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Daily:
Day 4 - 12 February
Competition
The
Beach
by Danny Boyle
The
search for such an ideal place drives a disconnected young
drifter in The Beach. Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio)
meets other rootless adventurers in a Bangkok hotel. One
stranger talks of a secret island and leaves a map of its
probable location. Richard talks a French couple into joining
him. Risking life and limb, they eventually reach their
paradise and discover a secret community of like-minded
settlers.
Also in competition today is The
Captain's Daughter, which Proshkin adapted from
Aleksandr Puschkin's 1836 epic
novel of the same name. Out of competition: Julien Temple's
abrasive new documentary about the Sex Pistols, The
Filth And The Fury.
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Jeanne
Moreau pays tribute to Roger Vadim
In
Berlin to receive her Golden Bear Lifetime Achievement Award,
Jeanne Moreau paid tribute to director Roger Vadim, who died
yesterday aged 72. "This award goes beyond me to the people
I worked with," she said. Moreau played Madame De Marteuil
opposite Gerard Philipe's Valmont in Vadim's acclaimed 1959
film of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Press
conference
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Competition
Russkij
Bunt (Russia)
Dir: Aleksandr Proschkin. Cast: Wladimir Maschlkov. Mateusz
Damiecki, Karolina Gruzka. Based on Aleksandr Pushkin's
1836 novel, The Captain's Daughter. The paths of sergeant
Petr Grinev and peasant rebel Yemelya Pugacev fatefully
cross. 30 mins.
The
Beach Dir:
Danny Boyle. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie
Ledoyen. Three young American adventurers learn about
a secret island, unspoiled by tourists, but the travellers
soon find that the island is even harder to escape than
it is to reach.119 mins. +
short GBSSS. Dir: Felix Gönnert. 3
mins.
The
Filth And The Fury Dir: Julien Temple. Cast: Johnny
Rotten, Paul Cook, Steve Jones. With vintage footage and
new interviews with the Sex Pistols, this documentary brings
back to life the turbulent days of the late 1970s. 105 mins.
Out of
Competition
Der
Herr Der Welt (German)
Dir: Harry Piel. Cast: Walter Janssen, Sybille Schmitz,
Walter Franck. (1934). Professor Wolf believes his new
breed of robots will save mankind from manual labour.
110 mins.
+ short The Mechanical Man (UK) (1905).
2 mins.
Le
Joueur D'Échecs (France)1938.
Dir: Jean Dréville. Cast: Françoise Rosay,
Conrad Veidt, Bernard Lancret, Micheline Francey and Paul
Cambo. 90 mins.
Saturn
3 (UK) Dir: Stanley Donen. Cast: Kirk Douglas,
Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel. (1980). A maniac builds
a robot on a remote space station and they both go berserk.
95 mins.
Until
The End Of The World (Germany/France/Australia)
Dir: Wim Wenders. Cast: Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt,
Jeanne Moreau. (1991). A woman is involved in a car crash
with bank robbers. 315 mins.
Panorama18.
Drole
De Felix (Funny
Felix) (France)
Dir: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau. Cast: Sami
Bouajila, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Adriane Ascaride. A young
Arab hitchhiking through France in search of his father,
chances apon a group of people whom he comes to value
even more than his blood relatives. Eng. subtitles.
97 mins. 00
Nicht
Der Homosexuelle Ist Pervers, Sondern Die Situation
In Der Er Lebt
(Federal Republic Of Germany) Dir: Rosa V Prauheim.
(1971). 80 mins. +
short Boys/Life (US) Dir: Phillip Roth.
(1989). 10 mins.
Tempting
Heart
(Cantonese/Mandarin) Dir: Sylvia Chang. A young
couple are separated after pressure from the girl's
mother. An attempt to rekindle their love, years later,
finds him in Japan and married to her best friend.
Eng. subtitles.114 mins.
The
Life Before This (German)
Dir: Jerry Ciccoritti. Cast: Stephen Rea, Sarah Polley,
Catherine O'Hara. An ordinary day becomes a nightmare
in this fast-paced, complex and detailed film. 91
mins. +
short Routemaster Dir: Ilppo Pohjola. 16 mins.
