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2) The Farewell
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Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
3) Vacation
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The next generation of Griswolds is on the road again for another hilarious, ill-fated family adventure. Following in his father's footsteps, a grown-up Rusty Griswold surprises his wife, Debbie and their two sons with a cross-country road trip back to America's "favorite family fun park," Walley World. What could go wrong?
4) The forger
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A second-generation petty thief arranges to get out of prison to spend time with his ailing son by taking on a job with his father to pay back the syndicate that arranged his release.
9) Joe
Pub. Date
2014
Description
A hard-living ex-con becomes the unlikeliest role model for a fifteen=year-old boy.
11) Still Alice
Pub. Date
2015
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Alice Howard is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. She receives a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.
Pub. Date
2006
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Gilbert lives in Endora, a place where nothing happens. He spends his days stocking shelves at a local grocery, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding his family together. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing is ever going to change, a pretty stranger arrives on the scene.
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