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  • Lost Truth

    Lost Truth

    September 23, 2011 / Aging & Mortality, Drama, Iran, Mohammad Ahmadi, Movie Trailers, Persian

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Haghighat Released: 2008 Country: Iran Director: Mohammad Ahmadi Language: Persian Theme: Aging & Mortality Genre: Drama Summary This deeply moving film follows the paths of guilt and bereavement in three intertwined families. When Masoud Kia drove his wife, son and daughter into a head-on collision, all three of them died. Masoud himself [...]

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  • Magicians

    Magicians

    September 19, 2011 / Aging & Mortality, Drama, Korean, Movie Trailers, Song Il Gon, South Korea

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Released: 2005 Country: South Korea Director: Song Il Gon Language: Korean Theme: Aging & Mortality Genre: Drama Summary Magician(s) is the name of a band that has broken up because the guitarist, Ja-eun, killed herself 3 years ago. Her boyfriend and the band’s drummer, Jae-sung reminisce about her every year on December 31st. Jae-sung [...]

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  • The Funeral in Tonga

    The Funeral in Tonga

    September 17, 2011 / Aging & Mortality, Documentary, English, Movie Trailers, Tonga, Wendy Arbeit

    Funerals are of enormous cultural significance in the Kingdom of Tonga. In contrast with the taboos regarding death in Western society, death in the Kingdom of Tonga follows a highly ritualized grieving process.

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  • The Loss

    The Loss

    September 17, 2011 / Aging & Mortality, Drama, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, Movie Trailers, None

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2009 Country: Kyrgyzstan Director: None Language: Kyrgyz Theme: Aging & Mortality Genre: Drama Summary Reflecting on the value of life in the modern world and the ever-widening generation gap, The Loss highlights the plight of a lonely old man, whose wife has passed away, and whose home is suddenly robbed by a gang [...]

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