Films
La BohèmeDirector: Robert Dornhelm Cast Summary: Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, George Von Bergen, Nicole Cabell Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera in a big budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, starring the opera world's dream team, soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazon. The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra plays under Bertrand de Billy. |
Land of PlentyDirector: Wim Wenders Cast Summary: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub Angered by the American government's response to the events of 11 September 2001, LAND OF PLENTY is one of WIM WENDERS' most impassioned films. |
Leap YearDirector: Michael Rowe Cast Summary: Monica Del Carmen, Gustavo Sanchez Parra, Marco Zapata Official Selection at the 2010 London Film Festival and Winner of the prestigious Camera D’Or prize for Best First Feature at the 2010 Cannes International Film Festival, LEAP YEAR from Mexico, is the shocking debut feature film of Australian director Michael Rowe, a character study on loneliness, featuring an extraordinary leading performance by Monica Del Carmen (‘Babel’), supported by Gustavo Sánchez Parra (‘Man on Fire’). |
LiberoDirector: Kim Rossi Stuart Cast Summary: Alessandro Morace, Marta Nobili, Kim Rossi Stuart, Barbora Bobulova Italian actor KIM ROSSI STUART (Romanzo Criminale, The Keys to the House) makes his impressive directorial debut with this moving and richly rewarding coming-of-age drama that he co-wrote with LINDA FERRI (The Son's Room). Featuring a stand-out debut performance from the young ALESSANDRO MORACE as Tommi, and from Rossi Stuart himself as the raging single father, LIBERO rightly won the Directors' Fortnight prize at the Cannes Film Festival and has been hailed as a modern update on the masters of the French and Italian neo-realist tradition. |
Life and DebtDirector: Stephanie Black Cast Summary: Former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley, Former Deputy Director of the IMF Stanley Fischer, President of Haiti Jean-Bertrand Aristide LIFE AND DEBT is a powerful documentary portraying the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devastating consequences of globalisation. |
Lion's DenDirector: Pablo Trapero Cast Summary: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro One of the most acclaimed films at the Cannes Film Festival, LION'S DEN is the fifth feature by Argentine filmmaker Pablo Trapero (FAMILIA RODANTE, EL BONAERENSE). |
Lisbon StoryDirector: Wim Wenders Cast Summary: Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Teresa Salgueiro, Madredeus, Manoel de Oliveira Internationally acclaimed director Wim Wenders (PARIS, TEXAS, WINGS OF DESIRE) presents an affectionate portrait of Portugal’s capital city in this engaging and beguiling drama. |
Louise-MichelDirector: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern Cast Summary: Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners Cult directors Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern follow-up 2004's AALTRA with LOUISE-MICHEL, a wonderfully unpredictable, left-of-center comedy, in which the recently-fired female employees at a children's clothing factory pool their funds to put a hit on their callous boss. |
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