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The Meltdown (2026)

1992, Chile. Inés parents are away on business and she is left in the care of her grandparents, who own a hotel at the foot of a ski resort. Inés befriends Hanna, a European skier who has come to train in Chile. One night, Hanna disappears. The process of her search will unveil a series of hidden situations.

Directed byManuela Martelli

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    Romería

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 112 min · Drama

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    With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.

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    Yo no moriré de amor

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    2026 · 94 min · Drama

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    At 18, Claudia doesn't want to be a hero. Her mother's illness erupts like a silent storm, forcing a redefinition of roles in a family long estranged. Torn between the duty to care for her mother and the desire to live like any other girl her age, Claudia searches for a way to navigate this new reality, which will transform the bonds between the entire family.

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    Identifying Features

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    2020 · 95 min · Drama · Thriller

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    Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.

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    Mother

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    2019 · 128 min · Drama · Thriller

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    Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.

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  5. 05

    Charcoal

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    2022 · 108 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    In the Brazilian countryside, a family straining to care for their bedridden patriarch have their lives changed when a shady nurse offers a diabolical deal: put their elder to rest and host an Argentinian drug kingpin who urgently needs a place to hide.

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    Islands

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    2026 · 89 min · Drama

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    Amparo, alone and destitute, with her acting career over, has decided to take her own life at the very hotel where she once filmed one of her forgotten movies. She hopes the press will at least take note of her desperate end. But she crosses paths with Toni, a twenty-year-old man as tormented as she is. Over the course of two days, they will discover one another and realize that neither is quite what they seem. They harbor dark secrets that gradually come to light amidst bored tourists, decadent parties, and tense silences. Little do they imagine that the conclusion of this strange bond between them will prove to be as unsettling as it is unexpected.

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    Diablada

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    2023 · 90 min · Drama

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    A group of girls from a humble little town in the middle of the desert disappears systematically without the police or the authorities taking action on the matter. Families desperately seek help, but are faced with bureaucracy, discrimination and total abandonment.

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    I Am Not Lorena

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    2014 · 82 min · Drama · Thriller

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    A case of mistaken identity becomes a living nightmare when a young actress finds herself relentlessly assailed by debt collectors.

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    The Movie of My Life

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    2017 · 113 min · Drama

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    The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good, back to France. Tony then looks for the company of his fathers friends in search of information and references of a lost male role-model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his fathers' whereabouts and reasons for leaving.

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