YOGA (요가학원) (Yo-ga-hak-won)

Yoga [요가학원] (Yo-ga-hak-won) (South Korea)

The Story:
There are seven characters, all of whom are women seeking a cure for their respective insecurities. These four women have the most interesting problems. One is a career woman determined to outshine everybody in the workplace, including a newcomer. Another is a former actress who is now planning to make a big comeback. The third woman is someone who just underwent a bad plastic surgery and an even worse marriage. The last one is a girl trying to come to terms with her obesity issues. They are lured to the Yoga School, a place that promises absolute beauty once finished.

There are five rules for them to follow during the one week course: 1. do not eat, 2. do not take showers within an hour after the class, 3. do not look at the mirror, 4. do not go out of the building, 5. do not call anyone. As the training goes on, girls get tempted to break the rules caused by hidden craving of each girl’s.

They soon realize that they are in the wildest and deadliest encounters of their lives, as the school turns out to be one horrific place. Unfortunately, they agreed to be trapped in it for seven days and be cut off from communication to the outside world.

Starring:
Eugene, Park Han-byul, Jo-Eun-ji, Cha Soo-yeon, Kim Hye-na, Lee Young-jin, and Hwang Seung-eon.

Directed By:
Yoon Jae-yeon

Release:
2009

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DORIAN GRAY

The Story:
Based on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray tells the story of a strikingly beautiful young man named Dorian (Ben Barnes). He arrives in Victorian London and is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When a portrait of Dorian is unveiled, such is it's beauty that he makes a pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture - even his soul.

Starring:
Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Michael Culkin.

Directed By:

Oliver Parker.

Release:

2009

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BELLA

The Story:
Inspired by a true story, this feature debut shows how one day in New York alters the lives of two people forever. Jose, a handsome soccer star (Eduardo Verástegui) who is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when he accidentally kills a little girl in an automobile accident that bring his career to an abrupt end. Having retreated from the world, the once-famous athlete now works as a cook at his brother Manny’s (Manny Perez) Mexican restaurant in Manhattan.

A beautiful waitress, Nina, (Tammy Blanchard), struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she’s unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down… until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable one.

Jose recognises something in Nina, and reaches out to her. The charming pair fall into an easy confidentiality over the course of their eventful day. On a whim they go to the beach near Jose and Manny's parents' house in the suburbs. Within the colour and comfort of Jose's family home, Nina keenly feels she is missing the intimacy, support and peace that such a close family provides, and she makes a decision that is key to the enigmatic Jose's redemption. In the course of this single day, he not only confronts his own haunting past but shows her how the healing power of love can help her embrace the future.

Starring:

Eduardo Verastegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manuel Perez, Ali Landry

Directed By:
Alejandro Monteverde

Release:

2007

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INTODUCING THE DWIGHTS

introducing the dwights

The Story:
Jeanie Dwight (Brenda Blethyn) works as a short-order cook in a Sydney cafeteria, but she used to be a comedy star and wishes she still was.

Jeanie lives in a modest house in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney with her two sons, Mark (Richard Wilson), who suffers from a mental disability but knows his way around a bon mot, and Tim (Khan Chittenden), an exceptionally handsome but painfully introverted 20-year-old virgin. Jeanie is intent on reclaiming her former glory, now 25 years gone and all but forgotten, and Tim serves as her chauffeur, moral support and official joke tester while making payments on a moving truck to set himself up in business.

Their father (Frankie J. Holden), a one-hit wonder 25 years earlier, works as a security guard and hopes for another break. And so, when Tim meets a beautiful girl named Jill (Emma Booth) during a moving job and falls in love, Jeanie feels so threatened by the relationship that it takes her to the edge of a nervous breakdown. On her way there, she refuses to remember Jill's name, guilt-trips Tim mercilessly over an uneaten ratatouille the first time he spends the night at Jill's house and bullies him into getting on stage with her during a benefit performance so that she can humiliate him in front of his girlfriend.

Starring:
Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Emma Booth, Frankie J. Holden, Richard Wilson, Rebecca Gibney

Directed By:
Cherie Nowlan

Release:
2007

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THE OTHER MAN

THE OTHER MAN

The Story:
Peter (Liam Neeson), the CEO of a computer software company, has been married to Lisa (Laura Linney), a successful shoe designer, for well over 20 years. Her work means frequent travel, but their marriage seems happy, and they have a grown up daughter, Abigail (Romola Garai). Missing his wife, Peter discovers that she has been receiving emails and messages from a man he never knew existed.

Against Abigail’s advice, feeling betrayed and vengeful, Peter flies to Milan to find out the truth about the mysterious other man, Ralph (Antonio Banderas). As Peter begins to unravel his wife’s secret, the focus shifts to a suspenseful cat and mouse relationship between the two men.

Starring:
Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Romola Garai, Craig Parkinson

Directed By:
Richard Eyre

Release:
2009

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