Author: amy

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Tuvalu (German Film)

Tuvalu is an experimental dramedy with romantic undertones following the life of Anton, the caretaker of a decadent bathhouse business, its quirky owners and its customers.

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Rent-a-Cat

Every day, Sayoko walks the riverbank advertising her cat rental services to people who are lonely.

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Guillotines, The (2012)

Set during the Manchurian rule of the Qing Dynasty, the Empire had set up an assassination squad known as the Guillotines set to kill anyone who dared to oppose the Emperor.

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Hocus Pocus (1993)

Disney’s summer blockluster is turning 20 years old this year! In 1693, the three Sanderson sisters were hanged, promising they would return when a virgin lights the black flame candle. In the 90s, a virgin did.

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Farewell, My Queen

Based on the novel by French historian Chantal Thomas, Les Adieux à la Reine tells the fictionalized relationship that Queen Marie Antoinette had with her reader during the final days before the French Revolution in 1789.

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days chronicles the last days of Scholl’s life after she’s caught distributing ‘anti-government’ printouts during the not-so-final days of Nazi Germany.

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Loneliest Planet, The (2011)

The Loneliest Planet follows a couple — free-spirited Nica and her accommodating boyfriend, Alex — in their dream vacation in the wilderness of Euroasia, Georgia.

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War Witch (2012)

Abducted at the age of twelve, and forced to kill her parents, Komona joins the trope of other kids to become a member of the rebel army.

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Sessions, The (2012)

Mark O’Brien was a journalist/poet who was disabled from the neck down due to polio. Already in his 40s, O’Brien decides to no longer be a virgin with the help of a professional sex surrogate.