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The Sensei – 2008

Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he’s severely beaten at school, Karen O’Neil, a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town discovers their secret, a series of catastrophic events unfolds.

Pressure Cooker – 2008

A committed, passionate teacher tries tp make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.

Director : Jennifer Grausman|Mark Becker
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Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2008-01-01

The Girl from Monaco – 2008

A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil, who turns him into a complete wreck… Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard will step in and put everything back in order… Or will he ?

With a Little Help from Myself – 2008

Besieged matriarch Sonia tries to make certain her daughter’s nuptials come off flawlessly even as events spiral out of control is in this dark comedy helmed by François Dupeyron. With Sonia’s wayward eldest son under arrest on drug charges, she then discovers that her no-account hubby has gambled away the money set aside for the reception. Will Sonia and her family triumph or crumble in the face of adversity?

Private Lessons – 2008

An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.

Food, Inc. – 2008

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it’s sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.

Director : Robert Kenner
Cast : Carole Morison|Eric Schlosser|Michael Pollan|Richard Lobb|Vince Edwards
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2008-09-07

Harkis – 2008

1972, le sud de la France, en pleine forêt, une famille aux maigres bagages découvre le nouveau camp où elle va vivre. Malgré le paternalisme affiché du chef de camps, les harkis ont la vie dure et aucune liberté réelle. Une vie de misère et de tutelle que Leila, la fille aînée des Benamar, refuse. Elle a l’âge de la révolte, celles du premier amour aussi. Pour elle, son père, marqué par la guerre et l’exil, habitué à plier, ne doit rien aux Français qui ne les ont pas protégés en Algérie…

Quiet Chaos – 2008

Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns home he finds that his wife has died. Now Pietro has to take care of his daughter, Claudia. When he drives her to school soon after, he decides to wait for her all day in front of the school, and soon that’s what he does every day.

Firewall – 2008

In the town of Ystad, police inspector Wallander has two deaths to investigate that seem entirely unconnected: a taxi driver who has been brutally beaten by two teenage girls and later dies, and a computer consultant who has dropped dead in front of a cash machine. But soon enough mysterious and grisly events begin taking place. Events linked to something much more sinister that might be threatening the entire global finance market.

Director : Niall MacCormick
Cast : Kenneth Branagh|Tom Hiddleston
Genre : Crime|Thriller
Release Date : 2008-12-07

The Brothel – 2008

After her lover commits suicide, Julianne runs away from her life in the city and moves in the small ghost town of Jerome, Arizona. She purchases an abandoned brothel from the turn of the century, and sets to work turning it into a hotel; but in the process of restoring the past, she comes to know the ghosts of the brothel.

Director :
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Genre : Romance|Thriller
Release Date : 2008-10-06