Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

CONCERT, LE (The Concert)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Radu Mihaileanu
written by: Radu Mihaileanu and Alain-Michel Blanc, with the collaboration of Matthew Robbins, based on an original story of Hector Cabello Reyes and Thierry Degrande
produced by: Alain Attal
Director of photography: Laurent Dailland
Editor: Ludovic Troch
Production Designer: Cristian Niculescu
Main Cast:
Alexeï Guskov (Andreï Filipov)
Dmitry Nazarov (Sacha Grossman)
Mélanie Laurent (Anne-Marie Jacquet)
François Berleand (Olivier Morne Duplessis)
Miou Miou [...]

KENJAC (Donkey)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Antonio Nuić
produced by: Boris T. Matić
Director of photography: Mirko Pivčević
Editor: Marin Juranić
Production Designer: Nedjeljko Mikac Cak
Main Cast:
Nebojša Glogovac (Boro)
Nataša Janjić (Jasna)
It is 1995. The summer when the war operation “Storm” will take place. Boro, who is going to be forty in a year and a half, with his wife Jasna and [...]

IO, DON GIOVANNI (I, Don Giovanni)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Carlos Saura
written by: Carlos Saura, Raffaelo Uboldi & Alessandro Vallini
produced by: Andrea Occhipinti, Andres Vicente Gomez & Igor Uboldi
Director of photography: Vittorio Storaro
Editor: Julia Juaniz
Production Designer: Paola Bizzarri & Luis Ramirez
Main Cast:
Lorenzo Balducci (Lorenzo da Ponte)
Lino Guanciale (Mozart)
Emilia Verginelli (Anneta)
Ketevan Kemoklídze (Adriana Ferrarse / Donna Elvira)
Venice, 1763. Writer Lorenzo da Ponte is leading [...]

RÄUBER, DER (The Robber)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Benjamin Heisenberg
written by: Benjamin Heisenberg & Martin Prinz
produced by: Michael Kitzberger, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Wolfgang Widerhofer & Peter Heilrath
Director of photography: Reinhold Vorschneider
Editor: Andrea Wagner & Benjamin Heisenberg
Production Designer: Renate Schmaderer
Main Cast:
Andreas Lust (Johann Rettenberger)
Franziska Weisz (Erika)
Markus Schleinzer (parole officer)
Based on the true story of “Pump-gun Ronnie” which Martin Prinz used as [...]

DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (Of Gods and Men)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Xavier Beauvois
written by: Etienne Comar & Xavier Beauvois
produced by: Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat & Etienne Comar
Director of photography: Caroline Champetier
Editor: Marie-Julie Maille
Production Designer: Michel Barthelemy
Main Cast:
Lambert Wilson (Christian)
Michael Lonsdale (Luc)
Olivier Rabourdin (Christophe)
Philippe Laudenbach (Célestin)
Jacques Herlin (Amédée)
Loïc Pichon (Jean-Pierre)
Xavier Maly (Michel)
Jean-Marie Frin (Paul)
A monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. [...]

SECRETO DE SUS OJOS, EL (The Secret in Their Eyes)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Juan José Campanella
written by: Eduardo Sacheri & Juan José Campanella
produced by: Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella
Director of photography: Félix Monti
Editor: Juan José Campanella
Production Designer: Marcello Pont
Main Cast:
Ricardo Darín (Benjamín Espósito)
Soledad Villamil (Irene Menéndez Hastings)
Pablo Rago (Ricardo Morales
Javier Godino (Isidoro Gómez)
Guillermo Francella (Sandoval)
For 25 years, a murder case has remained indelibly etched [...]

ZAD KADAR (Voice Over)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Svetoslav Ovcharov
written by: Hristo Totev & Svetoslav Ovcharov
produced by: Galina Toneva & Kiril Kirilov
Director of photography: Rali Ralchev
Editor: Svetoslav Ovcharov & Nina Altaparmakova
Production Designer: George Todorov - Jozi, Boryana Semerdjieva & Rositsa Bakeva
Main Cast:
Ivan Barnev (the cameraman)
Kasiel Noah Asher (Diana)
Krasimir Dokov (Angelov)
Gergana Pletnyova (Angelov’s assistant)
The end of the 70s of the XX century. [...]

Как я провел этим летом (How I Ended this Summer)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Alexei Popogrebsky
produced by: Roman Borisevich & Alexandr Kushaev
Director of photography: Pavel Kostomarov
Editor: Ivan Lebedev
Production Designer: Gennady Popov
Main Cast:
Sergei Puskepalis (Sergei Gulybin)
Grigory Dobrygin (Pavel Danilov)
A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on [...]

SUBMARINO

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
written by: Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg
produced by: Morten Kaufmann
Director of photography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Editor: Valdis Oskarsdottir & Andri Stein Gudmundsson
Production Designer: Torben Stig Nielsen
Main Cast:
Jakob Cedergren (Nick)
Peter Plaugborg (Nick’s brother)
Patricia Schimann (Sofie)
Morten Rose (Ivan)
Gustav Fischer Kjærulff (Martin)
Not yet out of elementary school, Nick and his younger brother have already been hardened [...]

NOSTRA VITA, LA (Our Life)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Daniele Luchetti
written by: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli & Daniele Luchetti
produced by: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini & Marco Chimenz
Director of photography: Claudio Collepiccolo
Editor: Mirco Garrone
Production Designer: Giancarlo Basili
Main Cast:
Elio Germano (Claudio)
Raoul Bova (Piero)
Isabella Ragonese (Elena)
Luca Zingaretti (Ari)
Stefania Montorsi (Loredana)
Giorgio Colangeli (Porcari)
Alina Madalina Berzunteanu (Gabriela)
Marius Ignat (Andrei)
Awa Ly (Celeste)
Emiliano Campagnola (Vittorio)
Claudio works on a site [...]

