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21) Miss Butterfly
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Deutsch
Description
When their father dies, 17-year-old Helene Raupe and her little sister become orphans. Abandoned by their aunt, they must face the challenges of daily life in East Berlin. Helene is only happy in her dreams, where she can fly or be a stewardess or model. In real life, in contrast, she fails to meet people's expectations and loses several jobs. Combining fantasy scenes and documentary elements filmed with a hidden camera on the streets, MISS BUTTERFLY...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In this **Sundance Film Festival** selection -- where it was nominated for an Audience Award -- a troubled Northern Irish runaway seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore, Maryland. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they're trying to end their marriage gracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college. A story of family revelations, people finding each other and letting each other go, looking...
23) Ida
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski (Last Resort, My Summer of Love) comes Ida, a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, makes a shocking discovery about her past.. 18-year old Anna (stunning newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska), a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to become a nun when the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. Naive, innocent...
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