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at the time of the Belle Epoque. The Europeans are astonished by the technological achievements of Henry Ford and the Wright Brothers. Parliament
BURNOUT (Germany) Missing Films, 103mins. Dir: Verena S. Freytag. Key cast: Maryam Zaree. Pellin is a young single tattoo artist with three children. She loves her children but can’t handle family and job. She is totally burnt-out. Her last chance is a mother-child cure at the seaside. CinemaxX 1
RESISTANCE (UK) Rezo, 93mins. Dir: Amit Gupta. Delivers a sensitive and visually impressive survey of humans in a global hot spot and shows us that even weeds can become resistant to pesticides. CineStar 2
13:45
MUNGER ROAD (US) Archstone Distribution, 90mins. Dir: Nicholas Smith. Key cast: Bruce Davison, Randall Batinkoff, Trevor Morgan. On the eve of the annual Scarecrow Festival, two St. Charles police officers search for a return killer the same night four teenagers go missing on Munger Road. Marriott 3
TODAY (AUJOURD’HUI) (France, Senegal) Wide
stereotypes and striking social rules. CinemaxX Studio 12
14:15
THE ISLAND PRESIDENT (US) Films Transit International, 83mins. Dir: Jon Shenk Maldives. President Nasheed faces his greatest challenge: a rise of three feet in sea level caused by climate change would submerge most of the 1,200 islands enough to make them uninhabitable. CinemaxX Studio 18
MARKET 14:45
DEATH OF A SUPERHERO (Germany, Ireland) Global Screen, 99mins. Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon. Key cast: Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie- Sangster, Aisling Loftus. Donald is a different
86mins. Dir: Alain Gomis. Key cast: Saul Williams, Aissa Maiga, Djolof M’bengue. CinemaxX 10
14:00
THE LOST WORLD CUP (Italy, Argentina) Rai Trade, 92mins. Dir: L. Garzella, F. Macelloni. Key cast: Sergio Levinsky, Marcelo Auchelli, Walter Balzarini. Between rigorous documentary style
kind of superhero. In his real life he is sick. But the 15-year-old has an outstanding talent to animate with pen and ink: a dark world in which an invincible superhero battles a deadly nemesis. CineStar 6
and the spirit of true cinema this film presents the true story of the 1942 World Soccer Championship. The story, never acknowledged by the official sports organisations, is finally revealed. CinemaxX Studio 19
14:05
AND IF WE ALL LIVED TOGETHER? (France, Germany) The Match Factory, 96mins. Dir: Stephane Robelin.
Key cast: Jane Fonda, Geraldine Chaplin, Pierre Richard. Five friends, five characters: Claude who’s always loved women; Annie and Jean, he a political activist, she bourgeois and conventional; feminist Jeanne and bon vivant Albert. Five longtime friends, five problems with growing older. CinemaxX Studio 13
14:10
THE SEX OF THE ANGELS (Spain) Latido Films, 105mins. Dir: Xavier Villaverde. Key cast: Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Alvaro Cervantes, Llorenc Gonzalez. A film about love, sexual identity and friendship. The story of a group of youngsters who learn how to live following their emotions, forgetting
STEP UP TO THE PLATE (France) Jour 2 Fete, 90mins. Dir: Paul Lacoste. Key cast: Michel Bras, Sebastien Bras anschliessend Menu von Michael Kempf. In 2009, three-Michelin- stars French chef Michel Bras decides to hand his restaurant over to his son Sebastien. MGB-Kino
14:40
BROTHERS (Finland) The Yellow Affair, 90mins. Dir: Mika Kaurismaki. Key cast: Kari Heiskanen, Pertti Sveholm, Timo Torikka Three brothers of different mothers, gather to celebrate their father’s 70th birthday. In a hysterical outpour the past bubbles to the surface. All three feel like they have failed in life – and they all blame their philandering father. CinemaxX Studio 11
THE GREAT MAGICIAN (China, Hong Kong, China) Emperor Motion Pictures, 128mins. Dir: Derek Yee. Key cast: Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Ching-wan Lau, Xun Zhou. For love and for country, a magician pulls his biggest trick out of the hat. CineStar 1
14:45
AMANHA? (France, Portugal) Wide, 95mins. Dir: Christine Laurent. Key cast: Laure de Clermont, Marc Ruchmann, Teresa Madruga. Based on true facts, the film tells the story of the young Uruguayan female poet, D. Agustini, bound up in the pleasure, trance and terror of writing and the freedom that it gives her in Montevideo at the turn of the 20th century. CinemaxX Studio 16
DEATH OF A SUPERHERO See box, left
DRACULA 3D (Italy, Spain) Filmexport Group, 25mins. Dir: Dario Argento. Key cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer. Based on the original novel by Bram Stroker, about the vampire Dracula, an icon of 20th century culture. CineStar Event Cinema
EVE
(Spain, France) Wild Bunch, 94mins. Dir: Kike Maillo.
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