Rifleman
Of The Voroshilov Regiment (Russia) Dir:
Stanislav Govoruchin. Cast: Michail Ul' janovv,
Anna sinjakina, Vladimir Semago. Eng. subtitles.100
mins.
+ short Pis'
Mo V Ameriku Dir: Kira Muratova. 21 mins.
Voiz
(Orator) (Uzbekistan)
Dir: Jusuf Razykov. Cast: Bachodyr Adylov, Lola
Altoeva, Javochir Zakirov.
A witty and poetic
story about an Uzbek who can't give up his three-woman
harem.
83 mins.
Botin
De Guerra (Spoils Of War) (Spain).
Dir: David Blaustein. The Plaza de Mayo mothers
touched the world with their pleas for information
on those 'disappeared' during the post-Peron era.
116 mins.
Back
Home To The Reich With Bubi (German/Polish)
Dir: Stainslaw Mucha. Germany's oldest noble
family deals with the Nazi in their midst by
looking the other way. Eng. subtitles. 79 mins.
+
short Echo Dir: Frederic Roullier-Gall.
13
mins.
Grass
Dir: Ron Mann. Examines how deeply rooted marijuana
is in our culture. 79 mins +
short Psycho Path 30 mins.
Myrkrahöfdinginn
(Witchcraft) (Iceland)
Dir: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. Cast: Hilmir Snaer Gudnason,
Sara Dögg Asgeirsdottir, Alexandra Rapaport.
A 17th-century pastor tries to battle the forces
of Satan in a remote parish. Eng. subtitles. 114
mins.
Heimspiel
(Home
Game ) Dir:
Pepe Daquart. Depicts Berlin sensibilities 10 years
after the fall of the Wall. Eng. subtitles. 95 mins.
Extension
Du Domaine De La Lutte (Whatever)
(France)
Dir: Philippe Harel. Cast: Philippe Harel and
José Garcia. A radical and frank look at
the male predicament and the dangers of frustration.
118 mins.
Hotel
Splendide
Dir: Terence Gross. Cast: Toni Collette, Daniel
Craig, Katrin Cartlidge, Stephen Tompkinson. An
imposing hotel located on a dreamlike (or perhaps
nightmarish) North Sea island houses a matriarch
who casts her spell on all.
No
One Sleeps (English).
Dir: Jochen Hick. Cast: Tom Wlashchiha, Irit Levi
and Jim Thalmann. A medical student follows the
lead of his father, a high-ranking Aids researcher
in the GDR.
108 mins.
Forum
Nabbie
No Koi
(Nabbie's Love) (Japan)
Dir: Yuji Nakae. Cast: Naomi Nishida, Tomi Taira.
A humourous and sometimes eerie tale from the island
of Okinawa with strong folklore and musical elements.
Eng. subtitles. 92 mins.
Jiang
Hu: Life On The Road (China)
Dir: Wu Wenguang. A documentary about
a group of country dwellers who lead a sparse existence.
Eng. subtitles. 149 mins.
Tuvalu
(German)
Dir: Veit Helmer. Cast: Denis Lavant, Chulpan Hamatova.
From the award-winning maker of short films, a bizarre
poetic fairy tale about passionate love. 92 mins.
Lacapagira
(The Head Is Spinning) (Italy)
Dir: Alessandro Piva. Set among the petty gangsters
in the port town of Bari. 75 mins.
I
Earini Synaxis Ton Agrofylkon (Greenland)
Dir: Dimos Avdeliodis. Cast: Angelkiki Mallanti.
This deliciously Kafka-esque satire of local politics
offers offbeat details and an underlying metaphor.
178
mins.
Homesick
(Japan)
Dir: Mito Hineki. Cast: Okumura Kiminobu. Set in
late autumn in Hokkaido, illustrating people's homesickness
with black humour. 60 mins.
+
Rendez-Vous (Japan) Dir: Yamamoto
Kosuke. Cast: Murakami Jun. 55 mins
Strastnoj
Bulwar (Passion
Boulevard) (Russia)
Dir: Vladimir Chotinenko. Cast: Sergej Koltakow,
Nina Usatowa. A successful actor disguises himself
as Pushkin
and visits
a succession of girlfriends and aquaintances who
talk about their failures.108 mins.
