Ramin Bahrani — Director (12)

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Lemonade War (2014)
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In an idyllic suburban neighborhood, Jerry runs his big business lemonade stand and has the market cornered, until ten-year-old Addie opens her own stand across the street. Competition equals war, and both sides use (and abuse) a government regulator to try and win. In the end, one special customer will decide their fate.

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2nd Chance (2022)
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other title: 第二次机会 / 세컨 챈스
A documentary chronicling the life of Richard Davis, the man who invented the concealable bulletproof vest - shooting himself over 200 times in the course of his career to prove the effectiveness of his vests.

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Lift You Up (2014)
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拉敏·巴哈尼 actor: Glyn Stewart
Glyn Stewart inspects eggs at a food bank in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He volunteers and helps people. He wonders about his life, his love, his death. Glyn Stewart answers the age-old question: which came first, the chicken or the egg?

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At Any Price (2012)
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other title: 不惜一切 / 不计代价(台) …
Set in the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected situation that threatens the family's entire livelihood.

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Man Push Cart (2005)
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拉敏·巴哈尼 actor: 阿迈德·拉兹维 / 拉蒂西亚·多瑞拉 …
other title: 推手推车的男人 / 推小车的人 …
Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

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Chop Shop (2007)
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other title: 拉丁男孩的天空 / 拆车场的朝阳 …
Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar.