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Head On(1998)

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Laurel Canyon(2003)

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Tomorrow Ever After(2017)

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The Boy Downstairs(2018)

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Sagan(2008)

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Beau Travail(2000)

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.

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