Communion
Nov 25, 2016 | IMDB 7
72 min Watch NowDocumentary
When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother and a mother who lives apart from them and is mainly heard the phone. Most of all she wants to reunite a family that simply doesn’t work — like a defective TV set. She lives in the hope of bringing her mother back home. Her 13 year old brother Nikodem’s Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up. Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration. “Communion” reveals the beauty of the rejected, the strength of the weak and the need for change when change seems impossible. This crash course in growing up teaches us that failure is not final. Especially when love is in question.
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Life and Debt
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Young At Heart
The Decline of Western Civilization
Adriana's Pact
Chavela
Dominguinhos
The Secret World of Haute Couture
On Native Soil
Beyond Right & Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness
Rated X
Autism: The Musical
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
This Time Next Year
Loving Lorna
An Evening
Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Eskimo Arts and Crafts
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IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1980
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IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 2004
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IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2001
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IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2005
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IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 2008
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IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1981
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2017
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IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 2017
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IMDB 7.2 | May , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2007
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IMDB 7.7 | Jan , 2006
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IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2012
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2020
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IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2007
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IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2017
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IMDB 4.5 | Nov , 2013
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IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2013
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 1943
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