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Saturday, April 26, 1986. A reactor tower has exploded in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The Communist Party leadership remains silent. But Valery Kabysh, a one-time percussionist and now a young, loyal party official, observes the panic of those in charge and realises that every second counts. This is the true story of his failed escape. Riviera 4
LE HAVRE (Finland) Drama, 93mins. The Match Factory. Dir: Aki Kaurismaki. Key cast: Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Blondin Miguel. Lumiere
MANIPULATION (Switzerland) Thriller, 92mins. Filmfonds. Dir: Pascal Verdosci. Key cast: Klaus-Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch. 1956: the time of the Cold War. The Swiss national security monitors 10 per cent of its own citizens. When a compromising photograph exposes the Swiss star reporter Werner Eiselin as a Soviet spy, he is unable to withstand the pressure and he commits suicide in the interrogation room. Special agent Urs Rappold from the counter-espionage department is plagued by doubt. Arcades 1
NUDES IN TARTAN (UK) Drama, 90mins. Palm Tree Ents. Dir: Robbie Moffat. Key cast: Suzanne Kendall. Three women try to establish their artistic careers but they realise they must leave the men who have attached themselves to them for financial gain and sex. The artist Carmen exhibits her ‘Nudes in Tartan’ photographs to bring her two friends together and defeat their sloth-like male friends, who are merely hangers on for personal gain. Star 3
SAINT PETERSBURG (Iran) Comedy, 118mins. Filmiran. Dir: Behrouz Afkhami. Key cast: Mohsen Tanabandeh, Peyman Ghasemkhani, Soroush Sehat. In a search of the lost treasures of the last Tsar, two young men come together in a series of adventures. A comedy film about love, friendship and bluffing. Palais B
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (ET MAINTENANT ON VA OU?) (France) Drama, 110mins. Pathe International. Dir: Nadine Labaki. Key cast: Claude Msawbaa, Leyla Fouad, Antoinette El Noufaily. Salle Bazin
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A MAN’S STORY (UK) Documentary, 95mins. Entertainment One Films International. Dir: Varon Bonicos. Key cast: Ozwald Boateng. Profiles Ozwald Boateng, his designs, his business, his personal life. Charismatic, glamorous, hard-working and very humanly flawed, Boateng’s personal and professional triumphs and set-backs are the fascinating meat of this film, which is set against a back-drop of models, movie stars and fabulous locations. Gray 1
ANTON CHEKHOV’S THE DUEL (US) Drama, 95mins. Bristol Media International, Inc. Dir: Dover Kosashvili. Key cast: Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott, Niall Buggy. Centres on n’er do well, Laevsky and his illicit relationship with his mistress Nadya. Laevsky has convinced Nadya to leave her husband for him, but now wants to abandon her. Palais I
BLACK GOLD: STRUGGLE FOR THE NIGER DELTA (Nigeria) Drama, 93mins. Forward Motion. Dir: Jeta Amata.
Key cast: Billy Zane, Mbong Amata, Vivica A Fox. One local Niger Delta community’s struggle against their own government and a multi- national oil corporation that has plundered their land and destroyed the environment. Olympia 3
BOLLYWOOD —THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD (BOLLYWOOD — LA PLUS BELLE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR) See box, right
BONSAI (Chile) Comedy, 92mins. Rezo. Dir: Cristian Jimenez. Key cast: Diego Noguera, Gabriela Arancibia, Nathalial Galgani. Salle Debussy
EL-MEDICO: THE CUBATON STORY (Cuba) Documentary, 100mins. Montecristo International. Dir: Daniel Fridell. Key cast: El Medico, Michel Miglis. A documentary five years in the making about a new musical sound coming from Cuba, and the doctor who has become its voice. Gray 5
EVIDENCE (US) Thriller, 90mins. Arsenal Pictures International. Dir: Howie Askins. Key cast: Abigail Richie, Ashley Bracken, Brett Rosenberg. An intense thrill ride as two couples set out for a weekend camping trip only to get caught up in a run for their lives when they discover a secret lab that is hiding a deadly government cover-up. The only evidence of their ordeal is the footage that they shoot. Palais C
THE FIRST RASTA (France) Documentary, 90mins. Wide Management Enterprise. Dir: Helene Lee, Christophe Farnarier. Key cast: Bunny Lee, Groundation, Max Romeo.
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BOLLYWOOD —THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD (BOLLYWOOD — LA PLUS BELLE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR) (India) Documentary, 85 mins. Wild Bunch. Dir.:R. Omprakash Mehra, Jeffrey Zimbalist.
Pays tribute to Bollywood, which has contributed to establishing India’s identity in the eyes of the world and to making Mumbai one of the world capitals of film. Olympia 5
A 10 year-old boy in a remote Aboriginal community tries to resist the lure of violence and drugs.
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