Christopher Heyerdahl
Also Known As: Chris Heyerdahl, 克里斯多佛・海爾達
Biography: Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair in Supernatural, the Wraith Todd in Stargate Atlantis, Sam in Van Helsing, "Swede" in Hell on Wheels, and Marcus in The Twilight Saga. Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, and is of Norwegian and Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway to Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic and sinister "Swede" in AMC's Hell on Wheels. This post-American Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in AMC history. He is also known for his role as Leonid in the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode "The Thirteenth Floor" and as Nosferatu in the episode "Midnight Madness". He played the characters Halling and Wraith commander Todd in Stargate Atlantis, and Pallan in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Revisions".He played H. P. Lovecraft in the film Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1998) and a punk, new at drug dealing, in Cadavres (2009). He played the part of the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural. He also played the part of Zor-El in the television series Smallville, as well as playing John Druitt and Bigfoot in the series Sanctuary. He played the part of Dieter Braun on True Blood during the show's 5th season. His most notable film role was in the feature film New Moon, an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's second book in her Twilight Saga. In this film, he played a vampire, Marcus, who is part of a powerful Italian family called the Volturi. He reprised that role in both parts of Breaking Dawn, the two-part adaptation of the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. He has also performed on stage and was a member of the Young Company at the Stratford Festival in 1989 and 1990.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: British Columbia, Canada
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Catwoman
Overview: Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat — and she's eager to use her new skills... as a vigilante. Before you can say "cat and mouse", handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail, fascinated by both of her personas.
Genres: Action Fantasy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-22
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Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
Overview: Haunted by disturbing dreams from an inherited book, a young man becomes interested in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
Genres: Horror Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The Last Tunnel
Overview: A recently released prisoner reunites his criminal colleagues to pull off one last heist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-03-12
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Cadavres
Overview: Raymond is a jealous, misanthropic, couch potato. Angèle is a sexy TV star, childish and disillusioned. One Halloween, their mother, Solange, suddenly dies. Raymond calls his sister for the first time in 10 years. She agrees to meet him and begins to investigate their mother's death, all in keeping with her TV role of police commissioner. But nothing is simple with the Marchildons. Between a dithering Raymond, the ghost of Solange who continues to haunt her children, and Angèle who's going crazy interviewing suspects, one more bizarre than the next, and the bodies that are filling up the basement, it's hard to keep their love straight. But then, love was always a little twisted in the Marchildon household.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-02-20
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India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Overview: Journey across India, a breath taking land shaped by a myriad of cultures, customs and traditions. Come face to face with the Bengal Tiger and explore the work of this majestic creature with stunning clarity. Soar over blue-hazed Himalayan peaks and sweep down towards the thundering Indian Ocean as we celebrate the power and beauty of India's greatest ambassador - the mighty Bengal Tiger.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-14
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Coyote Run
Overview: A traumatized Vietnam veteran crosses paths with a mobster on the run with $15 million, and takes it as an opportunity to play the hero and heal in the process.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-17
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Affliction
Overview: A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-30
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Overview: Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-18
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Overview: After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-13
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Kamataki
Overview: Twenty-three-year-old Ken has difficulty coping with the death of his father. His mother send him to his uncle Takuma in Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-01
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Rowing Through
Overview: Based on the real-life story of American rower Tiff Wood (Colin Ferguson), an athlete determined to realize his goal of winning gold at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Wood's dream is shattered when the U.S. boycotts the games, and he must refocus his life towards making the team four years later, with the odds against him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Believe
Overview: After being continually kicked out of boarding schools, Ben is sent to live with his stern Grandfather in a small town. Almost as soon as he arrives he begins to see the ghost of a woman around his grandfather's house. He also gets to know a girl named Kathrine and the two fast become friends. They both want to help the ghost who holds a connection to both of their families. As they research the past, Ben and Katherine find out that sometimes all you need to do to help someone is to believe.
Genres: Horror Thriller Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-22
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The Invisible
Overview: After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.
Genres: Fantasy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-27
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Blade: Trinity
Overview: For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-08
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The Chronicles of Riddick
Overview: After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-11
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Warriors
Overview: A government-trained killing machine must turn his lethal skills against his top-secret squad's AWOL leader
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-07-06
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Babel
Overview: An elaborate fantasy tale intended for family audiences, Babel tells the story of the Babels, a strange breed of four-foot-tall creatures who once coexisted happily with human beings on planet Earth. However, when the humans built a huge tower to taunt God, he became angry and drove the Babels underground, while scattering the humans to the corners of the Earth and giving them different languages to keep them separate. Thousands of years later, three Babels are searching underground for the Babel Stone presented to them by God when they lose the map -- which is soon snapped up by a dog, who presents it to his master, an advertising man named Patrick. The Babels are desperate to recover the map, and they recruit Patrick's son David to help them find it (and the Babel Stone) before the evil Nemrod can steal the stone and claim its powers.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Education of Little Tree
Overview: Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and grandpa and learn the wisdom of the Cherokee way of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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The Boy in the Woods
Overview: The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-19
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Queen of Bones
Overview: Twin siblings seek answers about their mother's death and her connection to the supernatural while living on a remote homestead with their father in 1931 Oregon.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-10
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Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Overview: Miley was never lucky in love until the universe sent her two unconventional advisers, in finger-puppet form. Now, she can't decide if she's crazy or just crazy in love
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Overview: Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-22
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Varian's War
Overview: Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-14
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The Guardian Angel
Overview: In July 1944, with the Allies landed at Normandy but unable to push past German forces, a young German soldier is enlisted for a spy mission by a mysterious American OSS officer named Harry which could turn the tide of the war.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
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Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Overview: A soldier who was long thought dead in World War 2, returns to modern day New York to combat monsters, who are now the power elite, running the city.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Action Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-19
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Silent Trigger
Overview: Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-26
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Three Days in Havana
Overview: A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-28
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The Calling
Overview: Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-05
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Twists of Terror
Overview: Stuck in the attic, Phillip, (Joseph Ziegler) recounts several different tales to an unknown listener in order to explain the dangers of the world.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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Viking
Overview: Five people are recruited by the Viking Society to collaborate on the first manned mission to Mars. They were chosen because of the psychological similarities they share with the five astronauts who will travel to the red planet. These volunteers therefore form a B-team of alter egos who will experience the adventure in parallel, behind closed doors on Earth.
