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Paris

Release Date: September 18, 2009 (limited)
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Cedric Klapish
Screenwriter: Cedric Klapish
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, François Cluzet, Karin Viard, Melanie Laurent, Gilles Lellouche, Zinedine Soualem
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: R (for language and some sexual references)
Official Website: IFCFilms.com

Plot Summary: Cedric Klapish, the beloved director of “L’Auberge Espangole,” gathers together some of the biggest actors in French cinema for a valentine to the city of lights. The all-star cast includes Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Melanie Laurent, Fabrice Luchini, Francois Cluzet and Karin Viard. While waiting for a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre (Duris) grows close again with his sister (Binoche) and her lively children. This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre a new, hopeful sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. A cinematic love letter to the city that seems to hide a story behind every shop window, small alley, street market or grand apartment building, the film explores the life and love possible only in “Paris.”

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Agora

Release Date: TBA
Studio: Not Available
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Screenwriter: Mateo Gil, Alejandro Amenabar
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans, Homayoun Ershadi
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: Agoralapelicula.com

Plot Summary: Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D., Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.