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Daily:
Day 8 - 16 February
Competition
The
Legends of Rita
by Volker Schlondorff
Inspired
by the arrests of West German terrorists in the GDR
shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Volker Schlöndorff
and screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase tell the (invented)
story of West German terrorist Rita (Bibiana Beglau),
who goes underground in the GDR.
Also
in competition: Love
Me
Since
To Have (Or Have Not) in the 1996 Forum,
Laetitia Masson has managed to tackle a new challenge
with every film and still remain true to herself. Love
Me, the last installment of a trilogy about work
and love, is another brave change of direction. Masson
has created a fascinating puzzle, which dances between
time and reality levels and follows a dreamlike logic.
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Branagh
Brouhaha
"I've
considered many ways of doing Shakespeare," Kenneth Branagh
acknowledged in response to one bizarre question during yesterday's
Love's Labour's Lost press conference. "The
glam rock side of his work I haven't currently explored."
Press
conference
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Streaming
video
For Love's Labour's Lost, the press focused on Kenneth
Branagh and Alicia Silverstone.
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Streaming
video
Branagh was extremely sociable as he and his film's
cast made their entrance for the official screening.
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Competition
Love
Me (France) Dir: Laetitia Masson. Cast: Sandrine
Kiberlain, Johnny Hallyday, Salomé Stévenin,
Jean-François Stévenin. A young woman
without god, master, family or country, chooses her
own idol to help her through everyday life. French,
English subtitles. 107 mins. Contact: Flach Pyramide
International.+ short Hommage A Alfred Lepeti.
9
mins.
Die
Stille nach dem Schuss (Rita's Legends)
(Germany) Dir: Volker Schlöndorff. Cast: Bibiana
Beglan, Harald Schrott, Thomas Arnold. Rita leaves her
life in the country to move to the city, where she embraces
terrorism before going underground. German, English
subtitles. 104 mins. Contact: Bavaria Film International.
+ short Die Letzte Patrone. 6 mins.
El
Mar (The Sea) (Catalan) Dir: Augustí
Villaronga. Cast: Roger Casamajor, Bruno Bergonzini,
Angela Molina. Two boys witness an execution, after
which the son of one of the dead men vows revenge
on the son of his father's killer. 107 mins.
Retrospective
L'Uomo
Meccanico (1920) Dir: Andre Deed. Cast: Valentina
Frascaroli, Andre Deed. Introduction: Nicola Mazzanti.
Piano: Karl Henn. 45 mins. + shorts 16 min
The
Avengers/The Cybernauts/The Return Of The Cybernauts/The
Last Of The Cybernauts Shorts.
45 mins
Fisimatenten
Dir: Jochen Kuhn. Edward doesn't only doubt the
validity of bringing anything to a conclusion,
he even questions his own raison d'etre as an
artist. He changes his hair, his clothes his profession
and his lover to give up the freedom of
art for the delights of a well-ordered lifestyle.
English subtitles. 97 mins.
Westworld
(US) (1972) Dir: Michael Crichton. Cast: Yul Brynner,
Richard Benjamin, James Brolin. In a high-tech holiday
resort, a western gunslinger robot goes berserk. 90
mins. +
short The Birth Of The Robot. 7 mins.
Demon
Seed (US) (1976) Dir: Donald Cammell. Cast:
Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver. A scientist invents
a perfect computer. It locks up his wife, rapes her
and incubates a child. 95 mins.
Deadly
Friend (US) (1986) Dir: Wes Craven. Cast:
Mathew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett.
A dead girl has robot chips implanted in her brain
with disastrous results. 92 mins.
L'Adolescente
(France/Federal
Republic of Germany) 1978. Dir: Jeanne Moreau. With:
Laetitia Chauveau, Edith Clever. 90
mins. and
Lilian
Gish (France) 1983/84. Dir: Jeanne Moreau.
English. 56 mins.
Homage:
Robert De Niro
New
York, New York (US) (1977) Dir: Martin
Scorsese. Cast: Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli,
Lionel Stander. In the late forties, a single-minded
saxophonist fails to do right by his girlfriend,
who becomes a Hollywood star. 164 mins.
