What you see through the viewfinder may be actually finding you.
No longer engaged to his girlfriend, Marcin moves into a run-down flat in a seedy apartment building. Soon after settling in, the…
2008
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What you see through the viewfinder may be actually finding you.No longer engaged to his girlfriend, Marcin moves into a run-down flat in a seedy apartment building. Soon after settling in, the young photographer is commissioned by the building?s owner to document the woeful state of the property. What seems at first to be a straightforward task of recording the disrepair of the structure soon becomes an increasingly seductive process of discovery, where he finds himself drawn into a world inhabited by a host of characters, both fascinating and dangerous.
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Infidelity plays out like the acts of an opera.Winner of the The International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI Prize), Opera is a subtle cinematic journey. Some say infidelity is human nature. Sometimes it?s portrayed negatively, sometimes, glamorously, but not often how it truly is. A young Mexican girl finds herself drawn to the lure of a much older man. His image as a sophisticated novelist attracts her, and soon she finds herself on the road with him, far away from home, as he completes his tourist guide...
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Tonotiuh lives an erotic, neurotic, episodic and downright confusing life.It all revolves around sexy women named Maria. Since his first Maria relationship ended tragically, Tonotiuh finds himself inexplicably drawn to women with that moniker?even before he knows their names! The problem is that he can?t figure out which parts of his life are real and which are fantasies. And while his therapist (yep, Maria) does her best to guide our protagonist to the solution, we?re not even sure when, and if, she?s real.
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Getting lost is the only way to find yourself.Winner of Cannes' Grand Prix Award, Naomi Kawase's gorgeously shot The Mourning Forest tells the story of an elderly man seeking closure with the guidance of a mighty forest. From the comfortable confines of a quiet retirement home, Shigeki caresses the memories of his deceased wife, Mako. Machiko, a young nurse with a strikingly similar name, begins to bond with Shigeki while grieving over the recent loss of her son...
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A story that starts where other romantic comedies end...Ida is the ideal woman. She?s still as hot as she was when she was twenty. She is an ambitious architect and loving mum, and she takes a great deal of responsibility at both home and work. It is far from easy to find time for everything when she gets promoted.
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One woman?s life changes tempo as she gyrates along the streets of Prague in search of fulfillment.?Proudly humanistic at a time when such fare plays against the prevailing grain of cynical hipness, Alice Nellis' distinctive third feature, strikes a pitch-perfect note of benevolent mischief as it tracks the mellow mid-life crisis of a bemused Prague housewife in an evolving city.? ? Variety
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They?re the most loving, harmless elderly robbers you will ever meet.A comedy with genuine charm, Konyec follows the exploits of Emil and Hedi, a couple in their seventies who just aren?t going to take it anymore. When faced with the inability to afford food or the everyday necessities, they choose a more rewarding life through bank heists.
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Iska longs for a place free of the poverty and pain she has known her entire life.Winner of the Grand Prize at Hungarian Film Week, Iska?s Journey, a provocative drama, follows the memorable adventures of Iska. Though only 12, she decides she cannot live any longer in her family?s cruel and abusive environment and bravely sets off on an intense and dangerous journey toward freedom and the light of a new beginning...
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Cezanne said all art are in the details. When it comes to dealing with a powerful and crafty art thief, a young idealist better have all the details right.One night, with his girlfriend?s video camera, Francis records the theft of a highly valued Italian painting from the church where his father is the organist. Afterward Francis contacts the thief, a well-respected art dealer named Benedict, and declares he?s not after any cash payoff; he only wants the painting returned to its rightful place in the church. Otherwise, he?ll go to the authorities with the evidence.
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When a life-long friendship is strong and true, not even death can intervene.Longtime workmates and pals Zhao and Liu Quanyou are enjoying a drink together, engaged in their usual banter, when Liu falls strangely silent. Zhao tries to re-energize the conversation before suddenly realizing that his friend has died. Although there was no time for Liu?s last wishers, Zhao knows there is only one honorable thing to do and that is to take his friend home.