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Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025

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Better Man (Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Michael Gracey; Stars: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Tom Budge, Anthony Hayes)
A documentary portrait of pop music superstar Robbie Williams.
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The Penguin Lessons (Country: Spain, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Peter Cattaneo; Writer: Jeff Pope; Stars: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Vivian El Jaber, Björn Gustafsson, Alfonsina Carrocio, David Herrero)
An Englishman in Uruguay adopts a penguin, smuggles it back to his home in Argentina, and gradually wakes up to the political violence going on around him.
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