The
King Of Comedy (US) (1982) Dir: Martin
Scorsese. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Robert De Niro, Sandra
Bernhard. 109 mins.
The
Deer Hunter (1978) Dir: Michael Cimino.
Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage.
A trio of Pennsylvanian steelworkers are sent
to Vietnam. An examination of the lives of those
who served in the war and the devastating toll
it took even on those who survived. 183 mins.
Panorama
Pramen
Zivota (Spring Of Life) (Czech
Republic) Dir: Milan Cieslar. Cast: Monika
Hilmerová, Michal Sieczkowski, Vilma
Cibulková, Karel Dobry. A young Czech
girl arrives at the Isolde sanatorium, unaware
that she and many others are a vital part
of the Nazi eugenics programme. 107 mins.
Contact: Filmexport Prague
Pantaleon
Y Las Visitadoras (Captain Pantoja
And The Special Service) (Peru) Dir: Francisco
J Lombardi. Cast: Salvador Del Solar, Angie
Cepeda, Monica Sanchez, Pilar Bardem. Pantaleon,
a captain in the Peruvian army, is a happily-married
man who is ordered to organise the 'visitor
service', a special brigade of prostitutes to
service the sexual needs of soldiers assigned
to the Amazon jungle. Spanish, English subtitles.
137 mins.
Nationale
7 (France) Dir: Jean-Pierre Sinapi.
Cast: Nadia Kaci, Olivier Gourmet, Lionel
Abelanski. English subtitles. 90 mins. + short
Roces 9 mins.
Tempting
Heart Dir: Sylvia Chang. Cast: Takeshi
Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Karen Mok. A young couple
are separated after pressure from the girl's
mother. An attempt to rekindle their love years
later finds him in Japan, married to her best
friend. English subtitles. 114 mins.
Jungfrauenmaschine
(Virgin
Machine) (Federal Republic Of Germany)
(1988)
Dir: Monika Treut. A frank depiction of lesbian
sexuality. English subtitles.
84
mins.
Mr
Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A Leuchter,
Jr Dir: Errol Morris. A documentary
about America's number one execution specialist,
who prepared a report claiming to prove that
no one was put to death by posion gas in Auschwitz.
91 mins.
Zurück
auf Los (Back To Start) (Germany)
Dir: Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss. English subtitles.
92 mins.
Chutney
Popcorn Dir: Nisha Ganatra. This comedy
cheerfully confounds Indian tradition and
American mores. English. 92 mins. + short
Hartes Brot. Dir: Natalie Percillie. 7 mins.
Kinyufusyokuretto
Juhaku (Spellbound) (Japan) Dir:
Masaro Hamada. The 1997 bank scandal in Japan
is the basis for this action thriller. English
subtitles. 114 mins. 1
Fandango
(Germany) Dir: Mattias Glasner. Cast: Nicolette
Krebitz, Moritz Bleibtreu, Richy Müller.
English subtitles. 103 mins. +
short G. 5 mins.
Saltwater
(Germany) Dir: Conor McPherson. Cast: Peter
McDonald, Brian Cox, Conor Mullen. 94 mins. + short
English Goodbye. 12 mins.
Hanele
(Czech Republic) Dir: Karel Kachyna. Cast: Lada
Jelinkova, Mirloslav Noga, Jiri Ornest. Hanele,
from a Hassidic village, falls in love with a 'city
boy' and a conflict ensues between Jewish people
of different religious factions. English subtitles.
85 mins. +
short Lejania. 8 mins.
The
Promised Land (Russia) Dir: Aleksandr Rechwiaschwili.
Pieced together from archive footage, the story of
East European Jews who long to return to Palestine.
52 mins. +
short Lux Aeterna. 10 mins.
Kennedy
Et Moi (Kennedy And Me) (France)
Dir: Sam Karmann. Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Nicole
Garcia, Sam Karmann. Depicts the dynamics of a family
in which the father is undergoing a mid-life crisis.
