SCREENINGS Edited by Paul Lindsell
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(US) 90mins. Dir: Rufus Norris. Key cast: Bill Milner, Cillian Murphy, Clare Burt. Shortly after witnessing a brutal beating, Skunk’s home, neighbourhood, and school become treacherous environments, where the happy certainties of childhood give way to danger. When Skunk finally seeks solace in an unspoken friendship with sweet, damaged Rick, she’s is faced with the greatest choice of all. Critics’ Week Salle Bunuel
LOS SALVAJES (Argentina) 119mins. Dir: Alejandro Fadel. Key cast: Cesar Roldan, Leonel Arancibia, Martin Cotari, Roberto Cowal, Sofia Brito. Five teenagers violently escape a reform school in an Argentinean province. They travel 100 km by foot, across hills, for the promise of a new home. Critics’ Week Miramar
REALITY See box, above
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(Chile) 108mins. Dir: Pablo Larrain. Key cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers. When Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, facing international pressure, calls for a referendum on his presidency in 1988, opposition leaders persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. With scant resources and constant scrutiny by the despot’s watchmen, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and free their
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the beginning. A few hours later, the young woman dies beneath the wheels of a car. Un Certain Regard Star 1
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REALITY (Italy) 116mins. Dir: Matteo Garrone. Key cast: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone. Luciano is a Neapolitan fishmonger who
supplements his modest income by pulling off little scams together
country from oppression. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
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BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (US) 93mins. Dir: Benh Zeitlin. Key cast: Quvenzhane, Dwight Henry, Lowell Landes, Levy Easterly. Waters rise up, wild animals rise from the grave, and everything south of the levee is submerged by floods in this adventurous tale of a six year-old named Hushpuppy, who lives with her daddy at the edge of the world. Un Certain Regard Press Salle Debussy
STUDENT (Kazakhstan) 90mins. Dir: Darezhan Omirbayev. A modern day interpretation of the
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with his wife Maria. A likeable, entertaining guy, Luciano never misses an opportunity to perform. One day his family urge him to try out for Big Brother. In chasing this dream his perception of reality begins to change. In Competition Press Grand Theatre Lumiere
novel ‘Crime And Punishment’, set in Kazakhstan. Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin
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IN A RUSH See box, right
RUST & BONE (France) 120mins. Dir: Jacques Audiard. Key cast: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Corinne Masiero, Celine Sallette, Bouli Lanners. Ali suddenly finds himself in charge of Sam, his five-year-old son that he barely knows. Penniless and without friends, he leaves the north of France to seek shelter at his sister’s in Antibes, where he meets Stephanie a beautiful woman — and tragedy strikes. In Competition Salle du 60eme
MADAGASCAR 3, EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (US) 90mins. Dir: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon. Key cast: Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock. Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a travelling circus,
which they reinvent — Madagascar style. Out of Competition Press Grand Theatre Lumiere
MYSTERY
(China) 90mins. Dir: Lou Ye. Key cast: Hao Lei, Qin Hao, Qi Xi. Liu Jie has no idea her husband Yongzhao is leading a double life, until the day she sees him entering a hotel with a young woman. Her world crumbles — and it’s just
LAURENCE ANYWAYS (Canada) 170mins. Dir: Xavier Dolan. Key cast: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clement, Monia Chokri, Nathalie Baye. Laurence, a young French teacher and soon-to-be- published author, enjoys an intense and mutually loving relationship with his fiancee, Fred. But on the day after his 30th birthday, Laurence confesses to Fred that he longs to become a woman, asking her to support him in this transformation. Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
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ALIYAH (France) 90mins. Dir: Elie Wajeman. Key cast: Adele Hanel, Cedric Kahn, Pio Marmai. Paris, 2011. Alex is 27. He makes a living selling hash and pays off the debts of his brother Isaac who, after providing him with support, has become a burden for him. So when his cousin tells him that he is opening
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IN A RUSH (France) 94mins. Dir: Louis-Do De Lencquesaing. Key cast: Alice De Lencquesaing, Mathe Keller, Valentina Cervi, Xavier Beauvois. Ada is settled in her life, until one day
she meets Paul, a charismatic writer and single parent with an exceedingly intrusive mother still hanging around. Life starts to gather speed. Critics’ Week Miramar
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