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Jean de Florette

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though th...

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The Weeping Meadow

Theo Angelopoulos's poetic masterpiece follows Eleni, a refugee from Odessa, through 30 years of Greek history. A sweeping, tragic odyssey of love and loss amidst dictatorship, WWII, and the brutal Civil War....

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The Animal

A woman meets a stranger at a snowy New England station and travels to a secluded farmhouse. Their isolation is haunted by mysterious children who vanish with an elder. After a prophetic dream, she disappears into the white void, leaving only footprints....

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The Hunt

Mads Mikkelsen stars in this gripping drama about a kindergarten teacher whose life is destroyed by a random lie. Accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he faces the terrifying wrath of his small town. As hysteria spreads, he must fight to keep his dignity and prove his innocence in a community that has turned its back on him....

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Far from the Madding Crowd

Julie Christie stars as Bathsheba Everdene, a headstrong woman managing her own farm in Victorian England. She is pursued by three very different men: a loyal shepherd, a wealthy neighbor, and a reckless soldier. Based on Thomas Hardy’s novel, this sweeping romantic drama explores the turbulent consequences of passion and the struggle for independence....