Maia Morgenstern

Maia Morgenstern

A Romanian film and stage actress,  described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film".  In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanţa, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maia Morgenstern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Maia Morgenstern
  • Popularity: 6.01
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1962-05-01
  • Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania
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  • Also Known As: Maia Morgenstern Istodor, Maia Istodor, Maja Morgenstern, 마이아 모건스턴, マヤ・モルゲンステルン
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Maia Morgenstern Movies

  • 2004
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    The Passion of the Christ

    The Passion of the Christ

    7.5 2004 HD

    A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

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  • 1995
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    Ulysses' Gaze

    Ulysses' Gaze

    7.4 1995 HD

    An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

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  • 2004
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    Damen tango

    Damen tango

    7 2004 HD

    Nothing seems to threaten the quiet and happy life of Alexandra and Mircea, a couple who's both admired and envied: love, successful careers, and...

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  • 1993
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    Betrayal

    Betrayal

    6.6 1993 HD

    After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by...

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  • 2016
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    Kidnapped in Romania

    Kidnapped in Romania

    3.5 2016 HD

    A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.

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  • 2008
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    My Mother, My Bride And I

    My Mother, My Bride And I

    4.5 2008 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Oak

    The Oak

    6.6 1992 HD

    A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian...

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  • 2010
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    Eva

    Eva

    6.2 2010 HD

    Eva meets Tudor on the day of her 16th birthday. It is Tudor who is to make her feel whole as a woman. He becomes for her a source of both love and...

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  • 2004
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    The Big Question

    The Big Question

    7.1 2004 HD

    Although it was shot on the set of director Mel Gibson's controversial epic The Passion of the Christ, this thought-provoking documentary is not...

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  • 2005
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    15

    15

    5 2005 HD

    A love story that happens in the background Revolution in Timișoara.

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  • 2011
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    The End of Silence

    The End of Silence

    5.2 2011 HD

    Centers on the Klein family, who live in a remote house in the mountains. Considered the black sheep, youngest son Jean is thrown out. Angry and...

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  • 1996
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    The Seventh Room

    The Seventh Room

    6.5 1996 HD

    An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a...

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  • 2023
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    The Man Without a Lifeline

    The Man Without a Lifeline

    8 2023 HD

    The invention of the first modern robot for table tennis training turns Ionel Sporea into a star in the world of Romanian sports. A trip to Moscow,...

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  • 1993
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    Earth's Most Beloved Son

    Earth's Most Beloved Son

    7 1993 HD

    The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is...

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  • 2010
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    The Green Moon

    The Green Moon

    6.8 2010 HD

    Contemporary story of young people in search of happiness which one imagines coming from unseen meetings with people "hooked" on the Internet, the...

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  • 1970
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    A House in Kosovo

    A House in Kosovo

    1 1970 HD

    A Swedish guy, who grew up on the streets, becomes a successful business man, only in risk all he's built, to rescue a young Romanian girl he had...

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  • 2013
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    Miss Christina

    Miss Christina

    7.3 2013 HD

    The film is an adaptation of the well known short story "Miss Christina" by Mircea Eliade. Moscu arrived at the mansion with his girlfriend, Sanda,...

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  • 2001
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    Bed of Procust

    Bed of Procust

    6.2 2001 HD

    The poet and journalist Ladima commits suicide and his friend, Fred Vasilescu, tries to find out the reasons of those actions. In his search he...

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  • 1970
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    Fata din Transilvania

    Fata din Transilvania

    6 1970 HD

    Somewhere in the heart of Transylvania, in remote villages, odd traditions are still present. When a young man traveling to Sibiu for a business...

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  • 1984
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    Chained Justice

    Chained Justice

    7.3 1984 HD

    Inspired by true events, "Dreptate în lanturi" is a rough and poetic film, whose action is placed at the beginning of the last century. The...

