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SUBMERGENCE (4K)

PUNK SAMURAI

HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES

BIKINI MOON

LEAN ON PETE

JUPITER'S MOON (4K)

THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT

THE HOUSE BY THE SEA

LIFE IN OVERTIME

SUBMERGENCE (4K)

Directed by: Wim Wenders

Written by: Erin Dignam

Starring: Alicia Vikander / James McAvoy / Alexander Siddig / Jannik Schümann

Plot:

In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance.

PUNK SAMURAI

Directed by: Gakuryu Ishii

Written by: Kankuro Kudo

Starring: Tadanobu Asano / Go Ayano / Masahiro Higashide / Keiko Kitagawa / Koen Kondo

Plot:

Junoshin Kake is a skilled swordsman. He's also unemployed. To secure employment with the insignificant Kuroae domain, he promotes himself as "the only one who can rid the domain of a cult". Tatewaki Naito, one of the domain's senior officials, hires Kake as part of his scheme to outclass a political nemesis. Kake was employed to get rid of the cult but in fact the group dissolved years ago. When Naito realizes this, he becomes paranoid that he will be executed for treason. To protect himself, Naito orders Kake to organize a fake cult. When Kake tracks down the ex-cult leader, he puts him in charge of a group he's organized. Naito's original plan was to dissolve the group after achieving their objective but then the new cult gains unexpected popularity which ends up bringing on a war that involves the whole domain. Will Junoshin Kake solve the trouble he created? 

HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES

Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell

Written by: Philippa Goslett / John Cameron Mitchell

Starring: Elle Fanning / Alex Sharp / Nicole Kidman / Ruth Wilson

Plot:

In 1977, Enn was a shy suburban London teenager, sneaking out with his best friends to after-hours punk parties. One night they stumble upon a bizarre gathering of sexy teenagers who seem like they are from another planet. In fact, they are indeed from another planet, visiting Earth to complete a mysterious rite of passage. That does not stop Enn from falling madly in love with a beautiful and rebellious alien teenager who, despite her allegiance to her strange colony, is fascinated by Enn. Together they embark on a delirious adventure through the kinetic punk rock world of 1970s London, inadvertently setting off a series of events that will lead to the ultimate showdown of punks vs. aliens, and test the limits of how far each of them will go for true love.

BIKINI MOON

Directed by: Milcho Manchevski

Written by: Milcho Manchevski / W.P. Rosenthal

Starring: Condola Rashad / Sarah Goldberg / Will Janowitz

Plot:

Bikini Moon Davis is a charismatic homeless woman and in a clearly troubled mental state. Claiming she drove a forklift in the Iraq War and was trained as a carpenter, she’s been on and off the streets, and hopes to stabilize her life and get back her young daughter from a foster home. Bikini grabs the attention of documentary producer Kate Skyler, who is seen convincing the project’s director and her live-in boyfriend, Trevor Hood, that they should make the extra effort to help Bikini get back on her feet. Eventually, Kate and Trevor cross the ethical line between working parters and invite Bikini to live with them in a quiet suburb, where they measure her life in birthday parties, milestone moments, and increasingly awkward interactions, until Bikini’s indefinable and ultimately indomitable spirit grows beyond their understanding...

LEAN ON PETE

 

 

Directed by: Andrew Haigh

Written by: Andrew Haigh

Starring: Charlie Plummer / Amy Seimetz / Travis Fimmel / Steve Buscemi

 

Plot:

“Lean On Pete” is a story of a kid that refuses to lose hope or heart despite the harsh realities of his world. The quote of the novel by John Steinbeck is used at the start of his novel which reads “It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth”. It follows fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson. He wants a home, food on the table and a high school he can attend for more than part of the year. As the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, stability is hard to find. Hoping for a new start, they move to Portland, Oregon where Charley takes a summer job, with a washed-up horse trainer, and befriends a failing racehorse named Pete.

 

 

JUPITER'S MOON (4K)

 

 

Directed by: Kornél Mundruczó

Written by: Kata Wéber

Starring: Merab Ninidze / György Cserhalmi

 

Plot:

A surreal tale about the brutal reality of the refugee crisis, the film focuses on the ill-fated journey of Aryan, a young Syrian refugee, after he attempted to illegally cross the Hungarian border. He is shot several times by the police during the incident but no one could foresee the consequences. Terrified and in shock, wounded Aryan can now mysteriously levitate at will. Thrown into a refugee camp, he is smuggled out by cynical Dr Stern, who intends on exploiting his extraordinary secret. Pursued by enraged camp director Laszlo, the fugitives remain on the move in search of safety and money. Inspired by Aryan's amazing powers, Stern takes a leap of faith in a world where miracles are trafficked for small change...

 

  

THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT

 

 

 

Directed by: Nobuhiro Suwa

Written by: Nobuhiro Suwa

Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud / Pauline Etienne / Arthur Harari / Maud Wyler

 

Plot:

In South of France, Jean is an actor caught up in the past, and learns that his current film shoot is unexpectedly suspended for an infinite period. He takes this opportunity to visit an old friend and settles, clandestinely, into an abandoned house. He explores the house and meets a smiling young woman who’s only too happy to see him-Juliette, the love of his life, who died in 1972 - and here is where she once lived. A group of young friends, novice filmmakers, stumble upon the same house and decide it’s the perfect location for their next home to make horror movie. They initially throw taunts at the Jean who’s scared them out of the house, then stalk him with their camera, and at last, start making a movie after learning that he’s an actor. They come up with a script which is about an empty house, an old man and the ghost of his beloved one... 

 

 

THE HOUSE BY THE SEA

 

 

Directed by: Robert Guédiguian

Written by: Robert Guédiguian

Starring: Ariane Ascaride / Jean-Pierre Darroussin / Gérard Meylan / Jacques Boudet

 

Plot:

By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela, an actress living in Paris, Joseph, who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand, the only one who stayed behind in Marseille to run the family’s small restaurant. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil. 

 

 

LIFE IN OVERTIME

 

 

Directed by: Hideo Nakata

Written by: Nonji Nemoto / Makiko Uchidate

Starring: Hiroshi Tachi / Hitomi Kuroki / Ryôko Hirosue / Asami Usuda / Tomorô Taguchi

 

Plot:

Sosuke Tashiro is on an elite at a major bank until he is transferred - or rather relegated - to a subsidiary company, where he reaches retirement age. After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, he finds himself at a loss. Days pass with nothing for him to do, and time goes by at a snail's pace. "I don't want my life to end like this." Sosuke picks up the courage to look for work at a nearby job center, but his glittering academic background and impressive resume get in the way and he has little luck. Upon seeing this, his wife Chigusa who works as a hairdresser and his daughter jokingly suggests that Sousuke should find someone to date. Coincidentally, Sousuke indeed finds someone who he is interested in but things do not turn out the way he wants and his life starts to take on an uncontrollable twist.