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3) Filibus
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"No other crime thriller compares to Filibus!" exclaimed a Corona Films ad in the April 1915 Italian film magazine La Vita Cinematografica and for once the ballyhoo was correct! Directed by Mario Roncoroni and scripted by future science fiction author Giovanni Bertinetti, Filibus is the most exciting, witty, feminist, steampunk, cross-dressing aviatrix thriller you will ever see! Flying high above the clouds in her dirigible, Filibus, the mysterious...
4) Full time
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Single mother Julie needs reliable transit to get to work. When a national strike breaks out, her daily routine becomes a gauntlet in this kinetic thriller about the insecurity of modern life in a ruthless society.
6) Intregalde
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In a gripping tale of best intentions gone wrong, leading Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean (Tuesday, After Christmas) follows a trio of well-meaning aid workers from Bucharest on a food delivery mission to the rural hinterlands of the �Intregalde area of Transylvania. Guided off the beaten path by an elderly villager looking for a local sawmill, they find themselves trapped in an unfamiliar, dangerous place and facing the outer limits of their goodwill...
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A woman's sister disappears without a trace. Three months later the woman, Julie, potentially receives the first clue, but it comes at a terrible price. A multiple award winner at film festivals around the world, a tension-filled thriller certain to keep you guessing. This is the first film in the forthcoming "Charming Men" trilogy, each dealing with the disappearance of someone and the effect it has on those left behind.
8) The beasts
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An expatriate French couple operates an organic farm in the Spanish countryside. However, their earnest enthusiasm reeks of patronizing privilege to the handful of 'hill people' families who have toiled on the land for generations. Tensions between locals and foreigners boil over in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.
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A hauntingly provocative psychological thriller that is Hungary's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. M�rta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man she loves. But she waits for him at the Liberty Bridge in vain, he does not appear at their rendezvous. M�rta starts to search for him desperately, but when...
10) Miracle: Miracol
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Divided into two chapters, director Bogdan George Apetri's Miracle begins with the young, beautiful Cristina Tofan sneaking away from an isolated convent. Working in the style of the Romanian New Wave, Apetri withholds key information about her motives as we follow her enigmatic journey, allowing tension to steadily build to a wavering precipice. The film's second part follows Marius Preda, a determined inspector retracing Cristina's steps days after...
11) Inshallah a boy
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A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan's Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.
12) Tommy Guns
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The story begins in 1974, just one year before the country's independence from decades of Portuguese rule. Wealthy colonists are fleeing the country as Angolan revolutionaries gradually claim their land back. A tribal girl discovers love and danger when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Another group of soldiers, completely cut off from the outside world, blindly follow the brutal orders of their commander in the name of serving their...
13) La syndicaliste
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An investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and politics, La Syndicaliste follows the true story of Maureen Kearney, the influential head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. A deft navigator of elite political and financial circles, Maureen becomes a whistleblower when she discovers international backroom dealings, exposing secrets that shook the French nuclear sector. Fighting against government ministers...
14) Chile '76
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Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, Chile '76 builds from a quiet character study to a gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman's precarious flirtation with political engagement. Carmen leads a sheltered upper-middle-class existence. She heads to her summer house in the off-season to supervise its renovation, while also performing local charitable works through her church. Her husband, children, and grandchildren...
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