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The Innocent
Fun French screwball caper. Writer-director Louis Garrel also stars as young Lyons widower Abel, who becomes suspicious of his mother’s new husband, ex-con Michel.
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The Holdovers
The star (Paul Giamatti) and director (Alexander Payne) of Sideways reunite, in this funny and bittersweet comedy-drama about staff and pupils of a New England boarding school ‘held over’ to reluctantly spend the holidays together.
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Thelma
In her first starring role at the age of 94, June Squibb plays a doting grandmother who is scammed out of $10,000. With the police offering no help, she decides to track down the scammers and recover her money.
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Rye Lane
Two twenty-somethings connect over the course of an eventful day in South London. Raine Allen-Miller’s refreshing take on the meet-cute rom com received 2 BAFTA nominations.
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Rose
Two Danish sisters take a coach trip to Paris – one of whom, Rose (Scandi icon Sofie Grabol), has schizophrenia. This compassionate and often very funny comedy-drama, based on the experiences of writer-director Niels Arden Oplev’s sister, was a big hit at the Danish box office.
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A Real Pain
In honour of their late grandmother, two mismatched cousins embark on a tour of Poland in this funny, intelligent road trip comedy. Writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg won the Best Original Screenplay BAFTA; while a scene-stealing Kieran Culkin swept the awards season board, winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Marching Band
An internationally renowned orchestra conductor discovers he has unexpected ties in a French mining community and its marching band. Emmanuel Courcol’s engaging, entertaining underdog drama was a big box office hit in France, where it was released as En Fanfare, and received seven Cesar nominations.
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
The buried secrets of a middle-class Zambian family are brought to light at the funeral of a family member. This powerful yet surreal drama won Welsh-Zambian writer-director Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) a Cannes Un Certain Regard directing award and has cemented her reputation as a rising star in cinema.
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The Man Without a Past
A man travelling to Helsinki is assaulted, taken to hospital and pronounced dead. This marks the start of a tale with biblical echoes – of Lazarus, Job and the Good Samaritan – but which is shot through with Kaurismaki’s wry humour and eye for the everyday absurd. Winner of 4 prizes at Cannes, including the…
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Holy Cow
After the tragic death of his father, 18 year old Totone, played by Clément Faveau, has to care for himself and his 7-year-old sister, and channels his energy into producing an award-winning Comté cheese to claim a competition prize and some much-needed money. Described as a “verité” look at the hardscrabble life of French agriculture,…
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