drama
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Girlhood
Life is pretty bleak in this concrete jungle of soul-less tower blocks of shabby apartments on this housing complex in a poor rundown suburb of Paris. Sixteen year old Marieme is hoping that one day she will break out of there so for a better life so she does her school work, plays American football,…
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In The Grayscale
35 year-old freelance architect Bruno seems to have a really good life with a lot going for him. Married to his girlfriend Soledad for 11 years, father of a cute inquisitive 10 year old son, and winner of several awards for the buildings he has designed in his hometown of Santiago. However he has just…
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Gett : The Trial of Vivane Amsalem
There are no such things as civil weddings or divorces in Israel so if a marriage fails then its all up to the male dominated Rabbinical Courts to decide the fate of any estranged couple and if they warrant a ‘Gett’ i.e. a Jewish divorce. In this new movie, the third in a trilogy of…
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Mommy
When Diana ‘Die’ Despres reacts quite violently after she crashes her car on the way to collect Steve her troubled teenage son from the special care facility after he set fire to the cafeteria, it is initially not clear who is the craziest one out of the pair of them. However, life with Steve will…
