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Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, detective |
Country | Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark |
Duration | 01:53 |
Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | drama |
Country | Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands |
Iremar is part of a rodeo troupe that tours the Brazilian northeast. His task is to send bulls into the arena. Intensely exciting physical scenes alternate with contemplative episodes that sketch a painterly portrait of the members of the troupe. Sublime images, which alternate with a less idyllic reality: the hard work amidst the cows. Jointly they form a fabulous choreography, against the background of a rapidly changing society.
Mark | imdb: 5 |
Genre | drama, family |
Country | USA, Netherlands, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:35 |
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive's criminal past catches up with her. Consequently, she must make a choice: continue with a life of crime or leave the person she loves most in an effort to give Bobby a proper chance in life.
Mark | imdb: 4.9 |
Genre | action, drama, crime |
Country | France, Belgium, Netherlands, USA |
Peter and Michael, raised on the streets of Philadelphia, are the children of Irish mob members, forever linked by the crimes of their fathers. 30 years later, Michael now runs the criminal organization and lusts for more power, his dangerous antics frequently held in check by his cautious cousin Peter. Haunted by the death of his sister, whose passing destroyed both his parents, Peter is caught between the dreams of childhood and the realities of his life as an enforcer. His only reprieve is a local boxing gym, a sanctuary that is quickly threatened as Michael’s desire for control escalates.
Mark | imdb: 4.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | Netherlands |
Duration | 01:53 |
Elizabeth, a voluptuous, shy and unpopular girl, is the object of ridicule at school by the cool in-crowd. Her life spirals downward after the death of her only friend, her grandmother. But she has a crush on a popular boy at school, and a deranged plan to make all her dreams come true!
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | drama |
Country | India, Netherlands |
Duration | 02:20 |
This first feature film from Indian playwright Anand Gandhi, tells three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances: a visually impaired Egyptian photographer, who after a cornea transplant has trouble adjusting to her newfound sense of sight; a devout Indian monk fighting against animal testing, who has to confront his beliefs when he is diagnosed with liver cirrhosis; and an Indian stockbroker, who after having a kidney transplant learns about the illegal trade in stolen organs and decides to help a poor victim of such theft - even though it means travelling all the way from India to Sweden. The film was first shown at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received great critical acclaim and was touted as "the hidden gem of the year". It was released in India in July 2013, and was awarded Best Feature Film of 2013 at the Indian National Film Awards in 2014.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, military, biography |
Country | Netherlands |
Duration | 02:10 |
Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant...
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | drama |
Country | Finland, Netherlands |
Duration | 01:37 |
Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | drama |
Country | Netherlands |
In FEAST, perpetrators, victims and their spectators become involved in a dramatic reconstruction of the Groningen HIV case. The film tells a story about power and surrender, the reversibility of truth and the desire to come home somewhere.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | comedy, drama, detective |
Country | Belgium, Netherlands |
Patrick is the handyman on his father's naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating wooden furniture. When Patrick loses his campsite hammer, his quest to retrieve it takes him to the farthest corners of the camping grounds.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | Netherlands |
A reïmagening of the popular Dutch tv-series Baantjer. Newbie detective Jurre de Cock joins the Amsterdam police force in 1980, a week before the coronation of the new Queen of the Netherlands is supposed to take place. After he finds an unknown informant's body in one of the city's canals, he and his partner Montijn are thrust headfirst into a conspiracy involving squatters, Belgian drug kingpins and a possible terrorist attack on coronation day.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | Brazil, Argentina, USA, Netherlands |
Duration | 01:55 |
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.