Thirst
Director: Park Chan-wook
Writer: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Kim Ok-bi
Plot: Beloved and devoted priest from a small town volunteers for a medical experiment which fails and turns him into a vampire. Physical and psychological changes lead to his affair with a wife of his childhood friend who is repressed and tired of her mundane life. The one-time priest falls deeper in despair and depravity. As things turns for worse, he struggles to maintain whats left of his humanity.
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Release Date: July 31, 2009
Ninja Assassin
Director: James McTeigue
Writers: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski
Cast: Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune
Plot: A young ninja turns his back on orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Lion’s Den (Leonera)
Director: Pablo Trapero
Writer: Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui
Cast: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro, Laura García
Plot: Sent to prison for allegedly killing her lover, Julia discovers she is pregnant and is sent to a high-security maternity ward to serve her time. Julia’s only concern now is her son. Her fellow inmate Marta becomes her ally; her mother Sofía, her opponent. One attempts to teach her how to be a mother; the other wishes to take over rearing the child. The film, shot in a real prison with inmates as extras, shines a light on a little known aspect of prison life: motherhood behind bars. An official selection of Cannes Film Festival.
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Release Date: July 3, 2009
Rudo y Cursi
Director: Carlos Cuarón
Writers: Carlos Cuarón
Cast: Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernai
Plot: Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira (Dolores Heredia). They have a change in luck when Batuta, a soccer talent scout, discovers them accidentally. Tato is the first to move to the big city where he becomes the star goal scorer
Release Date: December 19, 2008 (Mexico)
Dead Snow
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Tommy Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen
Cast: Vegard Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan, Jeppe Beck Laursen
Plot: A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
Release Date: June 19, 2009
