NAILBITER

DescriptionDescription An overbearing man causes his son to develop a worrying and nervous habit. After a violent act, the boy's mother takes matters into her own hands, with gruesome consequences.

NOT OF THIS WORLD (FUORI DAL MONDO)

DescriptionDescription Caterina is a young nun about to take her perpetual vows. Ernesto owns a launderette and suffers both loneliness and a racing heart. Teresa is a youngster wandering Milan, trying to decide where to stay the night. And Fausto is the new-born baby Caterina discovers in the park. Her attempts to locate the mother...

OSKAR AND LENI (OSKAR UND LENI)

DescriptionDescription Oskar, a gold-medalist swimmer at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, made headlines for almost fourteen years as Europe's most wanted jewel thief. But in 1987, his career was ended abruptly by a bullet to his head and for 15 years he served a prison sentence. After nine years he is released because of...

PEEP SHOW

DescriptionDescription A woman enters a "peep show" where the male performers know the true secret of female arousal.

THE LIGHTHOUSE (EL FARO)

DescriptionDescription Set in scenic South America, this powerful story captures the invincible bond between two orphaned sisters. Told in an intimate, unassuming style, THE LIGHTHOUSE portrays the sisters' courageous alliance against an uncertain future, resulting in a profound understanding of love and, ultimately, death. A car accident leaves seventeen-year-old Carmela, maimed and left to care...

THE MAGNETIST’S FIFTH WINTER (MAGNETISOREN’S FEMTE VINTER)

DescriptionDescription Charlatan or healer? In this dark and mystical tole, a mysterious stronger arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1819. Colling himself a "mognetist" - on amalgam of hypnotist and healer - Meisner claims he con cure illnesses which hove rendered the town's doctors powerless. Dr. Selonder's beautiful daughter Mario hos been a recluse...

THE MAO GAME

DescriptionDescription Set against the backdrop of the Hollywood fast lane, this unmistakably modern coming-of-age story opens with a card game. Played between Jordan's mother and grandmother, the game is called Mao. Like the adult world in which Jordan is prematurely thrust, the rules are arbitrary and the stakes staggeringly high - whoever wins the game,...

THE MAO GAME

DescriptionDescription Set against the backdrop of the Hollywood fast lane, this unmistakably modern coming-of-age story opens with a card game. Played between Jordan's mother and grandmother, the game is called Mao. Like the adult world in which Jordan is prematurely thrust, the rules are arbitrary and the stakes staggeringly high - whoever wins the game,...

MUSIC OF THE HEART

DescriptionDescription From acclaimed director Wes Craven comes on extraordinary film for anyone who has ever been told their dreams ore out of reach. MUSIC OF THE HEART is the inspirational true story of a woman who proved to countless children that they could accomplish anything. Roberto Guospori's world collapses when her husband walks out on...

THE LEOPARD (IL GATTOPARDO)

DescriptionDescription A favorite of both Scorsese and Coppola, as well as a gorgeous evocation at a past era, this Italian masterpiece tells the saga of a Sicilian landowner as he loses power during the unification of Italy in the 1800s. The original Film was saddled with a poor English dub and over- processed color. Fox...

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