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Adoration
directed by Atom Egoyan, 1960-; produced by Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Simone Urdl, fl. 1998 and Jennifer Weiss, fl. 2000, Serendipity Point Films, ARP Sélection, Ego Film Arts and Film Farm; performed by Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975- and Arsinée Khanjian, 1958- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2009), 1 hour 41 mins,
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What would you do if you found out your father may have been a terrorist? A high school boy writes a story for class that makes this claim. Is it true? Friends, family, teachers and internet chat-room partners start to wonder and worry. Now he must journey through a maze of family secrets to find the truth about h...
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directed by Atom Egoyan, 1960-; produced by Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Simone Urdl, fl. 1998 and Jennifer Weiss, fl. 2000, Serendipity Point Films, ARP Sélection, Ego Film Arts and Film Farm; performed by Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975- and Arsinée Khanjian, 1958- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2009), 1 hour 41 mins,
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What would you do if you found out your father may have been a terrorist? A high school boy writes a story for class that makes this claim. Is it true? Friends, family, teachers and internet chat-room partners start to wonder and worry. Now he must journey through a maze of family secrets to find the truth about his dead father. From Academy Award®-nominated director Atom Egoyan (1997, Best Director, The Sweet Hereafter) comes a story of a young...
What would you do if you found out your father may have been a terrorist? A high school boy writes a story for class that makes this claim. Is it true? Friends, family, teachers and internet chat-room partners start to wonder and worry. Now he must journey through a maze of family secrets to find the truth about his dead father. From Academy Award®-nominated director Atom Egoyan (1997, Best Director, The Sweet Hereafter) comes a story of a young man who must question everything he knows in order to learn who he is and who his father was. Adoration presents a world where there is no such thing as us versus them and the truth is never as simple as right and wrong.
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Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975-, Arsinée Khanjian, 1958-
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Paul Sarossy, 1963-, Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Simone Urdl, fl. 1998, Jennifer Weiss, fl. 2000, Serendipity Point Films, ARP Sélection, Ego Film Arts, Film Farm, Mychael Danna, 1958-
Author / Creator
Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975-, Arsinée Khanjian, 1958-
Date Published / Released
2008, 2009
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Orphans, Identity (Psychology), Teacher-student relationships, Homework, Simon, Rachel, Tom, Sabine
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An Education
written by Lynn Barber, 1944-; directed by Lone Scherfig, 1959-; produced by Finola Dwyer, fl. 1984 and Amanda Posey, 1966-, BBC Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films and Endgame Entertainment; performed by Carey Mulligan, 1985-, Peter Sarsgaard, 1971-, Alfred Molina, 1953- and Rosamund Pike, 1979- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2009), 1 hour 40 mins,
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From acclaimed writer Nick Hornby (ABOUT A BOY, HIGH FIDELITY) comes this inspired coming-of-age film Rolling Stone magazine calls "a miracle of a movie." When Jenny (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Carey Mulligan), a bright young school girl who longs for adulthood, meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a das...
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written by Lynn Barber, 1944-; directed by Lone Scherfig, 1959-; produced by Finola Dwyer, fl. 1984 and Amanda Posey, 1966-, BBC Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films and Endgame Entertainment; performed by Carey Mulligan, 1985-, Peter Sarsgaard, 1971-, Alfred Molina, 1953- and Rosamund Pike, 1979- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2009), 1 hour 40 mins,
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From acclaimed writer Nick Hornby (ABOUT A BOY, HIGH FIDELITY) comes this inspired coming-of-age film Rolling Stone magazine calls "a miracle of a movie." When Jenny (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Carey Mulligan), a bright young school girl who longs for adulthood, meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a dashing older man, he introduces her to his vibrant world of glamorous friends, chic jazz clubs and her own sexual awakening. Will she let...
From acclaimed writer Nick Hornby (ABOUT A BOY, HIGH FIDELITY) comes this inspired coming-of-age film Rolling Stone magazine calls "a miracle of a movie." When Jenny (Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Carey Mulligan), a bright young school girl who longs for adulthood, meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a dashing older man, he introduces her to his vibrant world of glamorous friends, chic jazz clubs and her own sexual awakening. Will she let this affair ruin her dreams of attending Oxford, as her headmistress (Emma Thompson) fears? This captivating film sparkles with the wit, charm and style of 1960s Britain.
