Dagmara Dominczyk
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English
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Four young women haunted by unspeakable memories and losses, afraid to begin to hope, find salvation in the bonds of friendship and shared experience even as they confront the challenge of re-creating themselves in a strange new country. Based on the extraordinary true story of the October 1945 rescue of more than two hundred Jewish prisoners from the Atlit internment camp outside Haifa.
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Spiegel & Grau
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[2013]
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English
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"Because of her father's role in the Solidarity movement, Anna and her parents immigrate to the United States in the 1980s as political refugees from Poland. They settle in Brooklyn among immigrants of every stripe, yet Anna never quite feels that she belongs. But then, the summer she turns twelve, she is sent back to Poland to visit her grandmother, and suddenly she experiences the shock of recognition. In her family's hometown of Kielce, Anna develops...
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English
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Maggie Siff delivers a tour-de-force performance as Anna Baskin, an exhausted workaholic actress at a crossroads in her life. She abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to a life she left behind with ex-creative partners Kate and Isaac. A WOMAN, A PART examines the media's portrayal of women, the nature of friendship and the difficulties of reckoning with change. Nominated for Best First Feature at the **Philadelphia...
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A once accomplished concert pianist, Richard now has ALS. As he becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, Karina becomes his reluctant caretaker. As Richard's muscles, voice, and breath fade, both he and Karina try to reconcile their past before it's too late. This is a masterful exploration of redemption and what it means to find peace inside of forgiveness.--Amazon.com
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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One day in the life of Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. As Jane follows her daily routine, she, and viewers, grow increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand, only to discover the true depth of the system into which...
6) Jack Strong
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Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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The most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, informs Americans about the communist block's top secrets in the face of the upcoming martial law. Nominated for Best Film at the **Polish Film Awards** and the **Polish Film Festival**. "*With its solid performances, nice attention to period detail and a foreboding rumble of a symphonic score by Jan Duszynski, Jack Strong adds a unique Eastern Bloc POV to the enduring...
7) Abe
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Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Twelve-year-old ABE is an aspiring chef, but his family-half-Israeli, half-Palestinian-have never eaten together without a fight. But when ABE ditches camp to spend time with street chef Chico, his mentor's fusion cuisine inspires him to unite his family through food. ABE wants to cook a meal that will bring everyone to the table, but he's about to learn that the kitchen can't heal some divides.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season two, Logan Roy begins Season Three in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.
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