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Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) has almost resigned and left the terrible plague spot of Vatican, where everyone is two-faced and hungry for power, but the Pope suddenly dies and Lawrence is inescapably the one who will manage the conclave and see to it that the new Pope is elected honestly (is this ever possible at all in a place like that?) and with accordance to all the regulations. So Lawrence obediently stays and gradually opens can after can of worms, reveals intrigues and is surrounded by gossip, rumors, hatred, racism - in a nutshell, everything our dear religion has to offer. Of course, he doesn't want to know all of it (who would?) but he has a heart and a good conscience so he starts dealing with the sh..t and together with him we discover something very beautiful, honest and sincere. Yes, it's well worth watching until the end. Beautiful camera work, amazing acting, brilliant and clever message. Absolutely watch it!

Bird is a great movie that wonderfully takes the theme of magic and the idea of superpowers in an unusual context. Andrea Arnold brings this idea to the place that, as we might wrongly believe, is devoid of magic, where the toughest and the most miserable abide. Where addiction, delusion, violence and constant falling into pregnancy are main and prevailing. A place that desperately needs some magic. A place where magic eventually happens and it makes our hearts smile.

Superb photography, masterful acting, excellent sound from Burial. Highly recommended for everyone who genuinely loves cinema!

A literature teacher returns to Iran after the revolution in 1979 and with her own eyes, which get wetter and wetter as the film goes on, sees the changes that happen in her beautiful country and how women suffer injustice, violence, and some of them are violently raped and executed. It looks unbearable but she stays and even continues to teach this banned Western literature in secret. Her story is heartbreaking, and with her eyes we see other stories and broken lives; but what is even more important is that maybe, hopefully, in the future the people of Iran will be able to watch this. As part of their history. As part of their troubled past.