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1) Gladiator II
Language
English
Description
Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor needed to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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English
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As WWII ends, Col. Cantwell, a witty war hero, confronts terminal illness. Seeking solace in Venice, he commandeers a driver for a final trip. Amid unraveling plans, a chance encounter with a countess offers hope and redemption against the backdrop of war. Hemingway's themes of love, youth, and age resonate in ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES.
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English
Description
Faced with significant opposition to desegregation and the tragic assassination of Medgar Evers, Congress was urged to pass a comprehensive civil rights bill. Following President Kennedy's assassination in November, President Lyndon Johnson, with strong support from Roy Wilkins and Clarence Mitchell, vigorously advocated for the bill's passage, which was successfully achieved the following year. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans discrimination based...
Language
Portuguese
Description
While Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship, Eunice Paiva, a mother of five, is forced to reinvent herself and her family, resisting the oppression that hangs over the country. From the acclaimed director of Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries, Walter Salles and based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir, this story portrays an important part of Brazil's hidden history.
5) Qas
Language
Kazakh
Description
In the midst of the deadly famine of the early 1930s in the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), a lone gravedigger is given a dangerous mission: deliver a critical letter to a distant city in a desperate bid to save lives. Haunted by hunger and the weight of death, his journey becomes even more perilous when he encounters a mysterious stranger who offers to show him a path. But as the gravedigger ventures deeper into the unknown, he...
7) September 5
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English
Description
September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people...
9) Flesh+blood
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English
Description
A band of mercenaries led by Martin triumph in battle for their leader Arnolfini. When Martin is betrayed by the tyrant Arnolfini, he seeks revenge! Martin's mercenaries abduct Agnes, a convent girl and the bride-to-be of Arnolfini's son Steven. She in turn manipulates Martin to protect her from his men. But is she feigning devotion to survive or has she fallen in love?
11) The 13th warrior
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English
Description
After being warned by a fortune-teller that their fight against legendary creatures is doomed to failure unless they have a 13th warrior, a travelling ambassador (Banderas) is given no choice but to join a group of fierce fighters.
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English
Description
Yearning for his mother, a young boy named Mahito ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semiautobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.