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Inside Out · 2023

Inside Out 2023

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20,000 Species Of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas)

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Otero, who is in almost every scene, carries the film with her fresh and naturalistic performance, which is perfectly complemented by Solaguren’s impressionistic style.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
An eight-year-old explores her identity over a summer in the Basque country.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2023; Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren; Writer: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren; Stars: Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Sara Cózar)

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Chestnut

A recent graduate becomes entangled in a relationship with a man and a woman during her summer after college.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jac Cron; Writer: Jac Cron; Stars: Natalia DyerRachel KellerDanny Ramirez, Chella Mn, Caleb Eberhardt)

Opponent (Motståndaren)

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It’s a tremendously challenging role, in which Maadi excels.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Iman, an Iranian, lives with his family in Sweden in an ever-changing succession of refugee hostels. To increase his chances of obtaining residence permits for them all, he resumes his career as a wrestler – and is confronted with the reason he had to flee.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2023; Director: Milad Alami; Writer: Milad Alami; Stars: Payman Maadi, Marall Nasiri, Björn Elgerd, Ardalan Esmaili, Arvin Kananian)

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Runs In The Family

An Indian father takes his transgender son on a road trip across South Africa to rescue his son's long-lost mother from a rehab clinic in eSwatini.

(Country: South Africa; Year: 2023; Director: Ian Gabriel; Writer: Gabe Gabriel; Stars: Ace Bhatti, Gabe Gabriel, Rob van Vuuren, Paul Snodgrass, Diaan Lawrenson)

Sisi & I (Sisi & Ich, Sisi And I)

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Sisi & I weaves a tapestry of finely observed moments with the sparkling duo of Wolff and Hüller at the top of their game.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
In this wild reinterpretation of the “Sisi” myth, the focus is on Austrian Empress Elisabeth’s close friendship with her last lady-in-waiting, Irma Countess von Sztáray, who falls in love with the charismatic Sisi and is captivated by her modern ideas.

(Country: Germany, Switzerland, Austria; Year: 2023; Director: Frauke Finsterwalder; Stars: Sandra Hüller, Susanne Wolff, Georg Friedrich, Stefan Kurt, Sophie Hutter)

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