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Plot Summary:
The story revolves around Dominik Liebmann: a man who has lost everything: His wife, son, job, house - even his pride. Financially and emotionally bankrupt he enters Berlins first and only "Männerhaus": a shelter for battered men. He meets Holger the director of the house and its members. After a psychiatric examination by the youth welfare office he has to participate in the Group Therapy Session of the "Männerhaus" in order to get custody for his son Dylan. After an initial resistance Dominik decides to participate and so the other members of the "Männerhaus" learn about Dominiks past... Director Philipp Müller-Dorn takes a daring and provocative look inside the world that very few men, out of embarrassment or retaliation, speak of: domestic abuse by their partner. In the dramatic film eMANcipation,.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min
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Simon is the king of the Danish art scene - eccentric, successful, wealthy, with a beautiful wife and a young mistress. Life is beautiful, until the day his unknown son Casper turns up and attracts all the attention. It turns out that Casper is the world-famous graffiti artist “The Ghost”. This is a provocation and a challenge to Simon, and the relationship between father and son is put to a serious test. However, against all odds he two slowly grow closer to each other, but the question is whether blood ties are enough? Because after all Simon has no plans of being a father, and Casper has other plans with his father than simply getting to know him….
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: emotional, sad
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Jessica has been married to her controlling husband Gary for years. She began dating him at the age of fifteen and has two kids, Maggie and Pete. After some career trouble Gary moves the family out to a New York suburb. Anyway, at first Gary seems like a sweet and loving husband, but after getting mad at some hippie neighbors he begins slapping Jessica and having fits of rage. The abuse only gets worse when she gets a job at a bakery and makes two really caring friends: her co-worker and neighbor Lee, and her boss Walter. Walter becomes more than just her boss; he notices bruises on Jessica's neck and advises her to leave Gary, but she can't; she's too afraid. Soon she starts dating Walter, and when Gary punches Pete repeatedly she realizes she has to be the voice for her two kids; she takes them to stay with Walter. Things only get worse as Gary makes a decision that could send her life crashing down.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sad
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After learning the identity of the man who killed her husband, a young widow struggles with whether to forgive the killer or avenge her husband's death.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 100 min
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Plot Summary:
Slovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 91
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 573
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 339
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Drama
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 143
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 68
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 404
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 160
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 94
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 294
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 20
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 679
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IMDB Votes: 278
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 555
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 511
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IMDB Votes: 494
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IMDB Votes: 35
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 548
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