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Machuca
(2004) [M]

In 1973, in Santiago of Chile of the first socialist president democratically elected in a Latin-American country, President Salvador Allende, the principal of the Saint Patrick School, Father McEnroe (Ernesto Malbran) makes a trial of integration between students of the upper and lower classes....  More

Eternity and a Day
(1998) [M]

Alexander, a great author beset with failing health and facing the prospect of his own death, despairingly prepares to leave forever his family home. However, following the discovery of an old letter from his late wife, evoking memories of happier times and a chance encounter with a young...  More

Winter Solstice
(2004) [M]

Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney come together in this moving and heartfelt film by first-time writer-director Josh Sternfeld. LaPaglia stars as a man trying to grapple with his wife’s sudden death while feeling helpless as his two sons struggle with their own grief and begin to drift away...  More

The Killing of Angel Street
(1981) [MA]

Inspired by the controversial events surrounding the death of Greens activist Juanita Neilsen and her fight to save homes from destruction by property developers in Sydney’s Kings Cross in the early 1970s.Jessica Simmonds (Liz Alexander) returns home from London and is shocked to find the...  More

Derailed
(2005) [MA]

Clive Owen plays advertising executive and family man Charles Schine who meets Jennifer Aniston's business woman, Lucinda, on the commuter train to work. Their early flirtations soon escalate into a magnetic attraction, despite both having families. Lunch dates quickly become cocktails after work...  More

Moolaade
(2004) [M]

This acclaimed film from the legendary director Ousmane Sembene, widely regarded as the father of African cinema, brilliantly tackles his most controversial subject to date – female circumcision. In a small village in Burkina Faso, four young girls have fled the ritual of "purification" and...  More

The Kieslowski Collection, Disc 3 : No End
(1985) [M]

It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and Antek continues to appear to her. She seeks to free herself in her work, in her relationship with her son, in...  More

The Kieslowski Collection, Disc 1 : The Scar (Blizna)
(1976) [PG]

1970. After discussions and dishonest negotiations, a decision is taken as to where a large new chemical factory is to be built and Bednarz, an honest Party man, is put in charge of the construction. He used to live in the small town where the factory is to be built, his wife used to be a Party...  More

The Kieslowski Collection, Disc 2 : Camera Buff (Amator)
(1979) [M]

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic...  More

The Kieslowski Collection, Disc 4 : Blind Chance (Przypadek)
(1987) [M]

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life. One: he catches the train, meets an honest Communist and himself becomes a Party activist. Two: while running for the train he bumps into a railway guard, is...  More