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It is the deep, dark bowels of the Earth. It is the ever dangerous; the claustrophobic. It is the world of the South African gold mine, a world not for the weak of heart. Vuyo, an idealistic but inexperienced student, searches for answers about his long-lost father amidst the economic chaos and political infighting of the failing mine company where his father was crushed to death by a rock fall.
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Amidst the bustle of city life in South Korea, a man (played by the popular Hyung-Sung Jang) wills his life away at the video store he runs. Having given up on his family life and law career, he is now comfortable with his solitude, happy to exchange the occasional word with a curious customer. The monotony of his life is broken one day by the sudden appearance of a love letter from a secret admirer.
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Roman has a passionless life. A good son, whose best friend is his elderly mother, Roman is always left out of the camaraderie with his boisterous colleagues at work. But when he is invited to attend the "women's carnival" masquerade party, his life changes forever. After meeting the mysterious Stella and discovering love for the first time, Roman witnesses the beating of a young man in a Zorro costume. When his offer to help is turned down, he returns to Stella, only to find that she has disappeared.
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As gritty and uncondescending as the movies of Ken Loach (My Name Is Joe, Sweet Sixteen), Eila displays enormous power in a woman's battle for justice and dignity. Based on true events, it is a bracing tribute to the strength of humanity in even the bleakest of situations. For Eila, life boils down to cleaning the floors of a government building and making sure her delinquent son keeps out of trouble. Things change when, unjustly laid off from her job, she finds the strength to join her colleagues in striking for better working conditions and bringing action against the State.
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"I believe that drinking music is the best thing in life. Music is magic and it is a privilege to live with it." - Montserrat Caball?. If you love opera, or even have only an interest in music, immerse yourself in this sensational musical highlighting the career of one of the greatest divas of all time, Montserrat Caball?. Featuring renowned performances in the world's most illustrious Opera Houses and wonderfully inspired words from peers and the legend herself - who brings her warmth to the screen as our host - director Antonio A Farr?'s Caball?
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Two brothers born from the same parents. Oddly, Doug is white and Donnie, black. Yet, it is more than just the color of their skin that makes the two men drastically different. They do share one thing, however - a common goal: money! So, when their mother, whom they have never met, dies, and they are brought together to claim the trailer park she left her two sons, they find themselves challenged to their limits emotionally and physically.
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Made up of five loosely connected sketches tied together by a Budapest bus route, A Bus Came... is the collective work of five directors, ten writers, five cinematographers, four editors, four composers and a multitude of actors.
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Silicon Valley, 1999. As the millennium nears its end, a new fever sweeps through the country, preying on the universal desire of being your own boss. Start-up businesses pop up everywhere as a generation looks to the Internet as the pathway towards their dreams. Trey Segal, a programmer who inhabits a surreal world of psychotic branding, marketing droids, and his own Internet sex addiction, is one such dreamerÉor at least he was. Tired of hopping from one small-time job to the next, Trey resolves to start his own web company.
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Science fiction fans will find a unique treat in Gary Boulton-Brown's directorial debut, Trinity, a one-of-a-kind genre bender that throws a triumvirate of desperate individuals into a pressure cooker situation in a snowbound "Gene Camp" hidden deep in a frozen wasteland. Set in an unspecified future, the film follows Schiller and Brach, two military officers sent to an isolated arctic station to investigate a distress signal. The sender turns out to be Dr. Clerval, a scientist whose crimes against humanity have made him the number one target for bounty hunters.
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Both a striking and poetically honest debut from brothers Kelly and Tyler Requa, The Flats is a deeply compelling story of two best friends, their longings and aspirations, and the test of faith each must face. Harper is the life of every party. An empty childhood and a dismal future have left him with little to look forward to other than his nightly drunken obliteration. When one night the party goes too far, and Harper is sentenced to six months at a work farm, he decides to live it up for the eight days of freedom that he has left. Harper's best friend, Luke, is the voice of reason.