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1) From nowhere
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Three undocumented teenagers are just about to graduate high school in the Bronx. But unlike the everyday problems of New York adolescents, these three live with the threat of being discovered by the authorities and deported. When one of their teachers connects them with a lawyer to help them get their papers, the teens start to dig into their family histories to assist their immigration cases. Winner of the Audience Award for Narrative Spotlight...
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"Kim's Convenience is the funny, heartfelt story of The Kims--a Korean Canadian family running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Based on the hit play by Ins Choi, this acclaimed comedy explores the multicultural community and the generational tension between immigrant parents and their Canadian-born children with smart comedy and authentic depth.The series is set in urban Regent Park, a rundown neighborhood bustling with immigrants and rich...
3) Die Fremde
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Deutsch
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A German-born woman flees from her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her son with her. She hopes to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflicts. Her family is trapped in their conventions. They are torn between their love for her and the traditional values of their community resulting in tragic consequences.
4) Dheepan
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Français
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To escape the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. They end up settling in a housing project outside Paris. Even though they barely know one another, they try to build a life together.
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English
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It is the funny, heartfelt story of the Kims, a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Watch this award-winning cast as they face some big changes in Season Two! Appa and Umma are getting used to their lives as empty nesters after Janet finds an apartment with Gerald. Kimchee tries to find true love and Jung takes small steps toward reconciliation with Appa while trying to deal with Shannon being with Alejandro.
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English
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[A]n irresistible young Jewish man in 1948 Montreal is driven by an insatiable desire to be a "somebody" and he somehow works his way into our hearts even as he cheats and schemes and connives to buy a large parcel of land. He uses the girl who loves him, he forges checks, he lies... and he is enormously proud of himself because of it. Those around him are tremendously disgusted. We are torn. There's a little bit of Duddy Kravitz in everyone.
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English
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The funny, heartfelt story of the Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim ('Appa' and 'Umma') immigrated to Toronto in the "80s to set up shop near Regent Park and had two kids, Jung and Janet who are now young adults. However, when Jung was 16, he and Appa had a major falling out involving a physical fight, stolen money and Jung leaving home. Father and son have been estranged since.
9) Borrufa
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Español
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"Roland Dahwen's debut feature tells the story of an immigrant family in Oregon whose life is disrupted when it's revealed that the father has a second family. Reeling from this news, his wife Leonora must choose to either leave her husband, her dying mother, and her son, who has a mysterious illness--or to move on, and let her husband take responsibility for the family he's destroyed. Haunted by memories, Leonora now struggles between her desires...
10) Dheepan
Series
Language
Français
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To escape the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. They end up settling in a housing project outside Paris. Even though they barely know one another, they try to build a life together.
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"Bronx princess follows headstrong 17-year-old teenager Rocky's journey as she leaves behind her mother in New York City to reunite with her father, a chief in Ghana, West Africa. Filmed over the tumultuous summer between high-school and college, Bronx princess tells Rocky's coming-of-age story. By confronting her immigrant parents' ideas of adulthood, Rocky reconciles her African heritage with her dream of independence."--http://www.bronxprincess.com/...
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