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Stories We Tell (Canada)

Opening March 14

Documentary. Directed by Sarah Polley

Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley discovered in 2007, at age 28, that her father was not her biological father and that she was in fact born from her late mother’s extramarital affair. Her personal documentary “Stories We Tell” follows her shocking discovery and family secrets, consisting of interviews with her siblings from her mother’s two marriages, as well as Michael Polley, the man who raised her, and her biological father Harry Gulkin.

To the Wonder (the U.S.)

Opened March 6

Romance. Drama. Directed by Terrence Malick.

Neil (Ben Affleck), an American traveling in Europe, meets Marina (Olga Kurylenko), a single mother living in Paris. They fall in love and decide to move to the U.S. together, along with Marina’s 10-year-old daughter, Tatiana. The three start a new life in Oklahoma, but Tatiana finds it difficult to make friends and adjust to the new surroundings. Meanwhile, Neil reconnects with his old flame, Jane (Rachel McAdams).

Elegant Lies (Korea)

Opening March 13

Drama. Directed by Lee Han.

Hyeon-sook (Kim Hee-ae) is a single mother who is raising two teenage daughters while working at a big grocery store. One day, her youngest child Cheon-ji (Kim Hyang-gi) suddenly commits suicide without even leaving a note. Struggling with guilt and anger, and not knowing why Cheon-ji chose to kill herself, Hyeon-sook and her eldest daughter Man-ji (Ko Ah-sung) wonder whether there was something they missed or something they could’ve said or done. 

The Monuments Men (the U.S., Germany)

Opened Feb. 27

Drama. Directed by George Clooney.

During World War II, seven men -- comprised of curators, art historians and museum directors -- get together and plan to search for famous art works looted by the Nazis, and then return them to their rightful owners. The film is based on a true story and is directed, produced by and stars George Clooney, along with Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Jean Dujardin and other stars. 

12 Years a Slave (the U.S., the U.K.)

Opened Feb. 27

Drama. Directed by Steve McQueen.

In 1841, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free African-American New Yorker, is kidnapped by slavers in Washington, D.C., and sold into slavery in Louisiana. There, he is enslaved to work on farms in the South, after being renamed “Platt,” and becomes the property of a plantation owner (Benedict Cumberbatch). This film is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir of the same title by Northup, who was an educated carpenter, musician and family man before being abducted.