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  • 2022
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    The Goat and Her Three Kids

    The Goat and Her Three Kids

    7 2022 HD

    Secluded from the world, a single mother of three must defend what's left of her family from a cold-blooded killer, at all costs.

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  • 2022
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    Mihai Viteazul: Prințul intrat în legenda Europei

    Mihai Viteazul: Prințul intrat în legenda Europei

    9 2022 HD

    Voivode Michael the Brave travels through time, together with his wife, discovering, deeply touched, the new world.

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  • 1984
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    The Secret of Bacchus

    The Secret of Bacchus

    7.4 1984 HD

    Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud...

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  • 2023
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    Terezín

    Terezín

    6.7 2023 HD

    The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.

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  • 2003
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    Fool's Song

    Fool's Song

    1 2003 HD

    The story is about Zoltán Frimont, who is a young French doctor of Hungarian origin. He is on a mission in Romania with his wife, who is also...

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  • 1989
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    Doar amintirile...

    Doar amintirile...

    1 1989 HD

    Short university film.

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  • 1970
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    The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part Two

    The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part Two

    1 1970 HD

    A sequel to "The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part One"

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  • 2004
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    Orient Express

    Orient Express

    5.6 2004 HD

    At an old age, prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania, during the two world wars, after having lead an eventful youth. There he is...

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  • 2024
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    Like Girls

    Like Girls

    1 2024 HD

    Best friends Silvia, Cela and Rozana try new things after they discover Sivlia's husband cheating on her.

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  • 1995
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    Mail life

    Mail life

    1 1995 HD

    The father, in the USA, films his life on tapes for his family in Romania to watch. The mother and the child, in Romania, watch the tapes and film...

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  • 2016
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    High Strung

    High Strung

    7.1 2016 HD

    When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts,...

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  • 1997
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    The Witman Boys

    The Witman Boys

    5.2 1997 HD

    Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic...

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  • 2017
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    The Crucifixion

    The Crucifixion

    5.68 2017 HD

    When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in...

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  • 1970
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    Revival

    Revival

    1 1970 HD

    In 2020, when a French robotics student investigates his mother's guarded secret about his true Armenian identity, he jeopardizes his university AI...

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  • 2006
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    Mansfeld

    Mansfeld

    7 2006 HD

    At 15 he and his family became victims of state terror. At 16 he became a freedom fighter to participate in the 1956 Revolution against Soviet...

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  • 2003
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    Rose's Songs

    Rose's Songs

    6.3 2003 HD

    Autumn 1944. Yellow star, ghettos, Arrow Cross terror. The inhabitants of Hungary's capital, Budapest, await the tragic fulfilment of their fate with...

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  • 2015
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    Exodus to Shanghai

    Exodus to Shanghai

    4 2015 HD

    Exodus to Shanghai tells the story of two lovers who have to escape from Vienna to China after Dr. Ho, the Chinese Consul in Vienna in 1938, issued...

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  • 2000
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    Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

    Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

    6.3 2000 HD

    Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis...

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  • 2019
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    The Bra

    The Bra

    6 2019 HD

    Train driver Nurlan’s heading to Baku for the last time before retirement, but on his fateful journey around the neighborhoods of the city his...

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  • 2024
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    What About Love

    What About Love

    1 2024 HD

    Two young lovers change the lives of their parents forever when the parents learn from the joyful experience of their kids, and allow themselves to...

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  • 1999
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    The Death Triangle

    The Death Triangle

    5 1999 HD

    The Romanian army faces the German army in the epic battles of Marasti, Marasesti and Oituz, marking a turning point in World War 1.

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  • 2009
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    One second of life

    One second of life

    5 2009 HD

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  • 2005
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    L'homme pressé

    L'homme pressé

    4 2005 HD

    An antiques dealer misses out on some of life's pleasures because of his obsession with doing everything fast.

