Synonyms 2019

Synonyms 2019

Synonyms 2019

Synonyms 2019
Synonymes (original title)
Unrated | 2h 3min | Comedy, Drama | 25 October 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

Yoav, a young Israeli man, has a one-way ticket to Paris believing France to be his salvation from what he sees as the madness of his country. Things don’t get off to a great start as he discovers his living arrangement is unfit for living, yet his grandiose expectations leave no room for a failure to adapt. Wholehearted in his resolution to erase his Jewish-Israeli origins, he refuses to speak Hebrew and obsessively studies his constant companion, a French dictionary. He develops a particularly strong bond with his privileged neighbor who symbolizes – to Yoav – the French promise of fraternité. Nothing can extinguish Yoav’s determination to be thoroughly French. Based on the real-life experiences of writer-director Nadav Lapid, SYNONYMS explores the conflicted realm of fervent Nationalism and the challenges of putting down roots in a foreign land.

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Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)

Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)

Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)

Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)
Los Scavengers (original title)
Unrated | 1h 22min | Adventure, Family

Storyline:

LOS SCAVENGERS is a story about four boys who believe their hometown is cursed. The boys, Alex, Camilo, David and Roger are hired by Remedios (a local witch) to find Laughing Man, which is a long lost Mayan lucky charm. The boys agree to find Laughing Man if Remedios lifts the town curse and helps the football team win again.

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The Rack Pack 2018

The Rack Pack 2018

The Rack Pack 2018

The Rack Pack 2018
2h 14min | Action, Adventure, Family | 9 October 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

A group of military brats play out their adventures in the woods. They find a map to a buried treasure that thieves are after. But when one of their fathers is kidnapped, they must embark on a rescue mission as “The Rack Pack”.

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Lodi 2018

Lodi 2018

Lodi 2018

Lodi 2018
1h 20min | Drama | 2018

Storyline:

Lodi is Idol spelled backward. Franco (JM Martinez) is a maintenance man in a condo by day and service boy by night. He is obsessed with Hearthrob, Brent (Ace Toledo).

His obsession leads to fulfillment, but at what cost.

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The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008

The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008

The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008

The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008
Smutek paní Snajderové (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 14 March 2008 (Albania)

Storyline:

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Cesky Sternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and “erotic exuberance” of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

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Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974

Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974

Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974

Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974
Den-en ni shisu (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Fantasy | 28 December 1974 (Japan)

Storyline:

A young boys’ coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.

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