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Salmonberries
Roswitha (Rosel Zech) a middle-aged
German librarian searches for meaning in her
life in Alaska. While there, she meets a half-Eskimo
miner Kotz (k.d. lang) who is mistaken for
a boy by the townsfolk. Roswitha and who initally
rebuffs the younger woman, Kotz's innocent
persistence gradually wins her over. Together,
they find the freedom to face old demons and
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| She Must Be
Seeing Things
When a woman reads her lesbian lover's diary
she becomes jealous, disguises herself as
a man, and spies on her companion, ultimately
testing the strength of their love for one
another. It is one of the first feature
films made by a gay woman that focuses on
a mature, complex relationship between two
women while exploring issues of gender and
role-playing. |
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Set
Me Free
Set in 1960's Montreal, this is
the coming-of-age story of 13 year-old Hanna
(Karine Vanasse). Hanna's mother is Catholic
while her husband is Jewish, a combination
which leads to misunderstanding. Escaping
the realities of life, she turns to the
cinema, watching the film My Life to Live
repetitively and mimicking the actress Anna
Karina. She displaces this love for the
actress in her schoolteacher and doesn't
understand why her teacher does not reciprocate.
A friendship and love interest forms between
her, a female school friend and her brother
Paul (Alexandre Mérineau).
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| Show Me Love
(AKA Fucking Åmål)
Elin (Alexandra Dahlström)
is a young girl in a boring town looking
for some excitement. Agnes (Rebecca Liljeberg)
is a lonely girl without friends whose life
seems to revolve around being in love with
the popular, pretty Elin. Agnes' mother
insists on having a party for Agnes' 16th
birthday. In a fit of boredom, Elin shows
up to the empty party and finds herself
kissing Agnes on a dare from her sister.
This triggers feelings for Elin she was
unaware of. Agnes is left wondering why
they would tease her like that. Elin returns
to apologize and the evening ends in a short
make out session. Elin is now left to wonder
how she will reconcile her former life with
her new love. She wonders back to heterosexuality
but eventually thoughts of Agnes lead her
to find the courage to be herself. |
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Sister
My Sister
An act of shocking violence catapults
a picturesque little town into history in
this amazing true story. Julie Walters stars
as the head of a perfectly respectable household
that is not what it seems. The close sibling
relationship between her two maids takes
on a new dimension as she discovers a sexual
fever between the two sisters. The tensions
reach the breaking point in a film you'll
find both beautiful and horrifying. |
