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In the windy village of “Paradise,” a small patchwork family defies the challenges of everyday life. The father lives off odd jobs, while his recently divorced sister dreams of opening her own tailor shop. When little Cigaale stands in front of the closed school one day, the two become inventive in order to give him a good education. No easy feat in unstable Somalia, but the family bonds grow stronger.

1986. Maria, a Guatemalan revolutionary activist, has been living in exile in Mexico City for years, where she continues her political work under constant threat of being recognised. When her 11-year-old son joins her to live with her, she is faced with a terrible dilemma: take on her role as a mother or continue her commitment as an activist.

Hamid, is part of a secret group pursuing the Syrian regime’s fugitive leaders. His mission takes him to France, on the trail of his former torturer whom he must confront. – Based on true events.

Joan, no longer in love, leaves her partner Victor, the father of her daughter. Joan is convinced her decision is morally justified, but it comes back to bite her when Victor subsequently disappears, leaving her overwhelmed with guilt. Her best friend Alice, for her part, is an advocate for marriages of convenience, relationships devoid of love but built upon affection, which she finds more bearable than passionate love. But Joan’s friend Rebecca sees love as an adventure, and is involved in a secret relationship with Alice’s partner. These are three close women who are light years apart in their attitudes and moral beliefs. Three women who try to defend their ideas and assert their choices.

From humble beginnings in a Melbourne suburb, The Birthday Party grew into an internationally acclaimed post-punk band in the late 1970s, thanks to the voice of singer Nick Cave and the sound attacks of guitarist Rowland S. Howard. Mutiny In Heaven tells the story of the band in their own words.

Twenty-eight years after a virus brought a zombie plague and permanent quarantine to England, a village of survivors lives on an island fortress connected to the main island by a dam that is occasionally exposed. One of their hunters takes his 12-year-old son on his first confrontation with the zombies as a rite of passage, which gives the boy an idea: he wants to take his sick mother to the only English doctor still known to be alive, even though he is said to be insane.

Elio is an 11-year-old dreamer who hates playing outside and has trouble fitting in. His mother Olga, a brilliant and very confident woman, runs a top-secret military project that is trying to decode a mysterious signal from space. But Elio takes everyone by surprise when he makes first contact with the aliens. Teleported into space, he soon finds himself mistaken for our planet's intergalactic ambassador.

Amel and her family learn that their landlord wants to get his apartment back in a few months. While Mouna, her eldest daughter, begins to have visions of Charles Martel, and their request for new social housing drags on, Amel has no choice but to reinvent herself.