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Goodbye Bafana(2007)

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The Sea Inside(2004)

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Away from Her(2007)

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Free Willy(1993)

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Grand Illusion(1937)

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Gandhi(1982)

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

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Kolya(1996)

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.

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The Fisher King(1991)

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The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

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Casablanca(1943)

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The Science of Sleep(2006)

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Lalamunan(2008)

A spouse discovers her better half's savage room style unsettling and she begins to think about whether he's undermining her, and when this makes her waver into the edge of mental issues, she is "spared" by her male specialist companions with whom she starts an undertaking.

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Fidel(2009)

A Filipino worker is on the death row for killing his employer. Because of a lady reporter who is bent on doing a full story about him, government officials are now trying to help him. But Fidel insisted that he killed his employer on purpose. Vega learned about his past- a boy-next-door type of person who grew up with a loving family. His profile doesn't fit the picture of a killer. Sister Lourdes, the Filipino nun who visits Fidel regularly wants to know the truth too.

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Tutok(2009)

An ambitious reporter and his cameraman attempt to get their big break by venturing into the mountains by themselves to get in touch with a group of rebels. But what they find leads them into a living nightmare, as the very limits of their humanity are tested.

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Wedlock(1991)

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Sounds of Sand(2007)

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats, and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.

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