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Carey Mulligan, 1985-, Peter Sarsgaard, 1971-, Alfred Molina, 1953-, Rosamund Pike, 1979-
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John de Borman, 1954-, Finola Dwyer, fl. 1984, Amanda Posey, 1966-, BBC Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films, Endgame Entertainment, Paul Englishby, 1970-
Author / Creator
Lone Scherfig, 1959-, Carey Mulligan, 1985-, Peter Sarsgaard, 1971-, Alfred Molina, 1953-, Rosamund Pike, 1979-, Lynn Barber, 1944-, Nick Hornby, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Adolescence, Daughters, Parent-child relations, Romantic relationships, Jenny Mellor, David Goldman, Jack Mellor, Helen
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Levity
directed by Ed Solomon, 1960-; produced by Richard N. Gladstein, 1961-, Adam Merims, fl. 1987 and Ed Solomon, 1960-, Studio Canal, Sony Pictures Classics and FilmColony; performed by Billy Bob Thornton, 1955-, Morgan Freeman, 1937-, Holly Hunter, 1958- and Kirsten Dunst, 1982- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2003), 1 hour 40 mins,
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Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thorton) is a man caught between two worlds: the one which existed before he was incarcerated, and the one into which he's released 22 years later. A yellowing newspaper photograph of 16-year-old convience store clerk Abner Easley - the boy Manual killed in a robbery gone terribly wrong -...
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directed by Ed Solomon, 1960-; produced by Richard N. Gladstein, 1961-, Adam Merims, fl. 1987 and Ed Solomon, 1960-, Studio Canal, Sony Pictures Classics and FilmColony; performed by Billy Bob Thornton, 1955-, Morgan Freeman, 1937-, Holly Hunter, 1958- and Kirsten Dunst, 1982- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2003), 1 hour 40 mins,
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Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thorton) is a man caught between two worlds: the one which existed before he was incarcerated, and the one into which he's released 22 years later. A yellowing newspaper photograph of 16-year-old convience store clerk Abner Easley - the boy Manual killed in a robbery gone terribly wrong - has stared down at him from the wall of his cell for more than two decades. Manual feels that his life sentence is just and deserved, s...
Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thorton) is a man caught between two worlds: the one which existed before he was incarcerated, and the one into which he's released 22 years later. A yellowing newspaper photograph of 16-year-old convience store clerk Abner Easley - the boy Manual killed in a robbery gone terribly wrong - has stared down at him from the wall of his cell for more than two decades. Manual feels that his life sentence is just and deserved, so when - much to his surprise and even somewhat against his will - he's released, the aimless boy is now a lost man. Floating through the barely familiar wintry landscape of his childhood neighborhood, Manual is like a ghost hungry for atonement, seemingly alienated from everything except for his terrible memories of the day which changed not only his life, but that of so many others as well. He glides through this strange new world a man apart, his wraith-like aspect and deeply formal, barely articulate manner guaranteed to ensure solitude. Almost by accident - or fate - Manual is drawn into the life of an inner city community center run by the relentlessly tough, caring, and enigmatic pastor Miles Evans (Morgan Freeman). Miles offers Manual work in return for a room, and once again, Abner Easley's photo is prominently placed, reminding Manual to come to terms with his crimes, his past, his future, himself. While Manual tries to confront his past, Sofia Mellinger (Kirsten Dunst) is unable to deal with her present. A beautiful and privileged wreck of a young woman bent on self-destruction, she constantly requires Manual's reluctant assistnace to survive the short trip from the hip nightclub across the street to the safety of the community house next door. Ultimately Manual seeks to reconcile his painful past when he pursues a relationship with Adele Easley (Holly Hunter), the older sister of the boy he killed. Yet he finds himself unable to confess his true identity to her, especially as their relationship deepens. When Adele's troubled teenage son Abner - named after the younger brother she loved and lost - becomes enrolled in his own cycle of violence, Manual sees what might be one opportunity for true redemption. Twenty-two years of haunted introspection have taught Manual a brutal truth passed down since Cain slew Abel: the only one who truly understands the value of a human life ... is the one who has taken that life away.
