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3) Betty
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Français
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A beautiful, drunken and promiscuous girl ends a disastrous evening at The Hole, a bar catering to the twisted and outcast. There she meets the recently widowed Laure, an elegant retiree who lives alone in a luxury hotel.
5) L'enfer
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Language
Français
Description
Paul and Nelly are a picture-perfect bride and groom who are madly in love and work hard to make their hotel a success. Paul thinks that Nelly is having an affair, and his jealousy grows to insane proportions.
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Thai
Description
Tells the heartbreaking story of Nak, a devoted and loving wife whose affection for her husband Mak is quite powerful. Separated by war, Mak finally returns home to find Nak has given birth to a son. The reunion seems idyllic until Mak gradually awakens to the horrifying truth that both his wife and child died long ago.
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Czech
Description
The last trick: two magicians compete attempt to out-do each other in an escalating competition ; Don Juan: chronicles the life of the title character ; The garden: a man visit's a friend in his garden and discovers some unusual practices ; Historia naturae: a study of various animal species ; Johann Sebastian Bach: an array of visual images accompany a pianist playing a piece by Bach ; The ossuary: a journey around the Sedlec Ossuary, a monument...
11) Melo
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English
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Melo tells the story of Marcel and Pierre, two friends who are also concert violinists. While Marcel has gone on to stardom, Pierre has settled into a family life with his wife Romaine. Pierre is unaware that Romaine is having an affair with Marcel.
13) Shisha no sho
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English
Description
Iratsume, a woman of noble descent becomes obsessed with Buddhism introduced to Japan from China. One night she sees a luminous vision that she believes to be the Buddha, compelling her to leave home and journey to a sacred temple. At the temple she meets the ghost of Prince Otsu and she begins a quest to save him.
14) Sway
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日本語
Description
Takeru is a successful photographer living the good life in Tokyo. On the first anniversary of his mother's death, he reluctantly sets off to visit his hometown. He runs into the girlfriend he had left behind. Events turn when a fatal accident involving her causes Takeru's brother, Minoru, to be arrested. At the trial, years of suppressed anger and betrayal come to surface.
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English
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This disc presents the dark, grotesque and mischievous work of animator Phil Mulloy from the years 1991-2001. These cartoon aren't for kids; they feature graphic images of sex and violence that are both perceptive comments on human nature and challenges to contemporary values. Included are Mulloy shockers such the Cowboys series, The history of the world series and Intolerance series, along with one-offs "The Chain" and "The Sexlife of a Chair."
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English
Description
"Epic in scope, this multi-generation, globe-trotting saga covers not only the entire gamut of wine making, but wine's place in a treacherously globalized and hyper-marketed world. From the billionaire power brokers of Napa Valley, to the aristocratic rivalries of competing Florentine dynasties, to the efforts of three generations of a Burgundian family fighting to preserve their few acres of land, Mondovino: the series brings to life the human drama...
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English
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A globe-trotting exposé of our modern agricultural system. From struggling fishermen and long-distance truckers, to agronomists and multi-national corporate executives. Presents a sobering portrait of the people who define the contemporary food industry, where the constant pursuit of profit takes precedence over the health of the workers, the hungry, and the environment. Reveals the distressing problems of the industrialized world food system and...
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Romanian
Description
Cristi is a young undercover cop who undergoes a crisis of conscience when he is pressured to arrest a teenager who offers hash to classmates. Not wanting to ruin the life of a young man he considers merely irresponsible, Cristi must either allow the arrest to weigh on his conscience or face censure by his serious superior, for whom the word 'conscience' has an entirely different meaning.
20) Promised lands
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English
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Famed writer and critic Susan Sontag's sole documentary project, shot in Israel on the fly in the final days and immediate aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Not only does the film scrutinize the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, it also brilliantly underscores the deepening divisions within the Jewish thought over the very question of Palestinian sovereignty. Banned by Israeli authorities upon its initial release, it's a visually visceral portrait...