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SCREENINGS Friday 17 May
DAY 4

MARKET

Friday 17 May

JUST RETIRED (Premiere) Synopsis: Jim Marshall was a maverick with a Director: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia lows William (Bak), a young man from the
France, Comedy. camera. An outsider who captured the heights Casting: Diego Peretti, Julianne Nicholson , Congo, as he attempts to break through
Palais J of Rock’n’Roll music and the seismic changes Daniel Fanego, Malena Sanchez, Francisco Europe’s borders in search of his brother. By
Sales: SND - Groupe M6 (42 Rue Des Serbes) of an era, from the Beatles to Jimi Hendrix. Lumerman chance he teams up with Gyllen (Whitehead), a
wild and sharp-witted British runaway who has
Section: Market CHINA DAY FORUM (Premiere) Next screening: 19 May, 17:30, Riviera 2 fled his family’s Moroccan holiday in his stepfa-
Director: Fabrice Bracq 110’. BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK ther’s campervan. Their trip across Europe is an
Casting: Michèle Laroque, Tierry Lhermitte Olympia 1 USA, 90’, Thriller. unpredictable and thrilling ride fuelled by the
Synopsis: Marilou and Philippe are finally Sales: Shanghai International Film Festival unstoppable momentum, chaos and humour
retired! They cannot wait to move to Portugal. Section: Market Palais I only a pair of teenagers living on the edge can
At least, they will have time for themselves. . Sales: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing ignite. In cementing a brotherly bond, Gyllen
Next screening: 23 May, 12:00, Lerins 2 THE ZURICH LIAISON - WAGNER´S (Albatros Entrance, 4th Fl. #44) and William learn that to truly depend on each
ONE AND ONLY LOVE (Premiere) Section: Market other is the most important gift of all.
DANIEL ISN’T REAL (Premiere) Switzerland, 113’, Drama. Director: Roxanne Benjamin
USA, 96’, Thriller. Olympia 2 (Priority Badges Only) Casting: Karina Fontes, Casey Adams, Emily WELCOME TO MERCY
Riviera 2 Sales: Syquali Crossmedia Ag Althaus, John Getz, Matt Peters, Miranda Bailey, USA, Latvia, 104’, Horror.
Sales: Voltage Pictures (L5) Section: Market Susan Burke Gray 2
Section: Market Director: Neubert Jens Synopsis: When an inexperienced park ranger Sales: Pure Flix / Quality Fix (B10)
Section: Market
Casting: Sophie Auster, Joonas Saartamo, finds a dead body under mysterious Director: Tommy Bertelsen
14:00 Julienne Pfeil, Rüdiger Hauffe circumstances on a remote mountain trail, she Casting: Kristen Ruhlin, Eileen Davies, Lily
must guard it overnight until authorities can
KARMA Synopsis: One by one, candles are being arrive, forcing her to confront some of her Newmark, Toms Liepajnieks, Dainis Grube
replaced by paraffin lamps. More as 170 years
Taiwan, 88’, Crime. ago Switzerland was the only country in Europe deepest, darkest fears. Synopsis: From the producer of The Others and
Gray 3 (Press Allowed) with a democratic constitution. After the failed Next screening: 19 May, 11:30, Palais J Scream…. When an American single mother
Sales: Creative Century Entertainment Co., Ltd. German Revolution there are more as 12,000 FOREVER YOU returns to Latvia for the first time in 25 years to
say goodbye to her dying father, she is soon
(25.01) refugees in Switzerland. Richard Wagner lived Italy, 95’, Romance. afflicted with visions and wounds that appear
Section: Market in Zurich from 1849 till August 1858, nine Riviera 1 to be signs of the gift of Holy Stigmata. But
Director: Wei-Heng Chung years. In Zurich, composer Wagner is working Sales: True Colours Glorious Films Srl (A10-C1) after she is transported to an isolated island
on his new opera: “Tristan and Isolde”.
Casting: Daniel Chan, Lorene Jen, Kurt Chou Mathilde Wesendonck and her husband, the Section: Market convent to seek the help of a mysterious reli-
Synopsis: Newbie teacher Ling Shen’s first day silk-merchant Otto Wesendonck venerate Director: Marco Danieli gious order, Madeline discovers her affliction
at school coincides with a student’s accidental Wagner. Mathilde is turning from a loving Casting: Laura Chiatti, Michele Riondino, may not be a gift from God but something far
death at home. mother into a muse of the new music. The Valeria Bilello, Thomas Trabacchi more sinister. This international thriller, intro-
duces a never before seen thriller concept while
DEAD WATER whole city is talking about this Zurich liaison. Synopsis: 1970s. Matteo has been secretly in implementing a strong theological based sto-
USA, 89’, Thriller. The beginning of modernity in Zurich. love with Francesca since they were kids, but ryline about forgiveness, faith, and redemption.
Gray 5 Next screening: 18 May, 20:30, Olympia 2 she left the small town in which they grew up Next screening: 18 May, 18:00, Gray 3