BAL (Honey)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Semih Kaplanoğlu
written by: Semih Kaplanoğlu & Orcun Koksal
produced by: Semih Kaplanoğlu, Johannes Rexin & Bettina Brokemper
Director of photography: Barış Özbiçer
Editor: Ayhan Ergürsel, Semih Kaplanoğlu & S. Hande Guneri
Production Designer: Naz Erayda
Main Cast:
Bora Altaş (Yusuf)
Erdal Beşikçioğlu (Yakup)
Tülin Özen (Zehra)
Yusuf (6) has started primary school and is learning how to read and write. His father, [...]

NOWHERE BOY

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood
written by: Matt Greenhalgh
produced by: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader
Director of photography: Seamus McGarvey
Editor: Lisa Gunning
Production Designer: Alice Normington
Main Cast:
Aaron Johnson (John Lennon)
David Threlfall (Uncle George)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Mimi Smith)
Anne-Marie Duff (Julia Lennon)
Imagine John Lennon’s childhood… Liverpool 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen year-old is hungry for experience. In a family [...]

REWERS (The Reverse)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Borys Lankosz
written by: Andrzej Bart
produced by: Jerzy Kapuscinski & Wojciech Kabarowski
Director of photography: Marcin Koszatka
Editor: Wojciech Anuszczyk
Production Designer: Magdalena Dipont & Robert Czesak
Main Cast:
Agata Buzek (Sabina)
Krystyna Janda (mother)
Anna Polony (grandma)
Marcin Dorocinski (Bronisław)
Adam Woronowicz (Mr Józef)
The plot takes places on two temporal plains: the early 1950s and the present. The main character is Sabina, [...]

3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE (3 Seasons in Hell)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Tomas Masin
produced by: Monika Kristl
Director of photography: Karl Oskarsson
Editor: Petr Turyna
Production Designer: Martin Kurel
Main cast:
Krystof Hadek (Ivan Heinz)
Karolina Gruszka (Jana)
Martina Huba (Ivan’s father)
Jan Kraus (Viktor Lukas)
Prague 1947 - a time of sensuality, extravagance, wit and great expectations.
Ivan Heinz, a good-looking dandy with a provocative sense of humour has just turned 19. [...]

NA PUTU (On the Path)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Jasmila Žbanić
produced by: Damir Ibrahimović, Bruno Wagner, Barbara Albert, Karl Baumgartner, Raimond Goebel, Leon Lučev
Director of photography: Christine A. Maier
Editor: Niki Mossböck
Production Designer: Lada Maglajlic & Amir Vuk
Main Cast:
Zrinka Cvitešić (Luna)
Leon Lučev (Amar)
Ermin Bravo (Bahrija)
Mirjana Karanović (Nada)
Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten [...]

SLOVENKA (Slovenian Girl)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Damjan Kozole
written by: Ognjen Sviličić, Matevž Luzar & Damjan Kozole
produced by: Danijel Hočevar
Director of photography: Aleš Belak
Editor: Andrija Zafranović & Jurij Moškon
Production Designer: Maja Moravec
Main Cast:
Nina Ivanišin (Aleksandra)
Peter Musevski (Edo)
Primož Pirnat (Zdravko)
After spending her adolescence in small-town Slovenia, at twenty-three English student Alexandra is grateful for the anonymity of Ljubljana and knows just [...]

MAMMA GÓGÓ

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
produced by: Gudrun Edda Thorhannesdottir & Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Director of photography: Ari Kristinsson
Editor: Anders Refn, Sigvaldi J. Karason & Tomas Potocny
Production Designer: Arni Pall Johannsson
Main Cast:
Kristbjörg Kjeld (Mamma Gógó, young and older)
Hilmir Snaer Gudnason (the director)
Gunnar Eyjolfsson (husband/father, young and older)
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir (the wife)
Olafia Hrönn Jonsdottir (sister 19)
Inga María [...]

SEBBE

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Babak Najafi
produced by: Mimmi Spång & Rebecka Lafrenz
Director of photography: Simon Pramsten
Editor: Andreas Nilsson
Production Designer: Gilles Balabaud
Main Cast:
Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs (Sebbe)
Eva Melander (Eva)
Kenny Wåhlbrink (Kenny)
Margret Andersson (the teacher)
Åsa Bodin Karlsson (Kenny’s mother)
Duct tape, electrical cables, explosives, detonator.
Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened.
Sebbe is fifteen and lives [...]

FREMDE, DIE (When We Leave)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Feo Aladag
produced by: Feo Aladag & Züli Aladag
Director of photography: Judith Kaufmann
Editor: Andrea Mertens
Production Designer: Silke Buhr
Main Cast:
Sibel Kekilli (Umay)
Settar Tanriögen (Kader)
Derya Alabora (Halime)
Nizam Schiller (Cem)
Tamer Yigit (Mehmet)
Florian Lukas (Stipe)
Alwara Höfels (Atife)
Almila Bagriacik (Rana)
Serhad Can (Acar)
Nursel Köse (Gül)

What would you sacrifice for your family’s love? Your values? Your freedom?
Your independence? German-born [...]

TOURNEE (On Tour)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Mathieu Amalric
written by: Mathieu Amalric, Philippe Di Folco & Marcelo Novais-Teles
produced by: Yael Fogiel
Director of photography: Christophe Beaucarne
Editor: Annette Dutertre
Production Designer: Stéphane Taillasson
Main Cast:
Mathieu Amalric (Joaquim Zand)
Alexander Craven (Roky Roulette)
Miranda Colclasure (Mimi Le Meaux)
Suzanne Ramsey (Kitten on the Keys)
Julie Ann Muz (Julie Atlas Muz)
Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind [...]