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All Your Faces (French)
France's Restorative Justice program has offered victims and perpetrators of violent crime the opportunity to come together and engage in dialogue. Inspired by this, writer/director Jeanne Herry's poignant ensemble drama All Your Faces brings together a rich tapestry of characters perpetrators and victims alike to explore this process of forgiveness. Victims sit face-to-face with those who have been convicted of violent robberies, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse must confront the past to define the future on her terms. Unflinching in its honesty, this film doesn't shy away from the difficult emotional vulnerability of these encounters while leaving open the possibility of genuine healing.
Director: Jeanne Herry
Starring: Birane Ba, Leila Bekhti, Anne Benoît, Dali Benssalah, Elodie Bouchez, Suliane Brahim, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Adele Exarchopoulos
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Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (Mandarin)
As a professional billiards player, Yin Guo has become quite a notable athlete. After receiving an invitation to play in a tournament in Hel, Yin Guo eagerly accepts. Little does she know that what will follow will change her life forever. Before Yin Guo can even start training for the upcoming competition, an unexpected snowstorm leaves her stranded with Lin Yi Yang, and an instant connection is made. Helped along by her cousin, Yin Guo and Yi Yang continue to get to know each other better long after the storm subsides. But even as they draw closer, Yin Guo has no idea that Yi Yang has quite a bit of history in the world of professional billiards. A true genius in the sport, Yi Yang once basked in the spotlight of professional billiards fame, but that was a long time ago. Inspired by Yin Guo's love of the sport, Yi Yang decides the time is right to return to the world of professional billiards. Includes episodes 1-30.
Director: Yu Bo
Starring: Lei Wu, Jinmai Zhao, Jiaxuan Wang
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Darkside of the Moon (Mandarin)
Yue Moon-yuet, who is radiant in front of everybody, is burdened with a terrible past that she can't bear to look back on. Rewind eighteen years, and Moon-yuet is molested by third generation wealthy heir Cheung Kei-tsun. Her younger sister Hei-sun becomes handicapped as she is traumatized. And then their parents get involved and die. Their older sister Man-sing stays away from them. Fast-forward to the present, Moon-yuet becomes an upper class popular public relations crisis manager. She is plotting to seek revenge as she wants to bring Mr Cheung, his son, and their accomplices to justice. On the lonely road to revenge, Moon-yuet wins the Cheuk's daughter Wai-wan's trust and the support of Shing Fung, who is riding along with her. The truth from yesteryear is eventually clarified. Faced with the instigators' ruthless retaliation, Moon-yuet must expose the dark hypocrisy behind the glamour so that the crooks reap what they sow! Includes all 25 Episodes.
Director: Chung Shu Kai
Starring: Tavia Yeung, Vincent Wong, Rosina Lam, Edward Ma
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Godzilla Vs Biollante - Criterion Collection (Japanese)
Diving into delirious realms of imagination, this second film of the Godzilla franchise's 1980s resurgence showcased the towering beast for a new generation of fans. This time, Godzilla's foe is one of the series' most wondrously strange kaiju creations: Biollante a mutant plant genetically engineered from the cells of a rose, a renegade scientist's dead daughter, and Godzilla itself. With a wild plot encompassing spies, psychic children, and bonkers biotechnology and some of the coolest special effects in the history of Japanese cinema Godzilla vs. Biollante stands as a high point in the ever-evolving mythology of the King of the Monsters.
Director: Kazuki Omori
Starring: Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Megumi Odaka
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Handling The Undead (Norwegian)
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? Handling the Undead is a drama with elements of horror about three families, a story about grief and loss, but also about hope and understanding of what we can't comprehend or control.
Director: Thea Hvistendahl
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Bjorn Sundquist, Bente Borsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars
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Intercepted (Ukrainian)
After the February 2022 invasion, Ukrainian Security Services released intercepted phone calls from Russian soldiers to their families, sharing their innermost fears, contempt for Ukrainians, and hopes for a swift victory. Juxtaposing excerpts from these conversations with images of life in Ukraine, this film evokes a vivid, haunting tableaux of war, and the psychological disconnect between oppressors and the lives they've destroyed.
