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From Director Amma Asante, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike and set against the breath-taking backdrops of the African savannah and period London, 'A United Kingdom' tells the inspiring real-life romance of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. 'A United Kingdom' celebrates one of the greatest love stories ever told. - Director:
- Amma Asante
- Cast:
- David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport
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Winner of 6 Academy Awards including Best Director for writer/director Damien Chazelle, and winner of a record-breaking 7 Golden Globe Awards, "La La Land" is more than the most acclaimed movie of the year - it's a cinematic treasure for the ages that you'll fall in love with again and again. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star as Mia and Sebastian, an actress and a jazz musician pursuing their Hollywood dreams - and finding each other - in a vibrant celebration of hope, dreams and love. - Director:
- Damien Chazelle
- Cast:
- Ian Wolfe, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone
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The Wait (2015)L'Attesa
In the vast rooms of a beautiful Sicilian villa, Anna (Juliette Binoche) receives an unexpected guest. Twenty-something Jeanne (Lou de Laage) has arrived from France, declaring herself to be the girlfriend of Anna's son, Giuseppe (Giovanni Anzaldo), who has invited her to the house to spend Easter together. But this is news to Anna, and Giuseppe is not yet there. Despite the disruption to her routine, Anna invites her young guest to stay, and as the two women await Giuseppe's arrival, they slowly begin to form a connection. Jeanne, dislocated and a little mystified at first, gradually gives in to the charms of the volcanic island. She swims in the nearby lake and makes new friends, while Anna - watched over by a long-time family friend - comes out of her shell. Yet still, her son's absence remains unexplained...Spectacularly shot, measured and contemplative, "The Wait" navigates a complex range of emotions in the telling of this stirring encounter between two women from different generations. - Director:
- Piero Messina
- Cast:
- Juliette Binoche, Giorgio Colangeli, Lou de Laâge
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Two Days, One Night (2014)Deux jours, une nuit
In what is already being heralded as one of her greatest performances, Marion Cotillard plays Sandra, whose employment is threatened when, behind her back, upper management offer the workforce a significant bonus if they vote for Sandra to lose her job. With only a single weekend to spare she must confront each of her co-workers and persuade them to change their decision so she can maintain her livelihood. Join Sandra on her precarious, humbling and inspirational journey... - Director:
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Cast:
- Marion Cotillard, Corentin Lahaye, Alix Toussant
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The Fireman's Ball (1967)Horí, má panenko
In their small-town meeting hall, a maladroit committee of volunteer fire-fighters holds a ball to celebrate the retirement of one of their own, but thanks to poor planning and lack of leadership, the evening quickly devolves into a catastrophe. Nobody can prevent the lottery prizes from being stolen out from under the very noses of those guarding them. A beauty contest turns into an embarrassing farce, and the brigade can't even respond properly to a real fire next door. The Firemen's Ball was Czechoslovakian director Milos Forman's final film in his home country; he was scouting locations in Paris when the Russians moved their tanks into Prague in 1968 causing Forman to decide to remain an expatriate. - Director:
- Milos Forman
- Cast:
- Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha
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Dheepan (2015)Erran
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger, forced to flee to France to escape civil war by posing as a family with a woman and young girl he has never previously met. Finding work as a caretaker of a housing block in the Parisian suburbs, Dheepan works to build a new life and home for his 'wife' and 'daughter', but the daily violence he confronts quickly reopens the violence from his past, and he is left fighting for their livelihood, and eventually their lives. From acclaimed director Jacques Audiard, and winner of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or, 'Dheepan' is a powerful tale of family, love, social integration, and the overwhelming effects of warfare. - Director:
- Jacques Audiard
- Cast:
- Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby
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Untouchable (2011)Intouchables
An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility. Based on a true story of friendship between handicapped millionaire (Francois Cluzet) and his street smart ex-con caretaker (Omar Sy), "Untouchable" depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humour between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common. - Director:
- Olivier Nakache
- Cast:
- François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny
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Heading South (2005)Vers Le Sud
