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The invention of lying

In an alternate reality in which lying does not exist, everyone from politicians to advertisers to the man in the street only speaks the truth. When down-on-his-luck Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) develops the ability to lie, he finds his tallest tales are being taken as gospel.

THE SHINJUKU INCIDENT

Two of Hong Kong's biggest box-office draws, action hero Jackie Chan and director Derek Yee, come together for the first time in this crime thriller about the downtrodden Chinese migrant communities in Tokyo.

DOKHAN BILA NAR

In the 1990s at the height of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, a photojournalist films the brutal interrogation methods used by the intelligence services. In a separate part of the city, a Lebanese man is accidentally killed by the US ambassador's men. But are these seemingly unlinked events really not connected to each other Stars Khaled El Nabbawy and Cyrine Abd El Noor.

THE BOX

In what has been called one of the worst films of all time, Cameron Diaz plays a cash-strapped mother who could win a million dollars by pressing the button on a box. The catch is that someone, somewhere, will die.

 

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