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friends, both Catholic priests, both deeply respected by the local community for their tireless endeavours on behalf of the poor and the dispossessed — take very different paths in their struggle against violence, corruption and injustice. Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
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ROOM 237 (US) 104mins. Dir: Rodney Ascher. Many cult movies have their own radical interpretations but none as rich and far-ranging as Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’. In ‘Room 237’, we hear from people who believe they have decoded the far-reaching theories, hidden symbols and messages buried in the late director’s film. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
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THE HUNT (Denmark) 111mins. Dir: Thomas Vinterberg. Key cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Susse Vold. In Competition Salle du 60eme
15:30
11/25 THE DAY MISHIMA CHOSE HIS OWN FATE (Japan) 120mins. Wild Bunch. Dir: Koji Wakamatsu. Key cast: Arata Iura, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Shinobu Teraijima. Un Certain Regard Star 4
LES INVISIBLES (France) 115mins. Doc & Film International. Dir: Sebastien Lifshitz. Several elderly gay men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them. Out of competition Lerins 2
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (France) 109mins. Dir: Abbas Kiarostami. Key cast: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryo Kase. Japan, 2011. Akiko, a pretty young student,
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sells herself to help pay for her studies. But then she comes across a very unusual client: a learned old scholar who shows her great kindness. In Competition Arcades 1
PARADISE: LOVE (Austria) 120mins. Dir: Ulrich Seidl. In Competition Riviera 2
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IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (South Korea) 89mins. Dir: Sangsoo Hong. Key cast: Isabelle Huppert, Junsang Yu, Yumi Jung. Three women named Anne: each woman consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. Each stays at the same small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner’s daughter, and ventures onto the beach where they meet the lifeguard. In Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere
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. Un Certain Regard Palais I
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(Uruguay) 119mins. Dir: Pablo Stoll Ward. Key cast: Ana Clara Ferreyra Palfi, Sara Bessio, Humberto De Vargas. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
AFTER LUCIA (Mexico) 93mins. Dir: Michel Franco. After Roberto’s wife dies, he falls into a depression and decides to move to Mexico City with his estranged teenage daughter. At her new school, the child endures emotional and sexual abuse in silence. The
situation reaches the brink during a school trip to the Beach, when Alejandra escapes swimming away from her torturers. Roberto thinks that those bullies killed his daughter and prepares revenge. Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
PEDDLERS (India) 116mins. Dir: Vasan Bala. Key cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Siddharth Mennon. Critics’ Week Miramar
RUNAWAY TRAIN (US) 111mins. Dir: Andrey Konchalovsky. Manny is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who, along with fellow inmate Buck, makes a daring breakout. Cannes Classics Salle du 60eme
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XICA (Brazil) 114mins. Dir: Carlos Diegues. Key cast: Altair Lima, Elke Maravilha, Rodolfo Arena, Stepan Necessian. Portugal, the 18th century. A former slave threatens the Crown’s iron grip on the country’s lucrative mining area. Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel
17:30
VILLEGAS (Argentina) 98mins. Dir: Gonzalo Tobal. Key cast: Esteban Lamothe, Esteban Bigliardi, Mauricio Minetti. Two cousins, Esteban and Pipa, have to drive together to their grandfather’s funeral in Villegas, their childhood village. The trip soon turns into an intense journey with conflicts, fears and emotions that lie on the border between youth and adulthood. Out of Competition Arcades 3
17:45
CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY (UK) 125mins. Dir: Sylvie Verheyde. Key cast: Peter Doherty, Charlotte Gainsbourg, August Diehl. Un Certain Regard Star 2
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