11 The Brutalist

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.

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10 Conclave

Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.

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9 The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита)

Based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel «Master and Margarita». 1930’s, Moscow. A famous writer is censored by the Soviet state: his novel is banned, and the theatrical premier of his new play about Pontius Pilate — canceled. In just a few days he becomes an outcast. Inspired by these misfortunes the writer conceives a new novel in which the devil, named Woland, satirically revenges all those responsible for the writer’s downfall. He knows this novel can never be published in the USSR, but Margarita — his muse pushes him to write it no matter what.

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8 Heaven is Beneath Mother’s Feet (Бейиш эненин таманында)

The story of 35-year-old Adil, a special person whose mental development remained at the level of an 8-year-old child. Adil lives in a small village with his 75-year-old mother, Raikhan Apa, who always tells Adil that the Almighty loves him in a special way, and therefore he will go straight to Heaven. But Adil doesn’t want to go to Paradise without his mother. One day he learns from another 8-year-old boy that if he takes his mother on foot to the holy city of Mecca, then his mother can go to Heaven.

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7 Young Woman and the Sea

The daughter of a German butcher from Manhattan, Gertrude Ederle was a competitive swimmer who won gold in the 1924 Olympics when she decided to attempt crossing the channel. She undertook the feat after first swimming 22 miles from Battery Park in New York to Sandy Hook, NJ, setting a record that stood for 81 years. She contracted with two newspapers and sold her story, thereby financing her quest. There was actually a race among women who would be first to cross as only five men had done so before.

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6 Smotri na menya! (Смотри на меня!)

1948. Nina Levitskaya, a former opera singer and mother of four children, knows nothing about the fate of her husband, who disappeared from sight almost a year ago. According to rumors, the father of the family, a responsible employee, Aleskandr should be somewhere in Moscow. Clouds are gathering around the family, and in order to avoid a possible arrest, Nina urgently sells all her property, collects her children and leaves Sverdlovsk for the capital.

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5 The Promised Land (Bastarden)

The poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen arrives in 1755 on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king’s call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honor himself. But Kahlen quickly makes an enemy. The merciless landowner, Frederik De Schinkel, who is sole ruler of the area, believes that the heath belongs to him and not the king. When De Schinkel’s serf runs away with his wife Ann Barbara and seeks refuge with Kahlen, the landowner does everything to drive Kahlen away and at the same time exact a cruel revenge. Kahlen does not bow, but stubbornly takes up the unequal battle and now risks both his life, but also the bond with the small, troubled family that has arisen around him on the heath.

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4 I’m Still Here (Ainda estou aqui)

In 1971, in Rio de Janeiro, former congressman Rubens Paiva is a family man and engineer, who lives with his wife Eunice Paiva and their five children at Avenida Delfim Moreira, in front of the Leblon Beach. One afternoon, several men arrive at their home and ask him to go with them to a «deposition» to the authorities while three of them stay with his family. Then they take Eunice and her teenage daughter Eliana with hoods to give a statement at an unknown place. Eunice remains arrested for several days while listening to the torture of other people. She returns home, moves with her family to São Paulo and never sees her husband again.

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3 The Count of Monte-Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo)

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the men who betrayed him.

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2 Lee

War correspondent Lee Miller travels to the front lines of World War II to embark on a mission to uncover the hidden truths of the Third Reich. But in the wake of betrayal, a reckoning will come over the truths of her own past.

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1 Arthur the King

In ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond forms between pro adventurer Michael Light and a street dog, Arthur. Based on a true story, Arthur the King follows Light’s quest for one last win at the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Dominican Republic with his team. As they face extreme challenges, Arthur redefines victory, loyalty, and friendship.

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