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The Girl With All The Gifts and Endless Poetry
Ceasefire (Cessez-le-feu)
(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Emmanuel Courcol; Writer: Emmanuel Courcol; Stars: Romain Duris, Céline Sallette, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Grégory Gadebois, Yvon Martin, Maryvonne Schiltz, Morwenna Spagnol, Arnaud Dupont, Wabinlé Nabié, Fabrice Eberhard, Armand Eloi)
A man traumatised by war retreats to Africa, then Paris, where his brother, who was deafened in the conflict, lives.
The Day It Rained (Am Tag, als der Regen kam)
(Country: West Germany; Year: 1959; Director: Gerd Oswald; Writer: Heinz Oskar Wuttig, Gerd Oswald, Will Berthold; Stars: Mario Adorf, Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe, Corny Collins, Elke Sommer, Claus Wilcke, Ernst Jacobi, Gert Günther Hoffmann, Wolf Richards, Uwe Gauditz, Horst Naumann, Ulla Moritz, Harry Hertzsch, Arno Paulsen, Herbert Weissbach)
Film noir
Endless Poetry (Poesía Sin Fin)
(Country: Chile, Japan, France; Year: 2016; Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Stars: Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Adan Jodorowsky, Jeremias Herskovits, Leandro Taub, Ali Ahmad Sa'Id Esber, Carolyn Carlson, Kaori Ito, Hugo Marín)
Biographical tale of the director's own youth.
The Girl With All The Gifts
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Colm McCarthy; Writer: Mike Carey, based on his novel; Stars: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Sennia Nanua, Dominique Tipper, Anamaria Marinca, Lobna Futers, Daniel Eghan, Fisayo Akinade, Anthony Welsh, Stacey Lynn Crowe, Elise Reed, Macey Ward, Tessa Morris, Ross Green)
A scientist and a child make a bid for survival in a world of zombies.
Heaven Will Wait (Le ciel attendra)
(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar; Writer: Emilie Frèche, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar; Stars: Noémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Sandrine Bonnaire, Clotilde Courau, Zinedine Soualem, Yvan Attal, Sofia Lesaffre)
A teenager meets a boy on the internet and is gradually recruited by Daesh.
I, Daniel Blake and Jason Bourne
I, Daniel Blake
(Country: UK, France; Year: 2016; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Hayley Squires, Natalie Ann Jamieson, Dave Johns, Micky McGregor, Colin Coombs, Bryn Jones, Mick Laffey, Dylan McKiernan, John Sumner, Briana Shann, Rob Kirtley)
A carpenter suffering from ill health and a young single mum find themselves facing a wall of welfare bureacracy.
Interchange
(Country: Malaysia; Year: 2016; Director: Dain Iksander Said; Stars: Prisia Nasution, Iedil Putra, Shaheizy Sam, Nicholas Saputra)
Haunted by visions, forensics photographer Adam retreats from the world but he is forced out of solitude to help solve a series of macabre ritual murders.
Into The Forest (Dans la forêt)
(Country: France, Sweden; Year: 2016; Director: Gilles Marchand; Writer: Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll; Stars: Jérémie Elkaïm, Timothé Vom Dorp, Théo Van de Voorde)
Two kids head off to a cabin in the woods with their divorcee dad, but begin to realise he may not want to go back.
Jason Bourne
(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Paul Greengrass; Writer: Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse, Robert Ludlum; Stars: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed, Ato Essandoh, Scott Shepherd, Bill Camp, Vinzenz Kiefer, Stephen Kunken, Ben Stylianou, Kaya Yuzuki, Matthew O'Neill, Lizzie Phillips)
Bourne tries to uncover the secrets from his past.
Mohenjo Daro
(Country: India; Year: 2016; Director: Ashutosh Gowariker; Writer: Ashutosh Gowariker, Preeti Mamgain; Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj, Kishori Shahane, Sharad Kelkar, Manish Chaudhary, Narendra Jha, Shaji Chaudhary, Diganta Hazarika, Umang Vyas, Naina Trivedi, Piyush Mishra)
Period epic adventure.
Mohenjo Daro and Interchange
Paula
(Country: Germany; Year: 2016; Director: Christian Schwochow; Writer: Stefan Kolditz, Stephan Suschke; Stars: Stanley Weber, Carla Juri, Albrecht Schuch, Roxane Duran, Joel Basman, Manni Laudenbach, Nicki von Tempelhoff, Christian Skibinski, Jonas Leonhardi, Klara Deutschmann, Nathalie Lucia Hahnen, Michael Abendroth, Enno Kalisch, Bella Bading, Dominik Weber)
The story of early expressionist painter Paula Becker.
Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe (Vor der Morgenröte)
(Country: Austria, Germany, France; Year: 2016; Director: Maria Schrader; Writer: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg; Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Tómas Lemarquis, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Josef Hader, Charly Hübner, Harvey Friedman, André Szymanski, Ivan Shvedoff, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Valerie Pachner, Matthias Brandt, Nicolau Breyner, Naomi Krauss, Maria Vieira, Vincent Nemeth)
Story of the exiled writer and pacifist.
The Train Of Salt And Sugar
(Country: Mozambique; Year: 2016; Director: Licinio Azevedo; Writer: Licinio Azevedo, Teresa Pereira; Stars: Melanie Rafael de Vales, Thiago Justino, Mário Mabjaia, Matamba Joaquim, Sabina Fonseca, António Nipita, Vítor Raposo, Horácio Guiamba, Absalão Narduela, Hermelinda Simela, Tonecas Xavier, Mário Valente, Absalão Maciel, Abdil Juma, Celeste Baloi)
In 1989, Mozambique is a country ruined by civil war. The train that connects Nampula to Malawi is the only hope for people willing to risk their lives to exchange a few bags of salt for sugar.
Vincent
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Christophe Van Rompaey; Writer: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem; Stars: Spencer Bogaert, Alexandra Lamy, Barbara Sarafian, Geert Van Rampelberg, Fred Epaud, Kimke Desart, Emma Reynaert, Eliza Stuyck, Ilona Bachelier, Catherine Aymerie, Griet van Damme, Willy Thomas, François Aubineau, Hugo Lecardinal, Nicolas Dillen)
Vincent is a 17-year-old ecologist who drives his family crazy with his suicide attempts, prompting his aunt to take him on a road trip.
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