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THE RYE HORN
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by Jaione Camborda
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2023 - Spain/Portugal/Belgium - Drama - 105 min
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with Janet Novás, Siobhan Fernandes, Carla Rivas, Daniela Hernán Marchán, Diego Anido
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1971, Francoist Spain. In the Galician countryside María assists women in childbirth. After an attempt to help a young woman in trouble, she suddenly has to hide from the authorities, leave everything behind and flee the country.
On her perilous journey to Portugal, María encounters female solidarity and realizes that she is not alone and that, thanks to the help of others, she might finally find her freedom.
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Screenings:
WED 27 SEP 8.30 VICTORIA EUGENIA
WED 27 SEP 11.30 KURSAAL 1
WED 27 SEP 18.45 KURSAAL 1
THU 28 SEP 20.30 PRINCIPE 7
FRI 29 SEP 18.30 ANTIGUO BERRI 2
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THE MONK AND THE GUN
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by Pawo Choyning Dorji
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2023 - Bhutan/France/USA/Taiwan - Comedy/Drama - 107 min
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with Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam, Harry Einhorn
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Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has finally arrived. Bhutan becomes the last country in the world to connect to the internet and television, and now the biggest change of all: democracy. To teach the people how to vote, the authorities organize a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced. Travelling to rural Bhutan where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for the election day.
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EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING
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by Gábor Reisz
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2023 - Hungary/Slovakia - Drama - 152 min
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with Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh, István Znamenák, András Rusznák, Rebeka Hatházi, Lilla Kizlinger
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It's summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab - who had a previous confrontation with Abel's conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel's history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.
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BITTEN
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by Romain de Saint-Blanquat
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2023 - France - Thriller/Giallo - 1.85 - 90 min
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with Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Lilith Grasmug, Cyril Metzger, Maxime Rohart
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1967, Mardi Gras. Françoise is a seventeen-year-old boarder in an all-girls Catholic high school. Convinced that she has only one night left before her death, she sneaks out with her friend Delphine to attend a costume party and live the night as if it was her last.
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ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE LAKE
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by Lav Diaz
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2023 - Philippines/France/Portugal/Singapore/Italy/Switzerland/UK - Drama - 1.67 - 215 min
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with John Lloyd Cruz, Hazel Orencio, Shaina Magdayao, Bart Guingona, Agot Isidro
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When asked what drives a man to search for the truth, Lieutenant Papauran says dejectedly that maybe he just wants to keep inflicting pain on himself. Faced with President Duterte's bloody murders and brazen lies, he continues his struggle to solve a fifteen-year-old case around an ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake. It has become a cross he can barely carry but keeps dragging it anyway.
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