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Upon returning home from his Grand Embassy, Peter the Great enters into a prolonged war with Sweden to secure access to the Baltic Sea. His path to victory is paved with setbacks, treachery, and deceit. Only by overcoming these challenges will he become Emperor, find true love, and establish Russia as a great empire.
The gun pointed at the head is a delirium that expands into disorderly controlled chaos. “He Who Saw the Abyss” by Gregorio Gananian and Negro Leo, is like a car that enters the curve at 300km/h, but slowly. In an experimental whirlwind, moving between a noisy sound and an almost idyllic musicality, the film is structured out of a pile of images that seem as intimate as they are delirious, accelerating into a trance that is fragmented by a montage, signed by João Dumans and Gregorio Gananian, who strive to articulate an intense experience on the big screen.
Mentor and disciple embark on a perilous journey, pushing their survival skills to the limit against overwhelming odds and unforgiving environments.
The return of Leo San Juan and all the legends.
A young Black British man drives his car through a London landscape with skill as his music blares. His old lanyard that exposes his profession as a pharmacist dangles on the rearview mirror, bouncing to the beat of his music. He is willing it to be a good day. But as he approaches his destination, the cracks begin to show.
After being dumped and laid off in quick succession, Lily finds herself at a rising influencer’s new wellness retreat in the Hudson Valley. Looking for a distraction, she becomes obsessively infatuated with a fellow guest.
A group of troubled youths plot to murder the sadistic bully who has been ruining their lives.
An elderly woman, Eunja, who lives in the countryside, teams up with Palbok, a burglar, to embark on a spree of robbing empty houses.
A group of longtime friends gathers around the dinner table, unaware that this evening will change their relationships forever.
Lluc, a former academic with strong cultural ties, and Olli, a man who drifted from Finland to the streets of Barcelona, meet while seeking shelter in the same stairwell. Their beginnings are modest, but gradually a connection develops between them, based not on pity but on shared humanity.
Miles and Ravi house sit a NASA exobiologist mansion, while running astronomy club sign ups, they discover a runaway alien on a ticking cosmic clock, bullies, and crushes that turn their summer into chaos and adventure.
Amy and Arthur deal with the everyday complications of Arthur’s dementia.
Relatives of Charles Byrne ‘The Irish Giant’ reckon with the legacy of a man both mythologised and misunderstood and the condition that links them still.
After loosing their fantasy baseball league three people must attend a funeral for a person they don't know and act like they belong.
