2022-12-11 The Emigrants (2021) imdb.com
Director: Erik PoppeSynopsis: Sweden, 1849. A poverty-stricken family decides to move to America in the hope of finding a better and more prosperous life. Although they know the journey will be dangerous and the pressure of facing a new life in a strange and wild land is great, they are determined to succeed.
Cast: Lisa Carlehed as Kristina, Gustaf Skarsgård as Karl-Oskar, Kerstin Linden as Lill-Märta, Tove Lo as Ulrika, Díana Bermudez as Wichahpi
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| Karl-Oskar | Kristina, Karl-Oskar, Lill-Märta, kids on the ship | Railroad journey to Minnesota | ||
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| Wichahpi, the Indian woman | Karl-Oskar, Kristina in MN | Kristina, Ulrika | ||
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2022-07-01 Lost Illusions (2021) imdb.com
Director: Xavier GiannoliSynopsis: Taking place between the years 1837 and 1843, Balzac’s classic novel focuses on the young poet Lucien de Rubempré, who leaves Angouleme for Paris in the pursuit of becoming an author.
Cast: Benjamin Voisin as Lucien de Rubempré, Cécile de France as Louise de Bargeton, Vincent Lacoste as Étienne Lousteau, Xavier Dolan as Nathan d'Anastazio, Salomé Dewaels as Coralie
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| Lucien, Louise in Angoulême | Lucien in Paris | Lucien, Étienne Lousteau | Lucien | ||
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| Lucien's success | Coralie | Lucien, Coralie, Baron du Châtelet, Nathan, Louise | Nathan | Lucien, Louise | |
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2022-06-12 Eiffel (2021) imdb.com
Director: Martin BourboulonSynopsis: The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past.
Cast: Romain Duris as Gustave Eiffel, Emma Mackey as Adrienne Bourgès
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2022-04-19 A Hero (2021) imdb.com
Director: Asghar FarhadiSynopsis: Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?
Cast: Amir Jadidi as Rahim, Sahar Goldust as Farkhondeh, Sarina Farhadi as Nazanin, Mohsen Tanabande as Bahram, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee as Mme Radmehr, Sheyda Maghsoudlourad as Radmehr's secretary
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Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi: ‘Global recognition is double-edged’
Did Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi Steal the Idea for ‘A Hero’?
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| Farkhondeh, Rahim | Sahar Goldust and Amir Jadidi | Mme Radmehr, head of a charity association | With Radmehr's secretary |
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| Nazanin | Nazanin, her father Bahram | Rahim, Bahram | Rahim is back in jail |
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2022-03-23 CODA (2021) imdb.com
Director: Siân HederSynopsis: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Cast: Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi, Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossi, Troy Kotsur as Frank Rossi, Daniel Durant as Leo Rossi, Eugenio Derbez as Bernardo Villalobos (Mr. V), Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Miles
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| Ruby | Leo, Frank, Ruby | Jackie | |
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| ruby, jackie, Frank, Leo | Frank, Jackie | Leo, Jackie, Ruby | At the court |
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| At Rubie's performance | Mr. V | Miles, Mr.V, Ruby | |
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| Ruby, Miles | Ruby performs in Boston | ||
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2022-03-08 Zalava (2021) imdb.com
Director: Arsalan AmiriSynopsis: 1978, in a small village called Zalava, villagers claim that a demon is among them. A young sergeant who investigates the claim crosses paths with an exorcist attempting to evict the demon from the village. He arrests the exorcist on charges of fraud, but suddenly finds himself stuck in a cursed house with his lover. The villagers who believe they are both possessed by the demon, decide to kill them.
Cast: Navid Pourfaraj as Sgt Massoud, Navid Pourfaraj as Dr. Maliheh, Pouria Rahimi Sam as Amardan
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| Massoud, Maliheh | Massoud | Maliheh, Massoud | Massoud among villagers |
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| Amardan, Maliheh, Massoud | The village riot | Massoud shoots Amardan | |
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2022-03-05 Doineann (2021) imdb.com
Director: Damian McCannSynopsis: When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home he discovers his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his trust in the small community's lone retired police officer, Labhaoise, to investigate. As the search takes an unexpected turn, some uncomfortable truths are revealed. Meanwhile the storm looms ever closer.
Cast: Peter Coonan as Tomás, Bríd Brennan as Labhaoise, Clare Monnelly as Siobhán, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh as Macdara
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| Tomás | Siobhán, Tomás | Siobhán | Tomás, Macdara |
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2022-02-26 Drive My Car (2021) imdb.com
Director: Ryusuke HamaguchiSynopsis: Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanja at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yūsuke Kafuku, Toko Miura as Misaki Watari, Masaki Okada as Kōshi Takatsuki, Reika Kirishima as Oto Kafuku, Park Yu-rim as Lee Yoo-na, Sonia Yuan as Janice Chan
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| Oto | Yusuke Kafuku, Oto | ||
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| Yusuke, Misaki Watari | Yusuke | ||
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| On the way to Misaki's village | With Misaki at her village | Janice Chan(Yelena), Lee Yoon-a(Sonya) | |
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| Koji Takatsuki (uncle Vanya) | Yusuke, Koji | Lee Yoon-a | Uncle Vanya performance |
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2022-02-06 Sundown (2021) imdb.com
Director: Michel FrancoSynopsis: Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico with younger members Colin and Alexa until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
Cast: Tim Roth as Neil, Charlotte Gainsbourg as Alice, Iazua Larios as Bernice, Henry Goodman as Richard, Albertine Kotting as Alexa, Samuel Bottomley as Colin
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| Neil | Alexa, Alice | ||
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| Alice, Richard | Neil with Bernice | ||
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2022-01-24 The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) imdb.com
Director: Dante LamSynopsis: Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.
