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Swimming Instructor

1979

Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.

7.1

It's Winter

2006

Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the future make him decide to seek his happiness abroad. He leaves his wife and child behind and for a long time nothing is heard of him. Then a stranger turns up, a car mechanic looking for a job. The attractive single mother can’t resist his attentions. Very subtly, a struggle ensues that reflects that of a whole generation of young doubting Iranians who may want to leave the country, but hardly know how to start.

0.0

Mr. Wonderful

2026

Three generations of men—a millennial on the run from a drug dealer; his father, a jaded professor trying to keep his job; and the family patriarch fighting senility—all struggle to find meaning in life.

6.3

Cassandra's Dream

2007

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

7.2

Takva: A Man's Fear of God

2006

Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful Istanbul religious group and he offers him an administrative post as a rent collector for their numerous properties. Muharrem's new job throws him into the modern outside world he has successfully avoided for so long. He soon witnesses conflict attitude toward alcohol consumption and goodwill.He notices that he himself has become proud, domineering and even dishonest.To make matters worse, Muharrem's inner peace is unnerved by the tormenting image of seductive woman who tempts him in his dreams,both night and day.With the balance of his devotion now upset,his fear of God begins to eat away at his senses.

5.0

Katiller de Ağlar

1985

The film tells the story of two brothers, one a murderer and the other a police officer. Yusuf, who works as a laborer, takes care of his mother and sister. However, the money he earns is not enough. He finds another job at a place owned by a man named Müslim. On the same day, Müslim commits a murder, and Yusuf takes the blame in exchange for money. When Yusuf goes to prison, Müslim takes care of Yusuf's family. Years later, Yusuf, who has been released from prison, and his brother Sinan, who is a police officer, will cross paths unexpectedly.

5.6

The Good and the Bad

1976

The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well before the Second World War, take on a political coloration under the occupation.

5.8

Heart of Darkness

1993

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

6.2

Woman of Straw

1964

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

6.8

Gosford Park

2001

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

8.2

The Bright Day

2013

THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing each of seven reluctant witnesses to come forward. No one lacks a hidden agenda in this drama in which shades of truth collide with self-interest and the specter of payback. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

6.2

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

1972

Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is writing a thesis on criminal women, so he visits Camille Bliss in prison for an interview. Accused of murdering her husband and her lover, Camille recounts her life and love affairs.

6.7

Life

1999

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

7.0

Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann

1959

Before the police station in Ober-Himmelbrunn is dissolved, the local landlord reports a burglary. The young gendarme Thaler is assigned to solve the case. Disguised as a holidaymaker, he goes to work. In the process, he conquers the hearts of twelve attractive girls who want to spend their holidays in an alpine hut.

6.4

Priceless

2006

A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.

8.1

There Will Be Blood

2007

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

6.7

Julia

2008

An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.

6.0

Knockaround Guys

2001

Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

6.5

Get Shorty

1995

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

7.0

Matchstick Men

2003

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Genre	Crime, Drama
Production Companies	Media Asia Films, Milkyway Image
Production Ccountries	Hong Kong

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