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1) Yo
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Winner of Best Film at the Morelia International Film Festival, "Yo" is based on a short story by Nobel laureate J.M.G. Le Clezio. "My name is Yo, I'm 15 years old, or that's what they tell me," explains the protagonist (Raul Silva) early on. A strong young man with limited mental skills, he says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her...
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Francisca, a young Portuguese woman who's living in Brazil, welcomes Teresa, an old acquaintance she'd lost contact with, into her home. While Teresa is discovering the place where she means to settle, Francisca craves for her life back in Lisbon. The film follows each woman's adventures in the city and the deep bond of friendship that grows between them, forcing them to deal with conflicting desires: a will to leave for an unknown country and a relentless...
4) Bodied
Language
English
Description
Words are weapons in the world's most brutal lyrical sport. Produced by Eminem and directed by world-renowned music video director Joseph Khan, BODIED is a go-for-the-jugular, hilarious look inside the competitive world of rap battles. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
5) Hud
Series
Language
English
Description
This classic revisionist western explores complex familial relationships as well as the pitfalls of modern capitalism by following the daily life of Hud Bannon (Paul Newman), a young Texas rancher who lives with his cattleman father Homer (Melvyn Douglas) and his hero-worshipping nephew Lon (Brandon DeWilde). Though Hud is an amoral, cold-hearted man, he was celebrated as an iconic anti-hero to the countercultural youth audiences of the 1960s. Winner...
Language
English
Description
Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Upon returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her lover, the "revolutionary professor"Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) in the dusty university town...
7) Aquarius
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Portuguese
Description
Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. As the builders' tactics to remove Clara become increasingly hostile, Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and the Queer Palm at the **Cannes Film Festival**....
8) Applause
Language
Danish
Description
Critically acclaimed alcoholic actress Thea Barfoed has gone through turmoil, resulting in a divorce and the loss of custody of her two boys. Eager to break with the past, regain control over her life and get her children back, she uses charm and manipulation to persuade her ex husband, Christian, that she is able to take back the mantle of motherhood; but ironically, she has not completely convinced herself. On stage, Thea plays "Martha", the aggressive...
10) Driveways
Language
English
Description
A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, where he ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival** and the **Tribeca Film Festival**.
11) Charlatan
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Language
Czech
Description
The Oscar entry for the Czech Republic. Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for "urinary diagnosis". But his passion for healing welled up from the same source as a lust for cruelty,...
12) Breaking Surface
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Swedish
Description
A few days after Christmas, half-sisters Ida and Tuva set out on a winter dive in a remote part of the Norwegian coastline. Towards the end of the dive, a rockslide traps Tuva under water. As Ida surfaces to call for help, she discovers that the rockslide has struck above water as well, burying their equipment, phones and car keys-they are completely cut off from any chance of outside rescue. As the frantic race for survival unfolds, Ida is put to...
13) A Faithful Man
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Français
Description
Nine years after she left him for his best friend, journalist Abel (Louis Garrel) gets back together with his recently widowed old flame Marianne (Laetitia Casta). It seems to be a beautiful new beginning, but soon the hapless Abel finds himself embroiled in all sorts of drama: the come-ons of a wily jeune femme (Lily-Rose Depp), the machinations of Marianne's morbid young son (Joseph Engel), and some unsavory questions about what exactly happened...
14) Gook
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
Eli (Justin Chon) and Daniel (David So) are two Korean American brothers that run their late father's shoe store in a predominantly African American community of Los Angeles. These two brothers strike up an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old African American girl, Kamilla (Simone Baker). As Daniel dreams of becoming a recording artist and Eli struggles to keep the store afloat, racial tensions build to a breaking point in L.A. as the infamous L.A....
15) The Other Story
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Language
עברית
Description
Renowned filmmaker Avi Nesher's latest film THE OTHER STORY tells a suspenseful, poignant, and humorous story through the eyes of two rebellious young women from two troubled families that tangle in the most unexpected ways in Jerusalem. As the characters' warring personal convictions and intimate anxieties clash, the secular and religious world views they hold dear also come to embody the struggle for identity reflecting present-day Israel.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Français
Description
BY THE GRACE OF GOD tells the story of three adult men-Alexandre (Melvil Poupaud), François (Denis Ménochet), and Emmanuel (Swann Arlaud)-who band together to expose the code of silence that continues to enable a priest who abused them as boys. Their experiences powerfully illustrate the varying effects that the trauma of abuse causes on individuals and their families for years. Winner of a **César Award**. Official Selection at the **Berlin International...
17) The Hating Game
Language
English
Description
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
18) Silent Souls
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Language
Russian
Description
One of the most acclaimed films of 2011, SILENT SOULS is a breathtakingly beautiful road-movie masterpiece. After the sudden death of his wife, tough guy Miron asks taciturn writer Aist to accompany him on a long journey to dispose of her remains according to the rituals of the Merya people-an ancient tribe from picturesque West-Central Russia. As the two friends traverse the evocatively bleak landscape with her body and a pair of caged birds, Miron...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Deutsch
Description
Lisa is moving out of her flatshare with Mara and Markus, and her move now means the end of an era. As boxes are shifted, walls painted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up. While Lisa is looking forward to the change, for Mara it triggers a rollercoaster of emotions.
20) Summer of 85
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Français
Description
When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams. But will the dream last for more than one summer?
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