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14 February 2010
Home
dir. Ursula Meier
Switzerland
Home may not a good film to see with your baby on Valentine’s Day. For this one it’s just as well I’m a troubled loner.
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15 February 2010
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
dir. Kim Ji-woon
South Korea
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