Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner (born 20 May 1955) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Preisner is best known for the music composed for the films directed by fellow Pole Krzysztof Kieślowski. His Song for the Unification of Europe, based on the Greek text of 1 Corinthians 13, is attributed to a character in Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue and plays a dominating role in the story. His music for Three Colors: Red includes a setting of Polish and French versions of a poem by Wisława Szymborska, a Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet. After working with Kieślowski on Three Colors: Blue, Preisner was hired by the producer Francis Ford Coppola to write the score for The Secret Garden, directed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Although Preisner is most closely associated with Kieślowski, he has collaborated with several other directors, winning a César in 1996 for his work on Jean Becker's Élisa. He has won a number of other awards, including another César in 1994 for Three Colors: Red, and the Silver Bear from the 47th Berlin International Film Festival 1997 for The Island on Bird Street. He was nominated for Golden Globe awards for his scores for Three Colors: Blue (1993) and At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991). In 1998, Requiem for My Friend, Preisner's first large scale work not written for film, premiered. It was originally intended as a narrative work to be written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and directed by Kieślowski, but it became a memorial to Kieślowski after the director's death. The Lacrimosa from this Requiem appears in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. The Dies Irae from this Requiem appears in the film La Grande Bellezza, directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Preisner composed the theme music for the People's Century, a monumental twenty-six part documentary made jointly in 1994 by the BBC television network in United Kingdom and the PBS television network in the United States. He has also worked with director Thomas Vinterberg on the 2003 film It's All About Love. He provided orchestration for David Gilmour's 2006 album On An Island as well as additional orchestrations for the show at Gdańsk shipyards at which he also conducted the Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, this was documented on the album Live in Gdańsk (2008). Silence, Night and Dreams is Zbigniew Preisner's new recording project, a large-scale work for orchestra, choir and soloists, based on texts from the Book of Job. The premier recording, was released in 2007 with the lead singer of Madredeus, Teresa Salgueiro and boy soprano Thomas Cully from Libera.

  • Title: Zbigniew Preisner
  • Popularity: 1.407
  • Known For: Sound
  • Birthday: 1955-05-20
  • Place of Birth: Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland
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  • Also Known As: Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski, Zigniew Preisner
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Zbigniew Preisner Movies

  • 2017
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    David Gilmour - Live At Pompeii (Bonus Wroclaw 2016)

    David Gilmour - Live At Pompeii (Bonus Wroclaw 2016)

    1 2017 HD

    David Gilmour, guitarist, composer and vocalist of the legendary formation Pink Floyd has performed in Poland on 25. June, 2016. He played the...

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  • 2005
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    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    8.5 2005 HD

    Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

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  • 2016
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    David Gilmour - Live in Wroclaw 2016

    David Gilmour - Live in Wroclaw 2016

    9 2016 HD

    David Gilmour, guitarist, composer and vocalist of the legendary formation Pink Floyd has performed in Poland on 25. June, 2016. He played the...

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  • 1994
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    Three Colors: White

    Three Colors: White

    7.46 1994 HD

    Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due...

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  • 1993
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    Three Colors: Blue

    Three Colors: Blue

    7.652 1993 HD

    The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores...

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  • 1994
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    Three Colors: Red

    Three Colors: Red

    7.917 1994 HD

    Valentine, a student model in Geneva, struggles with a possessive boyfriend and a troubled family. When she runs over a dog, she discovers that its...

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  • 1991
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    The Double Life of Véronique

    The Double Life of Véronique

    7.5 1991 HD

    Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks...

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  • 1988
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    A Short Film About Killing

    A Short Film About Killing

    7.6 1988 HD

    Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

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  • 1994
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    When a Man Loves a Woman

    When a Man Loves a Woman

    6.489 1994 HD

    An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's...

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  • 1993
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    The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

    7.403 1993 HD

    A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's...

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  • 1992
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    Damage

    Damage

    6.641 1992 HD

    The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

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  • 2001
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    Weiser

    Weiser

    5.7 2001 HD

    The film is based on the well-known, translated into many languages novel of writer Pawel Huelle. It is imbued with nostalgia and the atmosphere of...

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  • 2003
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    It's All About Love

    It's All About Love

    5.46 2003 HD

    The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous...

