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is left with only one choice — to find and kill Jorge. Star 3
THE END OF LOVE (US) 90mins. Visit Films. Dir: Mark Webber. Key cast: Amanda Seyfried, Jason Ritter, Jocelin Donahue, Mark Webber, Michael Cera, Shannyn Sossamon. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, struggling actor Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. With his fate and his son’s now intertwined, he grapples with his ability to grow up — stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. Lerins 1
EVELYN (Spain) 96mins. Imagina International Sales. Dir: Isabel De Ocampo. Key cast: Adolfo Fernandez, Cindy Diaz. Evelyn, a young teenager from Peru travels to Spain believing that she will be hired as a waitress. Drugged, abducted and threatened with death; she is forced to work as a sexual slave at a roadside brothel. Helpless and vulnerable she will fight for her way out of this nightmare. This is an untold story of a modern- day form of slavery. Palais F
FRANKIE GO BOOM (US) 89mins. Red Sea Media. Dir: Jordan Roberts. Key cast: Charlie Hunnam, Chris O’Dowd, Ron Perlman.
MARKET 09:30
COMES A BRIGHT DAY (UK) 87mins. Intandem Films. Dir: Simon Aboud. Key cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots. An offbeat, coming-of
Frank has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated — usually on film — by his brother Bruce his entire life. Now that Bruce has finally kicked drugs and turned his life around, things should be different. But when Frank’s one-night stand with a distressed young woman goes not quite as planned, Bruce’s camera is ready, as always, to capture it… and share it with the world. Gray 4
age love-story set during the armed robbery of London’s most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny, often dark, always captivating and never what you expect. Gray 2
THE POWER OF FEW (US) 96mins. Arclight Films. Dir: Leone Marucci. Key cast: Christopher Walken, Christian Slater, Q’orianka Kilcher. A young courier with dreams of escaping her small town becomes involved in a global conspiracy when she agrees to transport a mysterious package. Palais B
WAR WITCH (Canada) 90mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Kim Nguyen. Key cast: Alain Bastien, Mizinga Mwinga, Rachel Mwanza, Ralph Prosper, Serge Kanyinda. Somewhere in sub- Saharan Africa, in a small isolated village, Komona, a 12-year-old girl, lived peacefully with her parents until the day the rebels came. They pillaged the village, captured Komona and forced her to commit an irreparable act: slay her parents. In the rebels’ camp, the training is merciless: Komona is hungry, scared, and the rebel leader, who has no pity for her tears, repeatedly beats her if she cries. She quickly learns
to endure, to fight and, above all, to survive. Arcades 3
WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH
(Germany) 106mins. Sola Media. Dir: Oliver Dieckmann. Key cast: Alexander Sheer, Jessica Schwarz, Mercedes Jadea Diaz, Noah Kraus, Volker Lechtenbrink. Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. He and his parents have just moved to town, where his mum has big plans to open her new pastry shop. As Ben’s dad lost his job at the bank some time ago, it’s a great chance for the family to make a fresh start. Riviera 4
WINNIE (South Africa) 108mins. Film Bridge International. Dir: Darrell Roodt. Key cast: Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard. The powerful love story that changed the world. Winnie and Nelson Mandela endured more than 20 years of separation and political turmoil… ultimately tearing them apart. Palais D
ZARAFA (France) 78mins. Pathe International (Fr). Dir: Remi Bezancon, Jean- Christophe Lie. Key cast: Simon Abkarian, Thierry Fremont, Francois-Xavier Demaison. Under a baobab tree, an old man tells a story to the children around him: the story of the undying friendship between Maki, a child aged 10, and Zarafa, an orphaned giraffe, a gift from the Pasha of Egypt to the King of France, Charles X. Hassan, Prince of the Desert, is instructed by the Pasha to deliver Zarafa to France. But Maki has made up his mind to do everything in his power to stop Hassan fulfilling his mission and to bring the giraffe back to its native land — even if it means risking his own life. During a long journey that takes them from Sudan to Paris, passing on the way through Alexandria, Marseilles and the snow- capped Alps, they have many adventures. Arcades 1
MARKET SCREENINGS: DIRECTED BY
Guido Lombardi CAST
Abdou Kader Alassane Moussa Mone Esther Elisha
PRODUCED BY Eskimo
Figli del Bronx Minerva Pictures
in collaboration with Rai Cinema
GENRE action/drama
MAY 18 | 19:30 | STAR 3 MAY 21 | 18:00 | LERINS 2
When a young African man immigrates to Italy to work with his “rich” uncle he finds himself penniless and alone in a foreign land with no way of finding his relative. He is taken in by otherAfrican immigrants who tell him the reality of the situation and he learns quickly that the only way he can try to make any money is by selling useless items in the streets. When he finally finds his uncle, he realizes that his uncle’s success is based on illegal sales of athletic shoes makes him want to follow in his footsteps. One thing leads to another…
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