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1) Illegal
Series
Film Movement volume year 9, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Français
Description
Tania is a former teacher from Russia, living illegally in Belgium with her 14-year-old son, Ivan. One day, they are stopped on the street for a routine check by the police; Tania is arrested and placed in an immigration detention center for women, while Ivan manages to escape. Threatened with imminent deportation and fearful for Ivan's fate, Tania embarks on a harrowing journey, determined to preserve her dignity and find her son.
2) Eldorado
Series
Film Movement volume year 7, film 2
Publisher
Film Movement
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
Description
When Yvan, a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer, catches young burglar and ex-junkie Elie trying to rob him, Yvan becomes strangely attached to Elie and agrees to drive him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet, leading to a bizarre journey through Belgium for the two loners.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
Description
A stop-motion animated film about toys come to life, based on the Belgian television series with the same title. Cowboy and Indian give Horse a homemade brick barbecue for his birthday, but too many bricks arrive and they destroy their house. Surreal adventures follow as the trio travels to the center of the earth, treks across frozen tundra, and discovers a parallel underwater universe where dishonest creatures live. With panic a permanent feature...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
Description
God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and decides to rewrite the world, which leaves God angry, powerless and adamant to get his power back.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Nederlands
Description
Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) fall in love at first sight. She has her own tattoo shop and he plays the banjo in a bluegrass band. They bond over their shared enthusiasm for American music and culture, and dive headfirst into a sweeping romance that plays out on and off stage- but when an unexpected tragedy hits their new family, everything they know and love is tested. An intensely moving portrait of a relationship from beginning...
Series
Film Movement volume year 10, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Portuguese
Description
Found memories: "Like every morning, Madalena makes bread for Antonio's old coffee shop. Like every day, she crosses the railways where no trains have passed for years; she cleans up the gate of the locked cemetery, and listens to the priest's sermon before sharing lunch with the other old villagers. Clinging to the image of her dead husband and living in her memories, Madalena is awakened by the arrival of Rita, a young photographer who is arriving...
Series
Criterion collection volume 771
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
Français
Description
Sandra has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. So, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes, before time runs out.
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