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Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury
Certification18
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Certification18
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Erika Kohan teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory and though in her late thirties still lives with her monstrous and repressive mother, with whom she shares a tempestuous relationship. Erika has constructed an aloof and unapproachable aura which enables her to remain emotionally disconnected from those around her, but one of her students is about to introduce her to a world of passion and unleash an explosion of need and desire. 'The Piano Teacher' is an intense story of emotional and sexuall
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CertificationPG
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A wildly unusual and dark film. The main character presides over a bizarre domestic arrangement, with his wife, her lover, his daughter, and others, in attendance. The shock of an impending apocalypse, WW3, causes the man to offer himself as a sacrifice in return for the salvation of the world. A superbly directed masterpiece.
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Certification15
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Mitchell Stephens, the excellent Ian Holm, arrives as an ambulance chaser in a rural Canadian town in the wake of a tragic school bus accident in which most of the community's children have been killed. Through the judicious use of flashback we observe the origins of his do-good obsession, his tragic relationship with his daughter, and the effect of the accident on the community. Critically acclaimed, subtly structured, nominated for two Oscars and an extremely well made movie.
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Certification12
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The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. The Tree of Life is Malick's long cherished project, a film that centres on a family, yet also rea find out more...
Certification18
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Special Jury Prize winner Cannes 1989 and 5 French Cesars in 1990. A superb black comedy in which Depardieu, a well-off BMW sales rep, abandons his exquisitely beautiful wife for his frumpy middle-aged secretary, overturning every stereotype in this very stylish and typically French tale.
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Certification12
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Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life...
A metaphysical whimsical drama with more than a dash of Far Eastern 'othern find out more...
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Certification15
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Mahmut, a 40-year-old photographer living in Istanbul, is the local boy made good, but when his wife unexpectedly leaves him his life is thrown into crisis. Things are further complicated by the arrival of his eccentric cousin Yusuf, who has come to the city in search of work, and whose arrival throws into sharp relief the lonely and uneventful existence of Mahmut's life. It is from this that Nuri Bilge Ceylan weaves a masterful tale full of wit and pathos, disillusionment and hope.
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