Top Cast
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Mikael Persbrandt
Lars
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Alexandra Rapaport
Elisabeth
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Per Graffman
Magnus
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Leif Andrée
Step father
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Basia Frydman
Elisabeth - old
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Tomas Pontén
Olof's father
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Sophie Tolstoy
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Katarina Ewerlöf
Vivianne
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Anna Azcárate
Clerk
Overview
Magnus is a photographer specializing in family portraits. When he plans for his mother’s 75th birthday he discovers family secrets that will change his life.
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Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
Adopt a Highway
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
The Girl in the Book
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Come Sunday
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy, Kurdish-controlled pass, the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris, the Sangatte refuge centre and ultimately asylum in London.
In This World
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
What Maisie Knew
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Adam
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Skin
When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage to take the first step, anything is possible.