must choose between the life he thought he wanted and his love for Roy. Palais E
SEX, LIES AND SURGERY (France) 83mins. Rezo. Dir: Artus De Penguern Key cast: Anne Depetrini, Artus De Penguern, Bruno Salomone. Olympia 7
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ELECTRICK CHILDREN (US) 96mins. M-Appeal. Dir: Rebecca Thomas. Key cast: Bill Sage, Billy Zane, Cynthia Watros, Julia Garner, Liam Aiken, Rory Culkin Pregnant by music? On her 15th birthday, Rachel, a young Mormon girl, discovers
nerd infatuated with a character from a romance novel, possibly have in common? It all begins very simply: with the purchase of a cell phone. Ebling has never owned one, even though he’s an electrical engineer. Almost immediately the calls start coming in but they are all intended for someone else. Meanwhile, the calls that Ebling makes create a domino effect of minor mishaps and major tragedies. Riviera 3
GOATS
(US) 100mins. Echo Bridge Entertainment. Dir: Christopher Neil. Key cast: David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Ty Burrell, Minnie Driver, Graham Phillips. Fourteen-year-old Ellis is getting ready to leave his luxurious home in the foothills of Tucson for his freshman year at Gates Academy, an East
a forbidden rock music tape. Having never heard anything like it, she has a miraculous experience and three months later claims to have had an immaculate conception. Her parents arrange a marriage but Rachel runs away to the closest city, Las Vegas. Lerins 1
Coast prep school. This means leaving behind Wendy, his flakey, new- age mother and the only real father he has ever known, Goat Man. Goat Man has done more for Ellis than giving him his first bong hit at the age of 11. He has maintained a home on Wendy’s property rent-free since Ellis was a child, taking care of the landscaping and pool cleaning, and raising a small herd of goats — all the while teaching Ellis the meaning of stability, care taking, and commitment. Lerins 2
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(US) 91mins. Reel Suspects. Dir: Lee Madsen. Key cast: Matthew Hutchinson, Genevieve Cortese, Ryan Donowho, Chris Riggi, Augustus Prew, Elaine Hendrix, John Doe, Ellen Woglom. NYC post 9/11: not since the early 1980s has the underground music
n 88 Screen International at Cannes May 18, 2012
scene attracted so much attention. A young rock group finds itself on the verge of making it big with the help of their friends. In the whirlwind of music industry fury, the guys need to choose: go with big time manager and publicist or stick with those loyal friends who got them here. Gray 5
HORIZON (China) 93mins. Inner Mongolia Film Association. Dir: Nuo Minhua. Key cast: Hua Zi, Nuo Minhua, Qin Sana. Gray 3
HOUSE IN BRITTANY (France) 96mins. Tf1 International. Dir: Anne Le Ny. Key cast: Jonathan Zaccai, Samuel Le Bihan, Vanessa Paradis. Paris, present day. Odile is a lovely 35-year-old woman who keeps her life well under control. She runs her own successful business, has chosen to remain single and is having an affair with her old flame, Fabrice, now married and father of a child. So when she learns that her recently deceased aunt has left her a home in Brittany, all Odile wants is to sell the property right away. For the first time since she was a girl, she returns to the house and is instantly confronted with the tragic memory of her father’s
accidental death. Faced with memories, ghosts from her past and jostled by new encounters, Odile experiences a shift that will change her life — forever. Olympia 4
NOBODY WALKS (US) 86mins. Myriad Pictures. Dir: Ry Russo- Young. Key cast: Jane Levy, John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby. A family takes a young artist into their home. Gray 1
OUT IN THE DARK (Israel) 93mins. M-Appeal. Dir: Michael Mayer. Key cast: Jacob Nicholas, Jameel Khouri, Michael Aloni. Nimer, a Palestinian student and a dedicated son, is dreaming of studying abroad and of a better life. One fateful night he meets Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and the two fall in love. As their relationship deepens, Nimer is confronted with the harsh realities of a Palestinian society that refuses to accept him for his sexual identity, and an Israeli society that rejects him for his national Palestinian one. When his close friend is caught hiding illegally in Tel Aviv, is sent back to the West Bank and is brutally murdered, Nimer is sent hurling down a path of personal sacrifice and mortal danger. Now he
THE SEX OF THE ANGELS (Spain) 105mins. Latido. Dir: Xavier Villaverde. Key cast: Astrid Berges- Frisbey, Alvaro Cervantes, Llorenc Gonzalez. Struggling martial artist and dancer Bruno loves his girlfriend Carla, but when he meets fellow dancer Rai, serious sparks begin to fly, opening the couple up to new possibilities. Palais I
WOULD I LIE TO YOU 3 (France) 115mins. Other Angle Pictures. Olympia 3
19:00
ASTERIX 3D 10mins. Wild Bunch. Olympia 5
19:30
LA BAS: A CRIMINAL EDUCATION (Italy) 100mins. Minerva Pictures Group. Dir: Guido Lombardi. Key cast: Abdou Kader Alassane, Esther Elisha, Moussa Mone. 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. Star 3
THE CHICAGO 8 (US) 89mins. VMI- Vantage Media International/Vision Music. Dir: Pinchas Perry. Key cast: Gary Cole, Danny Masterson, Mayim Bialik The true story of the most famous criminal court trial in the history of the US. Gray 4
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BB KING – THE LIFE OF RILEY
GFM Film. Olympia 8 No Press
ELECTRICK CHILDREN See box, left
EVIL THINGS (Italy) 90mins. Filmexport Group. Dir: Simone Gandolfo Key cast: Marta Gastini, Pietro Ragusa, Aaron Jorge Reg Moss. A message, a blog, four kids take part in a pervert game. A torturer, the blog’s master, four victims, none of them really innocent — it is a trial live on the internet, where followers can vote for the life or death of the protagonists. Star 1
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THE FIRST TIME (US) 98mins. Celsius Entertainment. Dir: Jon Kasdan. Key cast: Brittany Robertson, Christine Taylor, Craig Roberts, Dylan O’Brien, Joshua Malina, Lamarcus Tinker, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Victoria Justice. A romantic comedy centered on the first weekend of a fledgling romance between two high school kids. Gray 2
GHOST DAY (Thailand) 110mins. Phranakorn Film Co. Dir: Thanit Jitnukul. Key cast: Joeyboy, Pimradapa Wright, Padung Songsange Palais F
THE HELPERS (US) 110mins. American Cinema International. Dir: Chris Stokes. Key cast: Christopher Jones, Denyce Lawton, Kristen Quintrall. Seven friends from Sacramento, California all decide to go on a documented trip to Las Vegas. All seems fun until they hit a detour/road block. A couple hours of lost driving later, both of the back tyres on the truck are blown out. After some moments of confusion and arguing, the gang comes up with the plan that all the girls will stay inside the truck while all the guys walk down the road to find help. Gray 3
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