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The Duke and Mosquito State
Assandria
(Country: Italy; Year: 2020; Director: Salvatore Mereu; Writer: Salvatore Mereu; Stars: Gavino Ledda, Anna Koenig, Marco Zucca, Corrado Giannetti, Samuele Mei, Alessandro Pala)
A man tries to tell police about events leading to a massive fire that he has survived.
The Duke
(Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Roger Michell; Writer: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman; Stars: Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Fionn Whitehead, Aimée Kelly, Craig Conway, Heather Craney, Simon Hubbard, Michael Adams, Jack Bandeira, Ray Burnet, Ashley Kumar, Charlie Richmond, Craig Thomas Lambert, Robert Jarvis, Michael Mather)
The story of a taxi driver who stole a Goya from London's National Gallery and began to send ransom notes.
Love After Love (Di Yi Lu Xiang)
(Country: China; Year: 2020; Director: Ann Hui; Writer: Anyi Wang; Stars: Eddie Peng, Isabella Leong, Sichun Ma, Feihong Yu, Barret Coates, Alex Pychtin, Eddie Peng, Isabella Leong, Sichun Ma, Feihong Yu, Barret Coates, Alex Pychtin)
Ge Weilong, a young girl from Shanghai, travels to Hong Kong in pursuit of her education... but becomes her aunt's puppet in a game with rich and powerful men.
Mandibules
(Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Writer: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Dave Chapman, Grégoire Ludig, Coralie Russier, Bruno Lochet, India Hair, David Marsais, Raphaël Quenard, Roméo Elvis, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Dave Chapman, Grégoire Ludig, Coralie Russier, Bruno Lochet, India Hair)
When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.
Mosquito State
(Country: Poland, US; Year: 2020; Director: Filip Jan Rymsza; Writer: Filip Jan Rymsza, Mario Zermeno; Stars: Beau Knapp, Charlotte Vega, Jack Kesy, Olivier Martinez, Audrey Wasilewski, Daisy Bishop, Dominika Kachlik, Maximilian Kubiak, Seetharaman Krishna, Hai Hung Dinh, Wojciech Bocianowski, Krystin Goodwin, Kelly Dean Cooper, Carolina Espiro, Mark McKinnon)
August 2007. Isolated in his austere penthouse overlooking Central Park, obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca sees ominous patterns. His computer models are behaving erratically, as are the swarms of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, an infestation that attends his psychological meltdown.
Run Hide Fight and The Ties
Night In Paradise (Nak-Won-Eui-Bam)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2020; Director: Park Hoon-jung; Stars: Cha Seung-Won, Eom Tae-goo, Jeon Yeo-bin, Lee Ki-young, Park Ho-San)
Criminal Tae-gu tries to clean up his life for his sick sister and nephew but after they are killed he seeks revenge and then goes on the run to an island.
One Night In Miami
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Regina King; Writer: Kemp Powers; Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Lance Reddick, Christian Magby, Nicolette Robinson, Joaquina Kalukango, Michael Imperioli, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Derek Roberts, Beau Bridges, Jerome A Wilson, Aaron D Alexander, Hunter Burke)
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the young boxer meets with friends Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to decide the course of his life, and possibly that of civil rights history.
Run Hide Fight
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Kyle Rankin; Writer: Kyle Rankin; Stars: Thomas Jane, Radha Mitchell, Isabel May, Eli Brown, Olly Sholotan, Treat Williams, Barbara Crampton, Cyrus Arnold, Britton Sear, Catherine Davis, Brandon Germaine, Joel Michaely, Shelynn Mayes, CG Lewis, Tom Williamson)
A teenager facing grief after the death of her mum is caught up in a school shooting and siege.
The Ties (Lacci)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2020; Director: Daniele Luchetti; Writer: Daniele Luchetti, Francesco Piccolo, based on the novel by Domenico Starnone; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Linda Caridi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Adriano Giannini, Joshua Francesco Louis Cerciello, Giulia De Luca, Sveva Esposito, Giovannino Esposito)
Naples, early 1980s: Aldo and Vanda’s marriage finds itself on the rocks when Aldo falls in love with the young Lidia. Thirty years later, Aldo and Vanda are still married.
You Came Back
(Country: Italy; Year: 2020; Director: Stefano Mordini; Writer: Luca Infascelli, Francesca Marciano, Stefano Mordini; Stars: Valeria Golino, Stefano Accorsi, Maya Sansa, Serena Rossi, Lino Musella, Ludovico Di Benedetto, Ludovico Benedetti, Elio De Capitani, Valeria Golino, Stefano Accorsi, Maya Sansa, Serena Rossi, Lino Musella, Ludovico Di Benedetto, Ludovico Benedetti)
A man who believes he has got over the death of his first-born child is shocked when a stranger tells him she is living in his old house... and hearing the voice of his dead son.
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