SCREENINGS Reviews edited by Jamie McLeish
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FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
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LOST IN PARADISE (Vietnam) 103mins. Dir: Ngoc Dang Vu. Key cast: Linh Son, Manh Hai Luong, Vinh Khoa Ho. Perhaps the first film from Vietnam to depict homosexual love both explicitly and in a positive light, Ngoc Dang Vu’s Lost in Paradise conveys its characters’ lives in a range of tones, from the humorous to the absurd to the tragic. Discovery Jackman Hall — AGO
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DUCH, MASTER OF THE FORGES OF HELL (France/Cambodia) 103mins. Dir: Rithy Panh. Rithy Panh continues his exploration of the legacy of Cambodia’s genocide with a portrait of Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch, the man responsible for running the notorious S-21 prison. Real to Reel TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
LE HAVRE (Finland) 93mins. Dir: Aki Kaurismaki. Key cast: André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Blondin Miguel A former author and well-known bohemian has retreated into a voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre, where he works as a shoe-shiner. Masters Jackman Hall — AGO
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PLAY (Sweden/France/ Denmark) 119mins. Dir: Ruben Ostlund. Key cast: Anas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick Diakite A film about race, mores and manipulation, and the social construct of the “other”, Ruben Ostlund’s Play is based on an actual incident in Gothenburg, Sweden in which a group of black kids manipulated
other teenagers, mostly from ethnic backgrounds, into surrendering their valuables. Visions AMC 4
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ALOIS NEBEL See box, right.
FUTURE LASTS FOREVER (Turkey/France/ Germany) 108mins. Dir: Ozcan Alper. Key cast: Gaye Gursel, Durukan Ordu, Sarkis Seropyan A film of memories that follows a young ethnomusicologist who leaves Istanbul in search of her Kurdish lover. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 10
THE EDUCATION OF AUMA OBAMA (Germany) 80mins. Dir: Branwen Okpako A captivating and intimate portrait of the US president’s older half-sister. Real to Reel AMC 6
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FROMUP ON POPPY HILL (Japan) Dir: Goro
Miyazaki. Key cast: Junichi Okada, Masami Nagasawa Anime director Goro Miyazaki sets his story of young love and student protest against the period of Japanese modernisation ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 2
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GYPSY (Slovakia) 107mins. Dir: Martin Sulik. Key cast: Attila Mokos, Ivan Mirga, Jan Mizigar Gypsy is the story of a boy who finds himself in conflict with racial, social and cultural prejudices, and the unwritten laws of his own Roma community. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 3
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TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (Russia) 105mins. Dir: Angelina Nikonova. Key cast: Olga Diho Vichnaya, Sergei Borisov, Vsevolod Voronov Marina, an upper-class social worker with a doting husband, is
transformed into a bizarre twilight version of herself after she is raped. Discovery AMC 9
URBANIZED (US/UK) 82mins. Dir: Gary Hustwit Examines ideas about cities and urban design with examples from around the world and interviews with architects, politicians, artists and city planners. Real to Reel Ryerson
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THE BOYWHOWAS A KING (Bulgaria/Germany) 90mins. Dir: Andrey Paounov The strange history of Simeon Saxe-Coburg- Gotha who became Bulgaria’s tsar at the age of six, was exiled during the years of communism, and then returned to be elected prime minister. Real to Reel Jackman Hall — AGO
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RESTLESS (US) 95mins. Dir: Gus Van Sant. Key cast: Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase
FESTIVAL 14:15
ALOIS NEBEL (Czech Republic/ Germany/Slovakia) 84mins. Dir: Tomas Lunak. Key cast: Karel Roden, Marie Ludvikova, Miroslav Krobot Tomas Lunak’s tale of a
A teen romance about a girl dying of cancer who falls in love with a death- obsessed boy. Masters TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
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MR. TREE (China) 88mins. Dir: Han Jie. Key cast: Wang Baoqiang, Tan Zhuo An offbeat character study about a village idiot who might just be a prophet, which acts as a sly commentary on urbanisation in China. Contemporary World Cinema Scotiabank Theatre 3
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THIS IS NOT A FILM (Iran) 75mins. Dirs: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi Documentary depicting
train dispatcher who is haunted by memories at the close of the Cold War uses black- and-white rotoscope animation to look back on still-resonant moments in history. Discovery Scotiabank Theatre 3
a day in Jafar Panahi’s life as he appeals his conviction in Iran for “propaganda against the system”, which carries a jail sentence and a 30-year ban from writing or directing. Masters TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
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LAND OF OBLIVION (France/Germany/ Poland/Ukraine) 115mins. Dir: Michale Boganim. Key cast: Olga Kurylenko When the nuclear accident at Chernobyl happens, a young couple find that their wedding day turns into a day of disaster, destined to change their lives forever. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 10
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