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Dir/scr Natalia Smirnoff. Argentina/France 2010. 88 mins.A middle-aged housewife finds a new lease of life through discovering her skills at jigsaw puzzles. That may sound like a weekday afternoon TV movie, and although Argentinian domestic drama Puzzle is slightly more distinguished than that, its not hard to drift off while watching it and imagine
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de Heers Charlies Country is one of a number of projects to receive Screen Australia backing, also including Wolf Creek 2 and Predestination.Writer/director Rolf de Heer and actor David Gulpilil will together create Charlies Country, a portrait of a mans struggle to unders
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