2005
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Joel Rothman does not sleep. His wife has left him, and he can?t help himself from playing her farewell message on his answering machine over and over. His daughter is starting to demonstrate severe psychological distress due to the absence of her mother. Compounding his problems are his three new Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome patients?one who is suicidal, one who has profound anger management issues and another who is attaching emotionally to Joel in a manner which is not healthy.
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A new student at a strict all-girls Catholic high school, Annabelle quickly draws attention from her peers and teachers for numerous improprieties: a nose ring, Buddhist prayer beads, cigarettes and a penchant for bringing up sex in poetry class, where teacher Simone Bradley doesn?t know how to control her.
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What is the ?quality of life?? According to Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss, some people will define it through their daily work and life, while others find it by leaving it all behind and embarking on adventures of their own. Næss relates his own choices, along with his profound respect for nature and the world around him. He is, incidentally, 92 years old.
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Cinequest was created to celebrate maverick philosophy and attitude, and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, who died in 2002, was definitely a maverick of the first waters. Lomax was a song collector. For a big part of his life, he traveled around the world recording the prettiest folk songs and recording ordinary people, who gave their heart and soul in front of his microphone.
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The dead end lives of post high schoolers is captured with humor, poignancy and compassion in Tom Zuber?s unique tale of young adults trying to deal with a world that is not exactly welcoming them with open arms.
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Sören Senn?s KussKuss is a tragicomical story about love and guilt and other mistakes
The tender relationship between Katja and Hendrik could be so wonderful. At least they both attempt to perpetuate this blissful image of themselves, until a young Algerian woman enters the picture and holds up a mirror to the blunt truth.
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With ?a poetic, intense opening that recalls ... Tarkovsky,? it is the story of Kukumi, Mara and Hasan, three patients ?liberated? from a mental institution when the UN arrives, who wander the chaos of postwar Kosovo like lost children looking for a home. Arriving at the village of Hasan?s brother, they find a less than enthusiastic welcome but move into an abandoned building and set up housekeeping.
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Victoria, a small-town doctor, is called to the scene when a young refugee boy is found dead in a snow bank. Victoria is a successful doctor who has abandoned her hectic life in Stockholm for the solitude of the Norwegian countryside. But even as she treks through snow banks to make house calls, Victoria is haunted by images of her ailing son back home and phone calls to Stockholm that are never returned. Still, it is not until Victoria sets out to prove the innocence of her new lover, Kai, a snow plow driver accused of murder, that her own secrets begin to unravel.
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Young Aman has everything he could possibly want: good looks, a supportive family, a solid job. Yet his outlook on life is suddenly shaken when he stumbles upon beautiful Neha, who captures his heart at first sight. The two fall in love, and nothing seems able to come between them.
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A drama. A comedy. A romance with an edge.
The setting is modern day London.
In this impulsive, dialogue driven character piece, young struggling female musician Ashley Branstead, has an unpleasant encounter with a stranger one particular morning. This disturbing incident jump starts what turns out to be a very curious, humorous and random day with another stranger, twentysomething?seemingly genuine?but odd Michael.