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1) Yo
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Español
Description
Winner of Best Film at the Morelia International Film Festival, "Yo" is based on a short story by Nobel laureate J.M.G. Le Clezio. "My name is Yo, I'm 15 years old, or that's what they tell me," explains the protagonist (Raul Silva) early on. A strong young man with limited mental skills, he says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her...
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Portuguese
Description
Francisca, a young Portuguese woman who's living in Brazil, welcomes Teresa, an old acquaintance she'd lost contact with, into her home. While Teresa is discovering the place where she means to settle, Francisca craves for her life back in Lisbon. The film follows each woman's adventures in the city and the deep bond of friendship that grows between them, forcing them to deal with conflicting desires: a will to leave for an unknown country and a relentless...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling...
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
Français
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Description
Nathalie is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to-day demands of career and family. But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie's life start to crumble. For the first time in ages, she finds herself adrift, but also with a newfound sense of liberation. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets...
Language
English
Formats
Description
After four years of chasing his stand-up comedy dream in Los Angeles, 34-year-old Scott Rollins (Ben Schwartz, Parks And Recreation) has crashed and burned. Left with little money and a fledging "career," Scott has no choice but to regroup, lick his wounds, and return to his parents' house in Long Island. While trying to figure out what to do next, he pines after his ex, Becky (Eloise Mumford), a successful photographer who has since married a former...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Marathi
Formats
Description
Budhi, a widow lives in a small village in Maharashtra, India. Her only son, a young farmer, has committed suicide. Though poor and left alone in the world, she leads a cheerful life. She is particularly fond of her neighbor, young Sudama with whom she shares the small pleasures of life. A local politician gives her a few 1000 rupee notes at an election rally. She and Sudama go shopping to the nearby market with her newfound wealth, but fate has other...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Language
English
Formats
Description
While her mom sees Madeline as a fragile, emotional teen, the director of her theater workshop sees her as a raw talent with a troubled history that can be exploited for her art. Before long, Madeline's loyalties are torn between mother and mentor. Nominated for the Best of Next! Award at the 2018 **Sundance Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Festival**. Nominated for Best Female Lead and Best Cinematography at the **Film...
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ivy (Zoe Kazan, *The Big Sick*) heads home with a fresh romance in her heart when an old friendship expectantly strengthens. Distressed about her conflicting feelings, Ivy must stay resilient in the face of her epilepsy, lest her emotions become something she can't control. Zoe Kazan won the Jury Award for Best Actress in a Narrative Feature at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. Nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the **Film Independent Spirit...
11) The Lion King
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy, and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what...
12) Elena
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Language
Russian
Formats
Description
A gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller. Sixty-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his palatial Moscow apartment—he’s a wealthy businessman; she’s his dowdy former nurse. Estranged from his own wild-child daughter, Vladimir openly despises his wife’s freeloading son and family. But when a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife’s potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan…...
13) Perfumes
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Anne Walberg is a master of perfumes. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible gift to many companies. She is a perfectionist and temperamental. Guillaume is her new chauffeur and the only one who dares face her. This is probably why she doesn2t fire him. Guillaume also desperately needs this job to maintain shared custody of his daughter, so he can only push back so hard. Perfumes is a nuanced and delightful dramedy.
14) Abe
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old ABE is an aspiring chef, but his family—half-Israeli, half-Palestinian—have never eaten together without a fight. But when ABE ditches camp to spend time with street chef Chico, his mentor’s fusion cuisine inspires him to unite his family through food. ABE wants to cook a meal that will bring everyone to the table, but he’s about to learn that the kitchen can’t heal some divides.
15) Asako I & II
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
A mysterious and intoxicating pop romance, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the acclaimed Happy Hour begins with Asako, a young woman who meets and falls madly in love with a drifter, Baku, who one day drifts right out of her life. Two years later, working in Tokyo, Asako sees Baku again — or, rather, a young, solid businessman named Ryohei who bears a striking resemblance to her old flame. They begin building a happy life together...
16) Drunk bus
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift known as the "DRUNK BUS."
17) Museo
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Well into their 30s, Juan Nuñez (Gael García Bernal) and Benjamín Wilson (Leonardo Ortizgris) still can’t seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents’ homes. Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo in the district of Satelite, Mexico City’s version of an American suburb. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it’s finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all...
18) Paradise Hills
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
On an isolated island, Uma (Emma Roberts) wakes up to find herself at PARADISE HILLS, a facility where high-class families send their daughters to become perfect versions of themselves. The facility is run by the mysterious Duchess (Milla Jovovich) where calibrated treatments including etiquette classes, vocal lessons, beauty treatments, gymnastics and restricted diets, revolve all physical and emotional shortcomings within two months. The outspoken...
19) Burning
Language
Korean
Formats
Description
An introverted young man, Jongsu (Ah-in YOO), finds romantic interest in a young woman from his past, Haemi (Jong-seo JUN). One day she returns from a trip with Ben (Steven YEUN), a wealthy and sophisticated young man. When Haemi disappears, Jongsu becomes suspicious of Ben and his mysterious hobby.
20) Avatar
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's...
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