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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, 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.


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ERNEST & CELESTINE (France) 80mins. Dir: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stephane Aubier. This is the story of the friendship between


The latter’s boundless altruism changes into domination. Un Certain Regard Riviera 2


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 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 Miramar


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THE ANGELS’ SHARE (UK) 106mins. Dir: Ken Loach. Key cast: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, William Ruane.


Chancer Robbie sneaks into the maternity hospital to visit his young girlfriend Leonie and hold his


Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy


Ernest, a big bear who wants to become an artist, and Celestine, a little mouse who doesn’t want to become a dentist. Directors Fortnight Theatre Croisette


newborn son Luke for the first time. Overwhelmed by the moment, he swears that Luke will not have the same tragic life he has had. Chased out of Glasgow, he strikes out for the Highlands, in pursuit of a job in the whisky industry.


In Competition Star 1


HOLY MOTORS (France) 116mins. Dir: Leos Carax. Key cast: Denis Lavant, Kylie Minogue, Eva Mendes. Drama in which man travels between multiple lives in modern day Paris.


In Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere


KILLING THEM SOFTLY (US) 100mins. Dir: Andrew Dominik. Key cast: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini. When their illegal card game is held up, and the life blood of the criminal economy is on the verge of collapse, the mob calls in enforcer Jackie Cogan to fix the situation. Navigating


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between his indecisive crime bosses and the dim- witted lowlifes behind the heist, Cogan moves to restore order, and protect his interests before the situation spirals out of control.


In Competition Salle du 60eme


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BEYOND THE WALLS (HORS LES MURS) (Canada) 97mins. Dir: David Lambert. Critics’ Week Lerins 1


LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (France) 109mins. Dir: Abbas Kiarostami. Key cast: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryo Kase. Japan, 2011. Akiko, a pretty young student, 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. An extraordinary relationship develops between her and the old man.


In Competition Star 4


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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


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LE GRAND SOIR (France) 90mins. Dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern. Key cast: Benoit Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel, Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Belkacem. Two brothers are complete opposites: one a salesman in a chain store,


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 Riviera 1


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,


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ERNEST & CELESTINE See box, left 15:00


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 Salle du 60eme


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LE CINEMA FRANCAIS SE PORTE BIEN (France) 80mins. Dir: Stephane Arnoux, Jean- Baptiste Germain. Documentary on the French film industry. Acid Arcades 1


JOURNAL DE FRANCE (France) 100mins. Dir: Raymond Depardon. Key cast: Raymond Depardon. Travelling alone, internationally acclaimed photographer and film- maker Raymond Depardon spent six years capturing his home country with a large format camera. Intimate, compelling, revelatory, ‘Journal De France’ offers a unique portrait of a country and its landscapes, an overview of a truly remarkable career and a fascinating resume of the development of the photographic art over the past half century. Out of Competition Star 3


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LE GRAND SOIR See box, below


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CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (France) 90mins. Dir: Agnes Varda. Cleo is a young singer. She is waiting for the result of


the other an ageing punk. But the circumstances of modern life reunite them — by putting them both on the street. The two men put everything on the line to spark off a new revolution in France.


Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin


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