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Cinequests 2017 program is filled with passion that elevates us to laugh, be inspired and thrilled, to celebrate, to think innovatively, and to embrace love.
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A vibrant and magical romantic comedy from India starring the luminous talents of Barun Sobti (Shraddha) and Shahana Goswami (Under Construction, Midnights Children). Arjun (Sobti), is a member of a group of five young men who share a common goal: to play football at Juhu Beach every Sunday. There's no doubt it's a high point of their week until one Sunday, as a result of Arjun letting a senile old stranger (who is also the catalyst for Arjun meeting his love interest Kavya (Goswami)) join them, a ban is issued on their games, and they must find a new location.
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How many execution dates must he live through? Cesar Fierro, a Mexican national, has been on death row in a Texas prison since 1979 for killing an American. Doubt and uncertainty swirl around his case and no one can bring himself/herself to carry out his sentence or free him. Through the decades, his younger brother continues to lament his absence from across the border and the world Santiago left behind. Unable to be shown in the U.S.
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What is more powerful? Ones past or ones future? Attempting to integrate her mother's traditions with her own dreams, Ethiopian-born Elenie Tarikus life is destroyed when a mysterious crime in New York takes the life of her only brother. As Elenie searches for the truth behind his death, her life intertwines with an intriguing man whose own personal turmoil brings them together for better or worse.
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Lost in the wilderness of new love. John, a jazz musician, and Alice, his new girlfriend, go away together to the remote countryside of Cornwall. Their weekend starts sweetly, a delicate dance of eroticism and insecurity as they tenderly profess their undying love. But as the hours unfold and reality impinges on their illusory bubble of infatuation, betrayals and power plays mount until even lovemaking becomes a minefield. Will their budding affection give way under the staggering weight of their terror of not being enough?
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How does a grown man learn to grow up? Actor Bo is famous for only one thing: an insurance commercial. Sick of failing to launch his career and nostalgic for his glory days as a high school football star, Bo heads home for his high school reunion. When footage of a drunk Bo goes viral, he finds himself stuck in his hometown for a little longer (under house arrest, no less) than hed planned and forges an unlikely friendship with the shy boy, Elliot, across the street whos desperate to learn how to play football.
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Love is crazy. Obsessive-compulsive and germaphobic Adrian spends his lonely days performing monotonous rituals and his equally lonely nights driving his racecar through town. Of course, nothing he does can take his mind away from his former love. That is until he collides headlong into Grace, a whimsical street artist suffering from dissociative identity disorder. Can both Adrian and Grace work through their madness and find love, or will their mental illnesses tear them apart? What If It Works? is a delightful journey filled with laughter and tears.
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The movie the police couldn't erase. Behind the shimmering utopia of Las Vegas lies a police department with individuals willing to go to any lengths to cover up its crimes. What Happened In Vegas exposes the truth in three murder cases where all of the victims were shot by cops. With the help of victims friends and family, this shocking and heartbreaking documentary weaves its way through the mountain of lies spewed from top officials in the department.
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Reunited and it feels so well, I guess, okay? In the years since sisters Amy and Shannon were little kids, you would expect their relationship to have matured. Youd be wrong. Thrust back into each others lives by the impending death of their grandmother, their reunion is anything but comfortable. The small town vibe is repulsive to Amy of Hollywood, who just cant seem to find a decent cup of coffee anywhere (but vodka seems to be a decent replacement), forcing the more reserved Shannon to adapt to Amys wild ways.
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When a family's life hangs in the balance, whos going to pull the stool? For the longest time, a family has been waiting for the court verdict to be announced for the killer of their father, and now, finally, justice is due. Only the killer is one of their in-laws, and sending him to death would mean a total schism between the two families and no future for the newlyweds. It is up to the two brothers to revenge the tragedy that has left them broken, or spare his life, forgive and mend what is left.