The morgue; where the living and the dead connect.
A predawn murder sets in motion a series of interlocking tragedies that eventually find their way to the city morgue?s brooding Dr. Arturo…
2009
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Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase ?love is dead,? director Ellie Kanner?s (crazylove, Face to Face) third feature is a superbly crafted dark romantic comedy that reveals the future of the dating scene is not in bars, clubs or via the Internet but at funerals.
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If she?s not careful, she could become Stupid Woman two million and one.On her 21st birthday, Melissa?s ready to party down with her true-love boyfriend, JT. But when she catches her beau in flagrante delicto, her plans come crashing down around her high heels in a heap. But lest the evening be a total loss, she decides to venture out into the endless L.A. night, determined to rid herself of bad hook-up karma forever by contacting all of her past boyfriends and wiping the slate clean.
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In a surreal, futuristic comedy that defies all expectations, a truffle hunter overcomes a bizarre diabolical plot.In a Montreal neighborhood, truffles have mysteriously appeared underground for years. Charles, a truffle hunter with an exceptional sense of smell, supplies the Snack Shop he runs with Alice with an abundance of truffles for their customers to revel in and devour. As Charles? olfactory skills become legendary, he entertains an offer from a rather strange fur company which leads him on a path that even his well trained nose can?t sniff out.
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?If you think you understand what?s going on ? you haven?t been paying attention!?For the last eighteen years, the Balkans have been a time of seemingly endless misery and tragedy; a land with all the beauty and potential of Eden, suffering war after war in which not even the participants really know who is who. It perfectly describes the lesson learned by the hapless theatre troupe from Belgrade who set off for what they think will be a cut and dried paid performance for ?the boys? near the front lines, but instead find themselves caught up in something much, much more dangerous.
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Winner - Un Certain Regard Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2008Every family has its secrets.
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa?s latest tale is an ironic, quietly offbeat take on a family in massive self-denial; a portrait of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family. All is normal and the same?or so it seems.
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Two couples, one Russian and one Kazakh, live side by side in relative harmony amidst a beautiful yet semi-desolate region of the Great Steppe. But when the fair-skinned Russians give birth to a boy of decidedly darker skin, fifteen years of suspicion and acrimony arises between them, which can only be resolved by an ironic twist of family and fate.
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A supernatural thriller sure to grip even the biggest disbeliever.Bryan (Tim Daly, Private Practice), an emphatic doubter of everything, finds his own rationality challenged by the events that beset him in an old family manor inherited from his death-stricken aunt. When rationalization fails to explain the perplexing incidents that lurk around every corner in his new home, where will he turn? Left unnervingly poised between arrested wits and command of his faculties, Bryan must turn to the unknown to decrypt these haunting disturbances.
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Always one to surprise and entertain, the Student Shorts program provides a window into the minds of young filmmakers. It features films from schools around the world looking at topics as diverse?and interrelated?as war (Thanksgiving, Operation Falcon), race (In Our Neighborhood, Interception), self-discovery (Red Wednesday, In Search for I, Traveling in Circles), strained family relationships (Ida y Vuelta, The Workout), and the struggle for redemption (Dockweiler). But it's not all grim: a sprinkle of humor (Laundry), a dose of inspiration (Mr.
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Ranging from the sweet slapstick of a hapless magician, to the quiet dignity of an elderly farmer or the ethereal beauty of a desert landscape, the following six thought-provoking films are about breaking through barriers and not giving in to age, lack of talent, or fear. The beauty of music will help overcome the grim pasts of two musicians who are able to converse through melodies between their apartment wall?while a decaying building is no match for the mental walls its inhabitants put up around themselves, cutting off all personal contact.Green Door - dir. Semi Chellas (Canada)