Eng. subtitles. 86 mins. +
short 2 Divided by 3. 7 mins.0
Chill
Out (German) Dir: Andreas Struck. Cast:
Sebastian Bloberg, Tatjana Blacher, Barnaby Metschurat.
A twenty-something love triangle in Berlin 's
hip district of Prenzlauer Berg. Eng. subtitles.
90 mins. +
short Puta De Oros. 14 mins.
Night
Waltz The Music Of Paul Bowles
(US)
Dir: Owsley Brown. With: Paul Bowles, Philip Ramey.
Author and literary cult figure Bowles reveals
a lesser-known side of his artistic spirit. English.
80 mins. +
short Sparklehorse. 5 mins
Fremdgehen
(Stepping Out) (German) Dir: Eva Heldmann.
Eng. subtitles. Centres on a female protagonist
who wanders the long corridors of a military barracks
in search of sex and pleasure. 64
mins +
short Subterranean (Homesick Blues)
10 mins.
Forum
20
Venti (Italy) Dir: Marco Pozzi. Cast:
Cecilia Dazzi, Anita Caprioli. Two very different
women meet during an enforced stopover. A packet
of cigarettes carries the story along the
camera only records from the moment a cigarette
is taken out until it is extinguished. English subtitles.
90 mins.
Gespräch
im Gebirg Dir: Matthias Caduff. 60 mins.
Monday
(Japan) (1999) Dir: Sabu. Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi,
Yasuko Matsuyuki. A man wakes up in a hotel room
and can't remember how he got there. A packet of
purification salt falls out of his pocket
the salt you use after wakes and funerals to get
rid of evil spirits. English subtitles. 100 mins.
Making
Sundried Red Pepper (Korea) (1999) Dir:
Hee-Sun Jang. On the rooftop of an apartment, a
grandmother and granddaughter spread out red peppers
to dry in the sun. This ritualistic event gives
them a rare chance to talk. English subtitles. 60
mins.
De
Grote Vakantie (Netherlands) Dir: Johan
Van Der Keuken. When Van Der Keuken heard that he
only had a few years to live, he and his wife decided
to spend the rest of their time on a film, as a
chronicle of their own view of the world. English
subtitles. 150 mins.
Truths:
A Stream (Japan) Dir: Masahiro Tsuchihashi.
Cast: Yoko Tamashita, Hiroaki Umano. Kyoko receives
a surprise visit from her ex-boyfriend, who has
come to commit suicide. 182 mins.
Ein
Flüchtiger Zug Nach Dem Orient (Austria)
(1999) Dir: Ruth Beckermann. In the late 1800s the
legendary Austrian empress Elisabeth travelled to
Egypt. Documentary fim-maker Beckmann follows the
itinerary of her trips to explore today's Orient.
English version. 82 mins.
WerAngstWolf
(WhoAfraidWolf) (Switzerland) Dir:
Clemens Klopfenstein. Cast: Bruno Ganz, Tina Engel.
A group of actors and actresses lose their bearings
in the open landscape of Rome. In the snow they
wait, rehearse and improvise. 82 mins.
Zone
M (Germany) Dir: Eduard Schreiber. A region
east of Moscow is known for strange phenenomena.
Some say aliens have landed there, others consider
this ridiculous but everyone in the village
talks about it, even the children. 100 mins
Leçons
De Ténèbres (France) Dir:
Vincent Dieutre. A homosexual man goes on a
nightly search for lost beauty. 77 mins.
The
Litter On The Breeze First Love
(Hong Kong) Dir: Eric Kot. Cast: Wai Wai. English
subtitles. 93 mins.
Guo
Hai Suidao (Cross Harbour Tunnel)
(Hong Kong) Dir: Lawrence Wong. Cast: Martin Kam,
Anthony Teoh. Eng. subtitles. 93 mins.
Heimkehr
der Jäger (Austria) Dir: Michael Kreihsl.
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Julia Filimonow. Franz copies
master paintings. He is unbalanced by small events
and, being a thin-skinned individual, is prone to
knee-jerk behaviour. 90 mins.
