Almost Peaceful 2002  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Simon Abkarian, Zabou, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal, Denis Podalydes, Julie Gayet, Malik Zidi, Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau, Silvie Milhaud, Pierre Diot, Francois Clavier
Emotionally scarred during World War II, a group of Parisian Jews starts life anew working in a tailor shop, reawakens, and tries to come to terms with the past.
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Ararat 2002 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: David Alpay, Arsinee Khanjian, Christopher Plummer, Charles Aznavour, Marie-Josee Croze, Eric Bogosian, Brent Carver, Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Simon Abkarian
This movie within a movie–about filming the story of the Armenian holocaust, 1915-1918–features David Alpay as young Raffi. While carrying back sealed cans of movie film for the production company, a suspicious customs official (Christopher Plummer) begins questioning Raffi who reveals aspects of his own life as well as that of the Armenian people–including his own father who was an Armenian freedom fighter.
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 Casino Royale 2006 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankole, Tobias Menzies, Jesper Christensen, Ivana Milicevic, Claudio Santamaria, Sebastien Foucan
James Bond (Daniel Craig) gets his promotion to "00" status, and his first assignment is to spy on terrorist Mollaka (Sebastien Foucan), but when plans do not come together, Bond decides to set off on his own to track down the terrorist cell. Heading to the Bahamas, Bond runs into Alex Dimitrios (Simon Abkarian) and his girlfriend, Solange (Caterina Murino). Dimitrios deals with Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) who is a banker for terrorist organizations. Now, Bond goes into action and arranges to play a high-stakes poker game against Le Chiffre believing that the $10 million buy-in at Montenegro's Casino Royale will bankrupt Le Chiffre if he loses and, in the process, destroy his terrorist organizations.
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 The Truth About Charlie 2002  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Joong-Hoon Park, Ted Levine, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Christine Boisson, Stephen Dillane, Simon Abkarian, Sakina Jaffrey
This remake of "Charade" (1967) stars Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, and Mark Wahlberg in the original Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Walter Matthau roles. The story is about a woman who finds her husband has been murdered and their money gone. When two men step in to help solve the murder, it isn't easy to figure who is the good guy and who is the bad.
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Yes 2004 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sally Potter
Cast: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Leonidas, Samantha Bond, Sheila Hancock, Gary Lewis, Raymond Waring, George Yiasoumi
Speaking in rhymes throughout this story, an Irish American woman (Joan Allen) and a Lebanese man (Simon Abkarian) meet at a party, embark on a torrid affair, and then go their separate ways.
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| 1. Almost Peaceful (2002)
2. Ararat (2002)
3. Casino Royale (2006)
4. The Truth About Charlie (2002)
5. Yes (2004)
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