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21) Taxi blues
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Russian
Description
In a world filled with hustlers and black marketers, Shlykov, a hard-working, anti-semitic taxi driver, is pushed over the edge when Lyosha, a Jewish saxophonist who personifies everything he despises, stiffs him for a fare. Shlykov tracks the irresponsible musician down and the two form a bizarre love-hate relationship. At first, class and race division make friendship for these two nearly impossible, until they both learn they aren't so different...
Publisher
Distributed by Deltamac (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
"Freeman plays 'Red' Redding, a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. Robbins is new inmate Andy Dufresne, a quiet banker unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship; his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises - and he saves his best for last."--Container.
24) Dreaming Alaska
Publisher
[Shami Media?]
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Language
Italiano
Description
Alan and Thomas are bored with their lives. One is a geologist, but works at a university where the director refuses to finance his once-in-a-lifetime Alaska mission. The other directs a TV talk show that's about to be canceled. They both need a change. Stop dreaming, start living!
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 34
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Heidi and her best friends take a road trip with her best friend Lucy Lancaster to the Wacky Wonders Adventure Park where there are water slides, wild rides, and plenty of friendship drama between Heidi and Lucy.
26) Summer of 84
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It's the summer of 1984, the perfect time to be 15 years old and free. But when neighborhood conspiracy theorist Davey Armstrong begins to suspect his police officer neighbor might be the serial killer all over the local news, he and his three best friends begin an investigation that soon turns dangerous.
27) Chronicle
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Seen through the lens of a troubled teen's video camera, yet filled with eye-popping action and jaw-dropping special effects, Chronicle is as real as it gets. When three ordinary high school friends make an extraordinary discovery, they acquire amazing abilities beyond their understanding. But as their powers develop, so do their darker sides. Fun, harmless pranks soon lead to much riskier activities as the boys' 'gifts,' and their lives, spin dangerously...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Owlette chooses fun over caring for her new-feathered friend, Luna Girl is able to convince the upset birdy to help her turn HQ into a giant Luna Magnet. Luna Girl uses her Luna Magnet to fill the sky with dark, rainy clouds and Catboy has to learn to get over his fear of water if he wants to save the summer!
30) Blackbird
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An unlikely friendship forms between Sean Randall and popular teen Deanna Roy. After writing a death threat online, Sean is falsely accused of plotting a Columbine-like massacre. The police raid his home and find rifles, shotguns, and a 'hit list' with twenty names of students who bullied Sean. As Sean faces imprisonment in a youth detention facility, he must overcome his dark image and prove his innocence to Deanna and his shaken community.
31) A late quartet
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A powerful story that blends raw emotion with fiery passion to form an unforgettable cinematic masterpiece. After 25 years together, the members of a world-renowned string quartet learn that their beloved cellist may soon be forced to retire. But the news stirs up equally painful challenges when competing egos, harbored resentment, and irrepressible lust threaten to derail the group as they struggle to maintain harmony in their music, and their lives....
32) I, Daniel Blake
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as together they battle the national health care system.
33) Fourteen
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mara and Jo, in their twenties, have been close friends since middle school. It soon becomes apparent that Jo, despite her intellectual gifts, is unreliable in her professional life, losing and acquiring jobs at a troubling rate. Substance abuse may be responsible for Jo's instability, but some observers suspect a deeper problem. Over a decade, the more stable Mara sometimes tries to help, sometimes backs away to protect herself, but never leaves...
34) A bigger splash
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's the story of a famous rock star vacationing with her lover on a remote Italian island. While the couple basks in the foreshadowing heat of the Mediterranean sun, their lives are soon disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old flame and his seductive daughter, creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and, ultimately, danger for everyone involved.
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...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country's gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and their patented celebrity impressions, as well as more serious reflections on what it means to settle into middle age.
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
Germain, a nearly illiterate fifty-something man who is considered the idiot of his small French town, meets elderly Margueritte, who is articulate and highly intelligent, and, through their afternoon visits and friendship, Germain begins to realize he is smarter than he thought.
38) The Intouchables
Language
Français
Formats
Description
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker, and an unlikely friendship forms.
40) In bloom
Publisher
Big World Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Georgian
Description
Early '90s, in Tbilisi, the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The country is facing violence, war on the Black Sea coast, and vigilante justice that plague society. But for Eka and Natia, fourteen-year-old inseparable friends, life just unfolds - in the street, at school, with friends, or Eka's elder sister. Although they are already dealing with men's dominance, early marriage, and disillusioned love,...
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