Bafici
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This documentary goes through the northern shore of Peru, Amazonia, and Lima, and explores the historical and sociopolitical aspects of ceviche, a dish from Peru that dates back to pre-Columbian times.
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One night in April 1957, 19-year-old Albertina escaped prison where she was serving a sentence for robbery. While escaping, she breaks an anklebone called astragalus. She will jump from one hiding spot to another, struggling to remain free.
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Nathalie teaches philosophy in a Paris high school. She’s married with two kids, and divides her time between her family, her former students, and her mother. One day, her husband announces he’s leaving her for another woman, and she must carry on alone.
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Father and son pay tribute to the twelve journalists from the satiric French magazine Charlie Hebdo who died in the terrorist attack of January 2015. The film also captures the work of the editorial department while working on the first post-attack issue.
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A philosophy professor finds himself interrogated by his wife, since she doesn’t trust the pedagogical approach of an educational project in which the man discusses literature with his female students. The professor’s theory will progressively turn practical, to the point it turns into an exercise on seduction.
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Inspired in the real events that grabbed headlines in 2009, the mythical Mexican director tells the story of two unlucky prostitutes who accidentally murdered two midget wrestlers on a night when nothing went right.
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Itaeté is an old man who tries to pass on the legacy of his tradition to Ulises, a guaraní teenager, but the boy’s calling is music. The old man accidentally dies, and Ulises accepts the atavistic legacy of building canoes.
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The ‘80s wouldn’t have been the same without this high-school fable that talked about social differences. Molly Ringwald completes her transformation into a pop icon by playing Andie, a middle-class girl in love with a rich boy.
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“What's the difference between the original and a copy?”, Belina Zavadisca asks herself in this film that combines a portrait of the Orellana twins and the replicas made during their time as mayors.
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In a world suspended in time, the brothers Lell’s fields are threatened by a frost. However, when a mysterious woman appears and the frost gives in, the rumor that she’s a saint who arrived to save them is spread between the villagers.
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