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The Queen of Spades

In 1806 St Petersburg, Captain Suvorin of the Engineers (Walbrook) becomes resentful of his rich friend, Prince Andrei (Howard), and the circle of Guards officers who gamble their money at faro, a form of snap in which fortunes can be won or lost on the turn of a card.

Round Ireland With A Fridge

Based on Tony Hawks’ best-selling book of the same name, the main character of the film is Tony himself.

A Separation

Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, A Separation is a powerful Iranian drama about a middle-class couple who are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.

In the Mood for Love

Kar Wai Wong has strong, nostalgic recollections of his formative years in Hong Kong where, having been born in Shanghai, he grew up from the age of five.

Wadjda

Young Wadjda can’t have a bicycle – it would be seen as dangerous to her virtue.

Bonjour Tristesse

Riveting story, visually stunning – a film that defies categorisation. In a villa on the Riviera a woman comes between a decadent girl and her playboy widowed father – rivalries escalate.

The Past

A film about moral choice and responsibility. A man goes to Iran, abandoning his wife and children in Paris. She asks for a divorce.

Lift to the Scaffold

Distinguished French director Louis Malle (1932-95) made his debut feature film at the age of 24 with this taut thriller, having won the Palme d’Or in 1956 for the documentary The Silent World, co-directed with Jacques Cousteau.

Like Father Like Son

Ryota has worked hard for everything in his life and he thinks nothing can stop him from pursuing a perfect life.

Timbuktu

Mauretanian director Sissako, who spent part of his youth in Mali, was inspired to make this film when he read an article in Paris newspaper in 2012 about the public stoning of an unmarried couple in the town of Aguelhok (for reportedly having children outside wedlock).

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Classification: PG