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In this relentless thriller, French star Isabelle Huppert brings passion and courage to her portrayal of a hostage caught in a seemingly hopeless situation. At a beach resort in the Philippines, 20 guests are kidnapped by an Islamic separatist group fighting for their independence. French social worker Therese Bourgoine is among those taken to a jungle island, with the Filipino army in pursuit. As the captors and their hostages journey through dense jungle terrain, trying to avoid the bullets and artillery salvos fired indiscriminately at them, an unexpected bond grows between the kidnappers and hostages.
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An attractive and successful doctor places a personal ad in a newspaper to try to meet (and eventually marry) Mr. Right. A succession of blind dates ensues, featuring men who are lonely, desperate, dangerous, perverted or all of the above. From a tightfisted businessman to a shy writer who brings his mother to a shoe fetishist and a pimp looking for call girls, the woman meets them all and patiently listens to their stories. What they don't know is that she has a mysterious ex-lover who may (or may not) be the man she truly seeks.
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From one of China's most nuanced cinematic voices comes a charming tale set into motion by a disastrous encounter: delivery man Dabing crashes his bike into the mysterious Ling Ling. From her hospital bed, Ling Ling asks Dabing to go to her home and feed her fish; while there, Dabing discovers an astonishing diary. In its pages he reads stories of a little girl's passion for the movies, which re-ignites his own longing for the days when the cinema enchanted China's masses, and audiences breathed and dreamed as one.
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Ma' Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor neighborhood of Manila where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa's children are ready to do anything to buy their parent's freedom from the corrupt police.. Winner of Best Actress and Nominated for Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival 2016
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An outrageous mockumentary that combines animation with strange interviews of animation fans.
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It's a hot and suffocating weekend in the suburbs of Vienna somewhere between the autobahn and the exitroads, the supermarkets and new housing tracts. During these dog days of Summer, six interwoven stories unfold, revealing a world of disillusionment, loneliness and frustration. While the days are lazy and melancholic, spent sunning; the nights stepped in alcohol, sex and song, unleash a fury of violence and raw emotions. With no respite from the oppressive heat, tensions build and tempers explode. This is life at its most vulnerable and intimate; it's the horror and beauty of being human.. Follow Anna the Hitchhiker, Mr. Hruby who is an alarm systems salesman, Klaudia a onetime beauty queen, the Greek and his divorced wife who won't move out, Mr. Walter and his dog and a middle aged teacher as they live in these dog days.. "Mr. Seidl has done something that sits in your head; his movie feels both flamboyant and deadpan. With 'Dog Days,' which achieves a verisimilitude that most directors would envy, he has made an engrossing and disturbing film that feels like a Dogma 95 film made by Todd Haynes." -Elvis Mitchell, THE NEW YORK TIMES **** (4 Stars) "Extraordinary fiction feature debut...a remarkable work by a brilliant filmmaker" -Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE "A Triumph! Obscenely rich with memorable moments and extraordinary characters" FILM COMMENT "It is simply so distinctive, such remarkable filmmaking, that it compels admiration" -Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN (London).
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Based on the best-selling novel set during China's cultural revolution, this acclaimed film is about two young men, university students, who are sent to a remote mountain village for a Maoist re-education, to purge them of their decadent Western education. Amid the back-breaking work and stifling ignorance of the community, the local beauties are the only respite from their miserable life. But none compare to the granddaughter of the region's tailor. With a secret cache of forbidden books, they set about to woo her.
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When Sreykeo, a Phnom Penh bar-girl, meets Ben, a European seeking adventure in Cambodia, the chemistry is immediate and they fall in love. After Ben returns home to Germany, Sreykeo reveals that she is HIV-positive; Ben immediately feels he must help her. In doing so he quickly discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure.. Starring David Kross (War Horse, The Reader) and newcomer Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, maverick German director Detlev Buck avoids the usual East-West clichés and instead delivers a refreshingly different drama that has captivated audiences around the world.. Winner of the Variety Piazza Grande Award at the Locarno International Film Festival and Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.. "Irreverent humor and down-to-earth characters...handsomely lensed." - Variety
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Winner of more than 25 top honors at film festivals worldwide, revered Chinese director Wu Tianming's THE KING OF MASKS is a poignant tale about a lonely old magician and a luckless child bound together by fate and suffering, and redeemed by the power of love. THE KING OF MASKS is an elderly master of the Sichuan opera art of changing silk masks so quickly that it appears to be magic. Bereft from the loss of his family many years ago, the old man searches for an heir to impart his talents and skills upon - but tradition dictates that this secret art can only be passed to a direct male heir. So he decides to adopt an impoverished street urchin, and sets out to train the child in his art - at great personal cost.
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A daring work, with references to Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini and based on the Italian cult comic book by Lorenzo Mattotti and Claudio Piersanti. STIGMATA follows Bruno as he struggles to understand why blood pours from his hands.. "A richly suggestive, chilly fable about a lonely, gentle giant struggling to deal with the consequences of blood literally pouring from his hands, Adan Aliaga's audacious, haunting debut Stigmata reps a distinctive calling card." - Jonathan Holland, Variety
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This award-winning Brazilian drama tells the story of Junior, a young player for Bacaxa A.C., an amateur football team from the city of Saquarema, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. He has to deal with the unexpected pregnancy of his girlfriend Karine, while his childhood best friend, Bento, signs a contract with a professional team. HOPEFULS follows Junior's growing jealousy as it reaches dangerous proportions.. Winner, Best Film and Best Director, Rio International Film Festival
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Sisters Jin (Hee-yeon Kim) and Bin (Song-hee Kim) must fend for themselves when their mother abruptly packs her things, leaving the girls in the care of their alcoholic aunt without a word as to when she'll return. In a tale of innocence lost, the sisters try to make sense of their mother's absence. But in the meantime, 6-year-old Jin will be forced to mature far beyond her tender years.
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