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1) Oculus
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"A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon"--from www.imdb.com.
2) 3 / 4
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Young pianist Mila prepares for an audition abroad. Her brother Niki distracts her with his unwanted talent for the absurd. Meanwhile, their astrophysicist father, Todor, seems incapable of dealing with his children's anxieties. Nominated for the People's Choice Award at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** Winner of the Filmmakers of the Present Award at the **Locarno International Film Festival.** *"A whisper-light family roundelay of carefully...
3) Sweet thing
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SWEET THING centers around the lives of two children in contemporary New Bedford, Massachusetts in particular one eventful summer spent in a beach house with their mother and her boyfriend. The story is an intense but ultimately uplifting, poetic rendering of childhood that captures the essence of that time in life when a day can last forever. The friendships, loyalties, and challenges of adolescent youth propel the story into a triumph of childhood...
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Lisa (Nina Hoss), once a brilliant playwright, has grown apart from her twin brother Sven since putting aside her writing and moving with her family to Switzerland. Sven was once himself a famous stage actor, and when he is diagnosed with aggressive leukemia in Berlin, Lisa is determined to help. Doing everything in her power to help Sven recover, as well as to bring him back to the stage, she puts aside her own life, even risking her relationship...
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With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but it would mean leaving behind his beloved sister. Nominated for Best Feature Film at the **Cannes Film Festival.** Nominated for a Grand Jury Dramatic Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival.**...
6) Back roads
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After his mother (Juliette Lewis), is imprisoned for killing his abusive father, Harley (Alex Pettyfer) is left to care for his three younger sisters in rural Pennsylvania. Harley forgoes his college education, working dead-end jobs to pay the bills and raise his siblings, including his rebellious and promiscuous 16-year-old sister, Amber (Nicola Peltz). Scarred by his past, Harley becomes infatuated with Callie Mercer (Jennifer Morrison) the older...
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