Seitsemän
Laulua Tundralta
(Finland)
Dir: Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui.
The result of some long-term cinematic exploration of
the lifestyle of North Siberian Eskimos. 85 mins.
The
Making Of A New Empire (Netherlands)
Dir: Jos De Putter. A depiction of Chechnya's history
and struggle for independence, set in the smouldering
ruins of Grosny. 98 mins.
Cinéma
Vérité: Defining The Moment
(Canada)
Dir: Peter Wintonick. Unravels the history of the
cinematic form to which Canadian film-makers have
made a significant contribution. 105 mins
Fragments
De Vies (Cameroon)
Dir: François L Woukoache. Cast: T Lubambu,
D Djobong.
Three interlinked episodes show how fear of persecution,
trauma, political coruption and poverty overshadow
human relationships. 85 mins.
The
Punishment (Austria)
Dir: Goran Rebic. Deals with another aspect of the
Balkan War. 100mins.
Hum
Dil De Chuke Sanam (Straight From The Heart)
(India)
Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Cast: Salman Khan, Ajay
Devgan. A clever piece of Bollywood cinema with all
the ingredients perfectly blended. English subtitles.
187 mins.
Marsal
(Croatia)
Dir: Vinko Bresan. Cast: Drazen Kühn, Linda
Begonja.
Village dwellers on a small Adriatic island believe
they
have seen the ghost of Marshal Tito. 97 mins.
Arise!
Walk Dog Eat Donut (US)
Dir: Ken Kobland. A semi-abstract video poem
evoking urban sadness. 30 mins.
+
Third Known Nest (US) Dir: Tom Kalin.
Different segments are unified by a thematic
thread of body and identity politics in the
age of Aids. 40 mins.
Martin
(Israel)
Dir: Ra'anan Alexandrovicz.52 mins. +Shine
(Israel) Dir: Gidi Dar. 48 mins.
New
German Films
Late
Show (German)
Dir: Helmut Dietl. A broadcast controller
is desperate for ratings and the 'money
men' are already considering giving him
the push. Eng. subtitles.107
mins.
Absolute
Giganten (Gigantic) (Germany)
Dir: Sebastian Schipper. Cast: Florian
Lukas,Frank
Giering, Antoine Monot, Julia Hummer.
Three best friends from Hamburg share
one final frantic night together before
saying goodbye forever. German, Eng. subtitles.
81 mins.
Nichts
Als Die Wahrheit
(After The Truth) (Germany)
Dir: Roland Suso Richter. Cast: Kail Wiesinger,
Götz George, Karoline Eichorn. A young
lawyer is obsessed with Mengele, Auschwitz's
'angel of death'. Eng. subtitles. 128 mins.
Schnee
In Der Neujahrsnacht
(Snow On New Year's Eve) (Germany)
Dir: Thorsten Schmidt. Cast: Jürgen
Tarrach, Tamara Simunovic, Hannes Jaenicke.
A radio DJ challenges his listeners to make
the last night of the century a night of
small miracles. Eng. subtitles. 100 mins.
Fußball
Ist Unser Leben
(Soccer Rules!) (Germany)
Dir: Tomy Wigand. Cast:
Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ralf Richter, Oscar Ortega.
Three friends are obsessed with football.
English subtitles. 92 mins.
Kinderfest
Zukkoke
Sanningumi-Kaito X Monogatari (The
Adventures Of A Hilarious Trio) (Japan)
Dir: Tsutomu Kashima. What starts out as fun and
games for a trio of friends ends in a dangerous
adventure as the children unearth mayorial machinations.
100 mins.
Man
Van Staal (Man Of Steel)
Dir: Vincent Bal.
A 13-year-old boy becomes a man of steel in
his dreamworld, where he encounters his dead
father. 85 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
Manolito
Gafotas (Manolito Four Eyes)
(Spanish)
Dir: Miguel Albaladejo. A family lives in
a working-class Madrid neighbourhood.
90 mins.
Rang-E-Khoda
(The Colour Of Paradise)
Dir: Majid Majidi. A blind boy experiences
sight which reawakens his senses.
88
mins
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