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After the fall of the communist regime in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1991, Divko Buntic returns to his former home after a 20-year exile in Germany. Returning with an attractive young girlfriend, a flashy new Mercedes, a pocketful of cash, and a lucky black cat, things are looking good for Divko. When his cat goes missing, things begin to fall apart. Divko's personal tumult finds an unsettling mirror in the country at large with signs appearing that the...

Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initial welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper pressure escalates under heated rumors.

This deeply affecting film tells the inspiring story of Susan Tom, a single mother caring for 11 adopted special-needs children.

Joseph is an unemployed widower, drinker, and a man crippled by his own volatile temperament and furious anger. Hannah is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When the pair is brought together, Hannah appears as Joseph's potential savior, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness, and acceptance. As their story develops, Hannah's own secrets are revealed and Joseph becomes...

This collector's edition, 2-disc set looks at the life and work of the controversial Russian-born author, Ayn Rand. Drawing from personal papers, public archives, rare film footage, and interviews with those who knew her, the material captures Rand's life-long themes of reason, rational selfishness and political freedom.

22 deaths a day, 683 a month, over 8,000 a year, 100,000 over the last decade. In Argentina, traffic accidents are decimating those 35 and under. Festering beneath Argentina's crime-plagued, class-divided society is the quasi-lawless realm of motor vehicle accidents and their aftermath. Sosa is an ambulance-chasing lawyer. He's lost his license, so now he works the late-night streets of Buenos Aires, signing up injured clients for a predatory firm...

Three stories of three young men's homosexual encounters. In Pool days, a teenager is hired as lifeguard. In A friend of Dorothy, a student leaves home for college in New York City. And in The disco years, disco is used as a link to a more unfettered time.

Four short films originally produced 1996-1999. [Inside out] Jason Gould plays himself as a young gay man, trying to live his life in the glare of his famous parents, hounded by paparazzi. [Just one time] "A film that turns the tables on a groom-to-be and his fantasies of sex with two women." [Hitch] "Follows two attractive young guys on a dizzying road trip that leads them toward sexual self-discovery." [Majorettes in space] "A witty French spoof...

Four short films originally produced 1994-1996. [Must be the music] "Four teenage friends on a night out on the town in L.A. sets this vibrantly honest portrayal of urban gay youth." [Nunzio's second cousin] "A young gay Chicago police detective exacts his own brand of darkly comic justice when he summons a young gay-bashing attacker to his mother's house in the suburbs for pasta faguille." [Alkali, Iowa] "Young farmer Jack Gudmanson unearths an artifact...

This fourth installment marks the ten year anniversary of the highly successful series which features four touching, witty, and engaging films that examine the contemporary struggles and challenges of gay young men.