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Switzerland:14 certified movies
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"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary. |
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Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea, he is bullet-wounded and remember nothing. The only key to uncover his identity is a mysterious capsule which is implanted directly in his body. The digits etched on the capsule lead him to the safe deposit box where he found some documents, cash, and a weapon. Soon he meets several people, who recognize him, but some of them are aggressive and Bourne realizes he is hunted by an assassins. His combat and language skills soon emerge, as he tries to survive attempting to uncover the past with the help of Marie (Franka Potente). |
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Barry Egan is a wreck, driven to breakdown by the henpecking of his seven sisters. He steals his heart and manhood away from the curbside. Slowly he learns how to direct them toward love, for the sake of and with the help of another troubled soul. |
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Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said. |
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Matt (Josh Hartnett) is dumped by his girlfriend, she instantly found another guy leaving her former boyfriend to bite the dust and to long for her. Dispirited and disappointed, Matt vows to have no sexual and related contacts in a period of forty days... and, more particularly, nights. But suddenly he meets the seductive girl of his dreams (Shannyn Sossamon) and his vow becomes the serious obstacle for their upcoming relations. Concurrently, as you may have guessed, his ex-girlfriend tries to get him back. It's rather hilarious sight when embarrassed Matt tries hilariously to come unscrew! |
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Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen year-old boy, is at war with the oppressive world of his East Coast "old money" family. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there, and he sets out to find it. After happily flunking out of several Prep Schools, Igby escapes into the bohemian underworld of Manhattan. His darkly comic trip—shared by a deviant cast of characters, including his terminally bored, part-time lover Sookie, his Godfather's trophy mistress Rachel, and smack-dealing performance artists Russel—veers from bizarre to tragic in Igby's ultimately noble attempt to keep himself from "going down." |
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Retired FBI profiler Terry McCaleb (Eastwood), who has recently had a heart transplant, is hired by Graciela Rivers (De Jesus), to investigate the death of her sister, Gloria, who happens to have given McCaleb his heart. On the case, he soon deducts that the killer, who staged the murder to look like a random robbery, may actually be a serial killer Terry was trailing for years in the FBI. Can the elderly and feeble McCaleb, who had intended to spend his retirement living on his boat in the Los Angeles harbor, and who can't drive, and has to nap regularly, muster up the endurance to find the killer? |
| John Q
[2002,
USA]
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| Give a father no options and you leave him no choice. |
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Loss of consciousness turns out to be a symptom of the deadly threat for the young boy, who collapses during the baseball match, and his parents get to know the kid is urgently needs an urgent heart transplantation that won't be covered by insurance. The father (Denzel Washington) finds himself in a blind alley as his beloved son can suddenly die, and the man takes the severe measures risking his life and even the lives of the hospital personnel. The hospital is taken hostage, police negotiators try to do something when the team of the doctors has to operate. This desperate race against time can become the last trial for every participant... |
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In feudal China, the King of Qin is waging a bloody campaign to conquer the entire land. He has been made a target of three dangerous assassins: spear-wielding Sky, and the lovers Broken Sword and Flying Snow. One day word comes that he has nothing left to fear; a prefect known only as Nameless has killed all three assassins. Nameless is called to the palace and asked to recount the tale of how he accomplished this amazing feat. After he tells his story, however, the King notices some flaws in it... |
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Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they are brought together to rediscover their love. All or Nothing is set on a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend, and also tells the stories of a range of Phil and Penny's neighbors, some of whom become involved in the family's lives, and all of whom experience an emotional journey. |
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Three Toronto women - a housewife/painter at leisure, a photojournalist and a famous cellist find themselves crisis-ridden. Olivia (Sophia Loren) decides that it is time to reveal her secret sketching, Natalia (Mira Sorvino) a well-known photographer, wants to know something about the destiny of an Angolan child who was a subject of her photography. Catherine (Deborah Kara Unger), as skillful cello player, leaves home to find her father who is responsible for interrupting her mother's life. She seeks revenge notwithstanding her father had mentally changed through the years. Three women are perfect strangers, but their destinies are intertwined by common visions, thoughts and their inward life. Gérard Depardieu, Klaus-Maria Brandauer and Malcolm McDowell are also starring in this movie directed by Edoardo Ponti, who happens to be Loren's son. |
