A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
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A Child Called Jesus
The film attempts to fill in the “missing years” of Jesus, from ages 3 through 12. When King Herod fearing that the Messiah has indeed been born, orders that all Hebrew male children under the age of three be slain, Joseph moves his family near Egypt. Here, Jesus, sensing His divinity, expresses a desire to return to Nazareth. Travelling homeward with His mother Mary, Jesus flashes forward to events that will unfold in his adult life.
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Hawaiian Dream
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don’t speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they’re forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested.
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Ashmawi
Follows the life of Sergeant Ahmed who is the person responsible for carrying on capital punishment.
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Driving without a License
Lou Ye’s student work during his study in Beijing Film Academy. Shot on 16mm B&W film.
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Devil’s Body
Following a rape, a woman contracts a strange disease that makes men die after having sex with her.
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The Sicilian
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
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Adada
Young-hwan who is the descendant of a fallen noble family takes pure and innocent Adada as his wife. Because of Young-hwan’s selfish desires, Adada seeks out her childhood friend Su-ryong. But he, too, becomes a slave to desire. Adada protests and dies by drowning.