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Twilight of a Life
When the doctor tells him that his mother, in her nineties, does not have long left, Sylvain Biegeleisen visits her everyday. Against all the odds, the venerable lady "decides" to hang around for a while - The director chronicles this uncertain and mysterious time in this luminous film on tenderness as a possible source of youth and full of an innocence regained every day.
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My Life, My Lesson
My life my lesson is a raw yet tender documentary that follows 16-year-old Felicia over the course of two years as she is attempting to live a normal teenage-life, having been brought up witnessing her step-dad abusing her mum. It's an intimate portrait of a family living with the scars of domestic violence. Felicia's dream of a normal life is made impossible by her self-harming and the sleeping difficulties caused by the violence. After Rolf threatens to kill her mum the family is being sent to a secret location women's shelter. As things are put on edge Felicia's bravery is tested - will she stand up for her family and herself, and testify in court against the only father she has ever known?
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A Magic-Lantern Life
The film documents the performances and history of The American Magic-Lantern Theater, a troupe that recreates the 19th century spectacles of magic lantern shows - he live projected productions that preceded cinema over 100 years ago. AMLT, based in Connecticut, consists of two people, usually Terry Borton, founder and showman, and lead singer Nancy Stewart. The company has been performing for 20 years, is the only professional magic-lantern theater in the US, and is one of the only three existing in the world.
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My Life Is Poetry
A documentary film of a Los Angeles senior LGBTQ poetry workshop's culmination event led by Steven Reigns. The workshop is made possible by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and is supported by The LA Gay and Lesbian Center. My Life is Poetry captures a profound history told through the poetry and images of our senior LGBTQ community.
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The Life of Gravity
A stylish, urban woman ends up castaway on a deserted island, where she meets a rugged hermit. Solitude and detachment soon draw them together.
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A Life on Screen
Documentary series that celebrates the incredible careers of the best of British talent.
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Life Mein Hungama Hai
It is the story of two young lads who has run away from their boarding school to sail the world with one of the boys\' sailor uncle. The story unfolds the journey of these boys and their journey towards freedom which is inspired from Ruskin Bond\'s book \'The Running Away\'. It also gives an objective outlook of freedom and discipline.
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Mini: A Life Revisited
1975 documentary about 11-year-old serial arsonist Michael 'Mini' Cooper, followed by Cooper and the film's director Franc Roddam in conversation with Alan Yentob in 2013.
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A Five Star Life
Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene (Margarita Buy) is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping to the next exotic destination with her checklist and laptop in tow. When her best friend and ex, Andrea (Stefano Accorsi), who has always been a source of emotional support, suddenly becomes unavailable, Irene is thrown into a deep existential crisis. "Luxury is a form of deceit," she is told by a fellow traveller in the fog of a steam room, and thus begins Irene's quest to bring more meaning into her life.
