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As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics. Unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, they soon removed their veils, their stories intertwining with the novels they read: just like the heroines of Nabokov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James or Jane Austen, the women in Nafisi’s living room dare to dream, hope and love as we experience the complexity of the lives of individuals facing political, moral and personal siege.

Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, the last kings and queens of France, were imprisoned with their two little children in a black castle on the outskirts of Paris waiting to be executed. A short time, condensed, where between violence and harassment, all the masks fell: that of the two royals as public and private figures; those of the old regime; those of History that definitively flew page, and that of God who from then on was eclipsed in the shadows, leaving man completely alone.

Liane, 19 years old, daring and fiery, lives with her mother and little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus in the South of France. Obsessed with beauty and the need to become “someone”, she sees reality TV as her opportunity to be loved... Fate smiles upon her when she auditions for “Miracle Island”.

Anna and her rebellious daughter Lena live on the outskirts of Riga. Lena skips school and gets involved in dangerous circles. When her best friend dies of an overdose and Lena barely survives, they have to flee abroad to escape the police. They find refuge with Anna's cousin in Switzerland. But Lena's resistance jeopardizes their new start. When they have to accept André's help, the situation takes a fateful turn.

It’s the beginning of summer, and Juliette, 17, freshly graduated from high school, is about to leave for scout camp. In her backpack, she doesn’t forget her essentials: tarot cards, some stones, a pendulum and her telephone. Juliette, who has 40’000 followers, defines herself as a modern witch. Between swims and beach parties, the young woman heals her friends’ sunburns, asks the universe for help with her university admission, and draws cards to figure out the path she and her friends should take in their lives.

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

Fourty-two year old Charlotte lives in seclusion with her father in Trentino. She is mentally impaired and lives in a world of her own. When her father is hospitalised for a heart attack, Charlotte's ten year younger brother, Leo, returns to the village after a decade's absence. He learns that his sister wants to leave and asks her to come to Switzerland with him.

When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case. But when she arrives, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, and she is forced to seek help from Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman. By putting aside systemic discrimination and pushing through everyday misogyny, the women solve the case - but at what personal cost?

The three best friends Inken, Vicky and Lena all have their own minds, but the same goal: they want to finally experience their first orgasm! While Inken emulates her oh-so-perfect arch-enemy Cheyenne and waits in vain for her first climax with her boyfriend, Lena slowly gathers the courage to address her crush. Vicky also wants to finally come, but instead of an orgasm she gets a vaginal fungus. Intimate secrets put the three girls' friendship to the test. In the midst of the emotional chaos, a bicycle of all things unexpectedly becomes a game changer.