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  • 1990
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    Europa Europa

    Europa Europa

    7.3 1990 HD

    A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war...

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  • 2003
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    Strange Gardens

    Strange Gardens

    7.473 2003 HD

    Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a...

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  • 1997
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    The Island on Bird Street

    The Island on Bird Street

    7.2 1997 HD

    Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp....

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  • 1990
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    The Last Boat

    The Last Boat

    2.8 1990 HD

    The last ship (Utolsó hajó) is leaving the quay. Sirens are sounding.

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  • 2005
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    Harry's Daughters

    Harry's Daughters

    4.1 2005 HD

    About two sisters, Marie and Ninni, both are pregnant for the first time. After conducting a joint survey, Ninni's child is found dead.

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  • 1995
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    Feast of July

    Feast of July

    5.9 1995 HD

    After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.

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  • 2021
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    Man of God

    Man of God

    6.8 2021 HD

    Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he...

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  • 1983
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    Psychoterapia

    Psychoterapia

    5 1983 HD

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  • 2014
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    The History of Eternity

    The History of Eternity

    7.8 2014 HD

    In a small village in the hinterland, three stories of love and desire are changing the emotional landscape of its residents. Characters of a...

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  • 2017
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    Angelica

    Angelica

    4.9 2017 HD

    A couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.

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  • 1988
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    I Love Cinema

    I Love Cinema

    7 1988 HD

    The manager of a small provincial cinema finds her lost son, and he tries to save the movie theater.

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  • 2011
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    The Tree of Life

    The Tree of Life

    6.74 2011 HD

    The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of...

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  • 2000
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    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen

    6.565 2000 HD

    Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story...

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  • 2008
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    A Woman in Berlin

    A Woman in Berlin

    6.583 2008 HD

    A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

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  • 1986
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    I Like Bats

    I Like Bats

    4.3 1986 HD

    Izabella, a beautiful young woman, works at her aunt’s shop in a small town in Poland. She uses her hands to create unique small objects for...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue IX

    Decalogue IX

    7.55 1989 HD

    Roman and Hanka have a loving marriage, but his impotence has led to her having an affair. The unbearable situation drives Roman to extreme measures...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue X

    Decalogue X

    7.937 1989 HD

    Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of...

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  • 1985
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    No End

    No End

    7 1985 HD

    1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VIII

    Decalogue VIII

    7.252 1989 HD

    Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue III

    Decalogue III

    7.07 1989 HD

    It’s Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue II

    Decalogue II

    7.269 1989 HD

    Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue IV

    Decalogue IV

    7.761 1989 HD

    A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VI

    Decalogue VI

    7.952 1989 HD

    A teenage postal worker, Tomek, routinely spies on his older neighbor Magda, a sexually liberated artist who lives in the apartment across the...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VII

    Decalogue VII

    7.441 1989 HD

    As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue V

    Decalogue V

    7.871 1989 HD

    Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally...

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  • 1986
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    Will There Be a War

    Will There Be a War

    1 1986 HD

    A documentary in which a picture of pre-war Poznan is reconstructed with the help of archival materials from regional collections and staging. The...

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  • 1991
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    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    6.3 1991 HD

    Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue VI

    Decalogue VI

    7.952 1989 HD

    A teenage postal worker, Tomek, routinely spies on his older neighbor Magda, a sexually liberated artist who lives in the apartment across the...

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  • 2000
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    The Last September

    The Last September

    5.2 2000 HD

    In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew,...

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  • 2012
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    Aglaya

    Aglaya

    6.2 2012 HD

    This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and...

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  • 2016
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    The Queen of Spain

    The Queen of Spain

    5.2 2016 HD

    After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to...

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  • 2004
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    The Beautiful Country

    The Beautiful Country

    6.015 2004 HD

    After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins...

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  • 1992
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    Olivier, Olivier

    Olivier, Olivier

    6.4 1992 HD

    Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and Serge, a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The...

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  • 1991
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    Kieslowski: Dialogue

    Kieslowski: Dialogue

    7 1991 HD

    Documentary featuring a candid interview with Kieślowski and rare behind-the-scenes footage from the set of The Double Life of Véronique

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  • 1988
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    To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

    6 1988 HD

    A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

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  • 2023
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    Aprilis

    Aprilis

    1 2023 HD

    A young man tragically dies after trying to capture the beauty and solitude of nature in his hometown.

