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Transvestites, an inspirational illustrator and a group of snowboarding
pioneers round out this unusual list of limited release movies showing in
Los Angeles this weekend.


• 39
  Pounds of Love - Documentary starring Ami Ankilewitz. Directed
  by Dani Menkin. This documentary follows Ami, a 39-pound Israeli
  illustrator diagnosed with a rare ailment, and his journey to find
  the doctor who predicted his early death. [trailer | local
  showtimes]


• Breakfast
  on Pluto - Drama starring Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson,
  Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan and Stephen Rea. Directed by Neil Jordan. An
  Irish orphan (Cillian Murphy) named Patrick Braden is on a quest to
  find out who his birth mother really is. Along the way, he works as
  a transvestite named Kitten, finds love with a hypnotist and becomes
  involved with illegal IRA bombings. [trailer | local
  showtimes]


• First
  Descent - Documentary starring Shawn Farmer, Nick
  Perata and Terje Haakonsen. Directed by Kevin Harrison and Kemp Curley. This
  film offers a look at snowboarding's origins and domination as the
  leading winter sport in the US. [trailer | local
  showtimes]