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Billy Bob Thornton, 1955-, Morgan Freeman, 1937-, Holly Hunter, 1958-, Kirsten Dunst, 1982-
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Roger Deakins, 1949-, Richard N. Gladstein, 1961-, Adam Merims, fl. 1987, Ed Solomon, 1960-, Studio Canal, Sony Pictures Classics, FilmColony
Author / Creator
Ed Solomon, 1960-, Billy Bob Thornton, 1955-, Morgan Freeman, 1937-, Holly Hunter, 1958-, Kirsten Dunst, 1982-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Parole, Reparations, Criminals, Adolescence, Manuel Jordan, Miles Evans, Adele Easley, Sofia Mellinger
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Monsieur Ibrahim
written by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, 1960-; directed by François Dupeyron, 1950-2016; produced by Laurent Pétin, fl. 1986-2017 and Michèle Pétin, 1955-, ARP Sélection and France 3 Cinéma; performed by Omar Sharif, 1932-2015, Pierre Boulanger, 1987-, Gilbert Melki, 1958- and Isabelle Renauld, 1966- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2004), 1 hour 35 mins,
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During the early 1960's, Paris, like the much of Europe, was an explosion of life. As the old gave way to the new, everything was in flux and the city was filled with a energy that promised cultural shifts and social change. Against this background, in a working class neighborhood, two unlikely characters—a youn...
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written by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, 1960-; directed by François Dupeyron, 1950-2016; produced by Laurent Pétin, fl. 1986-2017 and Michèle Pétin, 1955-, ARP Sélection and France 3 Cinéma; performed by Omar Sharif, 1932-2015, Pierre Boulanger, 1987-, Gilbert Melki, 1958- and Isabelle Renauld, 1966- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2004), 1 hour 35 mins,
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During the early 1960's, Paris, like the much of Europe, was an explosion of life. As the old gave way to the new, everything was in flux and the city was filled with a energy that promised cultural shifts and social change. Against this background, in a working class neighborhood, two unlikely characters—a young Jew and an elderly Muslim—begin a friendship. When we meet Momo (Pierre Boulanger), he is in effect an orphan even though he lives...
During the early 1960's, Paris, like the much of Europe, was an explosion of life. As the old gave way to the new, everything was in flux and the city was filled with a energy that promised cultural shifts and social change. Against this background, in a working class neighborhood, two unlikely characters—a young Jew and an elderly Muslim—begin a friendship. When we meet Momo (Pierre Boulanger), he is in effect an orphan even though he lives with his father, a man slowly retreating into a crippling depression. His only friends are the street whores who treat him with genuine affection. Momo buys his groceries at the neighborhood shop, a crowded dark space owned and run by Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a silent exotic looking man who sees and knows more than he lets on. After Momo is abandoned by his father, Ibrahim becomes the one grownup in Momo's life. Together they begin a journey that will change their lives forever.
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Omar Sharif, 1932-2015, Pierre Boulanger, 1987-, Gilbert Melki, 1958-, Isabelle Renauld, 1966-
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Rémy Chevrin, 1963-, Laurent Pétin, fl. 1986-2017, Michèle Pétin, 1955-, ARP Sélection, France 3 Cinéma
Author / Creator
François Dupeyron, 1950-2016, Omar Sharif, 1932-2015, Pierre Boulanger, 1987-, Gilbert Melki, 1958-, Isabelle Renauld, 1966-, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, 1960-
Date Published / Released
2003, 2004
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Friendships, Adoption, Religious faiths, Adolescence, Monsieur Ibrahim Deneji, Moses Schmitt, Momo's father, Momo's mother, Jews
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Persepolis
directed by Vincent Paronnaud, 1970- and Marjane Satrapi, 1969-; produced by Xavier Rigault, fl. 2007-2017, Marc-Antoine Robert, fl. 2007-2017 and Tara Grace, fl. 2006-2007, 2.4.7. Films, France 3 Cinéma, Kennedy/Marshall Company, French Connection Animations and Diaphana Films; performed by Chiara Mastroianni, 1972-, Catherine Deneuve, 1943- and Danielle Darrieux, 1917- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2007), 1 hour 36 mins,
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Writer and director Marjane Satrapi draws a poignant story about a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, when people's hopes were dashed as fundamentalists took power.
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directed by Vincent Paronnaud, 1970- and Marjane Satrapi, 1969-; produced by Xavier Rigault, fl. 2007-2017, Marc-Antoine Robert, fl. 2007-2017 and Tara Grace, fl. 2006-2007, 2.4.7. Films, France 3 Cinéma, Kennedy/Marshall Company, French Connection Animations and Diaphana Films; performed by Chiara Mastroianni, 1972-, Catherine Deneuve, 1943- and Danielle Darrieux, 1917- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2007), 1 hour 36 mins,
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Writer and director Marjane Satrapi draws a poignant story about a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, when people's hopes were dashed as fundamentalists took power.
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Animation
Performer / Ensemble
Chiara Mastroianni, 1972-, Catherine Deneuve, 1943-, Danielle Darrieux, 1917-
Contributor
Xavier Rigault, fl. 2007-2017, Marc-Antoine Robert, fl. 2007-2017, Tara Grace, fl. 2006-2007, 2.4.7. Films, France 3 Cinéma, Kennedy/Marshall Company, French Connection Animations, Diaphana Films, Olivier Bernet, fl. 2004-2016
Author / Creator
Vincent Paronnaud, 1970-, Marjane Satrapi, 1969-, Chiara Mastroianni, 1972-, Catherine Deneuve, 1943-, Danielle Darrieux, 1917-
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Youth, Cultural identity, Revolutions, Socialization, Iranian Revolution, 1978-1979, Marjane, Mother, Grandmother
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Quinceañera
directed by Richard Glatzer, 1952-2015 and Wash Westmoreland, 1966-; produced by Anne Clements, 1976-, Cinetic Media and Kitchen Sink Entertainment; performed by Emily Rios, 1989-, Jesse Garcia, 1982-, Chalo González, fl. 1969-2014 and Araceli Guzman-Rico (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2006), 1 hour 31 mins,
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Quinceañera is a look at what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals, and real estate prices collide. It is a story fueled by the racial, class, and sexual tensions of a Latino neighborhood in transition. Magdelena (Emily Rios) is the daughter of a Mexican-American family who runs a storefront church in...
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directed by Richard Glatzer, 1952-2015 and Wash Westmoreland, 1966-; produced by Anne Clements, 1976-, Cinetic Media and Kitchen Sink Entertainment; performed by Emily Rios, 1989-, Jesse Garcia, 1982-, Chalo González, fl. 1969-2014 and Araceli Guzman-Rico (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2006), 1 hour 31 mins,
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Quinceañera is a look at what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals, and real estate prices collide. It is a story fueled by the racial, class, and sexual tensions of a Latino neighborhood in transition. Magdelena (Emily Rios) is the daughter of a Mexican-American family who runs a storefront church in Echo Park, Los Angeles. With her fifteenth birthday approaching, all she can think about is her boyfriend, her Quinceañera dress, and...
Quinceañera is a look at what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals, and real estate prices collide. It is a story fueled by the racial, class, and sexual tensions of a Latino neighborhood in transition. Magdelena (Emily Rios) is the daughter of a Mexican-American family who runs a storefront church in Echo Park, Los Angeles. With her fifteenth birthday approaching, all she can think about is her boyfriend, her Quinceañera dress, and the Hummer Limo she hopes will carry her on her special day. But a few months before the celebration, Magdelena falls pregnant. As the eleborate preparations for her Quinceañera proceed, it's only a matter of time before her religious father finds out and rejects her. Forced out of her home, Magdalena moves in with her great-great uncle Tomas (Chalo Gonzalez), and old man who makes his living selling champurrado (a Mexican hot drink) in the street. Already living with him is Carlos (Jesse Garcia), Magdelena's cousin, a tough cholo who was thrown out by his parents. Carlos does not disguise his disapproval of Magdelena's arrival. The back house rental where Tomas has lived happily for many years is on a property that was recently purchased by an affluent white gay couple (David W. Ross and Jason L. Wood) -- pioneers of gentrification in the neighborhood. Inevitably, worlds collide when they become entangled in the lives of their tenants. As Magdelena's pregnancy grows more visible, she, Carlos, and Tomas pull together as a family of outsiders. But the economics of the neighborhood are turning against them. Ultimately, this precipitates a crisis that threatens their way of life.
