vienna, Olga is called back to Hungary when her old mother, Mary suddenly falls into a coma. While Mary is floating between life and death, Olga finds a deeply silent secret. The increasingly passionate research leads back to the post-war Europe of the '50s.

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Poster for The White House Effect

2024 · ★ 4.8 (5)

Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

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Poster for Smithereens

1982 · ★ 6.4 (46)

A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.

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Poster for In House

2012 · ★ 5.0 (2)

Pilar shares his quiet home in the country of Peru with Consuelo, Milagro and Tuna. The daily routine of this house is interrupted by a call from his daughter who will visit her along with her ​​granddaughter and newborn great granddaughter. For one night these three generations of mothers have to live under the same roof.

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Poster for Dark River

2017 · ★ 5.6 (90)

After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

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Poster for Todas as Melodias

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

"Todas as Melodias" is a sensible journey throught the life and works of one of Brazilian music's biggest artists, Luiz Melodia. Featuring archive footage that goes back to the 1970s, the film presents the musician's cronology from his youth in the neighborhood of Estácio, Rio de Janeiro to his estabilished success.

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Poster for Gloaming

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The period of time when the sun falls below the horizon line and tears of blue and orange gradiate the sky. I’ve always called this indigo hour but apparently it’s more commonly called blue hour and the Scottish call it the gloaming.

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Poster for I'm Leaving Now

2019 · ★ 5.2 (5)

After 16 years in Brooklyn, working three low-paying jobs and sending the bulk of his earnings to his wife and children, undocumented immigrant Felipe decides to return home to his family in Mexico. But when he informs them of his plans, he discovers that they've squandered the money, are deeply in debt and don’t want him to return. They need him to stay in the U.S. and continue to earn.

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Poster for The Devil to Pay

2020 · ★ 6.4 (21)

After the disappearance of her husband, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community fights to save her son when the cold-hearted matriarch of the oldest family on the mountain demands payment of a debt that could destroy a decades-old truce.

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Poster for Carnavalha

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Poster for The Game They Call Sex

1987 · ★ 6.0 (1)

The whole story revolves around a woman from marriage, marriage to divorce encounter sexual problems as the main axis, reflecting the Taiwan society in this regard subjective and objective taboos. The first paragraph of the description of the actress Xiao Xiaomin arranged with the parents of the scholar if strong engagement after the agreement with the high school students often travel, and finally cancel the engagement. The second paragraph to write her marriage in order to fight for a wounded into her young Wu Dawei testify to her husband's misunderstanding, but also the end of the divorce. The third paragraph to write her commitment to kindergarten education work to recognize the disabled young boy odd, she did not dare to face the problem of love, but the other's cheerful outlook touched her.

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Poster for Don Cherry

1973 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Don Cherry walks around and plays music

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Poster for The Mad Whale

2017 · ★ 5.6 (14)

Inmates at a women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick.'

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Poster for Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

2002 · ★ 8.5 (4)

Bert, Ernie, and friends put on a new play and some of your favorite words are the stars.

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— · ★ 0.0 (0)

Ava grapples with her burgeoning feelings for her best friend, Jade. Their close bond is tested as Jade's flirtation blurs the lines of friendship, igniting Ava's internal conflict about her sexuality and religion. Each uncomfortable moment they share triggers Ava's sleep paralysis manifesting her fears and desires.

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Poster for Martin Luther King

2023 · ★ 9.0 (1)

In a small village where caste politics rules the roost, amid a local election with two rival political parties vying to win by any means necessary, an underprivileged hairdresser becomes the game changer and lands in a curiously powerful position as the single deciding vote.

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2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A girl seeks to remind her friends that extraordinary things can happen when she chases after a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.

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Poster for Mother Land

2022 · ★ 6.0 (1)

When filmmaker Mari Soppela took her children and husband to live for a year on a sacred mountain in her native Finland, she was fulfilling a lifelong dream to share the arctic wilderness of her childhood with her family. But when years later her children turn the camera onto her, she is forced to confront her motivation for filming their lives in this searching and searingly honest cinematic exploration of identity, belonging and motherhood. Filmed over the course of 27 years, Mother Land challenges us all to examine the landscapes we carry within us and the narratives we create to make sense of our lives.

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Poster for Dear Christmas

2020 · ★ 6.5 (56)

Natalie Morgan is an author and host of a popular podcast, Holiday Love, which shares true stories of holiday romance with its listeners. While to the outside world and her listeners everywhere see Natalie is an expert on romance, she's never truly experienced a romance of her own. As Natalie prepares to embark on a promotional tour for her new book, she stops back home to spend Christmas with her family and to celebrate her parent's 50th anniversary where she unexpectedly begins to experience her own holiday romance as sparks ignite with local firefighter, Jack.

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