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FILMS SHOWING IN LOCAL THEATERS

	A. Rimbaud		The improbable life of French poet Arthur Rimbaud unfolds with all the shock and playfulness of his poetry in filmmaker Patrick Wang’s latest epic.
	American Doctor		From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress.
	American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez		People may best remember director and screenwriter Luis Valdez as the maker of the 1987 biographical drama La Bamba, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. But Valdez is also regarded as a founder of Chicano theater and a pioneer of the Chicano movement of the ’60s and ’70s. Growing up as one of ten children to Mexican migrant farmworkers, he was originally set to become an engineer like his older brother. But by his sophomore year of college, Valdez had switched his major to English and was writing scathing satirical plays about the experiences of Mexican Americans and the racism and prejudice they face.
	ATEEZ : LIGHT THE WAY		An immersive virtual reality experience with South Korean pop group ATEEZ performing hit songs; includes 20 minutes of exclusive, never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage.
	El Gawahergy		Caught one too many times, jeweler Seif swallows his pride to join his wife, Yasmine, in therapy. Their attempt to save their marriage triggers a wave of hilarious, escalating chaos.
	Moana		Leaving her island for the first time, young Moana embarks on an epic seafaring adventure to restore prosperity to her people.
	Mr. Hero		A single father orchestrates an elaborate hoax to become a hero, in order to con the public and raise money for his daughter's life-saving surgery -- finds himself thrust into the national spotlight and learns what it means to be a hero.
	The Odyssey		Odysseus embarks on a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca following the Trojan War, encountering treacherous creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus and Sirens.
	Olmo		Olmo just wants to be a normal teenager and hang out with his best friend, but he must help care for his sick father. When Olmo gets invited to a party by his beautiful neighbor, he will do whatever he can to meet up with her while embarking on an adventure of mischief, laughs, and chaos. As the night unfolds, he may come to love the very place he’s spent so long trying to escape: his home.
	A Sad and Beautiful World		Across three decades, Nino and Yasmina are bound by a magnetic relationship. Torn between love and survival, they must decide whether to build a family in Lebanon, or leave their home amid the country’s unfolding tragedies.
	The Samurai and the Prisoner		When Lord Murashige (Masahiro Motoki) rises up against the tyrannical Oda (Bando Shingo), he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda’s army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei Kuroda (Masaki Suda), a brilliant yet dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon. Helped by his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka) and his most loyal generals, Murashige must uncover the truth before the castle falls.