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Santiago pilgrimage route. It tells the moving story of Tom Avery, an American father who travels to France to reclaim the body of his estranged son who died in a storm at the start of the famous route in the Pyrenees. Olympia 7
XOMBIES 3D (Norway) Horror, 88mins. Kultkongen. Dir: Johnny Markussen. Key cast: David Allen, Hanna Jenny Stark, Henrik Berg Larsen. Professional headhunter Edwige has captured her former mentor, partner and lover Franco. Franco is wanted by reclusive billionaire Boris, the only governing power left in a post-apocalyptic world. Boris believes Franco to be immune to the epidemic, but there are others out to get him. Palais J
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HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (L’APOLLONIDE — SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE) (France) Drama, 125mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Bertrand Bonello. Key cast: Adele Haenel, Alice Barnole, Celine Sallette. Olympia 3
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LETTERS TO ANGEL (KIRJAD INGLILE) (Estonia) Drama, 110mins. Estonian Film Foundation. Dir: Sulev Keedus. Key cast: Katariina Lauk, Mirtel Pohla, Ragne Pekarev. Jeremia Juunas Kirotaja, a Soviet army deserter who was declared lost in action during the Afghan War, is returning to Estonia to attend his father’s funeral. On his way home, he stops in a small town where his ex-wife used to live. Palais C
OSAMU TEZUKA’S BUDDHA (Japan) Animation, 111mins. Toei Company. Dir: Kozo Morishita. Key cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masato Sakai, Kiyokazu Kanze.
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THE MILL AND THE CROSS (Poland) Drama, 91mins. Wide Management Enterprise. Dir: Lech Majewski. Key cast: Charlotte Rampling, Michael York. Lech Majewski, one of Europe’s most adventurous and inspired film-makers, translates Bruegel’s masterpiece The Procession to Calvary into cinema, mischievously inviting the viewer to live inside the aesthetic universe of the painting as we watch it being created. Palais G
The spectacular drama of life told through the eyes of Siddhartha, who will later become Buddha, and the people he encountered now unfolds. Palais E
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HELLO… MY NAME IS MAXIME RENARD (BONJOUR.. JE M’APPELLE MAXIME RENARD) (France) Comedy,
85mins. Les Imposteurs Prod. Dir: Niels Dubost, Sevy Weber. Key cast: Niels Dubost, Sevy Weber, Bernard Verley. In the background, reality television of tomorow, and in the foreground the viewer, Maxime Renard. In the rhythm of a funny and caustic fable we follow the trajectory of a man torn between the reality of his life and the
sweet dream of one day being on television. In order to shoot the video gag that will make him king of the small screen, he puts in danger his marriage, his work, his friends and much more. Gray 5
THE ITALIAN KEY (Finland) Drama, 100mins. Nonstop Sales. Dir: Roosa Toivonen.
Key cast: Gwendolyn Anslow, Joana Cartocci, Joeanna Sayler. A romantic fairy tale about a 19-year-old orphan who gets, as her sole inheritance, an antique key that unlocks both an old villa in Italy and the mysteries of her family history. Palais I
JULIA X 3D (US) Thriller, 92mins. Dixie Theatrical Corporation. Dir: Philip Pettiette. Key cast: Joel David Moore, Ving Rhames, Kevin Sorbo. On her third Internet date Julia meets ‘The Stranger’. As she leaves, she is abducted by him and branded with an X. After a cat and mouse game, she eventually subdues The Stranger and we discover that Julia and her sister Jessica are Internet predators. Palais K
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KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND (Norway) Drama, 116mins. Les Films Du Losange. Dir: Marius Holst. Key cast: Stellan Skarsgaard, Kristoffer Joner, Benjamin Helstad. Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island of Bastoy, in the fjord of Oslo, a group of young outcast boys live
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under a sadistic regime. Mental and physical abuse is used by the guards and the superintendent. Instead of being educated, the boys are used as cheap, manual labour. Aged from 11 to 18, the boys survive by adapting to these inhuman conditions. They are rough, they negotiate and they buy and sell. Riviera 3
LAST ROMANCE (Hong Kong) Romance, 101mins. Fortissimo Films. Dir: Yonfan. Key cast: Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung. Tells the vicissitudes facing best friends So-so, who does what she must to survive on her own luxurious terms, and Nancy, more naive
perhaps but nonetheless love-struck by the same handsome Japanese boy who, alas, cannot fulfill both girls’ destinies. An opulent time capsule of a pivotal moment in both the girls’ lives and the magical place called Hong Kong. Olympia 5
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(US) Documentary, 90mins. Ealing Studios International. Dir: Andrew Rossi. With the Internet surpassing print as our main news source, and newspapers going bankrupt, ‘Page One’ chronicles the media industry’s transformation and assesses the high stakes for democracy. Gaining unprecedented access to the inner sanctum of the ‘New York Times’ newsroom, director Andrew Rossi has delivered a vital and fascinating portrait of the news and the people who make it. Gray 1
RETURN (US) Drama, 100mins. Rezo. Dir: Liza Johnson. Key cast: Linda Cardellini, Michael
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