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Martin Zandvliet
In this based-on-fact war drama, a group of German POWs are put to work by the Allies defusing their own landmines on the west coast of Denmark … 
CastRoland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, E…
LanguageDanish, German   CountryDenmark, Germany
PLAT$14A

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Natalie Portman
Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman makes her debut as writer and director with this adaptation of the best-selling memoir by celebrat… 
CastNatalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA/Israel
SP$PG

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Rufus Norris
Tom Hardy and Olivia Colman headline this big-screen adaptation of the stage musical by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork, about the “Suffolk Strangle… 
CastOlivia Colman, Anita Dobson, Tom Hardy
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
CTC$14A

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Diastème / Alain Dias
A racist thug in the army of Jean-Mare Le Pen’s Front National battles his way from the streets to the backrooms of political power, in this har… 
CastAlban Lenoir, Paul Hamy, Samuel Jouy, Patric…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
PLAT$18A

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Simon Stone
The story follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret, and whose attempts to put things right threaten the lives of t… 
CastGeoffrey Rush, Paul Schneider, Miranda Otto,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
SP$14A

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Eva Husson
The bold feature debut by French filmmaker Eva Husson explores the sexual exploits and awakenings of a group of teenagers on the beaches (and in… 
CastFinnegan Oldfield, Daisy Broom, Fred Hotier,…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
PLAT$18A

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Claude Lelouch
A successful film composer (Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin, The Artist) falls in love when he travels to India to work on a Bollywood retell… 
CastJean Dujardin, Elsa Zylberstein, Alice Pol, …
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$PG

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Jacques Audiard
To escape the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former Tamil Tiger soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. These strangers try to bui… 
CastJesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Sriniva…
LanguageEnglish, Tamil, Fren…   CountryFrance
SP$14A

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Marc Abraham
Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen star in this biopic of country-music legend Hank Williams. This film tells the story of legendary country we… 
CastTom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whi…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Denis Villeneuve
An idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) joins two shadowy government operatives (Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro) in a high-risk, cross-border st… 
CastEmily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, …
LanguageEnglish, Spanish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Guy Édoin
An actress shooting a movie hopes to reconcile with her son. A paramedic haunted by his past tries to stay the course, while a caring nurse keep… 
CastMonica Bellucci, Patrick Hivon, Pascale Buss…
LanguageFrench   CountryCanada
SP$14A

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Joachim Lafosse
Critically acclaimed Joachim Lafosse brings to the screen the Zoe’s Ark controversy which made headlines in 2007: a story about the limits of th… 
CastVincent Lindon, Valérie Donzelli , Reda Kate…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Belgium
PLAT$14A

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James Vanderbilt
Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford star as 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes and anchor Dan Rather, in this gripping docudrama about the newsmagazin… 
CastCate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, Robert Redfo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Paolo Sorrentino
Two old friends (Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel) reflect on their past, present, and the beauty and absurdity of the world during a vacation in… 
CastMichael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$14A

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Patricia Rozema
Two teenage sisters (Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood) struggle to survive in a remote country house after a massive, continent-wide power outage… 
CastEllen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$14A

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Jay Roach
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) stars as the famous screenwriter and Hollywood blacklist victim Dalton Trumbo, in this engrossing biopic. 
CastBryan Cranston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Lo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Paolo Sorrentino
Two old friends (Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel) reflect on their past, present, and the beauty and absurdity of the world during a vacation in… 
CastMichael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$$14A

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Brian Helgeland
Tom Hardy gives a bravura double performance as Reggie and Ronnie Kray, the identical twin brothers who became the rulers of the London underwor… 
CastTom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Ch…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$14A

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Robert Budreau
Ethan Hawke stars as Chet Baker in this remarkably creative reimagining of the legendary jazz trumpeter's struggle to overcome his drug addictio… 
CastEthan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Renn…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$$14A

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Morgan Neville
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) profiles celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, whi… 
CastYo-Yo Ma, Cristina Pato, Wu Man, Kinan Azmeh…
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Ar…   CountryUSA
DOC$G

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John Crowley
In the early 1950s, a young Irish woman (Saoirse Ronan) crosses the Atlantic to begin a new life in America, in this exquisitely crafted adaptat… 
CastSaoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$$14A

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Jonás Cuarón
Jonás Cuarón directs Gael García Bernal in this thriller about a group of would-be immigrants whose dream of entering the US becomes a nightmare… 
CastGael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
SP$$14A

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Terence Davies
Celebrated director Terence Davies (The House of Mirth, The Long Day Closes) returns with this adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic nove… 
CastAgyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$14A