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Last Summer - Criterion Collection (French)
A remarkably inscrutable Léa Drucker plays Anne an attorney advocating for abused minors who enjoys an enviable lifestyle with her husband, Pierre, a milquetoast businessman and ineffectual father to Théo, his troubled teenage son from a previous marriage. Compelled by her stepson's Apollonian beauty, Anne embarks on an affair that threatens the stability of her household, along with her professional integrity, as she faces a choice between accountability and deception.
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Lea Drucker, Olivier Rabourdin, Samuel Kircher, Clotilde Courau
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Pyramid Game (Korean)
Once a month, students at Baekyeon Girls' High School cast their votes in a popularity poll. The result? A brutal ranking system that determines the entire social hierarchy of the school. Sung Su Ji has just transferred and scores a zero. After starting at the bottom and becoming a target of school violence, can Su Ji make her way to the top of the pyramid? Or will she topple the game altogether? Includes all 10 Episodes.
Director: Park So-yeon
Starring: Kim Ji-Yeon, Jang Da-ah, Ryu Da-in, Shin Seul-ki, Kang Na-eon
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Red Rooms (French)
Kelly-Anne wakes up every morning by the courthouse to secure a seat at the high-profile trial of Ludovic Chevalier, a serial killer she is obsessed with. As days go by, the young woman bonds with another friendly groupie, which momentarily breaks her out of her loneliness. But as the proceedings drag on and she spends more and more time in the courtroom with the victims' families, Kelly-Anne finds it increasingly difficult to maintain her psychological balance and assume her morbid fixation with the killer. She will then do whatever it takes to get her hands on the final piece of the puzzle: the missing video of a murdered 13-year-old girl, to whom Kelly-Anne bears a disturbing resemblance.
Director: Pascal Plante
Starring: Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin, Elisabeth Locas, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Guy Thauvette, Natalie Tannous, Pierre Chagnon, Charlotte Aubin, Myriam Baillargeon
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The Count Of Monte Cristo (French)
Edmond Dantes, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If off Marseille. After escaping, and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans revenge against those who wrongly accused him.
Director: Alexandre De La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Starring: Pierre Niney, Pierfrancesco Favino, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Mille, Julie De Bona, Julien de Saint Jean
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The Owners (Czech)
A timely metaphor for failing democracy, The Owners takes a seriocomic look at the most local form of self-governance: the co-op apartment building meeting. It includes a curious cast of characters, all of whom own apartments in the same building in Prague, as they attempt to tolerate each other's presence long enough to make some important decisions about the building's future. Mrs. Zahrádková wants to save the old crumbling house she shares with other owners of the flats located in it. She might find supporters for her plan in young newlyweds with their idealistic enthusiasm, who have just moved in and are astonished by the co-owners' inability to agree on anything. Mrs. Zahrádková wants to save the old crumbling house she shares with other owners of the flats located in it. She might find supporters for her plan in young newlyweds with their idealistic enthusiasm, who have just moved in and are astonished by the co-owners' inability to agree on anything. Mrs. Roubíčková vigilantly controls the proper course of the meeting, not allowing the slightest deviation from the rules; Mrs. Procházková and her proclaimed business partner Mr. Novak are looking for ways to increase the value of their property, including by subletting an apartment to African students; Mr. Nitranský tries to get hold of the attic to expand his flat; and frustrated Mr. Kubát sabotages any decision.
Director: Jiri Havelka
Starring: Tereza Ramba, Vojta Kotk, Dagmar Havlova, Jiri Labus
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The Uncanny Counter - Season 1 (Korean)
Noodle shop employees by day and demon hunters by night, the Counters use special abilities to chase down malevolent spirits that prey on humans.
Director: Yoo Seon Dong, Park Bong-seop
Starring: Jo Byeong-kyu, Yoo Jun-sang, Kim Se-jeong, Yeom Hye-ran
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The Wages Of Fear - Criterion Collection (French)
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France's legendary master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck, Véra Clouzot, Darío Moreno, Antonio Centa, Folco Lulli
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