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O Sr. Watts é o único homem branco deixado na ilha após o bloqueio. Ele abre a escola e apresenta às crianças o romance "Grandes Esperanças" de Charles Dickens. Matilda, a narradora adolescente do filme, encontra conforto na história de Pip, o órfão vitoriano, quando seu próprio mundo está caindo aos pedaços. Os Redskins, um exército enviado para destruir os rebeldes locais estão se aproximando. Matilda escreve "Pip" na areia. Esse simples ato leva a terríveis consequências quando os Redskins suspeitam que Pip seja um líder rebelde e exigem que ele seja trazido diante deles.
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Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) fez sucesso na juventude, quando era líder de torcida. Atualmente ela trabalha como diarista e busca por uma vida melhor para ela e seu filho, Oscar (Jason Spevack). Norah (Emily Blunt), a irmã mais nova de Rose, ainda mora com o pai Joe (Alan Arkin). Quando Rose toma conhecimento da alta quantia que pode ganhar com a limpeza de cenas de crimes e a remoção de lixo tóxico, ela e Norah decidem se unir para abrir sua própria empresa, a Sunshine Cleaning. Aos poucos elas percebem que o novo empreendimento também as ajudará a dar um novo rumo em suas vidas.
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Mulheres de todas as idades fazem parte de um clube do livro sobre as obras de Jane Austen, responsável por títulos como Orgulho e Preconceito, Razão e Sensibilidade e Persuasão. Nessas reuniões, elas discutem as lições aprendidas nos livros, tentando resolver seus relacionamentos ou pelo menos arranjar um.
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A inspiradora história verídica de como um lendário treinador de basquete do Texas levou a primeira equipe constituída unicamente por afro-descendentes à vitória na final do Campeonato Universitário Nacional de 1966. Josh Lucas estrela como o técnico Don Haskins, obstinado e dedicado treinador de basquete estudantil que mudou a história desse esporte graças à vitória de seu time numa época de inocência.
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A história de Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow), uma das mais famosas novelistas da literatura norte-americana. Nascida em Boston durante a Grande Depressão, Sylvia ainda jovem tentou cometer suicídio, na casa de sua mãe. Ela viaja à Inglaterra para estudar em Cambridge e lá conhece o jovem poeta Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig), por quem se apaixona e vive um longo romance.
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Janey is on vacation with her brother, Jim, mother, Kate, and father Ed, at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsual in New Zealand. Ed and Kate, who are on the verge of divorce, sit around in the back yard all day drinking whiskey and Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye. In response to his wife's drinking problem and recurring infidelity, Ed turns to alcohol, ignoring his children almost as much as his wife, which eventually leads to a character's fate.
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Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees living in Auckland during the Yugoslav wars. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at the restaurant where Eddie cooks. For a price, she agrees to marry another restaurant employee, a Chinese man, so that he can establish permanent residency. The money gives her the independence she needs to leave her parents' house and move in with Eddie. Complications arise when Eddie realizes the depth of her father's fury and the strength of Nina's family ties.
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Dorothy (Fiona Samuel), a lone swimmer, luxuriates in tranquil bliss at a deserted pool — only to have her solitude rudely interrupted by a squad of swimmers. A wordless, strikingly choreographed conflict ensues as Dorothy attempts to assert herself against the dehumanised aggression of the swimmers.
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Willie, a likeable kid, forms a friendship with Rikki, a new arrival at the reform school. Willie discovers that Rikki is maybe tough enough to take on Karl, the kingpin. Although Rikki is strong, he does not like to fight, but tensions mount as Karl's bullying become more obnoxious. After being shown up by Willie, Karl loses his temper and gives Willie a thrashing. As a result, Willie joins with some other boys in an escape. They steal a car, get drunk, and have a serious accident. Meanwhile Rikki is in hospital, injured in a forestry "accident' engineered by Karl.
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Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money and dealing respectfully with matters of cultural protocol. Merata Mita discusses complex issues of inter-cultural conflict.
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Examines the practical philosophy, the achievements and frustrations of one of New Zealand's most lively and innovative architects, Ian Athfield. The film provides a portrait of the architect and his work both in New Zealand and his project to design housing for 140,000 squatters from the Tondo area of Manila in the Philippines, for which Athfield won an international competition in 1975.
