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Persian
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After 22 years absence, Aziz decides to return to his hometown to sell the house where he was born. But, to his astonishment, the place is now a small restaurant, run by four women, one of them a girl whom he once dated. Atieh's singular passion is food, and her popular restaurant on the sleepy Caspian coast of Iran is her pride and joy. When Aziz appears, threatening her means of supporting her daughter, Atieh prepares his favorite dishes, one night...
4) The kite (Le cerf-volant) ; written and directed by Randa Chahal Sabbag ; produced by Humbert Balsan
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English
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Set in the Druze area of the Golan Heights known as the Valley of Laments and Tears, the story is a combination coming of age struggle for freedom and amplified "Romeo and Juliet." The scenario matching 15-year old Lamia (Flavia Bechara) with 17-year old Israeli soldier Youssef (Maher Bsaibes) fits well with Sabbag's tale of lovers living in limbo on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Both are Druze, separated by arbitrary physical boundaries and long-standing...
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Arabic
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In this fairytale for troubled times, 16-year-old Lamia must cross a border checkpoint between Lebanon and Israel to marry a man she has never met. Neither she nor her betrothed is eager to consummate a marriage to a stranger, further complicated by Lamia's admission of her love for an Israeli soldier.
6) Rachida
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Arabic
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Rachida lives and teaches in an old neighbourhood in Algeria. Like most of the people in Algeria, she thinks she is far removed from the bloody conflict the country is in, until one day she is attacked by a terrorist group. The terrorists ask her to plant a bomb in her school. After refusing, they shoot her in cold blood. Miraculously, she is saved and seeks refuge in a neighbouring village.
7) Nada+
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Español
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A lighthearted story of a Cuban postal worker and how she copes with her dreary life.
13) Transit Cafe
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Persian
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When an Iranian widow takes over her husband's truck stop restaurant after his death, she must hide in the kitchen so she doesn't cause a scandal. Now her brother-in-law wants to be with her for the cafe, while a customer just wants to be with her.
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Español
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During Argentina's economic crisis, 9-year-old Eugenia and her mother Florencia, live a seemingly colorful life surrounded by eclectic neighbors and an offbeat collection of family. But Eugenia has to grow up fast to take care of her drug-addicted mother, now pregnant (again) by an unknown father.
16) Ordinary people
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English
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On a seemingly average day, a busload of young soldiers is sent to a remote location in the countryside and given a macabre task: the execution of a number of civilians. Dzoni, a green recruit, initially objects, but as he moves from one killing to the next, he is swept up by the spectre of military authority, and quickly becomes desensitized by the apparently routine nature of his task. As he nears the end of his assignment, the quiet horror of the...
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Hindi
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In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and amid the stunning natural beauty of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, an elderly British teacher struggles to run a small primary school despite the loss of many of the islands' children to the recent tragedy. Ignoring the overwhelming grief that washes over the islands, he continues to teach his few remaining students until a government official delivers a relocation order to all residents,...
18) Opera jawa
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Indonesian
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A musical like no other in cinema. It tells of a passionate love triangle that leads inexorably to conflict, violence and death.
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Español
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After Ramón loses his job as a restaurant cook during Argentina's economic crisis, his wife Lili suffers a nervous breakdown. They will lose their house unless something drastic is done. Desperate, Ramón accepts a job in Lili's name - and clothes - to serve as a maid to a rich family.
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