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1) King Lear
Author
Language
English
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Description
Discussion on Shakespeare, his stage, and the texts of the plays supplements the tragic drama of an old king's pride and foolishness.
2) 52 Tuesdays
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons. Filmed over the course of a year, once a week, every week (only on Tuesdays) these unique filmmaking rules bring a rare authenticity to this emotionally charged story of desire, responsibility and transformation.
3) Girlhood
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Language
Français
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Formats
Description
Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the "boys' law" in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection. Realizing this sort of lifestyle will never...
Publisher
New Yorker Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Chip Hines, a precocious six-year-old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. And a good life it is. When Cody suddenly dies in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. Just as they begin to, Cody's will reveals that he named his sister as Chip's guardian. The years of Joey's acceptance into the family unravel as Chip is taken away from him. Now Joey searches for a solution in order to find peace with the...
5) Beginners
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Description
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
6) Carnage
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, the evening becomes quite chaotic as the parents become increasingly childish.
7) After love
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
Boris and Marie have decided to separate after fifteen years together. However, cash-strapped Boris is still living in the family home. When all is said and done, neither of the two is willing to give up. Now this apartment is a war zone and their situation a nightmare.
9) Wetlands
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Deutsch
Description
An unapologetically sexy and subversive comedy based on the bestselling novel by Charlotte Roch. When a bizarre shaving incident lands rebellious teen Helen in the hospital, she develops an unlikely bond with her male nurse. She seduces him with stories of her sexual adventures while using her illness to try and reunite her divorced parents.
10) I wish
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
日本語
Description
12-year-old Koichi, separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, begins to believe that the new bullet train service will create a miracle when the first trains pass each other at top speed, and enlists a group of friends on an improbable mission.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Amy is a recent divorcee who seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents. Demoralized and directionless, Amy begins an affair with 19 year old actor Jeremy that reignites her passion for life and jumpstarts her independence.
12) Lion
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia.
13) Chinese puzzle
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
A 40-year-old father of two still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves from Paris to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him, so he decides to move there as well.
14) Instant family
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After adopting three children, a couple finds themselves in over their heads.
15) What Maisie knew
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Maisie, a captivating little girl struggling for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. Told through her eyes, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit.
16) Little men
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
Publisher
LG Premiere
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Gilly Hopkins has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Maime Trotter's endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.
18) The family fang
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Adult siblings Baxter and Annie, scarred from an unconventional upbringing, return to their family home. When their parents, performance artists famous for elaborate public hoaxes, go missing under troubling circumstances, Baxter and Annie investigate. Unsure whether it's foul play or just another elaborate ruse, nothing can prepare them for what they discover.
19) Give or take
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
A man's estranged father unexpectedly dies, so he goes home to Cape Cod and prepares the house for sale while sharing it with his father's temperamental live-in boyfriend. Grieving, they circle each other, butt heads, and negotiate how to remember the different man they both loved, and the significance of what he left behind.
20) Dark horse
Publisher
Virgil Films & Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Romance blooms between two thirty-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector who is the dark horse of his family and a depressed woman on the rebound.
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