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7 Days in Havana captures all the vibrancy of the eclectic and unique Cuban capital city. Set over seven days and featuring films from seven renowned directors, this film will transport you to the bars, harbours and beaches of Havana, offering a tantalising behind-the-scenes insight into Cuban life.

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In Elia Suleiman's first film for a decade, his alter-ego ES escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him.

The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York, something always reminds him of home. A comic saga exploring identity, nationality and belonging, in which Suleiman asks the fundamental question: where is the place we can truly call home?

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Martin Eden (Luca Marinelli), Neapolitan and working class, has his fate is changed forever when he defends a young boy from a beating.

The boy repays him for his kindness by inviting him into his bourgeois home, and it is there that Eden meets Elena (Jessica Cressy), the daughter of an upper-crust industrial family. He resolves to become an accomplished writer to elevate himself to the family's social standing and eventually marry her. He proves himself quickly as an autodidact, but grapples with social politics and ultimately with how to deal with success.

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By a little bay near Marseilles lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man.

His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela (Ariane Ascaride), an actress living in Paris, Joseph (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand (Gérard Meylan), the only one who stayed behind in the bay to run the family's small restaurant. It's time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father's ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.

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Dr. Merek Vance runs a clinic for the underprivileged in Pittsburgh. On a visit to Blairtown, where he grew up, he finds himself sharing a taxi with wealthy Emily Blair, a snobbish rich girl he never liked when they were children. But, she has since contracted meningitis and is deaf.

Merek agrees to examine Emily, and embarks on a long course of treatment with little success. When Emily learns that Merek is developing a new serum, she insists on becoming his guinea pig. Reluctantly he agrees...

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When discharged navy officer Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) comes home from war to his old stomping ground in the Hollywood Hills, he is shocked to discover his wife Helen (Doris Dowling) having an affair with the proprietor of the glamorous Blue Dahlia nightclub.

But when Helen is murdered and Johnny is fingered as the prime suspect, he is forced to prove his innocence, aided by a woman harbouring a dark secret, the beautiful and enigmatic Joyce (Veronica Lake).

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Detective Andreas' (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) perfect life is thrown into chaos when he is called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple only to find their infant son neglected and crying in a closet.

With red tape stopping him from intervening, Andreas is shaken to the core and finds himself powerless in protecting the child from his violent father. Slowly losing his grip on right and wrong he decides to take justice into his own hands with devastating consequences.

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When mother of two, Myriam (Leïla Bekhti), decides to go back to work despite her husband's initial reluctancy, the couple start to look for a nanny.

After a selective process, they finally find the perfect candidate, Louise (Karin Viard), a poised 40-year old woman who is an instant hit with the family. But as Louise makes herself indispensable, she starts revealing her true self and her behaviour becomes more and more unsettling.

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Memories of a childhood shaped by the sectarianism come to the fore as Maeve (Mary Jackson) returns to a Belfast still steeped in the politics of the Troubles.

Presenting a feminist alternative to the conventional narrative of the conflict, filmmakers Pat Murphy and John Davies broke new ground with their experimental approach, which challenges many of the formal qualities of mainstream cinema. 'Maeve' is a powerful take on the issues of feminism and nationalism, a film rich in debate and disruption and an overlooked gem of 1980's independent film that's ripe for rediscovery.

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Acclaimed filmmaker Feng Xiaogang and superstar Fan Bingbing (X-Men: Days of Future Past) team up for this intriguing tale of a wronged womans fight for justice and revenge.

When Li Xuelian (Bingbing) and her husband stage a fake divorce to secure a second apartment reserved for single citizens, everything seems to go to plan. However, when he then remarries, only to a different woman, Li is determined to seek retribution against both him and the bureaucracy that casts her out of society. Based on Liu Zheyuns subversive novel, this is a darkly comedic social satire that transcends all cultures in a uniquely stylish fashion.

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The 1970's were a time of intense uncertainty and instability in Italy.

Political corruption and widespread acts of left and right-wing terrorism, alongside a breakdown in social cohesion and a loss of trust in public institutions such as the government and police, created a febrile atmosphere of cynicism, paranoia and unexploded rage. Throughout this period, these sentiments found expression in a series of brutal, often morally ambiguous crime thrillers which tapped into the atmosphere of violence and instability that defined the so-called Years of Lead.

Savage Three (1975)
The Savage Three are three young men, fresh into the world, who work together at a computer analysis company. All three appear to be calm, level-headed, well-educated young men with the world at their fingertips. They are best friends, working togther by day and playfully carousing at night. Dominated by the Ovidio, played by the handsome Joe Dallesandro, the three young men soon evolve from well-mannered professionals to violent criminals.
Like Rabid Dogs (1976)
Tony (Cesare Barro) is the young member of an upper class Roman family; he lives a hectic double life, and under the guise of good student, he likes to persecute and kill prostitutes in the company of a couple of friends.

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From circus to theatre, from anonymity to fame, "Chocolat" is the incredible true story of how Rafael Padilla Chocolat (Omar Sy), escaped slavery to become the first black stage performer in France.

Performing a lead role in a circus pantomime act in Paris, Chocolat shot to stardom with his partner, Charles Footit (James Thierree), as the pair's unprecedented double act sent shock waves through conservative Parisian society. However, as their fame grew so did the gambling and discrimination, taking a toll on the duo's friendship and their lives.

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While his mother is in rehab and his father is on a 'business trip' with his assistant, 14-year-old outsider Maik (Tristan Göbel) is spending the summer holidays bored and alone at his parents' villa, when rebellious teenager Tschick (Anand Batbileg) appears.

Tschick, a Russian immigrant and an outcast, steals a car and decides to set off on a journey away from Berlin with Maik tagging along for the ride. So begins a wild adventure where the two experience the trip of a lifetime and share a summer that they will never forget.

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After the death of her mother, sensitive teenager Manuela (Hertha Thiele) is sent off to a strict Prussian boarding school and encounters sympathetic teacher Fraulein von Bernburg (Dorothea Wieck).

But when Manuela's fondness for her teacher turns into a romantic attachment, it becomes a school-wide scandal. Based on a play by Christa Winsloe and directed by Leontine Sagan, 'Madchen in Uniform' is an undisputed landmark of queer cinema and a key film of the Weimar era that also carries a potent anti-fascist message.

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Angela Schanelec's beautifully elusive and allusive films are enigmatic explorations of everyday human dilemmas. Winner of the 'Best Director' prize at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival, 'I Was at Home, But...' is a tender, profoundly moving portrait of a family living with love and loss.

Exquisitely subtle and deeply affecting, the film avoids easy exposition, trusting the audience to find connections in its elliptical narrative. Schanelec's elegantly radical films have a potent and mysterious power, achieving a masterful balance of quiet poetry, wry humour and raw emotion.