Insights from the Cinematic World: _Drama

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Inspired by the bestselling novel SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See, the film is a timeless portrait of female friendship. In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong – or “old sames” – bound together for eternity.

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Another Earth

Another Earth is a 2011 American science fiction drama film directed by Mike Cahill in his feature film debut. The film stars William Mapother and Brit Marling. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

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Go for it! follows Carmen, a 19 yr. old girl living in Chicago, who struggles to overcome her fears and follow her dream to be a dancer.

Go For It!

GO FOR IT! is an inspirational dance (hip-hop) drama directed by Carmen Marron. Starring: Aimee Garcia, Al Bandiero, Jossara Jinaro. The film got a PG-13 rating due to sexual content, language, brief violence and drug material.

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Everything Must Go

Everything Must Go is a 2010 comedy-drama film directed by Dan Rush and starring Will Ferrell. The film is based on a short story byRaymond Carve. EVERYTHING MUST GO tells the story of NICK HALSEY(WILL FERRELL) a career salesman whose days of being on top are long gon

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The Bang-Bang Club

The Bang-Bang Club is a 2010 Canadian-South African film written and directed by Steven Silver and stars Taylor Kitsch as Kevin Carter, Ryan Phillippe as Greg Marinovich, Frank Rautenbach as Ken Oosterbroek and Neels Van Jaarsveld as João Silva. They portray the lives of four photojornalists active within the townships of South Africa during the Apartheid period

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Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants is a drama film based on Sara Gruen’s novel of the same name, directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Robert Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski, Reese Witherspoon as Marlena and Christoph Waltz as August. Hal Holbrook will play the older Jacob Jankowski.

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The Conspirator

The Conspirator is a 2010 American film directed by Robert Redford. The film tells the story of Mary Surratt, the only female co-conspirator charged in the Abraham Lincoln assassination and the first woman to be executed by the United States federal government.

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Certified Copy is about a middle-aged English writer, while in Tuscany to promote his latest book, meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

Certified Copy

Certified Copy (French: Copie conforme) is a film by Iranian writer and director Abbas Kiarostami, starring Juliette Binoche and the British opera singer William Shimell, in his first film role. The film is set in Tuscany, and focuses on a British writer and a French antiques dealer, whose relationship undergoes an odd transformation over the course of a day.

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Soul Surfer is about the true story of Bethany Hamilton who's known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the serious and debilitating injury to return to surfing.

Soul Surfer

Soul Surfer is an upcoming 2011 American biographical teen drama film directed by Sean McNamara. The film is an adaptaion of the 2004 non-fiction book Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a shark attack when she was 13 years old.

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Le cinéaste met sur le même plan le regard des spectateurs qu'il filme et celui de son public. Le personnage de la Vénus n'a pas droit à son intimité, à son intériorité, puisqu'elle est toujours filmée en position de représentation

Black Venus

Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) is a French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name “Hottentot Venus”whose unusually oversized features brought her to 19th century Europe.

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Jane Eyre is a mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is a film directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. The screenplay is written by Moira Buffini based on the 1847 novel of the same name by Charlotte Brontë.

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Les droits de diffusion du film ont été achetés par une cinquantaine de pays. La plupart des sorties nationales se sont déroulées entre novembre 2010 et mars 2011

Of Gods and Men

Of Gods and Men is a French drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois, starring Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. Its original French title is Des hommes et des dieux, which means “Men and gods” and refers to a motto from the Bible shown at the beginning of the film. It centers on the monastery of Tibhirine, where Trappist monks lived in harmony with the largely Muslim population of Algeria, until seven of them were beheaded in a still unclear incident in 1996. The screenplay focuses on the time leading up to their death. Principal photography took place at an abandoned monastery in Morocco, with careful attention to authenticity.

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