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Joan Of Arc and Papicha
Adam
(Country: Morocco, France, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Nisrin Erradi, Douae Belkhaouda, Aziz Hattab, Hasna Tamtaoui)
A widow takes in a heavily pregnant young woman.
Beanpole (Dylda)
(Country: Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Kantemir Balagov; Writer: Kantemir Balagov; Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Timofey Glazkov, Andrei Bykov)
Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins of Leningrad after the Second World War.
The Bears' Famous Invasion (La Famosa Invasione Degli Orsi In Sicilia)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2019; Director: Lorenzo Mattotti; Writer: Thomas Bidegain, Dino Buzzati, Jean-Luc Fromental, Lorenzo Mattotti; Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Arthur Dupont, Jean-Claude Carrière, Thomas Bidegain, Thierry Hancisse, Leïla Bekhti, Arthur Dupont, Jean-Claude Carrière, Thomas Bidegain, Thierry Hancisse)
A bear king decides to invade the land of men after his son is kidnapped.
A Brother's Love (La Femme De Mon Frère)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2019; Director: Monia Chokri; Writer: Monia Chokri; Stars: Evelyne Brochu, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Sasson Gabai, Niels Schneider, Kimberly Laferriere)
After failing to secure a faculty position in the Philosophy department, 35-year-old Sophia is forced to “temporarily” move in with her older brother Karim. But their bond is put to the test when he falls in love.
Bull
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Annie Silverstein; Writer: Annie Silverstein, Johnny McAllister, Josh Melrod; Stars: Rob Morgan, Amber Havard, Yolonda Ross, Keira Bennett, Karla Garbelotto, Troy Anthony Hogan, Peggy Schott, Lee Stringer, Keeli Wheeler, James Schuler, Rob Morgan, Amber Havard, Yolonda Ross, Keira Bennett, Karla Garbelotto)
In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally wilful and unforgiving neighbour, an ageing bullfighter who’s seen his best days in the arena; it’s a collision that will change them both.
The Climb and Adam
The Climb
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Michael Angelo Covino; Writer: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin; Stars: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Zina Wilde, Talia Balsam, Gayle Rankin, George Wendt, Judith Godrèche)
A look at the friendship between two guys that spans many years.
Evge
(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2019; Director: Nariman Aliev; Writer: Nariman Aliev, Marysia Nikitiuk; Stars: Akhtem Seitablaev)
A father and a son from Crimean Tatar family transport the body of deceased older son and brother from Kyiv to bury him in Crimea.
Fire Will Come (O Que Arde)
(Country: Spain, France, Luxembourg; Year: 2019; Director: Oliver Laxe; Writer: Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe; Stars: Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe)
A convicted arsonist returns to his rural home.
The Invisible Life of Eruidice Gusmao (A Vida Invisel De Euridice Gusmao)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2019; Director: Karim Aïnouz; Writer: Murilo Hauser, based on the book by Martha Batalha; Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Carol Duarte, Gregório Duvivier)
Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s, the life of Guida and Euridice Gusmão, raised to be invisible in the eyes of the Brazilian society of that time, like all the other women of that generation.
Joan Of Arc (Jeanne)
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Bruno Dumont; Writer: Bruno Dumont, based on the plays by Charles Péguy; Stars: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jean-Francois Causeret, Daniel Dienne, Fabien Fenet, Robert Hanicotte, Yves Habert, Fabrice Luchini, Christophe)
A sequel to The Childhood Of Joan Of Arc.
Nina Wu and Beanpole
Liberté
(Country: France, Portugal, Spain, Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Albert Serra; Writer: Albert Serra; Stars: Helmut Berger, Marc Susini, Iliana Zabeth), Trailer
A group of 18th century libertines are expelled from court and wander in the forests, seeking asylum.
Liu Yu Tian
(Country: China; Year: 2019; Director: Feng Zu; Stars: Minghao Chen, Lu Huang, Yu Tian)
A Bin was a police detective. He comes across LI Xue, a surgeon, during the investigation of a bizarre murder case... and finds himself drawn to her.
Nina Wu (Zhuo Ren Mi Mi)
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2019; Director: Midi Z; Writer: Midi Z; Stars: Wu Ke-Xi, Vivian Sung, Kimi Hsia, Chang Li-Ang, Cheng Jen-Shuo)
A struggling actress gets a role as the heroine of a Seventies espionage film, but after she is beset by a series of unfortunate events, can she fight against the odds?
Once In Trubchevsk (Odnazhdy V Trubchevske)
(Country: Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Larissa Sadilova)
Russian village chronicle tracking a family who faces choices as the truth comes to light.
On A Magical Night (Chambre 212)
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Christophe Honoré; Writer: Christophe Honoré; Stars: Carole Bouquet, Chiara Mastroianni, Camille Cottin, Vincent Lacoste, Benjamin Biolay)
After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him.
The Swallows Of Kabul and Fire Will Come
Papicha
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Mounia Meddour; Writer: Fadette Drouard, Mounia Meddour; Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda, Yasin Houicha, Zahra Manel Doumandji, Marwan Zeghbib, Aida Ghechoud, Meriem Medjkrane, Samir El Hakim, Amine Mentseur, Khaled Benaïssa, Abderrahmane Boudia, Malek Ghellamat, Lina Boudraa, Slimane Bourdous)
A student becomes determined to stage a fashion show despite religious opposition.
Port Authority
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Danielle Lessovitz; Writer: Danielle Lessovitz; Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi)
A love story about a Midwesterner and a trans woman, set in New York's Kiki ballroom scene.
The Swallows Of Kabul (Les Hirondelles De Kaboul)
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec; Writer: Zabou Breitman, based on the book by Yasmina Khadra; Stars: Hiam Abbass, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Simon Abkarian)
Summer 1998 - Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
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