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Films on TV Cabo 17th / 24th November

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Satellite: Hispasat Position: 30.0 west Frequency: 11771H

November 17 to November 24

Please note change of name

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Video-On-Demand 1

The New World (2005) NEW Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / Romance

Starring Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer and Christian Bale. Directed by Terrence Malick.

When 17th century explorer John Smith and a few men go up the river to trade with the Indians, he befriends the princess Pocahontas and they fall in love. While in love, Smith must obtain his duties as president of Jamestown fort and challenges to himself what is the better path for himself to take: stay with the fallen apart colony or go up the river and love Pocahontas in the wild. The Indians realize that the English do not mean to leave, so they attack. A few men at the fort decide to capture Pocahontas as a hostage so the Indians will not attack them. Smith is ordered to leave Jamestown by the King, and John Rolfe, a wealthy tobacco planter arrives at the fort. Pocahontas, now living there adapts to the English cultures and falls in love with Rolfe. She falls apart deciding who she is dedicated to, Smith or Rolfe.

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Video-On-Demand 2

Cidade Baixa (2005) (Lower City) Drama NEW

Starring Lázaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga and José Dumont. Directed by Sérgio Machado.

Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.

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Video-On-Demand 3

Freedomland (2006) Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco and Ron Eldard. Directed by Joe Roth.

A distressed woman, Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) arrives severely injured to the hospital, telling to the police that she got car jacked, and the delinquents have kidnapped her 4-year-old son. Lorenzo (Samuel L. Jackson), a black police detective, hears Brenda's story and take the case, during a night when is taking place a silent protest of mothers, whom have suffered in the past the disappearance of their children. The police is blaming a black man of the kidnapping, which causes a big-mass protest of the black community. The task is though for Lorenzo, who must deal with the case and with the pressure of the protest. But something is missed in the story told by Brenda and after having received the help of the group of mothers in the search, it seems that Brenda is ready to confess a disturbing truth.

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Our Fathers (2005) (TV) Drama

Starring Ted Danson, Christopher Plummer, Brian Dennehy and Daniel Baldwin. Directed by Dan Curtis.

A dramatized account of the hidden sexual abuse and scandal that shook the foundation of the Catholic Church, and the characters, events, and policies that brought the abuse and scandal into existence.

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Video-On-Demand 4

The Good Shepherd (The Confessor) (2004) Drama / Thriller

Starring Christian Slater, Molly Parker, Stephen Rea and Gordon Pinsent. Directed by Lewin Webb.

Father Daniel Clemens is a dedicated priest who has never found his place at the helm of a parish, choosing instead to work in the cardinal's office. When a fellow priest is accused of murder and later commits suicide--or not--in jail, Clemens becomes increasingly convinced the man was innocent, and assumes the dead man's duties at his parish. With the aid of a journalist and former sweetheart (Molly Parker), he works to solve the mystery, and embarks upon his own spiritual rediscovery, while the possibility of more bloodshed grows. Academy Award nominee Stephen Rea (THE CRYING GAME) co-stars.

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Mary (2005/I) Drama

Starring Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Modine and Heather Graham. Directed by Abel Ferrara.

Three characters linked by the mythical Maria Maddalena - Mary Magdalene... Tony Childress, an infamous, egotistical and obsessive actor/director is playing the lead role of Jesus in his controversial new film THIS IS MY BLOOD. When the shoot wraps, Marie Palesi, his lead actress, is left alone in Jerusalem, drained, empty. 'Selfless'. Into the void within her is poured the spirit of Mary Magdalene, and Marie embarks on a profound journey towards enlightenment. Meanwhile, in New York City, tv journalist Ted Younger begins his own quest for spiritual truth through his documentary about the life of Christ. When the premiere of Tony's film becomes the target of bomb threats by the vengeful religious Right, the lives and paths of these three characters come dramatically together.

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