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  • 1997
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    The Man of the Day

    The Man of the Day

    7 1997 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Season of Love

    The Season of Love

    6 1987 HD

    The action of the movie take place in a factory and presents the conflicts between one engineer and some young workers.

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  • 2018
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    Fault Condition

    Fault Condition

    8 2018 HD

    Melania, a 15 years old high school student gets pregnant with Emi, a classmate. Melania does not tell anyone she's pregnant, Not even to Emi, or to...

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  • 1970
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    The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part One

    The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Part One

    1 1970 HD

    A sequel to The Passion of the Christ (2004) focuses on the events that occurred three days between the crucifixion and resurrection when Jesus...

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  • 2019
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    Isha

    Isha

    5 2019 HD

    Rahmi, a Romanian immigrant living in England, creates a new life for himself while trying to keep up appearances with his Muslim family. This...

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  • 1999
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    Față în față

    Față în față

    6 1999 HD

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  • 1990
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    Forgotten by God

    Forgotten by God

    5.3 1990 HD

    The survivor of a cursed family seeks revenge on the lover who jilted her.

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  • 2006
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    Margo

    Margo

    5.9 2006 HD

    Being forced into prostitution by her father, she finds solace in her friends and her journal.

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  • 1994
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    Nostradamus

    Nostradamus

    5.7 1994 HD

    A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici,...

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  • 1988
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    Maria and the Sea

    Maria and the Sea

    6.3 1988 HD

    The wife of a sea captain has a tough time being alone without her husband which is in a long trip.

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  • 1984
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    Prea cald pentru luna mai

    Prea cald pentru luna mai

    6.5 1984 HD

    At a party, the class valedictorian gravely injures a passer by with some saucers thrown through the window. Characters are tested by what follows.

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  • 2012
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    Iubire elenă

    Iubire elenă

    8 2012 HD

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  • 1989
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    Those Who Pay with Their Lives

    Those Who Pay with Their Lives

    5 1989 HD

    An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on...

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  • 1992
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    Casa din vis

    Casa din vis

    6 1992 HD

    Căpălău, a peasant in a village near Brăila, tries to keep up with the turns of life. Based on "Ningea în Bărăgan” novel by Fănuș...

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  • 2019
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    Lucania

    Lucania

    5.5 2019 HD

    An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between two fathers.

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  • 2013
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    Carmen

    Carmen

    7 2013 HD

    In a small village close to the mountains, Mariana and Puiu are a young family with two children: Carmen and Mircea. One morning, the mother and the...

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  • 2017
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    Far from Here

    Far from Here

    6.4 2017 HD

    A young couple struggles to keep their marriage afloat in a foreign country.

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  • 2019
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    The Goat and Her Three Kids

    The Goat and Her Three Kids

    7 2019 HD

    Secluded from the world, a single mother of three has to defend that what's left of her family, at all cost, from a cold blooded killer. Based on one...

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  • 2020
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    The New Gospel

    The New Gospel

    7 2020 HD

    What would Jesus preach in the 21st century? Who would his disciples be? And how would today's society respond to the return of the Son of God? With...

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  • 2009
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    Black Sea

    Black Sea

    6.4 2009 HD

    It depicts the relationship between an elderly woman and her caregiver.

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  • 2020
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    Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

    Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

    3.5 2020 HD

    On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven...

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  • 2024
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    Rusalka

    Rusalka

    1 2024 HD

    Five old friends spend a few days together in the resort they used to go in their youth. One of them will bring news that will perturb their holiday.

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  • 2012
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    Las Fierbinţi

    Las Fierbinţi

    8.1 2012 HD

    A rural comedy where the intrigues caused by the upcoming elections in a small village give rise to a ridiculous war between the mayor and deputy...

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  • 2010
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    In the Name of Honour

    In the Name of Honour

    5.8 2010 HD

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  • 2019
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    Sacrificiul

    Sacrificiul

    7.2 2019 HD

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  • 2009
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    Aniela

    Aniela

    6.3 2009 HD

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