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ER doctor Rike (Susanne Wolff) embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. When Rike comes across a sinking ship of refugees, she is quickly torn out of her contented and idealized world and must make a momentous decision. Aptly named after the mythological river that separates the living from the dead, STYX is an astute modern day parable of Western indifference in the face of marginalized suffering. Carrying...

After a doctor informs Meizhu about her daughter Hehe having leukemia, Meizhu would like to have another baby with her ex-husband in order to get marrow from the new-born baby to save Hehe's life. However, her ex-husband and his wife reject Meizhu's plan.

Pedro y Luis han prometido no casarse, pero Luis esta muy enamorado y Pedro se ve obligado a pedir la mano de una de sus propias novias. Pedro and Luis have vowed to never marry, but Luis is very much in love and Pedro is forced to ask for the hand of one of his own girlfriends.

El Escape De Los Santos es una filmacion independiente inspirada en la vida real sobre los hechos ocurridos en el 2000 donde Andres De Los Santos, un joven inocente lo sentencian y lo encarcelan por un crimen federal de contrabando de armas. Andres descubre la impotencia del sistema judicial y decide tomar la justicia entre sus puǫs y logra un gran escape tan misterioso que dejo hasta a los expertos inundados en incertidumbre. A young man who by...

When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An and his group of trained warriors teams up with an elite legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius to maintain the delicate balance of power in the region. To protect his country and his new friends, Huo An gathers the warriors of thirty-six ethnic nations together to fight Tiberius in an incredible epic battle.

Maryam is a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community's struggle to accept her as their town's first female candidate, Maryam's creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.

This classic is recognized as one of Mexico's Top 25 movies of all time! Director, Gavaldn̤, adapted the 1895 novel by Vicente Blasco Ibǹez for this movie. In rural Spain, a new family arrives in town to work a parcel; the townsfolk are very hostile to the idea of 1another2 working the land that once belonged to one of them.

Four people forced to fend for themselves in life, a burdened twelve-year-old, the cashier he has a crush on, an angry taxi driver and the estranged daughter of one of his passengers, come together in two embraces.

"5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later turned into a galvanizing cinematic experience by co-directors Burnat and Davidi. Structured around the violent destruction of a succession...

A heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children, finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's children.