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April, 1968-the latest batch of enlisted young men have just arrived at the Xuan Mai training camp to join the ongoing Vietnamese-American war. Five young men begin a journey both physical and psychological that will change their lives forever. Manh lied about his age to enlist in the army without realizing what he has gotten into. May is a more carefree type and dreams of marriage, kids, and living on a farm. Van is a romantic, recording the horrors of war through poetry and letters to his wife. Lam is a spy who proves that even the hardest of soldiers have their frailties.
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Inako is a young woman, leading a lonely life in a contemporary Japanese town, who finds work checking natural water sources for her uncle's company, the local government representative. She is often visited by her widowed mother, who frets over the upcoming ceremony to honor her father's death, and by her other insistent, matchmaking relatives. In the midst of this, Inako finds solace hiking through the countryside, creating her own experiments. That's where she meets Tamamiza, someone who shares her interests and who may provide an escape from her dreary isolation.
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Fragmented and distorted, Eduardo's daily reality is a mosaic of events that seem illogical. While riding the subway one Saturday afternoon, Eduardo begins to slip in and out of reality as he recalls the loss of his 10-year-old daughter. Pedestrians, waiters, and strangers become active participants in his dreams, which intertwine and are related to different periods of his life. Is this the portrait of a man on the brink of insanity, or are there darker forces at workÉand for that matter, what do those forces have to do with the loss of Eduardo's daughter?
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Berry, holed up in a snowy country home and surrounded by policemen, gets ready to blast his way out. Only five months earlier, he had been just another rich high school dropout roaming the mean streets of Amsterdam, getting his kicks from staging fake robberies, and hopping from nightclub to nightclub. That was before he met Thera, the impulsive, gorgeous model who turns his world upside down. Intoxicated with each other, the two live it up with wild, sex-filled nights in expensive hotels and make plans to travel the world.
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Ohara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have thought that after two major shoulder injuries, 32-year-old Ohara could become a national sensation? Fans of the Tigers haven't a clue, however, since their favorite pitcher is the man with the mask-Mr. Rookie, Ohara's alter ego, a secret that is kept from his fans, his family, and his employer.
Kazushige Nagashima, Mayu Tsuruta, Jun Kunimura, Mirai Yanamoto, Tamao Sato, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
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Love is perfect only in movies and books, and perfect love is something Iiris wants to discover. She is a 30-year-old bookstore assistant who just can't find her ideal man. All she is looking for is someone who is intelligent, handsome, kind, funny, and most importantly, loves movies. Just when she is about to give up her quest, she meets Marko, a promising young filmmaker, who can quote dialogue from Taxi Driver as well as she. Iiris believes she has found the kind of love that exists in her favorite films.
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Witty, stylish, weird, sexy, and disturbing, It All Happens Incredibly Fast blends comedy with psychological horror in an intense study of people drinking, talking, and coming face to face with their darkest demons. It is a strange, dark journey after hours; where the air is thick with cigarette smoke, the liquor flows free, and the lies are exposed as the walls close in. Just another friendly bar on a night that ends like so many, with a brawl. Seven regulars trapped one of them beaten half to death waiting for help to arrive. Amogst them, A STRANGER...he may or may not be what he seems.
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A joint product of Canada and Yugoslavia, with a screenplay by acclaimed novelist Svetislav Basara, Dragan Marinkovic's Boomerang manages to combine fast-paced action with literate dialogue, dark comedy with political allegory, and chaos with peace. For a group of likeable lowlifes in post-war Serbia, Boomerang isn't just the name of their favorite caf?; it's a way of life. A teenage girl falls in love with a mobster in a movie theatre. He wants to marry her, unaware that his partners are chasing her and their stolen drugs.
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A truly unique coming-of-age film, Young Love, is the heart-warming story of love, youthful dreams, and tolerance of those who may be different. Jukka is a precocious 13-year-old outcast, hiding behind his camera, as he painfully grows up in the suburbs. Spying on neighbors with a telephoto lens, he notices the beautiful Johanna admiring her naked body in a mirror. Astounded by his good fortune, Jukka takes pictures to capture the wondrous sight; however, the entrance of Johanna's abusive stepfather interrupts the fantasy.
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New York City is a symbol for many contrasting notions: from power, affluence, and togetherness to greed, crime, poverty, and loneliness. With the largest homeless population in the country, no trip is complete without seeing figures lying in doorways or mumbling to themselves. Regardless of the location, one statistic remains the same: the majority of homeless suffer from mental illness. Located in the Hell's Kitchen area of NYC, Fountain House is a mecca for people recovering from serious mental illness.