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The Child Prodigy
Canada, 2010, 101 min.
This gorgeously made biographical drama recounts the story of an extraordinarily gifted Canadian musical prodigy whose meteoric rise to fame in the 1930s was paralleled by a long, slow slide into depression and dissolution.... more
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Hello! How Are You?
Romania, 2010, 105 min.
A witty, stylishly crafted tale of a husband and wife whose 20-year marriage has long since lost its zing. In humorous contrast to their staid, passionless lives, characters in a constant state of sexual arousal surround them.... more
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Juan
Denmark, 2010, 102 min.
Retribution closes in on the serial seducer who has bedded and abandoned thousands of women in this thrillingly cinematic version of W.A. Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni. One of the composer’s most darkly seductive scores is performed here by Concerto Copenhagen, under the baton of Lars Ulrik Mortensen,... more
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Kinshasa Symphony
Germany, 2010, 95 min.
A true ode to joy, this heartening, hopeful movie dispels European stereotypes about Africa. It shows how people living in one of the most chaotic cities in the world have managed to forge one of the most complex systems of human cooperation ever invented: a symphony orchestra. Winner, Audience Awar... more
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Leading Ladies
USA, 2010, 102 min.
This intoxicating musical explores themes of personal liberation, sexual exploration and the lure of the ballroom dance floor with its tale of two distinctly different sisters and the overbearing mother who holds each of them back from attaining their heart’s desire.... more
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Madly in Love
Belgium, 2010, 90 min.
A frank and funny romantic comedy about an obstinate Antwerp family, filmed in a quirkily inventive style, Madly in Love might recall It’s Complicated with its liveliness, beautiful settings, and spicy love scenes.... more
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Mozart’s Sister
France, 2010, 115 min.
A treat for classical music lovers and cinephiles alike, this lively, fascinating costume drama rescues Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s talented older sister Nannerl from the dustbins of history. Beginning in 1763, it follows the Mozart family’s exhausting life on the road, traveling by coach from one roy... more
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Paper Birds
Spain, 2010, 115 min.
This touching tale of the bonds of friendship amongst the members of a traveling entertainment troupe in a post-civil war Spain celebrates the lost art of vaudeville and features superb performances from Spanish acting royalty: Imanol Arias, Lluis Homar and Carmen Machi. Winner, Audience Award, Mont... more
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Sound of Noise
Sweden, 2010, 98 min.
The sound and image anarchists behind the 2001 cult short Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers successfully take their concept and talent to a larger arena in Sound of Noise, a delightful comic cocktail of modern city symphony, police procedural and love story. With the most complex and wackily ... more
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Turquaze
Belgium, 2010, 96 min.
A messy, moving and joyous romantic drama that explores the lives of immigrants who find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither, Turquaze introduces a trio of Turkish brothers living in Belgium who redefine family dynamics after their father's death.... more
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