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overview : Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

overview : A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered …

overview : Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition …

overview : The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city …

overview : Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen …

overview : Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though …

overview : The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where …

overview : Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own …

overview : In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the …

overview : As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage …

overview : Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city …

overview : An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

overview : In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn …

overview : A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled …

overview : A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law …

overview : Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living …

overview : When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself …

overview : A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive …