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Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
A thriller starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne and Richard Harris
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland ... (more)
Neruda (2016)
A drama starring Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco and Mercedes Morán
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet ... (more)
Being 17 (2016)
A drama starring Sandrine Kiberlain, Corentin Fila and Kacey Mottet Klein
Set in the beautiful high Pyrenees in south-west France, Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains, nut learns to fight back ... (more)
One Eight Seven (1997)
A thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard and Kelly Rowan
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.
Little Boy (2015)
A drama starring Jakob Salvati, Michael Rapaport and Emily Watson
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
The Olive Tree (2016)
A comedy movie starring Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez and Pep Ambròs
Alma’s family has been producing quality olive oil in the Baix Maestrat area of Spain’s Castellón for generations. Yet changing pressures in the industry have made their traditional practices economically untenable, and the family is now in the mass-production poultry business. Alma’s grandfather has not spoken in years. Sadness envelopes him, and he no longer wants to eat ... (more)