Nimer and Roy are two gay men on opposing sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict who fall for each other. Much as they’d like to be left alone, both political conflict and orthodox beliefs will not leave their budding relationship untouched, with most of the egregious circumstances befalling Nimer, whom security forces pressure into helping them by stripping his access to education and threatening to leave him without family. Through his eye-witnessed death of a friend, Nimer knows he can’t oblige. Can love find a way through this no-win situation?
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Lumikuningatar / The Snow Queen (1986) Päivi Hartzell, Satu Silvo, Outi Vainionkulma, Sebastian Kaatrasalo, Family, Fantasy
Based on the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, this adaptation is fairly faithful to the original. Read More »
A Vizinha do Lado / The Next Door Neighbor (1945) António Lopes Ribeiro, Silvestre Alegrim, Carlos Alves, Emilia D’Oliveira, Comedy
The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
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A Filha / My Baby (2003) Solveig Nordlund, Nuno Melo, Joana Bárcia, Margarida Marinho, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Ricardo Monteiro is a successful television producer specialising in reality shows. He is 45 years old and he has just received an award for the most popular television show of the year, when he receives an ultimatum from his 18-year-old daughter Leonor. Read More »
Psychomania / The Death Wheelers (1973) Don Sharp, George Sanders, Beryl Reid, Nicky Henson, Horror
A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. Read More »
Pirosmani (1969) Giorgi Shengelaia, Avtandil Varazi, Dodo Abashidze, Givi Aleksandria, Biography
This film is about the great Georgian painter – primitivist Niko Pirosmanashvili (1862-1918). An unknown, self-taught painter roams the streets of a city, painting his pictures. Read More »
Sanders of the River (1935) Zoltan Korda, Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Adventure, Drama
British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930’s rules his area strictly but justly, and struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
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La marca de Satanás / The Mark of Satan (1957) Chano Urueta, Luis Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Jaime Fernández, Horror, Adventure, Mystery
The third and final film in the Headless Rider series directed by horror master Chano Urueta.
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Abandoned (1949) Joseph M. Newman, Dennis O’Keefe, Gale Storm, Marjorie Rambeau, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An expose of the baby-profiteering racket as told through the story of an unwed-mother. Read More »
Le Garcu / Le garçu (1995) Maurice Pialat, Gérard Depardieu, Géraldine Pailhas, Antoine Pialat, Drama
Antoine is four years old. His father Gerard leaves his mother Sophie. Gerard has several mistresses, but never knows how to leave them. Sophie takes a new lover, Jeannot.
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