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Nostalgia for the Countryside

August 31, 2012 / Dang Nhat Minh, Drama, Family & Relationships, Movie Trailers, Vietnam, Vietnamese

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: 1995 Country: Vietnam Director: Dang Nhat Minh Language: Vietnamese Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Set in a rice-growing village in Vietnam, this is a tale of crossroads where stories flow together like small rivers of sorrow. 17-year-old Nham has left school to care for his widowed mother, his little sister Minh, [...]

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Before We Fall In Love Again

August 29, 2012 / Cantonese, Family & Relationships, James Lee, Malaysia, Mandarin, Movie Trailers, Romance

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: Nian Ni Ru Xi Released: 2006 Country: Malaysia Director: James Lee Language: Mandarin, Cantonese Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Romance Summary Before We Fall In Love Again is the first part in James Lee’s Love Trilogy, inspired by Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, the second being Things We Do When We Fall In Love. [...]

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Heiran

June 19, 2012 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian, Shalizeh Arefpour

This film is the story of a 17 year old rural girl, Mahi, who comes from a war-stricken family in southern Iran. Mahi falls in love with an Afghan student named Heiran, who has came to her village to work. Mahi’s family is strictly against her marriage to an Afghan. Mahi must now choose between her family and her love for the Afghan student, Heiran.

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Felicity Land

June 19, 2012 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Iran, Maziar Miri, Movie Trailers, Persian, Recommendations

Felicity Land unearths betrayals and marital crises in an affluent area of Teheran.

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Gold And Copper

June 19, 2012 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Homayoun Asadian, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian

The story focuses on a Koranic student, Seyed, who has just moved to Tehran with his wife, Zahra, and two small children.

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The Color Of Paradise

June 19, 2012 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Iran, Majid Majidi, Movie Trailers, Persian

This film tells the story of Mohammad, who after a year in Tehran learning to read Braille, returns to his village with his widowed father. His Father fears that a blind son will prevent him from marrying again, so he puts Mohammad into an apprenticeship program as a carpenter.

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Baran

June 19, 2012 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Iran, Majid Majidi, 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: Released: 2001 Country: Iran Director: Majid Majidi Language: Persian Theme: Family & Relationship Genre: Drama Summary The story is set during recent times in which there are a large number of Afghan refugees living on the outskirts of Tehran. Although almost a silent movie, Baran won a number of awards both nationally and internationally for [...]

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White Days

March 19, 2012 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Lei Yuan Bin, Mandarin, Movie Trailers, Singapore

Dreaming of a trip to Taiwan but stuck in a city they can’t seem to leave from, three young people get together to create a friendship net that would save them from their inanimate loneliness.

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The Train Of Zero O’clock

September 26, 2011 / Babak Shirin Sefat, Documentary, Family & Relationships, Iran, 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: Qatar-E Sa’at-E Sefr Released: 2005 Country: Iran Director: Babak Shirin Sefat Language: Persian Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Documentary Summary A woman tries to find her roots (and her real parents) on a trip to Iran.

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Five By Four

September 26, 2011 / Drama, English, Family & Relationships, India, Movie Trailers, Roopa Swaminathan

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: 2003 Country: India Director: Roopa Swaminathan Language: English Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary An intimate group of five girls embark on the different paths of their lives after college but remain steadfast friends. Their stories are told in a series of four episodic stories, over the course of ten years: Shruti [...]

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Years When I Was A Child Outside

September 24, 2011 / Drama, Experimental, Family & Relationships, John Torres, Movie Trailers, Philippines, Tagalog

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: Taon Noong Ako’y Anak Sa Labas Released: 2007 Country: Philippines Director: John Torres Language: Tagalog Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary Filmmaker John Torres takes the viewer through a personal journey trying to make sense of his complicated family life. But he does this without a clear narrative thread and [...]

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Ponmani

September 22, 2011 / Dharmasena Pathiraja, Drama, Family & Relationships, Most Popular, Movie Trailers, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Top 10

Ponmani comes from the highest caste in Tamil society, but her family has fallen on hard times and can’t even pay what they owe on her married eldest sister’s dowry, let alone find dowries for her and her middle sister.

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