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A Thousand Months
Probes the magical little moments of delight and understanding in the experiences of a young Muslim boy in a small Moroccan village during the month of Ramadan.
Mansion by the Lake
Draws us into a circle of sympathy for a widower and her daughter who are about to lose what is most precious to them.
Pornography
Shows that neither romance, fantasy, liquor, art, or gardening can keep the soul-shattering spin-offs of war and destruction at bay.
In This World
An incredibly moving film directed by Michael Winterbottom about two young Afghan refugees struggling to survive a harrowing overland journey to London in search of a better life.
Demonlover
A French high tech thriller that explores the omnipresence of power in business, sex, and the inner worlds of fantasy and voyeurism.
Seaside
A splendid French film about the power of place and the small changes that give our lives meaning.
The Man on the Train (L'Homme du train)
A marvelously acted French film about two men past their prime who cross each other's paths and yearn for something completely different in their lives.
Lilya 4-Ever
A compelling and disturbing film about an abandoned Russian teenager who finds herself an unwilling victim in the global sex trade.
Kedma
A bold parabolic film about the arrival in Palestine of Jewish refugees from Europe on the eve of the creation of the state of Israel; it depicts the suffering and violence of both the newcomers and the displaced Arabs.
I, the Worst of All
An illuminating and soulful portrait of Latin America's first great poet, who happened to be a brilliant nun in seventeenth-century Mexico.