SCREENINGS Edited by Paul Lindsell
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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
LAWLESS (US) 115mins. Dir: John Hillcoat. Key cast: Tom Hardy, Shia Laboeuf, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pierce, Gary Oldman. The true story of the Bondurants brothers, bootlegging siblings taking the law into their own hands. The youngest brother, Jack, fancies himself as the next Al Capone; he dreams of sharp suits, guns, girls and fast cars, no matter the cost. Ambitious and impulsive, he takes the family’s small-scale moonshining operation to the big leagues. In Competition Press Grand Theatre Lumiere
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SOFIA’S LAST AMBULANCE (Bulgaria) 75mins. Dir: Ilian Metev. Key cast: Krassimir Yordanov, Mila Mikhailova, Plamen Slavkov. In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve two million people, Krassi, Mila and Plamen are unlikely heroes: chain-smoking, filled with humour and relentlessly saving lives against all
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LA SIRGA (Colombia) 88mins. Dir: William Vega. Key cast: David Fernando Guacas, Heraldo Romero, Joghis Seudin Aras, Julio Cesar Roble. Alicia is helpless. Fleeing the armed violence that
odds. Yet, the strain of a broken system is taking its toll. How long can they keep on fixing society’s injured until they loose their empathy? Critics’ Week Lerins 2
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BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (US) 93mins. Dir: Benh Zeitlin. 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 Salle Bazin
HORSES OF GOD (France) 115mins. Dir: Nabil Ayouch. Key cast: Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdelilah Rachid, Ahmed
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has claimed the lives of those dearest to her, she ends up in La Sirga, at the guesthouse of Oscar, the only family she has left. Here, on the shores of a great lake in the Andes, she tries to rebuild her life. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
El Idrissi El Amrani, Hamza Souidek. Yachine is 10 years old and lives with his family in the slums of Sidi Moumen in Casablanca. When his brother is sent to jail, Yachine takes up job after job, though empty, to get free from — the doldrums of violence, misery and drugs. Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
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GOD’S NEIGHBORS (France) 98mins. Dir: Meni Yaesh. Key cast: Gal Friedman, Itzik Golan, Roy Assaf. Rules must be followed. For the supervisors of a Bat Yam neighborhood in Israel, this means ensuring that women are dressed appropriately and that Arabs from Jaffa don’t enter the neighbourhood with music blaring from their cars. Avi, Kobi and Yaniv are young and
know how to fight. Avi is their leader. The group’s dynamic is challenged when Avi threatens a young woman who doesn’t follow their rules — a woman he’s about to fall in love with. Critics’ Week Miramar
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(Chile) 108mins. Dir: Pablo Larrain. Key cast: Gael Garcia
Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers. Directors Fortnight Arcades 1
REALITY (Italy) 116mins. Dir: Matteo Garrone. Key cast: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone. Luciano is a Neopolitan fishmonger who tries out for ‘Big Brother’. In chasing this dream his
perception of reality begins to change. In Competition Salle du 60eme
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LAWLESS (US) 115mins. Dir: John Hillcoat. Key cast: Tom Hardy, Shia Laboeuf, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pierce, Gary Oldman. In Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere
THE WE AND THE I (US) 103mins. Dir: Michel Gondry. Key cast: Alex Barrios, Jonathon Ortiz, Lady Chen Carrasco, Michael Brodie, Raymond Delgado, Teresa Rivera. With Gondry’s trademark offbeat take on reality, ‘The We And The I’ is a delicate urban tale from the Bronx and one of the most surprising and moving cinematic events of 2012. Directors Fortnight Star 1
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LAURENCE ANYWAYS (Canada) 170mins. Dir: Xavier Dolan. Key cast: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne
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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 country from oppression. Directors Fortnight Arcades 2
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