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2) On Probation
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“I can't live without my children!” is the cry of a desperate mother. Nina Kern, a divorcee in her late twenties, loses custody of her three children through a temporary restraining order citing accusations of “child neglect” and “antisocial lifestyle.” The judge gives Nina one last chance on probation to prove that she is fit to care for her children. A civil engineer and a teacher from the neighborhood assume responsibility for Nina...
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THE WAY WE ARE tells the story of a group of friends who reunite with each other years later. Each member of the group, who spent their childhood and youth together, are scattered into different directions after they transition into adulthood. The group that was taken care of by Nezihe when they were kids, feel great sadness when they find out that Nezihe, the person they care most about in life, is sick. They decide to meet in her house in Izmir...
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Years with ALS have left Kathryn paralyzed and needing 24-hour care. With her mind intact and having opted for mechanical breathing, she could live like this indefinitely. But the situation has embittered and alienated her husband Said, and proved too much for many nurses and aides.Her grown son Noah, who lives with Kathryn and Said in their New York City apartment, struggles to balance his academic obligations with those he feels to his mother. The...
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Edward and his girlfriend Riley embark on a journey to Portugal to meet Edward's long-lost family. Arriving at their magnificent mountain villa, Edward meets his mother and twin brother and is eager to connect with his origins. But nothing is as it seems, and Edward soon discovers he is linked to them by a monstrous secret.
7) Mujercitas
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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow up in nineteenth-century New England.
"El señor March se encuentra sirviendo como capellán en la Guerra Civil Americana y sus hijas y esposa leen emocionadas las cartás que este les envía desde el frente. Esta novela sigue las aventuras de sus cuatro hijas, Meg, Jo, Beth y Amy, que crecen al calor del amor de su madre y tratan de sobrellevar las adversidades que su condición...
9) Leah vs. art
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Sixth-grader Leah's Quiz Bowl competitive spirit jeopardizes both her friendships and her parent-defying scheme to ditch Art Club.
10) Separated
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Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris confronts one of the darkest chapters in recent American history: family separations. Based on NBC News Political and National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff's book, Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, Morris merges bombshell interviews with government officials and artful narrative vignettes tracing one migrant family's plight. Together they show that the cruelty at the heart of this policy was its...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace Adams comes a wryly resonant and deeply moving family dramedy investigating the question so many of us have asked ourselves: do my parents have a favorite? Vivienne and Patrick Fisher have done an excellent job raising their three daughters, Alex, Nancy, and Eva. They're well-adjusted women with impressive careers, caring partners, exciting hobbies, and sweet children. So it's with great...
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"[A] searing family drama set in Kentucky where the homecoming of two half-brothers -- successful Joel with his restless wife Alice, and struggling Emmett -- ignites a clash of ambitions and desires, exposing raw truths about class, privilege, and happiness in the American South. Fulfillment tells the story of two half brothers -- Joel, a successful academic and author, whose marriage is in deep trouble, and his younger sibling Emmett, paralyzed by...
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"Immigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, Gazala Benamar, still a teenager, becomes fast friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's lost, beloved brother, Samir, finally joins her in Manhattan, this contentious, inseparable foursome, will last into the twenty-first century, becoming the beating heart of a multigenerational found family. These decades are marked by the business of everyday life...
14) The Empty Grave
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THE EMPTY GRAVE follows the emotional journey of two Tanzanian families in search of their stolen ancestors. Their quest leads them to Germany where tens of thousands of human remains from former German colonies are stored in museum depots - a haunting legacy of colonial plunder in the early 20th century, taken for racist research and as macabre trophies.Set in the present, the film unveils the enduring traces and traumas inflicted by colonial crimes...
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A page-turning, compelling thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sister's disappearance. Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, she's one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a mysterious string of arsons popping up throughout the rural Maine community her department serves. But the tragedy of her little sister's disappearance sixteen years ago has always...
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