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Victim
While a few recent films had touched on the issue obliquely or through a historical setting (e.
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The Conversation
The story of a surveillance expert facing a moral dilemma, The Conversation is considered the finest of the four great paranoia thrillers of the 1970s alongside All the President’s Men, The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor.
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Chevalier
In contrast with images now so often associated with Greece, Chevalier is a comedy set on a boat.
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive was nominated for Palme d’Or but won the Soundtrack Award.
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The New Man
In this creative documentary (funded by the Wellcome Trust) director Josh Appignanesi and his partner, academic and author Dr Devorah Baum, turn the camera on themselves.
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The Rocket
This Australian underdog drama about a young boy thought to bring bad luck to his family is set in the little-filmed country of Laos (one of the world’s few remaining communist states and one of the poorest countries in East Asia), and spoken in the Lao language.
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The Olive Tree
Alma is very close to her grandfather although he has retreated into dementia.
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Our Little Sister
Just as in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son (Palme d’Or in Cannes 2013), this is a family drama, but now with a focus on the relationships between sisters.
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Elle
Based on Betty Blue author Philippe Dijan’s novel Oh, this controversial revenge melodrama is the first film in 10 years from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Robocop).
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Gueros
This feisty Mexican comedy-drama, filmed in black and white on a micro-budget, is the debut feature from director Alonso Ruizpalacios.
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