George is a Glaswegian bus-driver, free spirited and pissed off with his job, Carla is an emotionally scarred, impoverished refugee and 2/3rds of this film is an uplifting tale of their romance. The last 1/3rd, in Nicaragua, is where they find their destinies. This is also a savage indictment of US policy.
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THE EDUKATORS (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
Jule, Peter and Jan have hit upon a novel way of expressing their contempt for the insatiable, destructive greed of capitalism: they break into the houses of the rich and "re-decorate", leaving messages that make their threatening disgust all too clear. Their relatively harmless expression of liberal idealism takes a serious knock when one of their escapades goes badly wrong and Jule, Jan and Peter find not only their belief system tottering, but their hitherto unquestioned faith in each other.
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THE VISITOR (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Sixty-two year old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his wife and with it his passion for teaching and writing, he attempts to fill the void by failing miserably to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young immigrant couple has taken up residence in his apartment - victims of a rental scam. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him, a
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