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7 Boxes
Paraguay, 2012, 105 min.
17-year-old Victor is offered $100 to transport seven boxes across a crowded outdoor marketplace, but the contents are linked to a serious crime and a lot of money and soon he finds himself in an adrenaline-fuelled race to outrun cops and bad guys.... more
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After Lucia
Mexico, 2012, 102 min.
Emotionally vulnerable after the death of her mother in a car crash, Alejandra makes a drunken mistake, allowing herself to be filmed making out. Ashamed, she tries to ensure her father doesn’t find out the extent of the vicious bullying she endures at school. Winner, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film... more
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Beauty
Argentina, 2012, 83 min.
An intimate and poetic evocation of the experience of a young girl from an indigenous tribe in northern Argentina working as a maid in a middle class home. Seggariao’s subtle, haunting debut has been compared to the work of Terrence Malick.... more
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Blancanieves
Spain, 2012, 96 min.
In this spectacular silent movie-style adaptation of Snow White, the daughter of a famous bullfighter is mistreated by her wicked stepmother. When she runs away and joins a band of dwarfs, her natural bullfighting talent is discovered, but her stepmother plots to bring her down.... more
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Checkmate
Dominican Republic, 2011, 90 min.
David Hernandez is the famous host of a successful variety show in the Dominican Republic. When a caller to his show reveals that he is holding his family hostage, David must stay on air and play the terrorist’s game or his family dies.... more
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Clandestine Childhood
Argentina, 2012, 110 min.
The 12-year-old son of political dissidents fighting the brutal military junta in 1970s Argentina, Juan goes to school under an assumed name and gets his first crush on a girl. But when his parents suddenly need to pack up and run his life is changed forever.... more
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The Cleaner
Peru, 2012, 95 min.
In the midst of a mysterious and deadly epidemic in Lima, Perù, a depressed and isolated man cleans up after the dying. When he takes in a frightened young boy who has lost his mother, he’s quietly transformed by the experience of caring for another human being.... more
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The Clown
Brazil, 2011, 88 min.
That dream of running away to join the circus? It works in reverse here. Benjamin is a loveable clown who quits the traveling circus run by his father in search of a fan (the electrical kind) and a permanent address. Best Film, Cinema Brazil Grand Prize.... more
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The Dead Man and Being Happy
Spain, 2012, 92 min.
A hit man with terminal cancer picks up a much younger woman with family problems. He leaves Buenos Aires for a road trip to offbeat locales across Argentina. Both characters’ stories come full circle during a dramatic showdown with the woman’s family.... more
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Drought
Mexico, 2011, 83 min.
Award-winning director Everardo González paints a dazzling, hard-as-nails portrait of a corner of the world where water is scarce and life is hard, revealing the powerful spirit of the rancheros who never lose their determination and belief that the rain will come and life will be renewed.... more
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The End
Spain, 2012, 90 min.
A group of friends reunites at a cabin – all except one, the victim of a practical joke years before. Suddenly all electronics and machinery stop dead; they seek help but one by one they disappear. From the writers of The Orphanage and Cell 211.... more
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The Girl
USA, 2012, 94 min.
Abbie Cornish gives a superb performance, at once contained and emotionally raw, as a troubled young working class Texan woman who loses custody of her child and sees an opportunity to make quick cash transporting Mexicans across the border.... more
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Here and There
Spain, 2012, 110 min.
A family man returns home to his village in Mexico after years as a migrant worker in the United States. But his dreams are tested when his pregnant wife falls ill. Winner: Critics Week Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival.... more
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La Playa D.C.
Colombia, 2012, 90 min.
A 13-year-old Afro-Colombian boy, Tomas, lands on the tough streets of Bogotá with his two brothers in this gritty but exuberant debut. After some tough knocks he goes his own way, finding work in a barbershop creating his own elaborate “tropas”.... more
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Margarita
Canada, 2012, 91 min.
A cash-strapped middle-class Toronto family reluctantly fires their Mexican-born nanny Margarita, only to discover just how indispensable she really is. Unfortunately she is also illegal, which makes everything that much stickier in this quirky lesbian-themed comedy-drama.... more
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Multiple Visions (The Crazy Machine)
Mexico, 2012, 95 min.
Bathed in some of the most beautiful and iconic images from Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, one of the most legendary cameramen of all times, supplemented by commentary from 40 directors of photography from difference countries and generations.... more
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The Passion of Michelangelo
Chile, 2012, 99 min.
As street protests increased in 1983, Pinochet’s regime in Chile was only too happy to promote the story of a 14-year-old Miguel Angel’s sighting of the Virgin Mary atop a hill in Peñablanca. Esteban Larraín’s drama tells Angel’s ultimately tragic tale.... more
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Sadourni’s Butterflies
Argentina, 2012, 94 min.
In this dazzling neo-silent black and white melodrama, an ex circus dwarf get out of prison and tries to start over. Falling in love with a fellow voice-over artiste, he dreams of the operation that would make her attainable. A thrilling, poetic love story like nothing you have seen before.... more
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The Sleeping Voice
Spain, 2011, 128 min.
In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Pepita, a naïve young woman, comes to Madrid to be near her pregnant sister, a political prisoner facing execution. Pepita gradually gets drawn into the underground struggle while working in a Nationalist household. Winner: Best Actress, San Sebastian FF... more
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The Snitch Cartel
Colombia, 2012, 107 min.
A boy from a humble background rises through the ranks of a ruthless drug cartel in early ‘90s Colombia, determined to win over the girl he loves. But after a violent shake-up within the cartel he undertakes a dangerous new role as a DEA informant.... more
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Tabu
Portugal, 2012, 120 min.
Miguel Gomes conjures a bittersweet souvenir of an overwhelming physical passion in this inventive and wistful black and white melodrama, a two-parter that jumps 50 years into the past, and further, into the romance of silent cinema. FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin Film Festival... more
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Una Noche
Cuba, 2012, 90 min.
Elio’s twin sister, Lila, begins to suspect that her brother is planning to take off with his sexy, volatile coworker Raul on a dangerous bid to escape Cuba on a makeshift raft. Lucy Molloy’s award-winning film is vibrant, sophisticated, and emotionally intense. ... more
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White Elephant
Argentina, 2012, 110 min.
Ricardo Darin and Jérémie Renier play activist priests in a Buenos Ares slum in this palpably authentic and powerful social realist melodrama from the director of Carancho and Lion’s Den.... more
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