The Guardians

March. 18,2018      
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Interweaves the lives of the threatened monarch butterfly with an indigenous community in Mexico fighting to restore the forest they nearly destroyed.

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Konterr
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Brilliant and touching

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Gutsycurene
2018/03/19

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

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Kaydan Christian
2018/03/20

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Rosie Searle
2018/03/21

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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