Cast: Jing Wu as Wu Qianli, Jackson Yee as Wu Wanli, Jun Hu as Lei Jusheng
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| On the way to the frontline | Wu Qianli | Wu Wanli (left), Wu Qianli | Wu Wanli | ||
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| Lei Jusheng | US forces | Frozen soldiers | |||
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2021-12-19 Parallel Mothers (2021) imdb.com
Director: Pedro AlmodóvarSynopsis: The story of two mothers who give birth the same day.
Cast: Penélope Cruz as Janis, Israel Elejalde as Arturo, Milena Smit as Ana, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Teresa, Rossy de Palma as Elena
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| Arturo, Janis | Ana, Janis in the hospital | With the baby | At work, making pictures | |
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| Janis, Ana | Reconciliation with Arturo | Elena, Arturo, Janis, Ana | ||
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2021-12-18 Nightmare Alley (2021) imdb.com
Director: Guillermo del ToroSynopsis: An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Cast: Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle, Cate Blanchett as Dr. Lilith Ritter, Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill, Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle
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| The circus | Clem, Stanton | Stanton | Stanton, Molly | Lilith Ritter |
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| Stanton, Lilith | Ezra Grindle | Molly as Dorrie | ||
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2021-12-17 Don't Look Up (2021) imdb.com
Director: Adam McKaySynopsis: Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy, Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky, Rob Morgan as Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe, Timothée Chalamet as Yule, Meryl Streep as President Orlean, Jonah Hill as Jason Orlean, Mark Rylance as Peter Isherwell, Cate Blanchett as Brie Evantee, Tyler Perry as Jack Bremmer, Ron Perlman as Benedict Drask
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| Kate Dibiasky, Dr. Randall Mindy discover the comet | On the military flight to DC | Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe | Waiting for Pres. Orlean |
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| In WH | Jason Orlean, Pres. Orlean, Randall Mindy, Kate Dibiasky | On TV: Brie Evantee, Jack Bremmer, Dr. Randall Mindy, Kate Dibiasky | Enertainment show |
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| Kate arrested | Pres. Orlean | Pres. Orlean, Peter Isherwell | |
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| Benedict Drask | Yule, Kate's bf | Kate, Randall Mindy, Yule shopping | The last meal at Randall's |
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2021-12-15 Delicious (2021) imdb.com
Director: Éric BesnardCast: Grégory Gadebois as Pierre Manceron, Isabelle Carré as Louise, Benjamin Lavernhe as Le duc de Chamfort
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| The Duke | Manceron humilated by Duke's guests | Manceron's tavern | The Duke | Manceron, Louise | |
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2021-12-14 Margrete: Queen of the North (2021) imdb.com
Director: Charlotte SielingSynopsis: 1402. Queen Margrete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: the Kalmar Union.
Cast: Trine Dyrholm as Margrete, Morten Hee Andersen as Erik, Søren Malling as Peder, Agnes Westerlund Rase as Astrid
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| Margrete | Erik, Margrete, Peder | ||
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| Margrete, Erik, Peder | Erik, Astrid | Erik, Margrete | Marget, arrested Man from Graudenz |
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2021-12-05 Mitra (2021) imdb.com
Director: Kaweh ModiriSynopsis: 37 years after her daughter was executed in Iran, Haleh finds the woman who betrayed her. The traitor, now a loving mother herself and just arrived in the Netherlands, does not recognize Haleh and trusts her as an older and wiser cou
Cast: Jasmin Tabatabai as Haleh, Mohsen Namjoo as Mohsen, Dina Zarif as Mitra
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Jasmin Tabatabai: The Iranian refugee
| Mitra | Haleh | Detained by IRGC | With Organization operatives | The refugee woman | Haleh, Mohsen |
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2021-12-05 The Pact (2021) imdb.com
Director: Bille AugustSynopsis: The intense friendship between Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel 'Out of Africa' and Thorkild Bjornvig, a young and promising poet
Cast: Birthe Neumann as Karen Blixen, Simon Bennebjerg as Thorkild Bjørnvig, Nanna Skaarup Voss as Grete Bjørnvig, Asta Kamma August as Benedicte Jensen
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| Grete and Thorkild Bjørnvig | Thorkild Bjørnvig | Karen Blixen | Karen Blixen, Thorkild Bjørnvig | Benedicte Jensen, Thorkild Bjørnvig | |
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2021-12-04 Munich: The Edge of War (2021) imdb.com
Director: Christian SchwochowSynopsis: A British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the German government.
Cast: Jeremy Irons as Neville Chamberlain, George MacKay as Hugh Legat, Jessica Brown Findlay as Pamela Legat, Jannis Niewöhner as Paul Hartman, Sandra Hüller as Helen Winter, Liv Lisa Fries as Lenya
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| Hugh Legat, Lenya, Paul Hartman as students in Germany | Hugh Legat in London | Pamela | Hugh Legat in Munich with the secret letter |
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| Helen Winter, Paul Hartman | Franz Sauer, Paul Hartman | Chamberlain | |
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2021-11-17 Benedetta (2021) imdb.com
Director: Paul VerhoevenSynopsis: A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
Cast: Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, Daphne Patakia as Bartolomea, Charlotte Rampling as Soeur Felicita, l'abbesse, Lambert Wilson as Alfonso Giglioli, le Nonce
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| In the convent | With Bartolomea | Praing | ||
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| With soldiers | The comet | With Alfonso Giglioli | To be burnt | |
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2021-10-14 The Last Duel (2021) imdb.com
Director: Ridley ScottSynopsis: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Cast: Matt Damon as Jean de Carrouges, Adam Driver as Jacques Le Gris, Jodie Comer as Marguerite de Carrouges, Ben Affleck as Count Pierre d'Alençon
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| The castle | Jean de Carrouges | With Marguerite | Marguerite | ||
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| Jacques Le Gris | Count Pierre d'Alençon, Jean de Carrouges, Jacques Le Gris | Count Pierre d'Alençon, Jean de Carrouges | Pierre d'Alençon | The duel | |
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2021-10-09 Lamb (2021) imdb.com
Director: Valdimar JóhannssonSynopsis: A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.
Cast: Noomi Rapace as Maria, Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Ingvar, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Pétur
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| The sheep | Maria, Ingvar | Ada in the crib | Maria | ||
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| Ingvar, Petur | Petur, Ada | At the cemetery | |||
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2021-09-19 The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) imdb.com
Director: Michael ShowalterSynopsis: In the 1970s, Tammy Faye Bakker and her husband, Jim, rise from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park. Tammy Faye becomes legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, financial improprieties, scheming rivals and a scandal soon threaten to topple their carefully constructed empire.
Cast: Chandler Head, Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker, Andrew Garfield as Jim Bakker, Vincent D'Onofrio as Jerry Falwell
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| Tammy, Jim are married | Tammy's parents | Jim, Tammy in the Christian puppet show | With new baby | Tammy joins the business meeting | With Jerry Falwell |
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| Tammy | Interview with gay AIDS Evangelist | Jerry Falwell | Late Tammy | ||
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2021-09-17 Cry Macho (2021) imdb.com
Director: Clint EastwoodSynopsis: A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
Cast: Clint Eastwood as Mike Milo, Dwight Yoakam as Howard Polk, Eduardo Minett as Rafael 'Rafo' Polk, Natalia Traven as Marta
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| Howard Polk | Crossing the border to Mexico | Mike | Mike, Rafo | |
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| Mike | With Marta | Mike with the horse | With Marta | |
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2021-08-03 Stillwater (2021) imdb.com
Cast: Matt Damon as Bill, Abigail Breslin as Allison, Camille Cottin as Virginie, Lilou Siauvaud as MayaLinks
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| Bill Baker | With daughter Allison | Virginie, Bill | |
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| Virginie, Bill, Maya | Bill searches for Akim | Bill beaten | |
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2021-07-31 The Green Knight (2021) imdb.com
Director: David LowerySynopsis: A fantasy re-telling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Cast: Dev Patel as Sir Gawain, Alicia Vikander as Essel, the Lady, Joel Edgerton as the Lord, Sean Harris as the King, Kate Dickie as the Queen, Ralph Ineson as the Green Knight
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Alex Moshakis. Dev Patel: ‘The allure of the job is to change’
| King, Queen | The Green Knight arrives | Sir Gawain, King | Gawain prepared for his quest | On the way to the Green Chapel | |
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| On the way to the Green Chapel | With Fox | With Lord | The Lady | ||
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2021-06-01 Cruella (2021) imdb.com
Director: Craig GillespieSynopsis: Estella (Emma Stone) has one dream: to be a fashion designer. Though she has the talent, discipline, and determination, luck isn’t on her side: at age 12, she ends up an orphan and penniless in the streets of London. Years later, however, a lucky encounter allows her to fulfill her lifelong dream. Unfortunately, this didn’t satiate her thirst—she feels like she is destined for more. It is only when she was commissioned to design an upcoming rockstar’s signature piece does she feel on the right track. Directed by Craig Gillespie. - By Jinko Labitag
Cast: Emma Stone as Estella Miller/Cruella de Vil, Emma Thompson as Baroness von Hellman, Paul Walter Hauser as Horace Badun, Joel Fry as Jasper Badun
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| Estella's childhood adventures | Meeting Jasper, Horace | ||
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