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1) Wadjda
Publisher
Soda Pictures
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Arabic
Description
A rebellious Saudi Arabian girl hatches a plan to get her hands on the bicycle she craves in this coming-of-age story from first time director Haifaa Al-Mansour. Living within a conservative suburb of Riyadh, fun-loving eleven-year-old Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) has her heart set on a green bicycle so that she can beat the boys in their neighbourhood races. But when her mother (Reem Abdullah) forbids it, anticipating a reaction from a society that disapproves...
2) Lore
Publisher
Artificial Eye
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Deutsch
Description
Post-war drama directed by Cate Shortland. When her father, an officer in the SS, and her Nazi-supporting mother are taken into custody by allied troops at the end of the war, Lore (Saskia Rosendahl) and her siblings must travel across Germany to their grandmother's house in Hamburg. On their travels, the group encounter a number of fearful and suspicious people, but it is only when they meet a kind-hearted young Jewish man, Thomas (Kai-Peter Malina),...
Publisher
Modern Films
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Deutsch
Description
German drama written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film follows young painter Kurt Barnert (Tom Schilling) as he attends a Dresden art school and falls in love with fashion student Ellie Seeband (Paula Beer) during the 1950s. Frustrated and dissatisfied with the restrictions of life in East Germany, the couple flee to the West, but find that, even there, they remain haunted by their shared past of growing up under the Nazi...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Ritesh Batra directs this British drama adapted from the novel by Julian Barnes. The film follows the retired Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent) as he looks back over his failed relationship with Veronica Ford (Charlotte Rampling), his girlfriend while at university. After receiving news that Veronica's mother has left him a diary belonging to a friend who dated Veronica after his relationship with her ended acrimoniously, Tom sets out to retrieve the document....
5) Miss Sloane
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Ent
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
John Madden directs this thriller, telling the story of Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), a highly talented lobbyist determined to advance gun control measures in the United States. Sloane has a reputation as formidable, cunning and ultimately successful. But she has never faced opposition quite like this before, and this bout places her career in jeopardy. The cast also includes Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Waterston. The film was nominated...
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Vera Brittain's autobiography. In 1913, Brittain (Alicia Vikander) is set to take up a place reading English at Somerville College, Oxford, but with the outbreak of the Great War and the enlisting of her fiance (Kit Harrington) and brother Edward (Taron Egerton), she instead opts to sacrifice her studies and become a volunteer nurse, working at the Western Front. Here Brittain witnesses the harsh realities of war first hand, undergoing...
7) Morgan
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Ent
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Sci-fi thriller directed by Luke Scott and starring Anya Taylor-Joy in the role of Morgan, a synthetic being with superhuman strength and intelligence. Genetically engineered as an experiment in the next step in evolution, Morgan is kept in a secure facility with very little human contact except for the scientists who made her. After an incident with a temper tantrum, a specialist consultant (Kate Mara) is sent in to investigate Morgan's behaviour,...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Historical drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. Mary Stuart (Ronan) returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her throne at a time when England is ruled by her cousin Elizabeth I (Robbie). Despite both announcing their desire for peace Elizabeth feels threatened by Mary's legitimate claim to the English throne and when she produces an heir Elizabeth regards this as a direct threat to her sovereignty. This provocation leads Scotland and...