The Hand of God 2021

The Hand of God 2021

The Hand of God 2021

The Hand of God 2021
È stata la mano di Dio (original title)
2h 10m | Drama | 15 December 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

From Academy Award-winning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great Beauty, The Young Pope), comes the story of a boy, Fabietto Schisa, in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s. The Hand of God is a story full of unexpected joys, such as the arrival of football legend Diego Maradona, and an equally unexpected tragedy. Fate plays its part, joy and tragedy intertwine, and Fabietto’s future is set in motion. Sorrentino returns to his hometown to tell his most personal story, a tale of fate and family, sports and cinema, love and loss.

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La Jaula 2018

La Jaula 2018

La Jaula 2018

La Jaula 2018
1h 16m | Drama | 19 October 2018 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Facing an emotional crisis, Gerardo decides to escape to the mountains. There, he develops an obsession with hunting a rabbit. Plagued by failure, he is haunted by childhood memories, which cause him to confront the man he has become.

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Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret’s Lake 2005

Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake 2005

Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret’s Lake 2005

Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret’s Lake 2005
Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö (original title)
1h 35m | Crime | Drama | 23 September 2005 (Sweden)

Storyline:

The year is 1962. Erik, his newly aquainted friend Edmund and his grown-up brother Henry are going to spend their summer holiday in a fairly decayed house just near the lake Genesaret. One day, Ewa Kaludis, who looks like Kim Novak, turns up at the place while the summer continous to be the best ever – until it comes to a halt as she begins a fatal relationship with Henry and “the terrible thing” happens … and nobody knows who dunnit.

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Bunt 2007

Bunt 2007

Bunt 2007

Bunt 2007
Nal-a-ra Heo-dong-goo (original title)
1h 36m | Drama, Family | 26 April 2007 (South Korea)

Storyline:

11-year-old Dong-ku, who is retarded, is the school’s water boy until, that is, the school installed a water purifier system. Disappointed, Dong-ku soon learns the school’s baseball team needs a water boy and so he decides to join the team.

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Fateless 2005

Fateless 2005

Fateless 2005

Fateless 2005
Sorstalanság (original title)
2h 20m | Drama, Romance, War | 10 February 2005 (Hungary)

Storyline:

An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who’s sent to a forced labor camp. After his father’s departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one’s dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.

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