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Ben Wheatley
Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons star in the new film by cult British director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England), an ambitious adaptat… 
CastTom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
PLAT$18A

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John Crowley
In the early 1950s, a young Irish woman (Saoirse Ronan) crosses the Atlantic to begin a new life in America, in this exquisitely crafted adaptat… 
CastSaoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
SP$$14A

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Florian Gallenberger
Two young lovers (Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl) find themselves trapped in the murderous crackdown following the 1973 coup against Chilean presi… 
CastEmma Watson , Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist
LanguageEnglish   CountryLuxembourg
SP$$14A

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Jonás Cuarón
Jonás Cuarón directs Gael García Bernal in this thriller about a group of would-be immigrants whose dream of entering the US becomes a nightmare… 
CastGael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
SP$$14A

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He Ping
Veteran director He Ping’s (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) first film to be set in the present day spotlights the massive internal migration that… 
CastJiajia Wang, Yi Zhang, Zhiwen Wang
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
PLAT$PG

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Jason Bateman
After an unlikely accident, a pair of grown siblings (Nicole Kidman and director-star Jason Bateman) are compelled to move back in with their ec… 
CastNicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Wa…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Alan Zweig
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Allan Zweig (When Jews Were Funny) profiles one-time Canadian national hero Steve Fonyo, who raised millions of … 
CastSteve Fonyo
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
PLAT$14A

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Rob Reiner
When his political-candidate father ships him off to a rehab facility, a reckless teenager finds love and danger with a fellow resident, in the … 
CastNick Robinson, Morgan Saylor, Devon Bostick,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Scott Cooper
Johnny Depp stars as notorious Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger, who spent thirty years as an FBI informant while rising to the top of the … 
CastJohnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberb…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Tom McCarthy
Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael Keaton star in this true story about a team of Boston Globe reporters who uncovered a massive scandal o… 
CastMark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Rob Reiner
When his political-candidate father ships him off to a rehab facility, a reckless teenager finds love and danger with a fellow resident, in the … 
CastNick Robinson, Morgan Saylor, Devon Bostick,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Julio Medem
This is the story of Magda. Confronted with tragedy, she reacts with a surge of life that flows inside of her, from the imaginable to the unimag… 
CastPenélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
SP$PG

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Andrew Haigh
A retired English couple (played by screen legends Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) reflect on their lives after nearly a half-century toge… 
CastCharlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$PG

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Tim Kring
This new miniseries from Heroes creator Tim Kring brings together characters from the original series with a new group of superpowered individua… 
CastJack Coleman, Zachary Levi, Robbie Kay, Kiki…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
PRIME$14A

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Sue Brooks
A married couple (Richard Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell) embark on a road trip across West Australia in pursuit of their runaway teenage daughter,… 
CastRichard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa You…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
PLAT$14A

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Andrew Cividino
The first feature from Canadian writer-director Andrew Cividino is set in an isolated Ontario cottage community during a bleak midsummer, where … 
CastJackson Martin, Nick Serino, Reece Moffett
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
DISC$14A

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David Verbeek
A US soldier tries to deal with his guilt after a drone strike gone wrong, in this topical drama from Dutch director David Verbeek. A contempor… 
CastGrégoire Colin, Lizzie Brocheré, Slimane Daz…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNetherlands/Croatia…
PLAT$18A

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Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnso…
A man struggles with his inability to connect with other people. Charlie Kaufman, the celebrated screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adapt… 
CastJennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, David Thew…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18A

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Wayne Blair
Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek star in this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, about a sec… 
CastSalma Hayek, Adrien Brody, Shohreh Aghdashlo…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Julio Medem
This is the story of Magda. Confronted with tragedy, she reacts with a surge of life that flows inside of her, from the imaginable to the unimag… 
CastPenélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
SP$PG

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Guan Hu
A former Beijing crime boss swings back into action when his son is kidnapped by thugs. With his son captured, Mr. Six and his old pals stand u… 
CastFeng Xiaogang, Hanyu Zhang, Li Yifeng, Kris …
LanguageMandarin   CountryChina
SP$14A

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Fabienne Berthaud
Fleeing from the scene of a terrible crime, a young woman embarks on a life-changing road trip across California and Nevada. Romy is on holiday… 
CastDiane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouch…
LanguageFrench, English   CountryFrance
PLAT$14A

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Amos Gitaï
Lauded director Amos Gitaï (Kippur) delves into the prelude and aftermath of the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in t… 
CastIschac Hiskiya, Pini Mitelman, Michael Warsh…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
MAST$14A