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  • 2018
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    Lies We Tell

    Lies We Tell

    5.5 2018 HD

    A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss's Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster...

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  • 2024
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    Stimulants & Empathogens

    Stimulants & Empathogens

    1 2024 HD

    Antek, an outspoken boy from a wealthy home with patriotic traditions and a passion for classical music, fell madly in love. The object of his...

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  • 1997
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    FairyTale: A True Story

    FairyTale: A True Story

    6.397 1997 HD

    Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story

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  • 1988
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    A Short Film About Love

    A Short Film About Love

    7.8 1988 HD

    19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and...

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  • 1995
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    Elisa

    Elisa

    6.404 1995 HD

    Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living...

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  • 1989
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    Decalogue I

    Decalogue I

    8.048 1989 HD

    Krzysztof, a semantics professor and computer hobbyist, is raising his young son, Paweł, to look to science for answers, while Irena, Paweł’s...

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  • 2017
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    Valley of Shadows

    Valley of Shadows

    6.4 2017 HD

    A young boy ventures into the forest in search of mysterious creatures that eat sheep, in this delightfully creepy Scandinavian Gothic fable from...

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  • 2024
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    Haunted Heart

    Haunted Heart

    1 2024 HD

    On a beautiful remote island in Greece, young and spirited Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her...

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  • 1998
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    Foolish Heart

    Foolish Heart

    4.7 1998 HD

    Living with his parents, 17-year-old Juan hangs out with several intellectuals who would like to photograph the human soul. The girlfriend of the...

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  • 1993
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    On the Edge of the Horizon

    On the Edge of the Horizon

    5.4 1993 HD

    Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.

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  • 2002
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    Between Strangers

    Between Strangers

    6.3 2002 HD

    Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.

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  • 1986
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    Kolysanka

    Kolysanka

    1 1986 HD

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  • 2016
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    My Hindu Friend

    My Hindu Friend

    4.2 2016 HD

    Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says...

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  • 2020
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    Mother Didn't Know

    Mother Didn't Know

    1 2020 HD

    Deep down in an empty silo, an intense, but silent battle for a young person in distress plays out. As parents, we don't always know what's going on...

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  • 2020
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    Memories of My Father

    Memories of My Father

    7.556 2020 HD

    In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned...

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  • 1992
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    Dismissed From Life

    Dismissed From Life

    3 1992 HD

    Set in 1989, story of a man beat up by two ex-policemen and left to die in a dump. Marek survives after the brain surgery that leaves him amnesiac....

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  • 1986
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    Przez dotyk

    Przez dotyk

    1 1986 HD

    Two women meet in the hospital.

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  • 1999
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    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    6 1999 HD

    Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell...

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  • 1987
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    Escape

    Escape

    1 1987 HD

    Teenager pretends to be mentally ill to get away from a reformatory.

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  • 2020
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    Dear Child

    Dear Child

    1 2020 HD

    A documentary which follows the lives of children recovering from their involvement with the drug war in Brazil. Set in a rehabilitation centre on...

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  • 2007
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    A Secret

    A Secret

    6.451 2007 HD

    In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels...

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  • 1983
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    The Weather Forecast

    The Weather Forecast

    6 1983 HD

    The setting is an old age home run by an aging director with an authoritarian hand. In the evening many of the residents huddle in a living room,...

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  • 1989
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    The Last Schoolbell

    The Last Schoolbell

    7.5 1989 HD

    As high school students put on a politically-engaged school play, tensions begin to rise between them and their headmaster. The conflict seems to...

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  • 1994
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    Desire in Motion

    Desire in Motion

    5.3 1994 HD

    During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.

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  • 1990
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    City Life

    City Life

    10 1990 HD

    Collection of documentary shorts by various acclaimed directors

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  • 1991
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    Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain

    5.8 1991 HD

    A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.

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  • 1970
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    8.5 1970 HD

    Originally made for Polish television, “The Decalogue” focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose...

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  • 1970
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    6.1 1970 HD

    At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor...

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