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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 Arcades 1
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DARIO ARGENTO’S DRACULA 3D (Italy) 107mins. Dir: Dario Argento. Key cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer, Unax Ugalde, Miriam Giovanelli, Maria Cristina Heller. The classic vampire tale retold in stereoscopic 3D by a master of horror cinema. Out of Competition Arcades 2
FOGO (Canada) 61mins. Dir: Yulene Olaizola. Key cast: Norman Foley, Ron Broders, Joseph Dwyer. The deterioration of a community in Fogo is forcing its inhabitants to leave. Places once occupied by humans are now becoming part of the landscape. In spite of a condemned future, some residents decide to remain, holding on to their memories and grieving for the past, when life in Fogo was different. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
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
Augustin Legrand, Jalil Mehenni, William Hurt. Critics’ Week Miramar
FESTIVAL & PRESS 14:00
ME AND YOU (Italy) 97mins. Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci. Key cast: Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Tea Falco. Lorenzo, a solitary 14-year-old with difficulties relating to the world around
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 Star 1
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CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO (Bosnia-Herzegovina) 90mins. Dir: Aida Begic. Key cast: Bojan Navojec, Ismir Gagula, Marija Pikik. Rahima and Nedim are orphans of the Bosnian war. They live in Sarajevo, a transitional society that has lost its moral compass, including in the way it treats children of the people who were killed fighting for the freedom of their city. After crime- prone adolescent years,
him, chooses to spend a week hidden in the basement of his house. But Lorenzo’s fragile and rebellious step-sister, Olivia, appears at her brother’s place of refuge and disturbs the quiet. Out of Competition Press Salle Bunuel
Rahima has found comfort in Islam and she hopes her brother will follow in her footsteps. Everything becomes more difficult the day Nedim gets into a fistfight at school with the son of a local strongman. This incident triggers a chain of events leading Rahima to discover that her young brother leads a double life. Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin
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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 Arcades 1
14:00 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 1
ME AND YOU See box, above
OUR CHILDREN (Belgium) 114mins. Dir: Joachim Lafosse. A generous doctor brings a young Moroccan boy back to Belgium to raise him as if he were his own son. When the boy reaches adulthood, falls in love and starts a family, his young wife finds herself trapped in an oppressive emotional atmosphere that will insidiously lead to a tragic outcome. With the birth of their children, the couple’s reliance on the doctor becomes excessive. The latter’s boundless altruism changes into domination. Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
THE SAPPHIRES (Australia) 98mins. Dir: Wayne Blair. Key cast: Chris O’dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell. 1968. Four young Aboriginal sisters from a remote mission are flown to Vietnam to sing soul music for the American troops. Out of Competition Salle du 60eme
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GANGS OF WASSEYPUR (India) 320mins. Dir: Anurag Kashyap. Key cast: Jaideep Ahlawat, Manoj Bajpayee, Reema Sen, Richa Chaddha, Tigmanshu Dhulia. Tells a story of vengeance between two families that spans more than 60 years. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette
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KILLING THEM SOFTLY (US) 100mins. Dir: Andrew Dominik. Key cast: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini. In Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere
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MADDENED BY HIS ABSENCE (France) 98mins. Dir: Sandrine Bonnaire. Key cast: Alexandra Lamy,
WHITE ELEPHANT (Argentina) 120mins. Dir: Pablo Trapero. Key cast: Ricardo Darin, Jeremie Renier, Martina Gusman. In the vast, poverty- stricken and highly dangerous Buenos Aires slum that is the Villa Virgen, two men — both 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 Salle Bazin
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A RESPECTABLE FAMILY (Iran) 90mins. Dir: Massoud Bakhshi. Key cast: Ahoo Kheradmand, Babak Hamidian, Mehrdad Sedighian. Arash is an Iranian academic newly returned from the West. Drawn into a series of domestic and financial dramas, he is reminded of the hardships of his childhood at the start of the Iran-Iraq War in 1981. Directors Fortnight Arcades 1
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THE PIROGUE (Senegal) 87mins. Memento Films International. Dir: Moussa Toure. Key cast: Babacar Oualy, Balla Diarra, Laity Fall. Baye Laye is the captain of a fishing pirogue. Like many of his Senegalese compatriots, he sometimes dreams of new horizons, where he can earn a better living for his family. When he is offered the chance to lead one of the many pirogues that head towards Europe via the Canary Islands, he reluctantly accepts the job, knowing full-well the
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