Marighella (2012)
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Nachdem sein Onkel Cesare in Palermo bei einem Sprengstoffanschlag ums Leben kommt, schlieÃt Peppino sich den Kommunisten an, weil er mit deren Hilfe die Mörder seines Onkels finden will. Die Verantwortlichen vermutet der Junge nämlich in seiner eigenen Familie. test
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In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as "V" conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When "V" rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
If there's one thing this wild group of friends at an all-girls high school has learned, it's how to get what they want! So when word leaks out that their school is about to merge with an all-boys academy, some of the students strike back... and the girls wage an all-out assault in an outrageous battle of the sexes!
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