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Pablo Trapero
The new film from Argentine auteur Pablo Trapero (Crane World, White Elephant) recounts the astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-… 
CastGuillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina/Spain
PLAT$14A

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Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
Ryan Reynolds, Ben Mendelsohn and Sienna Miller star in this footloose tale about two itinerant gamblers aiming to buy their way into a legendar… 
CastBen Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Adam Salky
Sarah Silverman gives an astonishing performance as a drug-addicted, self-destructive New Jersey housewife whose life begins to come apart at th… 
CastSarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Thomas Sadosk…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18A

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Jon Cassar
Tormented by a dark secret, an aging gunfighter abandons a life of killing and returns home, only to discover his mother has died. He’s forced t… 
CastKiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi M…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
GALA$$14A

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Jafar Panahi
Shooting almost entirely within a cab circling the streets of Tehran, the great director Jafar Panahi (Offside, This Is Not a Film) offers a mul… 
CastJafar Panahi
LanguageFarsi   CountryIran
MAST$PG

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Gabriel Mascaro
Writer-director Gabriel Mascaro offers a wild, sensual, and utterly transporting look at life behind the scenes on the Brazilian rodeo circuit. … 
CastJuliano Cazarré, Aline Santana, Carlos Pesso…
LanguagePortuguese   CountryBrazil
PLAT$R

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Pablo Larraín
Four men live in a secluded house in a seaside town. Sent to purge sins of the past, they live under a strict regime and the watchful eye of a c… 
CastRoberto Farías
LanguageSpanish   CountryChile
SP$14A

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Bruce McDonald
Seven years after his much-loved zombie thriller Pontypool, Canadian maverick Bruce McDonald returns to the horror genre with this deliciously c… 
CastChloe Rose, Robert Patrick, Rossif Sutherlan…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
VAN$18A

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Matthew Brown
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) and Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons star in this inspirational biopic about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the early-20t… 
CastStephen Fry, Devika Bhise, Toby Jones, Dev P…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$PG

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Amos Gitaï
Lauded director Amos Gitaï (Kippur) delves into the prelude and aftermath of the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in t… 
CastIschac Hiskiya, Pini Mitelman, Michael Warsh…
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
MAST$14A

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Alice Winocour
A young ex-soldier suffering from PTSD (Matthias Schonaerts) protects a beautiful woman (Diane Kruger) and her child from a brutal home invasion… 
CastMatthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Belgium
GALA$$14A

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Tim Godsall
A legendary, reclusive music producer (Rhys Ifans) has his shut-in routine disturbed by the unexpected arrival of his aspiring musician son (Jac… 
CastRhys Ifans, Juno Temple, Jack Kilmer, Keir G…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

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Jason Bateman
After an unlikely accident, a pair of grown siblings (Nicole Kidman and director-star Jason Bateman) are compelled to move back in with their ec… 
CastNicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Wa…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$14A

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Joachim Trier
An aging schoolteacher (Gabriel Byrne) grappling with the recent death of his photojournalist wife (Isabelle Huppert) attempts to reconcile with… 
CastIsabelle Huppert, Gabriel Byrne, Jesse Eisen…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNorway
SP$14A

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Pan Nalin
On the eve of their friend’s wedding in Goa, a group of women discuss everything under the sun — from their careers, sex lives, and secrets to n… 
CastTannishtha Chatterjee, Sandhya Mridul, Sarah…
LanguageHindi   CountryIndia
SP$14A

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Jocelyn Moorhouse
Academy Award winner Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, and Judy Davis star in this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, about a dres… 
CastKate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
GALA$$14A

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Claude Lelouch
A successful film composer (Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin, The Artist) falls in love when he travels to India to work on a Bollywood retell… 
CastJean Dujardin, Elsa Zylberstein, Alice Pol, …
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$PG

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Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
Ryan Reynolds, Ben Mendelsohn and Sienna Miller star in this footloose tale about two itinerant gamblers aiming to buy their way into a legendar… 
CastBen Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

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Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) directs Ben Foster in this docudrama about disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal and… 
CastBen Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet, D…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$14A

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Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnso…
A man struggles with his inability to connect with other people. Charlie Kaufman, the celebrated screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adapt… 
CastJennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, David Thew…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$18A

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Lorene Scafaria
Marnie Minervini, recent widow and eternal optimist, moves from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be closer to her daughter. Armed with an iPhone and… 
CastSusan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$$PG

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Cary Fukunaga
After his parents are killed, a young African boy is forced to become a child soldier in a rebel army led by a brutal commandant (Idris Elba, Ma… 
CastIdris Elba, Ama Abebrese, Abraham Attah
LanguageEnglish   CountryGhana
SP$$14A