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Tetris
Douban: 8.0 points
The film is based on the copyright battle of the well-known video game "Tetris". In the late 1980s, Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton), a Dutch game designer for bulletproof software, went deep into the Cold War Soviet Union and negotiated with the Soviet authorities in order to obtain the rights to Tetris.
02
"Swim Without Giving Up"
Douban: 8.3 points
Swimming Without Giving Up is an extraordinary true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, telling the fascinating life story of world-class athlete Diana Niyad. Thirty years ago, Diana (four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening) gave up long-distance swimming to become a prominent sports journalist. At the age of 60, she became obsessed with completing an epic ride that she had never been able to complete: the 110-mile journey from Cuba to Florida, known as the "Everest" of swimming. Determined to be the first to complete the ride without shark cages, Diana embarks on an exciting four-year journey with longtime friend and coach Bonnie Stoll (two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster) and a dedicated sailing team.
This inspiring film is the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarelli and Kim Kok Wai ("Rock Climbing with Bare Hands", "Thai Cave Rescue"). Produced by Andrew Lazel (p.g.a.) and Teddy Schwarsman (p.g.a.) and written by Julia Cox, "Swim Without Giving Up" is based on Diana Niad's memoir Find a Way.
03
The Whale
Douban: 7.9 points
The film is based on the play of the same name written by Samuel D. Hunter, which tells the story of Charlie (Brandon Fisher), an English teacher weighing 272 kilograms, who lives in seclusion in a dilapidated apartment in rural Idaho, stubbornly and resolutely trying to eat himself to death. Charlie abandoned his family in middle age for a same-sex lover, but after his lover's death, he overate due to grief and guilt, and tried to repair his relationship with his 17-year-old daughter Ellie (Sadie Synke).
As Charlie gets closer to his inevitable fate, his friend Liz (Zhou Hong), a cynical atheist nurse, and Elder Thomas (Ty Simpkins), a young preacher, all try to find in Charlie the will to be saved, both physically and spiritually. However, only Ellie, who is estranged from Charlie, can see the future beyond his current state of despair, and although Ellie is bitter, hateful, and full of thorns, Charlie can find in her one last chance to atone, and perhaps even a glimmer of hope.
04
"Gold Coin Gray and Yellow"
Douban: 8.2 points
The 40-year-old Leila has been taking care of her parents and her four younger brothers all her life, but the whole family is crushed by debt, and Leila has to come up with a business plan to save the family, and just when she is in dire need of funds, she discovers that one of the younger brothers has hidden a family heirloom, through which the younger brother hopes to become the patriarch of the family, a secret that could lead the entire family to ruin.
05
Darva
Douban: 8.2 points
Darva, a 12-year-old girl who was tightly controlled and shaped into a Barbie doll by her paedophile father from an early age, also considered herself a woman and there was nothing wrong with falling in love with her father until her father was arrested. This is the feature film debut of French director Emmanuel Nicole, who challenges a difficult moral theme and uses restrained and clear camera language to confront serious and acute social issues. The camera follows the protagonist Darva as she goes from being a mature woman, through self-awakening, to slowly learning Xi to become a young girl. Newcomer actor Zelda Samson as Darva won the Rising Star Award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in the Critics' Week section for her powerful performance, and the film also won the FIPRESCI Critics Award in the parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival.
06
"Small Soldiers"
Douban: 8.1 points
It tells the story of a 6-year-old Russian child during World War II who joined the Soviet army after losing his family...
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Douban: 8.1 points
A Rui (played by Lu Xiaofen) has been running a men's family haircut for 40 years, and the small family barber shop has collected all kinds of birth, old age, sickness and death, gathering and dispersion. In the face of the troubles of life, Ah Rui always faces life without admitting defeat with the spirit of her Taiwanese Obasan. Time passed, and her guests grew old. One day, Rui received a phone call that an old guest who had moved to a distant place was sick and couldn't go out to cut his hair, so he asked Rui to come to the house to serve. In the face of various oppositions, Ah Rui remembered that her master taught her that "this line of work must serve customers to the end". Hanging up the sign "Closed today", she is going to set off on the road to do something that everyone thinks is not worth it......
08
Umbilical Cord
Douban: 7.9 points
Musician Arus (played by Idel) is dissatisfied with his brother's way of taking care of his mother (played by Badma) who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, and is determined to take her back to the grassland to find the home in her mother's memory. To prevent his mother from getting lost, Arus tied a rope around their waists. The umbilical cord-like connection establishes a wonderful "reversed" mother-son relationship, leading the two to roam deep in the grassland. When love turns from mutual bond to understanding and freedom, the mother finally returns to her heart, and Arus also receives peace and the power of love.
09
Spoiler Alert
Douban: 8.0 points
Based on the biography of Michael Ausiello, president and editorial director of the American drama news website TVLine.com, the film has been described as "a heartbreaking tragicomedy of a story of love and loss": Ausiello's boyfriend, Kit Cowan, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and eventually died. The descriptions of the lives of the two in the last 11 months are interwoven with fragments of previous encounters and acquaintances, and the bits and pieces of the 14 years they have walked with them. After overcoming many obstacles to find true love, they have to face the biggest challenges of their lives together.
10
Voices of Freedom
Douban: 7.8 points
The film is based on an incredibly true event, in which federal agent Tim Ballard (Jim Caviezel) rescues a young boy from a brutal child trafficking crime and learns that the boy's sister has also been abducted, and he decides to take a risk to rescue him, but the government is unable to send troops to the territory of another country to rescue him. Time is pressing, and Tim quits his job and ventures deep into the Colombian jungle to save the girl from a fate that is worse than death.