City After Dark 1980

City After Dark 1980

City After Dark 1980

City After Dark 1980
2h 30min | Drama | 28 November 1980 (Philippines)

Storyline:

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families’ conflicts are radically pitted against each other as they live in the night streets rampant with drugs and prostitution. The outstanding narrative explicitly unravels the various characters and episodes. This landmark film of Ishmael Bernal depicts the darkness of city life so vividly that it was once prohibited to use the word ‘Manila’ on its title.

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Veneno e05 (2020)

Veneno e05 (2020)

Veneno e05 (2020)

Veneno e05 (2020)
1h | Biography, Drama | Episode aired 4 October 2020

Storyline:

Cristina Ortiz, La Veneno, lands in ‘Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi’. Pepe cannot settle for just one program and invites La Veneno to be a regular panelist in exchange for doing what the public demands: delving into his past. If Cristina wants to leave the streets and enter fully into the world of television for which she seems to be predestined, she will have to face the demons of her past and re-incorporate her family and Adra into her life.

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Most Wanted 2020

Most Wanted 2020

Most Wanted 2020

Most Wanted 2020
Target Number One (original title)
R | 2h 5min | Crime, Thriller | 24 July 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok incarceration, the news of his conviction captures the attention of Globe and Mail journalist Victor Malarek, who decides to go after the shady undercover cops responsible for wrongly accusing Daniel.

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Beau travail 1999

Beau travail 1999

Beau travail 1999

Beau travail 1999
Unrated | 1h 32min | Drama, War | 3 May 2000 (France)

Storyline:

This film focuses on ex-Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup’s mind. He feels compelled to stop him from coming to the attention of the commandant who he admires, but who ignores him. Ultimately, his jealousy leads to the destruction of both Sentain and himself.

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Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995
Poussières de vie (original title)
1h 27min | Drama | 18 January 1995 (France)

Storyline:

Based on a true story, after the US withdrawal and the fall of South Vietnam to the communist forces in 1975, many people are sent to reeducation camps. Several desperate boys in one of the camps begin planing their escape.

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