The Cement Garden 1993

The Cement Garden 1993

The Cement Garden 1993

The Cement Garden 1993
1h 45min | Drama | February 1993 (Germany)

Storyline:

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from an unidentified illness. Rather than going to hospital, and letting the authorities foster her children, she opens a bank account for them so they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. After she dies, the 2 older siblings decide to hide her body in the basement. Soon they begin to suffer, both the emotional strains and pressures of their situation, as well as the changes which happen during adolescence.

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The Lost Son 1999

The Lost Son 1999

The Lost Son 1999

The Lost Son 1999
R | 1h 42min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 21 April 1999 (France)

Storyline:

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man’s parents hire Xavier over their daughter’s objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children’s sexual slavery. He guesses that the lost son is dead and shifts his focus to finding and breaking this lucrative business of child trafficking. He involves a reluctant Nathalie to hunt “the Austrian,” the shadowy head of the business. Violence erupts quickly, and Xavier soon has little more to lose

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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004
R | 1h 38min | Drama | 19 January 2005 (France)

Storyline

Seven-year-old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah.

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The Summer House 2014

The Summer House 2014

The Summer House 2014

The Summer House 2014
Das Sommerhaus (origina title)
1h 35min | Drama | 15 April 2014 (Germany)

Storyline:

A haunting portrait of a well-established German family living on the outskirts of Berlin in their ideal world, but are slowly shaken by external influences.

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