Nights with Théodore / Je suis une ville endormie (2012)
Drama | Romance
A romantic connection blossoms between two young Parisians during a succession of dreamlike nocturnal visits to a singular, beguiling park. Anna meets Theodore at a party, and together they impulsively climb the fence and enter the a nearby city park, an unusual and striking hillside public garden in northeastern Paris. The two part at dawn, but find themselves drawn back the following night, and, falling in love under the park's spell, embark on nightly explorations of its topographic mysteries, gradually discovering that, despite feeling entirely alone in the world, they may not be the only ones drawn to this magical place.
Starring: Pio Marmaï, Agathe Bonitzer, Sarah Lepicard
Director: Sébastien Betbeder
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Southern Baptist Sissies (2013)
Drama
Southern Baptist Sissies is a film of the theatrical experience of writer/director Del Shores' GLAAD Award-winning play about four gay boys growing up in the Southern Baptist church. It explores the conflict between the caustic rhetoric of dogmatic religion and the fragile development of adolescent homosexuality while challenging hypocrisy, exposing damage and offering hope. The intimate experience of theater on the film screen reveals the complicated emotions from all sides–the confused child, the struggling adolescent and the angry and damaged adult.
Starring: Leslie Jordan, Dale Dickey, Willam Belli, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Ann Walker
Director: Del Shores
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Common People (2013)
Comedy | Drama
COMMON PEOPLE weaves together six stories and over thirty characters to present a dramatic, humorous and sometimes magical tale of romance, crisis and adventure on one of London's luscious commons. With raw, funny and compelling performances from a talented ensemble of actors aged seven to seventy, COMMON PEOPLE touches on many of the issues affecting ordinary people today in a heartfelt, poignant and ultimately uplifting celebration of everyday humanity.
Starring: Sam Kelly, Diana Payan, Iarla McGowan, Melody Weston Shaw, Michael Ballard, Josh Herdman, Jeff Mash
Director: Stewart Alexander, Kerry Skinner
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A Five Star Life / Viaggio sola (2013)
Drama
Forty-something Irene had a dream job that made her life easy: she was indeed a luxury hotel inspector and her work got carried out in a wonderful ever-renewed setting, from Paris to Gstaad to Berlin to Morocco to China… But does a dream job necessarily mean a dream life?
Starring: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Lesley Manville
Director: Maria Sole Tognazzi
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The Jewish Cardinal / Le métis de Dieu (2013)
Biography
The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger; the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants; who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age; and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church; Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II – and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew; earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz; Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities – and may be forced at last to choose his side.
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Aurélien Recoing, Audrey Dana, Pascal Greggory, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Alex Skarbek
Director: Ilan Duran Cohen
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La patente / The License (2011)
Comedy
"The License" is a modern-day ensemble comedy revolving around the lives of two Roman slackers. Rolando, thirty-something and perpetually unsatisfied, works at his future father-in-law's driving school, and Sergio is a waiter at the corner café as well as a small-time drug dealer. Thanks to the unexpected death of the elderly owner, they end up taking control of the driving school during the pivotal week before the final driving test. The driving school acts as a backdrop for the aspirations and problems of the students: Armando, a Filipino butler oppressed by his elderly "boss lady" who pressures him into getting a license so he can be her chauffeur as well; LiyuJin, a Chinese student who comes to class each time with a different look and a different "business"; Giulia, a Brazilian trannie in search of a more normal life; and Alessandro and Serena, 18-year-olds grappling with their first love story. Characters of all ages and from all walks of life, future drivers and their unlikely instructors, come together to create a reality that borders on grotesque, yet feels incredibly familiar. The film ironically and lightheartedly tackles interpersonal and social relationships and the inevitable clashes in group dynamics. It touches on important issues like integration in present-day Italy, and gender roles, while never losing its comic tone.
Starring: Andrea De Bruyn, Ernesto de Stefano, Isabel Gondim, Matteo Lombardi, Emanuele Beffa, Jin Liyu
Director: Alessandro Palazzi
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Danger Dolls / Shôjo wa isekai de tatakatta (2014)
Action | Sci-Fi
After discovering a portal that allows travel between parallel universes, four highly skilled female assassins from one universe must impersonate a female pop idol group in the other universe in order to stop the evil cult that created the portal by defeating its maniacal leader determined to destroy both worlds.
Starring: Rumi Hanai, Rina Takeda, Kayano Masuyama, Nana Seino, Kôki Okada, Noboru Kaneko
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko
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Die Fighting / The Price of Success (2014)
Action | Thriller
When a team of Shaolin-trained kung fu actors is about to get their break in Hollywood, a mysterious and sadistic Director forces them to run a gauntlet through Los Angeles. The Director films their every move as they prove their prowess by provoking a rogues' gallery of underworld thugs and martial artists.
Starring: Fabien Garcia, Laurent Buson, Didier Buson, Jess Allen, Dave Vescio, Adelyne Liu
Director: Fabien Garcia
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Muffin Top: A Love Story / 40 Is the New Dead (2014)
Comedy | Romance
"Muffin Top: A Love Story" is the story of Suzanne (Cathryn Michon) a Women's Studies Pop Culture professor at Malibu University, who studies images of women in the media for a living, and yet is made insecure by the constant parade of female perfection that is our airbrushed culture. She has been going through IVF treatments to get pregnant by her network executive husband (Diedrich Bader), but discovers on her birthday, that her husband has knocked up his younger, skinnier, co-worker (Haylie Duff) and wants a divorce. Happy Birthday! She goes on to find a more authentic version of who she really is, despite the delights of being suddenly single in Los Angeles, where low self-esteem for women is our number one export to the world.
Starring: Cathryn Michon, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Diedrich Bader, Melissa Peterman, David Arquette
Director: Cathryn Michon
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Go with Le Flo (2014)
Comedy | Romance
Florian is half-French, half-German and owns "Le Flo", a French delicatessen in Berlin specializing in Saucisson – French salami. Florian's best friend is Jenny. He's going to marry Camille. But – there's a problem. Quite a few problems.
Starring: Denis Aubert, Marina Senckel, Leslie Dubreuil, Roberta Bianchini, Luisa Wietzorek, Mathieu Charriére
Director: Michael Glover
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