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Lion

adoption 02:53:00
You can be offered the best salary in the world, the best possible conditions of life, you can be presented with the future no one would be able to grant you otherwise. You can be finally given love, family and a new life. Taken it all into account, why is it so that you never stop missing the place in which you were...
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Quills

church 00:55:00
What's wrong with us as a civilization that for centuries we are entirely fine with killing other human beings: since ancient Roman battles, through crusades, wars and terrorist attacks; and we cannot accept sex? What's wrong with us, as today we watch people from Syria sending messages pleading for help and we're numb as we're afraid of our religious beliefs threatened, our jobs...
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Taxi

adventure 10:51:00
If you wish to watch something adventurous and entertaining, with the European sense of humor, you'd most likely enjoy Taxi. There are no speed limits in the pursuit of friendship, romance, and professional ups and downs, while every ordinary guy can be a hero, win a beautiful girl and literally save the world. Three parts of exciting pursuits, kidnappings, organized criminal groups and...
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

disability 23:31:00
Life is such a fragile thing. One day you're the king of the world with your plans, expectations, and boosts of confidence. And then BAM! One event turns your life upside down. Yes, it is unexpected. Yes, it hurts as hell. Yes, this is the life, 'Why me?' does apply and you can ask pleading questions as biblical Job, never expecting the answer....
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Morgan

artificial intelligence 02:25:00
Medical and technological advances spring up like mushrooms after rain. Granted a certain amount of money, you can have control over the features of your child: you can choose an egg, a sperm donor, even a surrogate. Let's take a step further, possibly in the future you will be able to choose more specific features: hair color, the shape of eyes, level of...
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Brothers

brothers 09:15:00
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You'd think that having the same genes would create a bond between people, a connection which develops into mutual respect and reliability. You'd think that sisters would love each other despite comparisons, that brothers would be comrades in spite of competitiveness. Two children can be as different from each other as two sides of the same coin. Two siblings can grow up to...
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The Cement Garden

brothers 10:42:00
What if children happen to be abandoned by parents and are left with no form of guidance and protection? What can occur if they have a house to themselves and all the curfews and rules suddenly taken away from them? What roles will be usurped by the remaining family members? Will they change and grow up? Will the family stay a family despite...
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Byzantium

crime 09:41:00
Can you put an equivalent between every crime? What should be perceived more punishable? Killing someone on the verge of dying or killing someone whose life priorities are not necessarily of the highest morals? Is there a hierarchy of crimes when all you have to do to survive is drink the blood of other living beings? Is there a survival for those who...
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In Hiding/W Ukryciu

crime 06:41:00
There are so many stories of war victims. While millions perished in gas chambers or were killed in battles, uprisings and bombings, from time to time an individual story of survival comes to light. A boy who spent years in someone's attic, a girl adopted by a couple, forced to pretend that she's of a different faith. Or a woman who lost everything...
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The War of the Roses

black comedy 10:24:00
You fall in love. You get married. Your children are born. You build a house, buy a flat, travel the world. And one day you wake up and this intense fondness towards your partner is gone. You don't feel anything, you don't even wish him/her well. But can you end your relationship in a civilized way? Can you divide your possessions without grudges...
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The Light Between Oceans

Alicia Vikander 10:44:00
We live in gaps. Some people have too much of everything and they spend money on unnecessary things. Some people live below a dollar a day and don't spend at all because they cannot afford anything. Some people live a lifetime with one person, for some even a hundred lovers don't seem to be enough. Some don't want to have children and they...
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Little Children

children 09:54:00
Marriage. Stability. Routine. Little happy feet waking you every day, craving food, attention and endless play time. Every day, day by day. Never ending sameness turning your life into an impossible nightmare. And on the other hand: sex, desire, adventure, and escape. Can you leave it all to once again feel desired and uninhibited? Is your life of stability really such a nightmare?...
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On the nature of pictures

*Every Google image belongs to someone and this someone should be noted. However, if pictures are scenes from the film they most probably belong to owners of the film/producers. I use saved screens of the Google compilation of pictures, thus the pictures of pictures, which I take, cut and edit myself (as a derivative use). They are used for reviewing purposes (fair use), not for diminishing the films' profits by stealing what rightly belongs to them. Copyright is tricky, let's get used to it.