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Emily Rios, 1989-, Jesse Garcia, 1982-, Chalo González, fl. 1969-2014, Araceli Guzman-Rico
Contributor
Eric Steelberg, 1977-, Anne Clements, 1976-, Cinetic Media, Kitchen Sink Entertainment, Victor Bock, fl. 2006, Michael B. Jeter, fl. 2005, J. Peter Robinson, 1945-, Micko Westmoreland, 1971-
Author / Creator
Richard Glatzer, 1952-2015, Wash Westmoreland, 1966-, Emily Rios, 1989-, Jesse Garcia, 1982-, Chalo González, fl. 1969-2014, Araceli Guzman-Rico
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Pregnancy, Adolescence, Family, Magdalena, Carlos, Tio Tomas Alvarez, Maria
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Saraband
directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007; produced by Pia Ehrnvall, 1944-, Sveriges Television; performed by Liv Ullmann, 1938-, Erland Josephson, 1923-2012, Börje Ahlstedt, 1939-, Julia Dufvenius, 1975- and Gunnel Fred, 1955- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2005), 1 hour 52 mins,
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In Saraband, Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside his reclining chair, waking h...
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directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007; produced by Pia Ehrnvall, 1944-, Sveriges Television; performed by Liv Ullmann, 1938-, Erland Josephson, 1923-2012, Börje Ahlstedt, 1939-, Julia Dufvenius, 1975- and Gunnel Fred, 1955- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2005), 1 hour 52 mins,
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In Saraband, Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside his reclining chair, waking him with a light kiss. Also living at the summer house are Johan's son Henrik and Henrik's daughter Karin. Henrik is giving his daughter...
In Saraband, Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside his reclining chair, waking him with a light kiss. Also living at the summer house are Johan's son Henrik and Henrik's daughter Karin. Henrik is giving his daughter cello lessons and already sees her future as staked out. Relations between father and son are very strained, but both are protective of Karin. They are all still mourning Anna, Henrik's much-loved wife, who died two years ago, yet who, in many ways, remains present among them. Marianne soon realizes that things are not all as they should be, and she finds herself unwillingly drawn into a complicated and upsetting power struggle. "Saraband can be seen as a concerto grosso, a concert for full orchestra only, here, with four soloists," says Ingmar Bergman. "The drama consists of ten dialogues that follow a particular pattern, and it's an attempt at analysis of a difficult situation." A saraband was an erotic dance for two that was very popular at royal courts in the 17th and 18th centuries. But it was prohibited in Spain as being indecent.
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Liv Ullmann, 1938-, Erland Josephson, 1923-2012, Börje Ahlstedt, 1939-, Julia Dufvenius, 1975-, Gunnel Fred, 1955-
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Pia Ehrnvall, 1944-, Sveriges Television
Author / Creator
Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007, Liv Ullmann, 1938-, Erland Josephson, 1923-2012, Börje Ahlstedt, 1939-, Julia Dufvenius, 1975-, Gunnel Fred, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Divorced persons, Elderly people, Family relationships, Marianne, Johan, Henrik, Karin, Martha
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Thumbsucker
directed by Mike Mills, 1966-; produced by Anthony Bregman, fl. 1994-2017 and Bob Stephenson, 1967-, Bob Yari Productions and This Is That Productions; performed by Tilda Swinton, 1960-, Vincent D'Onofrio, 1959- and Lou Taylor Pucci, 1985- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2005), 1 hour 36 mins,
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It’s not easy growing up, no matter what age you are… Justin Cobb (LOU PUCCI) still sucks his thumb at 17. He wants to stop and knows that his thumbsucking is disrupting his family, his love life and his identity. The only thing that changes his behavior is hypnosis therapy administered by his 'guru' orthodo...
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directed by Mike Mills, 1966-; produced by Anthony Bregman, fl. 1994-2017 and Bob Stephenson, 1967-, Bob Yari Productions and This Is That Productions; performed by Tilda Swinton, 1960-, Vincent D'Onofrio, 1959- and Lou Taylor Pucci, 1985- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2005), 1 hour 36 mins,
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It’s not easy growing up, no matter what age you are… Justin Cobb (LOU PUCCI) still sucks his thumb at 17. He wants to stop and knows that his thumbsucking is disrupting his family, his love life and his identity. The only thing that changes his behavior is hypnosis therapy administered by his 'guru' orthodontist. But while Justin felt this would solve all his problems and he would finally be 'normal,' his troubles were really just beginni...