Wüste
(Germany) Dir: Ebbo Demant. A journey across three
continents in search of the spiritual power of deserts
in such places as Egypt, Jordan and the US.
Shiro
(The White) (Japan) (1999) Dir: Katsuyuki
Hirano. A man and his bicycle are ready to take
an adventure 2, 328 kilometres long.118 mins
Kumar
Talkies (India) Dir: Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Offers a cinéma vérité portrait
of the townspeople's relationship to its only picture
show and an examination of the consciousness-shaping
role of local cinema in a globalised and digitised
world. English subtitles. 76 mins.
Pelon
Maanitiede (Geography Of Fear) (Finland)
Dir: Auli Mantila. Cast: Tanjalotta Raikka, Pertti
Szeholm. Tum accidently kills two thugs. 95 mins.
Kinpatsu
No Sogen (Across A Gold Prairie)
(Japan) (1999) Dir: Isshin Inudo. Cast: Yusuke Iseya,
Chizuru Ikewaki. An 80-year-old man has spent years
confined to his house due to a heart condition.
One morning he wakes up believing to himself to
be 20 again. 96 mins.
Ein
Mensch wie Dieter Golzower (German)
Dir: Barbara and Winfried Junge. The life story
of Dieter, who joins the army and dreams of sailing
the seven seas.122 mins.
New
German Films
St.
Pauli Nacht Dir: Sönke Wortmann.
English subtitles. 93 mins.
Blumen
Lieben oben (Flowers Love On
Top) (German) Dir: Erwin Michelberger/Oleg
Tcherny. On Easter Monday 1979, 16-year-old
Ingrid disappeared from a small town in
Upper Swaia. Six years later her skeleton
was found in an attic in Berlin. 83 mins.
Oi!
(Warning) Dir: Dominik/Benjamin Reding.
Janosh is expelled from school and leaves
his life behind to go to his mate Koma,
in Dortmund, a kick-boxer and skinhead.
Before long Janosh has shaved his head,
found a new girlfriend and got a tattoo
just like Koma. English subtitles.
90 mins.
Fisimatenten
Dir: Jochen Kuhn. Edward doesn't only doubt
the validity of bringing anything to a conclusion,
he even questions his own raison d'etre
as an artist. He changes his hair, his clothes
his profession and his lover to give
up the freedom of art for the delights of
a well-ordered lifestyle. English subtitles.
Der
Einstein Des Sex Leben Und Werk Des
Doktor Magnus Hirschfeld (The
Einstein Of Sex The Life And Work
Of Doctor Magnus Hirschfeld) Dir: Rosa
von Praunheim. English subtitles. 100 mins.
Kinderfest0.
Dokhtari
Ba Kafsh-Haye-Katani (The Girls In The
Sneakers) Dir: Rassul Sadr Ameli. A 15-year-old
girl torn by intense emotions. After her mother
deeply hurts her and she discovers her boyfriend
doesn't share her feelings, she leaves home. English
subtitles. 110 mins.
Tsatsiki
(Sweden) Dir: Ella Lemhagen. Cast: Samuel Haus,
Alexandra Rapaport, George Nakas. Tsatsiki dreams
about going to Greece to meet his father.
90
mins.
Tri
Brata (Three Brothers) (Kazakhstan/
Japan) Dir: Serik Aprymov. Three
boys live in a village surrounded by scrapped
locomotives by a military installation. Their
boredom is alleviated only by an old man who tells
of beautiful girls and picturesque landscapes.
English
subtitles. 119 mins. +
short Pugalo.
15 mins.
Mr
Rice's Secret Dir: Nicholas Kendall. A cancer-stricken
boy overcomes his fears and makes a miraculous discovery
which resurrects his will to live. 92 mins.
Pettson
& Findus Katten och Gubbens Ar
(Petterson & Findus)
Dir: Albert Hanan Kaminski. An animated film recreates
the world of an old man and his inquisitive cat.
74 mins
Sherdil
(Sweden) Dir: Gita Mallik. A
fairy-tale adventure about a teenage girl who loves
horses and her fight for justice.
Eng.
subtitles. 97 mins.
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