Sales: VMI Worldwide (Cormoran Ii, 2nd Floor) TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE to travel the world following the sexual TWOSOME (Premiere)
liberation’s wave. .
Section: Market Netherlands, Bosnia And Herzegovina, 91’, India, 87’, Comedy.
Director: Chris Helton Road movie. TO LIVE TO SING (Premiere) Gray 4
Casting: Judd Nelson, Casper Van Dien, Palais C China, 100’, Drama. Sales: Rowdy Rathore Productions
Brianne Davis Sales: Heretic Outreach (H6 (Marina Club)) Olympia 8 (Priority Badges Only) Section: Market
Synopsis: When a relaxing getaway turns Section: Market Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220
deadly, a former Marine must risk his life once Director: Ena Sendijarevic Section: Market (Directors’ Fortnight) Director: Raathore Udayyan
Synopsis: A series of strange events unfold
again to save his wife and best friend from a Casting: Sara Luna Sara Luna, Lazar Director: Johnny Ma
modern day pirate; all the while trying to hold Synopsis: Zhao Li is the manager of a small when two strangers get stuck with each other
himself together as he faces the ghosts of the Dragojevic, Ernad Prnjavorac Sichuan Opera troupe, living and performing for an entire night. Their life turns into a game
war he left behind. Synopsis: Alma travels from the Netherlands and the game then turns into their life. Both of
to Bosnia to visit the father she’s never met. together in a rundown theatre located in the them are trying to hide something from each
ESCAPADA (Premiere) Teaming up with her indifferent cousin and his outskirts of Chengdu, China. When she receives other but as their conversations grow with the
Belgium, 89’, Drama. charming best friend, they embark together on the notice of demolition for the theatre, Zhao Li night, things start to unfold in the most myste-
hides the news from everyone else, fearing that
Lerins 1 an increasingly unpredictable road trip this could spell the end of her opera troupe: rious and unexpected ways. Don’t tell others
the plot once you know it. Its not a horror but a
adventure through the country’s scorching
Sales: Be For Films (A6) +33 6 14 34 37 55 heartland. besides demolition, it’s the life of her “family” romcom inspirational thriller.
Section: Market Next screening: 22 May, 20:00, Arcades 1 that is at stake. As she struggles to search for a
Director: Sarah Hirtt new theatre for them to both sing and live in, DARK ENCOUNTER (Premiere)
Casting: François Neycken, Raphaëlle Corbisier, WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! (Premiere) the opera and its fantastic characters slowly United Kingdom, 97’, Thriller.
Yohan Manca, Maria Leon, Marta Durruti, Ivan Russia, 100’, Horror. begin to seep into her real world... Lerins 2 (Priority Badges Only)
Altimira, Rafael Espinosa, Sergi Lopez Palais E Next screening: 19 May, 09:30, Olympia 3 Sales: Cmg - Cinema Management Group Llc
Synopsis: Siblings torn apart by the hazards of Sales: Reel Suspects (E3) +33 6 14 45 62 78 (M17) +18189141323
life meet in Spain to settle the family’s modest Section: Market 15:30 Section: Market
inheritance. Gustave, the mover, on the brink of Director: Kirill Sokolov Director: Carl Strathie
bankruptcy, Jules the anarchistic activist, and Casting: Vitaliy Khaev, Aleksander Kuznetsov, ROADS (Premiere) Casting: Laura Fraser, Mel Raido, Vincent
Lou, the youngest, lost between her brothers, Germany, France, 110’, Road movie. Regan, Alice Lowe, Sid Phoenix, Grant Masters
yearning for the unknown. . Kregzhde Evgeniya, Mikhail Gorevoy Arcades 3 Synopsis: Rural Pennsylvania, 1982, a
Next screening: 20 May, 10:00, Riviera 1 Synopsis: Andrei, a detective, and the world’s Sales: Hanway Films
most horrible father brings together a terrible struggling family have a frightening encounter
SHOW ME THE PICTURE: THE STORY group of people in his apartment: his resentful (4 Rue Des Serbes, 1st Floor) with otherworldly beings, which will lead to the
OF JIM MARSHALL (Premiere) actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated Section: Market truth of their daughter’s disturbing
disappearance.
United Kingdom, USA, 92’, Documentary. cop. Each one of them has a reason to want Director: Sebastian Schipper
Lerins 3 revenge… Casting: Fionn Whitehead, Stéphane Bak, DYING TO SURVIVE (Premiere)
Sales: Film Constellation INITIALS S.G. (Premiere) Moritz Bleibtreu, Ben Chaplin China, 117’, Comedy.
(Dauphin Entrance, 2nd Floor) Argentina, Lebanon, USA, 98’, Comedy. Synopsis: Bursting with energy, Sebastian Olympia 1
Schipper’s follow-up to the much admired
Section: Market Palais G Victoria is a ride along the open road with two Sales: Shanghai International Film Festival
Director: Alfred George Bailey Sales: Visit Films (M4) boys from different worlds, from the shores of Section: Market
Casting: Jim Marshall Section: Market Morocco to the camps of Calais. Caravan fol-

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