SCREENINGS
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 Salle Bazin
THE REPENTANT (Algeria) 87mins. Dir: Merzak Allouache. Key cast: Adila Bendimered, Khaled Benaissa, Nabil Asli. Algeria: as Islamist groups continue to spread terror, Rashid, a young Jihadist, leaves the mountains to return to his village. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
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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. Critics’ Week Star 3
14:00
ANTIVIRAL Theatre See box, above
PARADISE: LOVE (Austria) 120mins. Dir: Ulrich Seidl. Key cast: Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux. On Kenya’s beaches they
Julio Cesar Roble. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
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 the beginning. A few hours later, the young woman dies beneath the wheels of a car. Un Certain Regard Star 1
FESTIVAL & PRESS 14:00
ANTIVIRAL (Canada) 100mins. Dir: Brandon Cronenberg. Key cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Douglas Smith, Malcolm McDowell, Sarah Gadon. Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion — for a price. Syd also supplies
are known as “sugar mamas” — European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian woman, travels to this vacation paradise. In Competition Salle du 60eme
illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate. Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
15:30
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 a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex imagines joining him to start a new life at last. Directors Fortnight Star 4
BEYOND THE HILLS (Romania) 155mins. Dir: Cristian Mungiu. Key cast: Catalina Harabagiu, Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur. In an isolated Orthodox convent in Romania, Alina has just been reunited with Voichita after spending several years in Germany. But when one questions the other’s beliefs, neither is prepared for the chain of events set in motion. In Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere
16:00
THE FOSTER BOY (Switzerland, Germany) 108mins. Dir: Markus Imboden. Key cast: Andreas Matti, Katja Riemann, Lisa Brand. Max is an orphan who has been hired out to a farmer’s family. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. Directors Fortnight Riviera 3
LA SIRGA (Colombia) 88mins. Dir: William Vega. Key cast: David Fernando Guacas, Heraldo Romero, Joghis Seudin Aras,
POLLUTING PARADISE (Germany) 98mins. Dir: Fatih Akin. Camburnu is a small mountain village in northeastern Turkey. Thanks to the Black Sea’s mild and humid climate, the villagers have lived for generations off tea cultivation and fishing in harmony with the nature surrounding them. But this idyllic environment is threatened by the government’s decision 10 years ago to build a garbage landfill directly above the village. Out of Competition Olympia 3
16:30
AFTER THE BATTLE (France) 122mins. Dir: Yousry Nasrallah. Key cast: Menna Chalaby, Bassem Samra, Najed El Sebai. Once a member of one of the notorious
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