The Holy Mountain 1973

The Holy Mountain 1973

The Holy Mountain 1973

The Holy Mountain 1973
La montaña sagrada (original title)
R | 1h 54min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 11 July 1975 (Mexico)

Storyline:

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide’s assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

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Quest 1984

Quest 1984

Quest 1984

Quest 1984
30min | Short, Sci-Fi | April 1984 (USA)

Storyline:

On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in caves to escape the bitter cold of night and the killing heat of day. One young boy is determined to find his way back to the ship that brought them there. But how will accomplish this in the short time left to him?

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The Bobot 2018

The Bobot 2018

The Bobot 2018

The Bobot 2018
1h 40min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi | 30 August 2018 (Ukraine)

Storyline:

12-year old dreamer Vlad likes telling fantastic stories about his courage to his summer camp friends, although he is a bit of a coward himself. But one day Vlad finds himself in a real adventure as he accidentally gets caught in a conflict between two alien forces. Shapeshifting Trashmen, descendants of an ancient alien civilization, try to disable electricity on the whole planet by deactivating the defensive shield that protects the Earth from an approaching solar wave. In this way they challenge the all-powerful and mysterious Energy that enabled humanity’s technological progress and which we depend on more than ever. In this battle Vlad is helped by a transformer box called the Bobot, which holds the key to saving the world. While telling stories about fictional courage is easy, Vlad will find out that overcoming his fear in the real world is quite a challenge. Mankind’s future lies solely in his hands.

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Mi Hermano 2018

Mi Hermano 2018

Mi Hermano 2018

Mi Hermano 2018
1h 11min | Documentary | 10 March 2018 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Alexey was born in Russia and adopted by Gabriela, an unmarried woman. Later, Gabriela and Alexey adopted Mateo, another child from Siberia. Over the course of nine years, Alexey and Mateo demonstrate what it means to build bonds of reciprocal trust despite the internal conflicts they face.

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Kids from Shaolin 1984

Kids from Shaolin 1984

Kids from Shaolin 1984

Kids from Shaolin 1984
Shao Lin xiao zi (original title)
TV-14 | 1h 39min | Action, Comedy | 26 January 1984 (Hong Kong)

Storyline:

Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin kids stealing his sword style (besides, he wants a son to teach it to, and the closest thing he has is a lesbian daughter) that he is taken off guard when some real bad guys come along to kill his family, but the Shaolin family helps them out. All the while, everyone is desperately trying to get the lesbian girl to marry Jet Li.

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Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013
Kvinden i buret (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 36min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 17 June 2016 (USA)

Storyline:

Chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the mystery of politician Merete Lynggaard’s disappearance – a journey that takes them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia.

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