The Forbidden Room (2015)
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
Free Men (2011)
In 1940s Paris, a young Algerian is blackmailed by the police into spying on a mosque and finds his life changing forever.
The Love (2022)
Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his parents about being attracted to men.
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
A vampire couple contemplate a changing world.
A Prophet (2009)
An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.
Wolf (2013)
A troubled young man is torn between a potential career as a kickboxer and a life of petty crime.
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