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iFilms are not recommended for children under age 17 without parental permission

 

Saturday, January 14
The Human Resources Manager

The largest bakery in Jerusalem is accused of indifference when one of their foreign workers is killed in a suicide bombing. To make amends, they send their Human Resources Manager to the victim’s hometown in Romania, where he fights to regain his company’s reputation and possibly his own humanity on this mission to honor a woman he didn’t know but grows to admire.
From Israel, in Hebrew, Romanian and English with English subtitles. 104 minutes.

 

Saturday, February 18
Nurse, Fighter, Boy

During the last week of summer, a late-night brawl forever entwines the lives of a past-his-prime boxer, a single-mother who’s a nurse, and her son, a boy who delves into music, conjuring dreams for his mother.
From Canada, in English. 93 minutes.

 

Saturday, March 17
The Colors of the Mountain

Manuel and his friends are obsessed with playing soccer while their parents try to avoid both the armed military and the guerrilla rebels fighting near their remote, mountainous farming region of Columbia. When Manuel’s new soccer ball is kicked into a minefield, he and his friends will do anything to recover their prized belonging.
From Colombia, in Spanish with English subtitles. 93 minutes.

 

Saturday, April 21
Illegal

Tania, a Russian living illegally in Belgium with her 14-year-old son, is sent to an immigration detention center for women when the police pick her up during a routine check. Her son escapes and finds refuge with friends. Tania embarks on a harrowing journey, determined to preserve her dignity and find her son.
From Belgium, in French and Russian with English subtitles. 95 minutes.

 

Saturday, May 19
Bad Day to Go Fishing

A washed-up wrestler and his manager make good money staging bogus wrestling matches in small South American towns. However, when this oddball duo arrives in the unassuming village of Santa Maria, business really takes off but “fishing” in Santa Maria yields a bigger catch then they hoped for.
From Uruguay, in Spanish with English subtitles. 107 minutes.

 

 

12/20/11
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