On the sun-drenched island of Haiti at the end of the 1970s, tourists idle away their vacations in the palm-fringed paradise of the beach hotels. Brenda, Ellen and Sue, three North American women, converge on the island looking for flirtation, relaxation and respite from their mundane jobs and marriages. They find exactly what they are looking for in Legba, an enigmatic local Adonis-like boy, whose beauty and passion captivates them all and who leads them away from the gilded cage of tourism and opens their eyes to the poverty and dangers of living in Haiti in the midst of the "Baby Doc" Duvalier dictatorial regime. - Director:
- Laurent Cantet
- Cast:
- Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal
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Time to Leave (Le Temps Qui Reste) (2005)Le temps qui reste
Acclaimed filmmaker Francois Ozon's most intimate and lyrical work, 'Time to Leave¿ features a moving performance from Melvil Poupaud as a 30 year-old man facing up to the reality of his own mortality. With his perfect life thrown into chaos by the shock diagnosis of a serious illness, fashion photographer Romain finds himself unable to share the news with his boyfriend or family, confiding instead only in his grandmother (affectingly played by screen legend Jeanne Moreau). But anger and denial give way to an acceptance of sorts when a chance encounter with a waitress (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) offers Romain a glimmer of hope and the unexpected chance to leave something of himself behind. - Director:
- François Ozon
- Cast:
- Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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Love and Friendship (2016)Lady Susan
Beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) arrives at the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colourful rumours of her dalliances which are circulating through polite society. While ensconced there, she attracts the simultaneous attentions of the young, handsome Reginald DeCourcy, the rich and naive Sir James Martin and the divinely attractive, but married, Lord Manwaring. However, cunningly engineering such matters for her own benefit is something Lady Susan is quite used to. Based on the Jane Austen novella 'Lady Susan' and set in the high society of the 1790s, acclaimed writer-director Whit Stillman's 'Love and Friendship' is an exquisitely witty and devious comedy of Machiavellian matchmaking and heartbreaking, with a note-perfect ensemble cast including Chloe Sevigny and Stephen Fry. - Director:
- Whit Stillman
- Cast:
- Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
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Two lowly office workers are caught up in a deadly criminal conspiracy after discovering a ringing phone at the scene of a horrific car crash. Answering this phone turns their world upside down, as they realise it is up to them to step up and save the day. They are in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong skills. They are 'The Wrong Mans'.
Episodes Comprise:
1. The Wrong Mans
2. Bad Mans
3. Dead Mans
4. Inside Mans
5. Wanted Mans
6. Running Mans- Director:
- Jim Field Smith
- Cast:
- Benedict Wong, Mathew Baynton, James Corden
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Summer in the GDR, 1980. Barbara, a young doctor, is exiled to a provincial hospital, seemingly punished for attempting to leave East Germany. Confined to a claustrophobic small town and under a constant veil of suspicion, she befriends no one, waiting patiently for the opportunity to resume her mission. When her new boss appears to confide in Barbara, she is thrown. Hers is a life in which the fear of surveillance is embedded in all personal relationships, and she doesn't know who to trust. Why has he covered for her and one of her patients? Torn between her instinct and her duty, the characteristically hyper-controlled Barbara begins to lose her grip on herself, her obligations and her heart. - Director:
- Christian Petzold
- Cast:
- Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock
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Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) is infatuated by the seemingly perfect couple she sees from her daily commuter train that runs past their house. One day she sees something shocking and in that moment, everything changes. Driven by intrigue and obsession, Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar, but to what lengths will she go to uncover the truth? - Director:
- Tate Taylor
- Cast:
- Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson
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Anna arrives in Jersey, determined to escape her personal troubles, and meets Hugh. Hugh has a tremendous affinity with the sea and as he shows Anna round the island they begin to fall in love. Hugh persuades Anna not to return to her husband and they go to the old house that Hugh shares with his brother, George. George resents the intrusion of a woman and the brothers fall out when he discovers them in bed. They flee to a remote part of Scotland and life is bliss until one day Hugh is found dead on the beach. Anna however believes that their love can overcome death. One morning, Anna is proved right... - Director:
- Fred Burnley
- Cast:
- Susan Hampshire, Frank Finlay, Michael Petrovitch
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In the 1975 film The Naked Civil Servant, John Hurt played Quentin Crisp to great critical acclaim winning a BAFTA for his performance and turning Crisp into an icon. An Englishman in New York sees the legendary John Hurt return as Crisp and follows his emigration to the US and the last 20 years of his fascinating life. - Director:
- Richard Laxton
- Cast:
- John Hurt, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker
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