1997
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What's troubling Sonia? She collects rocks and places them mysteriously around her bedroom door. Normally a bright pupil, she's distracted in class, clumsy at ballet lessons, and withdrawn at home. The answer may lie in her recurring nightmares. But with her father's attention focused on her mother's diminishing health, Sonia has no one to whom she can turn for help. Then she meets the older girl next door, Melanie, who listens to loud music late at night and is trying to get her motorcycle running so that she can catch up with her father, a rock singer who's always on the road.
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Childhood ended for Francis when her parents died. Since then, she has cooked, cleaned and cared for her brothers. But this stagnant life is no longer an option for her, as Francis desires something much more; a life of her own. Dwight, a mysterious new stranger, becomes a catalyst for Francis to reach for that dream. Hank, Francis' oldest brother, does not approve of Dwight. In fact, Hank seems to have a very strong animosity for Dwight. This proves difficult for Francis, as she has had little time for romance and her search for love and understanding seems to have found its reward.
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Let me give you the recipe for one very strange -- and potentially volatile -- cocktail. Take a group of black high school students from Brooklyn's notorious Bed-Stuy section. Drop them on an Israeli kibbutz for ten weeks. Mix vigorously. Serve. It's easy to wonder: why Israel and not, say, Africa? The answer seems fairly simple to the person behind this rather novel idea -- the students' teacher, Stewart Bialer, himself a Jew. Why not? Things get off to a rocky start. Misconceptions abound on all sides. The Bed-Stuy kids expect the kibbutz to be made up of mud huts with straw floors.
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Let's be honest. Divorce is never easy. It's usually riddled with misfortunes, pain and violence. Ildiko Szabo's film Bitches follows the married life of three women, their marriages in somewhat of a state of disarray. The first has already left her husband. Upon his pleading, she returns only to have him hang himself in front of her. The second woman is about to leave her husband. In anger, he rapes her in front of the children. The third woman is about to find out about her husband's violent nature and his lack of discretion in front of the kids, as he pushes them through a glass door.
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Fans of horror films will love The Bitch is Back, Tjebbo Penning's satirical homage to the genre. Using all the clich?s and style elements we have come to expect of these films, the filmmaker pokes reverent fun at films of the genre. --Matthew Aquino
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Ted Crittenden's kinetic Banzai Boys is a high-energy action film which uses a variety of innovative filmmaking techniques including live action, miniatures, and photo animation. --Matthew Aquino
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Jonathan O'Beirne's hilarious faux documentary Bananas in Bedlam follows once-famous children's book characters whose careers have fallen by the wayside. --Matthew Aquino
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Everyone has a dream. Baba's is to become the "king" of football in France. He is not, however, the only one in his village who wishes this. His family, his friends and pretty much the entire town has their eye on Baba's success. Baba looks to possibly be the one of the finest football players in the world, and it is no surprise that he is noticed by a scout who offers him the chance to come and show what he has. It is Baba's responsibility, however, to pay his way, and hasn't even a third of the money required.
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It's Sugar Week in small-town Worondilla, and visiting all-woman band "Total Fire" is in trouble. Lead singer Angie's boyfriend, the band's roadie, has been fooling around with guitarist Jo. He's given the boot and takes Jo with him, leaving the band in desperate need of a new player. Meanwhile, Mick has an "image problem"--people think he's gay. But his dad, the local barber/Elvis wanna-be, is going to help him with that. Then Mick's mom leaves because her husband used her heirloom piano to pay a debt. Mick's solution? If this is Australia, it must be cross-dressing!
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Rife with the trials, tribulations, and confusion of modern life, Adam and Eve focuses in on a host of broadcasting professionals in Lisbon, exposing the very real foibles that exist behind the cheerful facade of their on-air personalities. Catarina (Maria De Medeiros) is a successful broadcast journalist who--though involved with another woman--schemes to have a baby, fathered by a world-renowned physician, whom she seduces while on assignment in Madrid.