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Connie Sumner has a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a wonderful son, but she wants more. When she's approached one day by a handsome stranger while trying to hail a taxi, she becomes obsessed with him and eventually starts an affair. But her selfish actions soon catch up with her... |
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Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) keep on their dangerous way to Mordor being accompanied by treacherous Gollum (voice of Andy Serkis) who is being torn between his evil and good identities. He still craves for the Ring he call his Precious. Meantime, Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) are hostages of Uruk-hai while Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) are trying to release them. The power of Isengard grows, armies of many thousands orcs are marching on towards the lands of Gondor and Rohan, and the burning baleful Eye stares from the awful tower of Barad-Dur. The Ent nation rises when the orcs begin to cut down the ancient forest of them by Saruman's order. The might of the innumerable Mordor powers headed by Sauron looms over the Middlearth, the land became silent before the great war. |
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This heroic picture is based on a true story of the Russian sub' crew which been on guard in the 1960's during the Cold War between the superpowers of the USA and the USSR. The picture shows how the secret reconnaissance raid turned out to be a reason for a new diplomatic crisis escalation and jeopardized the team of the ballistic sub. Harrison Ford portrays Alexei Vostrikov, a Captain of the nuclear K-19 the reactor of which is seriously injured. Alexei is at odds with an executive officer Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), but they share such merits as bravery and uncompromising patriotism. The missiles located onboard and the men are endangered due to reactor problems, Alexei decides to eliminate the nuclear leakage at any cost... |
| Adaptation.
[2002,
USA]
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| Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives the way he writes... with foolish abandon. Susan writes about life... But can't live it. John's life is a book... Waiting to be adapted. One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end. |
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Kaufman is struggling with the arduous task of adapting The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean, which doesn't have an obvious dramatic line (it is essentially a book about orchids). At the same time he faces a mid-life crisis, which is worsened by the presence of his twin brother Donald, a less talented but more joyous person than Charlie, who dreams of making a lot of money with screenplays. The movie also shows Susan Orlean as she does her research for the book, and John Laroche, a colorful orchid hunter whom Susan interviews and, later, falls in love with. These stories eventually intertwine, with unpredictable results. |
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One of the most dangerous and perfidious spies in the world, charismatic Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), once a CIA agent and now a criminal genius, has the intention of stealing $9 billion in illegal government funds. To steal dirty money, however, he needs a superhacker able to break into the most complicated computer system. It is Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) who can pull off the impossible. After having done time for hacking into the FBI's cyber surveillance systems, Stanley, penniless, computerless and solitary, leads a miserable life. Gabriel, along with his charming henchman Ginger Knowles (Halle Berry), entices him into breaking the law once again in exchange for custody of his daughter Holly (Camryn Grimes) he lost in a divorce. |
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A British intelligence agent, Andy Osnard (Pierce Brosnan), is ruled by two passions: gambling and infatuation with other men's wives. After having a clandestine liaison with an ambassador's mistress, Osnard is exiled to Panama by his boss, Luxmore (David Hayman). This time, he finds himself at the center of political intrigue concerning the Panama Canal treaty. The only one who captures his attention is a prestigious tailor, Harold Pendel (Geoffrey Rush), who works for the Panamanian President and influential embassy officials. Osnard recruits him as an informant, leveraging his checkered past and his huge debt. |
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After their first year at college, the guys reunite for another summer of fun. Jim continues his quest for sexual independence by seeking the help of his old prom date, Michele, after an unexpected call from Nadia who plans to visit Jim. Meanwhile, Kev and Vicky find themselves in an awkward situation after having broken up for a year. Oz must deal with a long distance relationship when Heather heads off to France to study abroad. Old feuds die hard as the ever-so-horny Stifler harbors his hatred toward Finch, who is practicing the Hindu practice of Tantra. |
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Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world. |
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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch's descent into Alzheimer's Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends). |
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