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MK2 @ EFM 2015
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EFM
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Martin Gropius Bau
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Ground floor
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Booth n° 30
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by Élodie NAMER
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Cast: Michelangelo Passaniti, Lou de Laâge, Magne-Håvard Brekke
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Comedy / Drama – 83 min – France – 2015 – French
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At an international chess tournament in Budapest, 22-year-old French mastermind Cal Fournier starts to lose control when challenged by an unknown prodigy half his age.
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DOP Julien Poupard (Party Girl, Caméra d’Or Cannes 2014)
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MARKET SCREENING
Saturday, Feb 7th, 10:40 am – Arsenal 1
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by Walter SALLES
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Cast: Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Yu Lik-wai
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Documentary – 105 min – Brazil – 2015 – Mandarin
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Walter Salles follows Jia Zhangke in China to the sets of his films, drawing a touching portrait of one of today's greatest directors.
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OFFICIAL SCREENINGS
Monday, Feb 9th, 5:00 pm – Kino Intl – Premiere
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2:30 pm – CineStar 7
Thursday, Feb 12th, 7:30 pm – Zoo Palast 2
Sunday, Feb 15th, 8:00 pm – CineStar 7
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by Paolo and Vittorio TAVIANI
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Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Kim Rossi Stuart, Riccardo Scamarcio, Paola Cortellesi, Kasia Smutniak, Lello Arena
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Historical Drama – Italy – 2015 – Italian
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Florence, Italy, 1348. As the plague ravages the city dwellers of Tuscany, a group of young men and women takes shelter in a remote villa in the surrounding hills of Florence. Now living as a community, they decide to tell each other a story a day to take their minds off their precarious situation…
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by Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
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Cast: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano
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Romance / Drama – Japan / France – 2015 – Japanese
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Mizuki’s husband (Yusuke) drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
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by Robert GUÉDIGUIAN
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Cast: Syrus Shahidi, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ariane Ascaride, Simon Abkarian
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Historical / Drama – France – 2015 – French
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Paris, 1981. Aram, a young man of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish Ambassador’s car seriously injuring Gilles, who just happens to have been passing on his bicycle.
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Original score by Alexandre Desplat
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by Naomi KAWASE
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Cast: Kirin Kiki, Toshiyuki Nagase
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Drama – Japan / France / Germany – 2015 – Japanese
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Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands…
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by Stéphane BRIZÉ
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Cast: Vincent Lindon, Karine Petit de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller
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Drama – France – 2015 – French
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Thierry starts a new job as a security guard in a supermarket. He soon finds himself faced with a moral dilemma when he is asked to spy on his colleagues.
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by Carlos SAURA
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With the participation of: Soledad Pastorutti, Chaqueño Palavecino, Dino Saluzzi, and many more…
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Live performance – Argentina / Spain / France – 2015 – Spanish
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Both poetic and moving, this live performance choreographed by Carlos Saura calls on the entire history of a country set to the tune of guitars and accordions.
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by Raphaël NADJARI
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Cast: Géraldine Pailhas, Luc Picard, Éléonore Lagacé, Natalie Choquette
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Drama – France / Canada – 2015 – French / Hebrew
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Hannah is a passionate and determined classical singer who conducts a choir in Montreal with her husband Daniel. One day a young, gifted and fragile woman named Abigail comes knocking at their door.
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From the director of Tehilim (Cannes 2007 in Competition) and I am Josh Polonski's Brother (Berlin 2001)
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by Jia ZHANGKE
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Cast: Zhao Tao
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Drama – China / Japan / France – 2015 – Mandarin
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China, 1999. In Fenyang, childhood friends Liangzi, a coal miner, and Zhang, the owner of a gas station, are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually marries the wealthier Zhang and they have a son he names Dollar.
2014. Tao is divorced and her son emigrates to Australia with his business magnate father. Australia, 2025. 19-year-old Dollar no longer speaks Chinese and can barely communicate with his now bankrupt father. All that he remembers of his mother is her name...
From China to Australia, the lives, loves, hopes and disillusions of three individuals in a society changing at breakneck speed.
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by Dominique ABEL, Fiona GORDON
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Cast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
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Comedy – Belgium – 2015 – French
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Fiona, a small town Canadian librarian, receives a letter od distress from her 93-year-old Aunt Martha living in Paris. Fiona hops on the first plane only to discover that Martha has disappeared.
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Cast: Amira Akili, Sébastien Hirel, Damien Chapelle, George Babluani
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Dramatic Tale – 102 min – France – 2014 – French
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When Europe skips class to climb aboard an eight wheel truck with a magnetic young man named Jupiter, little does she know of the journey of initiation that lies ahead of her.
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After Love Songs, Making Plans for Lena and Beloved, Christophe Honoré returns with a sensuous and witty modern day adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
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Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz
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Drama – 123 min – France / Germany / Switzerland – 2014 – English
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At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But this time a young Hollywood starlet is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself facing an unsettling reflection of herself.
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Cast: Nijiro Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Tetta Sugimoto, Miyuki Matsuda, Fujio Tokita
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Drama – 119 min – Japan / France – 2014 – Japanese
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On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 14-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea…
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From the award–winning director of The Mourning Forest (Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2007) and Suzaku (Camera d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 1997).
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by Dziga VERTOV
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Documentary – 66 min – B&W – Russia – 1929 – Silent with music – 2K
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A cameraman travels around Odessa with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD IN HD AVAILABLE FOR ASIAN TERRITORIES
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Over 700 titles, including new HD restorations for some of the greatest classics of all time:
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CITIZEN KANE (1941) & THE MAGNIFICIENT AMBERSONS (1942) by Orson Welles
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KING KONG (1933) by Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack
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SUSPICION (1941) by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine
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9 films starring Hollywood’s most famous dancing duo Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire: GAY DIVORCEE (1934), TOP HAT (1935), SWING TIME (1936), SHALL WE DANCE (1937)…
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7 films by John FORD such as FORT APACHE (1948) with John Wayne and Henry Fonda and THE INFORMER (1935).
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by Robert ALTMAN
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Drama – 118 min – Color – USA – 1996 – English – HD
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Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Harry Belafonte. Robert Altman’s 90th anniversary!
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BE MY WIFE (1921)
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SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK (1921)
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THREE MUST GET THERE’S (1922)
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THE SCAR (1976) – 2K
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CAMERA BUFF (1979) – 2K
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BLIND CHANCE (1981) director’s cut – 2K
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NO END (1984) – 2K
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A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (1988) – 2K
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A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE (1988) – 2K
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THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (1991) – HD
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THREE COLORS – BLUE (1993) – HD
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THREE COLORS – WHITE (1993) – HD
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THREE COLORS – RED (1994) – HD
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by Alain RESNAIS
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Drama – 105 min – Color – France – 1986 – French – 2K
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2 César awards for Best Actress (Sabine Azéma) and Best Supporting Actor (Pierre Arditi).
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by Lewis ALLEN
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Thriller / Drama – 75 min – B&W – USA – 1954 – English – HD
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Starring Frank Sinatra – Celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th anniversary this year!
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