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-25
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Eadweard
Overview: In the second half of the 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, embarks on an obsessive project to record on film "the motion of life" in all of its abundance. His epic quest is eclipsed only by the depth of his jealousy over his beautiful, young wife Flora. As the project progresses, his paranoia over her fidelity consumes him, until questions arise about his son’s paternity, causing him to erupt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Aftermath
Overview: Special Agent Rachel Anderson is charged with protecting a key witness, Richard Harper. But Harper himself is a suspect in several bomb attacks, one of which killed Rachel's partner. Stars Sean Young and Tim Post.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-03
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The Black Cat
Overview: The Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his wife Virginia's black cat that will either destroy his life or inspire him to write one of his most famous stories.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-19
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The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
Overview: In the 19th century, young Charles Dickens is a promising young writer who is obsessed with material success in his career. His misguided priorities are soon challenged when he encounters a mysterious little girl. That girl takes Dickens on a strange and moving journey in which he is shown the future he could have if he doesn't change his ways and, more importantly, he is shown a better purpose for his writing as a way of speaking for the oppressed who need his help. It is these events and lessons that would inspire Dickens to write an extraordinary Christmas tale that would become his greatest work, A Christmas Carol.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-15
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Honeyglue
Overview: After learning she only has three months to live, Morgan flips her conservative protected life upside down. That is where she meets Jordan, a purse snatching cross dresser artist, who takes her on adventure of a lifetime.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-03
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The Witness
Overview: When a criminal threatens husband and wife, their family and their business, their son is the prime target. With the help of one of their employees, the son goes on the run to find safety.
Genres: Family Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-08
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Overview: A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-15
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Requiem for Murder
Overview: Anne Winslow hosts a popular classical music radio show. Detective Lou Heinz discovers Anne is connected to a series of murders in which the victim is killed via poisoned wine while a radio is tuned into her show. It seems that each victim had wronged Anne in some way and whoever is sending her roses may be the killer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-03
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Overview: Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-16
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Habitat
Overview: In order to combat the damage caused by the depletion of the ozone layer, maverick biologist Hank Symes unleashes his most ambitious experiment to date: accelerated evolution. Unfortunately, this not only causes the authorities to take notice, but also creates a backlash from his new neighbors--leaving his son caught in the middle.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-06
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Overview: Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-27
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Stockholm
Overview: Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-12
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Obstruction of Justice
Overview: When a police officer's wife is killed, the investigation reveals a surprising suspect.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-30
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Adopt a Highway
Overview: Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Press Run
Overview: An editor is wrongfully accused of the murder of the publisher of a leading Chicago newspaper, who was killed following his hostile corporate takeover of the paper.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-23
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Togo
Overview: The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-20
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Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Overview: After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the supernatural.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-15
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Nowhere in Sight
Overview: A young woman defends her life against two intruding criminals.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Overview: Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal named Kane kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-29
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Bleeders
Overview: A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. Although his relatives were all thought to be dead, he finds them living underground.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-31
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Pig's Law
Overview: After inheriting a pig farm from their father, sisters Stephane and Betty do their best to keep the family business running. But while the very pregnant Betty is diligent about doing the work that needs to be done, Stephane can focus only on her crippling gambling problem, which has landed her in deep trouble with her creditors. Desperate for cash, she considers a dangerous option for repaying the debt … but will it work?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-10-05
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The Peacekeeper
Overview: When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-22
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The Killing Yard
Overview: Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-23
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Corner Office
Overview: In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-04
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The Fast Runner
Overview: When a young girl loses her father in an act of Nazi violence, she is angered by the compassion shown by her Rabbi towards their enemies. Later, facing the concentration camp gates, she must deny anger and embrace compassion in order to save the life of the Rabbi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-04
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Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Overview: The exhilarating, feature-length pilot episode, "Rising", sends a brilliant team of scientists through a Stargate to the legendary city of Atlantis. But not only is the city about to be engulfed by ocean water, an enemy appears who threatens everyone in the Pegasus Galaxy! And in the white-knuckle, lengthened "Enemy at the Gate" from Season 5, as the team tries to disempower Wraith hive ships, the Wraith discover coordinates that will allow them to destroy Earth!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-04
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The Outlander
Overview: It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the lives of its inhabitants. The man, who refuses to give his name, is dubbed The Outlander. A traveller who disdains conventional behaviour and parochialism, The Outlander disturbs the villagers' complacency and scandalizes the community; he also elicits admiration and gains a woman's love. He ultimately leaves in the same manner he had arrived, but not before he has helped the villagers open their eyes to the larger world beyond their village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-04-22
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Le train
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
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Catharsis
Overview: A skinny, manic boy, Julian, sits at the dinner table with his Stepfather and Stepbrother. Julian struggles to cope with the suicide of his mother, along with conflicting viewpoints between Julian and his Stepfather regarding her death. Julian accuses others of his mother's misfortune. The Stepfather regards it as a selfish act, all while they have dinner in honor of her death date.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-17
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