It’s not easy growing up, no matter what age you are… Justin Cobb (LOU PUCCI) still sucks his thumb at 17. He wants to stop and knows that his thumbsucking is disrupting his family, his love life and his identity. The only thing that changes his behavior is hypnosis therapy administered by his 'guru' orthodontist. But while Justin felt this would solve all his problems and he would finally be 'normal,' his troubles were really just beginning. Thumbsucking was only a symptom of a deep-seated fear: that he and his father aren’t good enough for his mother, and that she would leave them. Thumbsucking was the only way to soothe this fear. Once that is gone Justin spirals into manic behavior, is diagnosed with ADHD and put on Ritalin, which becomes a substitute for his thumb. When the high of the prescription drugs and a newfound success at school crash, Justin turns to pot and sex to replace his thumb. His father Mike (VINCENT D’ONOFRIO) is himself shadowed by the sad twists of youth: a broken college football career apparently sidelined by a knee injury. In many ways Mike feels like a teenager, yet he finds himself in his early 40s with his eldest son still sucking his thumb as he’s heading to college and his wife seeming to drift away. Mike hides his fears and disappointments with tough behavior – but that trick is running dry. He is growing out of the lies and denials that got him from college to the present. Did he ever really want to be a jock? Is that a false self that he has hidden in for all these years and doesn’t know how to evolve out of? His wife Audrey (TILDA SWINTON) wonders how she could possibly be 'grown up' with a son going to college. She seems to be asking 'How did I get here?' and 'Is this all there is?' In her early 40s, she is, like Justin, struggling to find out who she is and to accept her shortcomings. As a mother she knows that she doesn’t have all the answers to Justin’s troubles, and that she is sometimes too busy dealing with her own doubts to help him. Audrey hides from these realities through an obsession with a TV heartthrob, Matt Schraam (BENJAMIN BRATT), whose TV character seems to have all the neat answers, but his real drug addicted self reveals messier truths to both her and Justin. Little brother Joel (CHASE OFFERLE) is mostly oblivious to the family’s dynamics, and thinks his troubled older brother is embarrassing. Joel provides comic relief with his lack of doubt in a family full of questions, yet his strong-mindedness may be misunderstood. Justin turns to others outside his family to help. His New Age orthodontist, Perry Lyman (KEANU REEVES), seems to mirror Justin’s ups and downs. They both try on different personas that hide their doubts and fears. Perry transforms into an EST/FORUM-style high achiever before winding up a washed-up mess who stops looking for disguises and easy answers, finding a strange kind of happiness in the process. At school, Mr. Geary (VINCE VAUGHN), Justin’s debate coach, initially tries to help. His alternately dominating and cripplingly insecure behavior is revealed as he attempts to live his life through his students. Striving to act as a peer to Justin, Mr. Geary eventually finds that he can no longer control him when Justin reaps great success, and their relationship crumbles. Justin’s heart belongs to another pretender, Rebecca (KELLI GARNER) who masks her insecurities about sex and relationships behind a cool demeanor. She seems adult beyond her years, but Justin learns the hard way that she is not able to face her fears. 'Thumbsucker' is an honest and funny look at the struggles of people who feel deeply flawed, both those in youth and middle age. They yearn to be anything but their real selves with their real fears and doubts. Instead, they want to be 'normal.' They look for magic answers to fix themselves – only to realize that they can’t be someone else, that 'normal' does not exist, and that their flaws are what make them human and l.
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Tilda Swinton, 1960-, Vincent D'Onofrio, 1959-, Lou Taylor Pucci, 1985-
Contributor
Anthony Bregman, fl. 1994-2017, Bob Stephenson, 1967-, Bob Yari Productions, This Is That Productions, Tim DeLaughter, 1965-
Author / Creator
Mike Mills, 1966-, Tilda Swinton, 1960-, Vincent D'Onofrio, 1959-, Lou Taylor Pucci, 1985-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Adolescence, Romantic relationships, Audrey Cobb, Mike Cobb, Justin Cobb
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