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Simulation Theory Film (2020)
Synopsis
Synopsis
Conceived and filmed at London's O2 Arena in
September 2019 the film follows a team of scientists as they investigate
the source of a paranormal anomaly appearing around the world. Blurring
the lines between narrative and concert film, virtual and reality,
Muse's most theatrical tour to date launches the viewer through a
supernatural spectacle, questioning the world around us.

The Last Tycoon (2012)
Synopsis
Synopsis
Action superstar Chow Yun-Fat portrays real-life
gangster Chen Daqi as he rises to the upper echelons of power, finding
himself torn between the love of two women, the murderous plots of the
secret service, and the looming threat of war.
The Price of Desire (2015)
Synopsis
Synopsis
The Price of Desire tells the controversial story
of how Le Corbusier effaced and defaced Eileen Gray's moral right to be
recognized as the author of her work and as one of the most forceful and
influential inspirations of a century of modern architecture and
design.

The Taming of the Shrew (2016)
Synopsis
Synopsis
The main action of The Taming of the Shrew takes
place as a play within the play, performed for the benefit of a drunken
tinker, Christopher Sly. Baptista Minola, a wealthy widower of Padua,
has two daughters: the demure and popular Bianca and her sharp-tongued
and ill-tempered older sister, Katherina. Bianca already has two suitors
- Hortensio and Gremio - when a third, Lucentio, arrives on the scene.
Baptista, however, has decreed that no one can marry Bianca until a
husband has been found for Katherina. A solution presents itself when
Hortensio's friend Petruchio arrives in town looking for a wife. After
meeting Katherina, Petruchio is unperturbed by her insults and resolves
to marry her, leaving the way clear for Hortensio (posing as a music
teacher), Lucentio (posing as a literary tutor) and the hapless Gremio
to continue their pursuit of Bianca, whom Baptista decides to bestow on
the wealthiest of the three. An absurdly costumed Petruchio arrives late
for his wedding and ...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II (1988)
Synopsis
Synopsis
After losing their lottery winnings during the
bank's closure, the Biu family's luck changes again as Bill's job
promotion and daughters' education and work careers sent them and the
entire family to lead their new lives in Canada, where new misadventures
await.

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020)
Synopsis
Synopsis
The young family who moved to a new apartment on
the outskirts of the city. The nanny hired by them for the newborn
daughter quickly gained confidence. However, the older boy, Egor, talks
about the frightening behavior of a woman, but his parents do not
believe him. The surveillance cameras installed by the father for
comfort only confirm everything is in order. Then one day, Egor,
returning home, finds no trace of either the nanny or the little sister,
and the parents are in a strange trance and do not even remember that
they had a daughter. Then Egor, together with his friends, goes in
search, during which it turns out that the nanny is an ancient Slavic
demon, popularly known as Baba Yaga.

Daddy Long Legs (2015)
Synopsis
Synopsis
Based on Jean Webster's story of a young girl in
an orphanage whose innate charm and self-confidence at first appeal to
the sympathies of one of the institution's young sponsors, who, while
remaining incognito through years of correspondence with the girl as she
grows and matures, eventually becomes enamored of her and she of him.

Kaos (1984)
Synopsis
Synopsis
The film consists of four stories plus epilogue,
set in 19th-century Sicily. THE OTHER SON - A mother spends her life
waiting for news from her two sons (emigrated to America) while ignoring
her third, because he is the reincarnation of the bandit who raped her.
MOON SICKNESS - a newly-wed peasant girl discovers that her husband
goes mad every full moon. She arranges for a male friend to protect her,
but they end up in bed together just as the moon emerges from behind a
cloud. THE JAR - a rich landowner hires a master craftsman to repair a
giant olive jar, but the craftsman gets trapped inside. REQUIEM -
villagers band together in an attempt to force their landlord to let
them bury their dead. CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER - the writer Luigi
Pirandello talks with his aged mother about a story he always wanted to
write, but which he never managed to capture in words.

Amateur Teens (2015)
Synopsis
Synopsis
A group of normal 14-year-old teenagers at a
secondary school in Zürich with the normal yearnings for love and
acceptance. But the power of social media, with its high-gloss selfies
and perpetual pressure towards cooler and sexier, increasingly forces
the kids to deny their true feelings. So a tragedy runs its course, one
in which it is almost impossible to differentiate between perpetrator
and victim, guilt and innocence.

Une Chambre en Ville (1982)
Synopsis
Synopsis
A film musical in which every line is sung. The
frame is about workers during a strike. They also prepare and perform a
demonstration. Two personal relations develop against this background.
François abandons his pregnant girlfriend Violette. She feels treated
even more unjust when he tries to defend and excuse his behaviour. He
had met a very beautiful over-class girl, Edith, and both were
immediately overwhelmed by genuine and reciprocal passion. Edith lived
in a very unsatisfactory marriage. She was the daughter of the widow
from which François rented his room. Nevertheless, he met her in the
street, where she just opened her fur coat and was starch naked under
it. They will be together in great passion for just one night and day.
At the demonstration François is shot by the police and dies in Edith's
arms. - The music is closer to opera than in any other film musical by
Jacques Demy. But the greatest difference is that he has devoted much
more effort to the task of instructing the...

Amish Grace (2010)
Synopsis
Synopsis
When a gunman killed five Amish children and
injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting
in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the
tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish
community. Through the eyes of a grieving mother, Ida Graber, and other
devastated families, this movie explores the Amish's astonishing
reaction to the horrific shootings - of forgiveness and compassion.
