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One day, a stoning. Then an act of humiliation. tury during the Russian revolution spills over Italy, 92’, Drama. Casting: Emilie Piponnier, Martin Swabey,
Then a fight… and life takes an irrevocable into the vast majestic lands of Mongolia. This Palais B Chloe Boreham, Christophe Favre, David
turn. When the lives of these diametrically epic story is about family, love, devotion, and Sales: Minerva Pictures Group (A10-C1) Coburn, Philippe De Monts, Rebecca Finet
opposite couples become intertwined, sacrifice kinship with one’s homeland told through the Section: Market Synopsis: After discovering that her husband’s
becomes the price to pay for love. experiences of a boy and horse whose extraor- addiction to escorts has left their family
Next screening: 18 May, 12:00, Palais K dinary bond to each other and the land gives Director: Mimmo Calopresti penniless, Alice finds herself drawn into the
them the courage to never give up the quest to Casting: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marcello Fonte, world of high-end prostitution as a means of
WELCOME BACK MR. PRESIDENT find the other after being cruelly separated. Sergio Rubini, Francesco Colella, Marco caring for herself and her child.
(Premiere) Leonardi, Romina Mondello, Francesco Siciliano Next screening: 20 May, 13:30, Lerins 2
Italy, 96’, Comedy. DINER (Premiere) Synopsis: At the end of the 50s, in Africo, a
Riviera 1 Japan, 118’, Thriller. small village in the valley of Aspromonte, a
Sales: True Colours Glorious Films Srl (A10-C1) Lerins 2 woman dies in childbirth, because the doctor 17:45
Section: Market Sales: Nippon Tv (NTV / Nippon Television can not be there on time, as no route connects BAYALA (3D) (Premiere)
Africo with the other villages. The inhabitants
Director: Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi Network Corp.) (B6) decide to get together to build it up. In the Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Casting: Claudio Bisio, Sarah Felberbaum, Section: Market meantime Giulia, the new teacher of the local 85’, Fantasy.
Pietro Sermonti, Paola Calabresi Director: Ninagawa Mika school, is trying to teach Italian to the kids. Arcades 3
Synopsis: A name like Giuseppe (Peppino) THE WEASELS’ TALE (Premiere) Aspromonte is an atypical Western about the Sales: Global Screen Gmbh (L7)
Garibaldi is not an easy one to live up to. A dream of changing events thanks to the desire +491721539839
man who is only to aware of this is Peppino, a Argentina, Spain, 129’, Comedy. for redemption of the inhabitants of a remote
simple provincial librarian, who in Welcome, Mr Lerins 4 (Priority Badges Only) village. Section: Market
President!, the box-office smash of 2013, took Sales: Latido Films (A5) Director: Aina Järvine, Federico Milella
over the reins of political power in Italy by Section: Market MUDITA (Premiere) Synopsis: As the dragons have almost
mistake, but with great patriotic spirit. In this Director: Juan José Campanella India, 140’, Musical. disappeared from the kingdom of Bayala, the
new film Welcome Back, Mr President! our Casting: Graciela Borgés, Oscar Martínez, Luis Palais F (Press Allowed) magic powers of the elves are weakening. The
librarian/woodsman is once again called on to Brandoni, Marcos Mundstock, Clara Lago, Sales: Tapas Films elf princesses Sera and Surah are thrilled when
abandon the tranquillity of his life in the they discover they have the key to save the
mountains to return to Rome where he will Nicolas Francella Section: Market world in their hands: a dragon egg!
help his wife Janis defeat a speculative plot Synopsis: A beautiful star from the cinema Director: Swaroop Kanchi
Casting: Swaroop Kanchi, Padmavathi Rao
intended to damage Italy and to get the Golden Age, an actor in the twilight of his life, a Synopsis: Panduranga Ramalingam, lovingly 18:00
country back on its feet. “ witty scriptwriter and a cunning director live
together in a mansion where they have created called Panda by his friends is a saxophonist at a SHOOTING THE MAFIA
ADAM (Premiere) an unusual environment. The arrival of a young local bar, he befriends KGB, an old stand-up Iceland, 94’, Documentary.
Morocco, 98’, Drama. couple seeking to persuade the actress to sell comedianne amidst chaos in his personal life. Gray 1
Olympia 8 (Priority Badges Only) the house, forces the other inhabitants to come 10 years after she abandoned Panda at the Sales: Charades
Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220 together and conspire to prevent it. altar Sarah, The only woman he ever loved is (3 Rond-Point Duboys D’Angers)
Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) Next screening: 19 May, 09:30, Olympia 4 now back in his life with her two kids after a Section: Market
separation from her husband. His mother also
Director: Maryam Touzani GRANDPAS (Premiere) ‘arranges’ a prospective bride- Subbalakshmi- Director: Kim Longinotto
Synopsis: Abla runs a modest local bakery Spain, 98’, Comedy. an adrenalin junkie and a professional climber, Synopsis: Sicilian photographer Letizia
from her home in Casablanca where she lives Olympia 7 who unsuspectingly turns out to be source of Battaglia spends her career documenting the
alone with her 8 year old daughter Warda. Their great fun and excitement, but she harbours a life and crimes of the Mafia.
routine of housework and homework is Sales: Sf Studios (7 Rue Florian) deep secret that threatens their relationship. Next screening: 19 May, 09:30, Palais J
interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It +447907762439 Panda leads a stressful post-modern middle-
is Samia, a young woman looking for a job and Section: Market class life struggling for money, struggling with AN UNFORGETTABLE SPRING IN
a roof over her head. The little girl is Director: Santiago Requejo insomnia and fears living and dying alone. But THE FORGETFUL VILLAGE (Premiere)
immediately taken with the newcomer but her Casting: Ramón Barea, Carlos Iglesias, Roberto there is light at the end of the tunnel as he 119’, Comedy.
mother initially refuses to allow a pregnant Alvarez finds within himself the courage to stand alone Gray 3
stranger into their lives. Synopsis: Gradpas tells the story of three old and finally finds a path so beautiful, he doesn’t
Next screening: 19 May, 16:00, Olympia 8 friends having hard times adapting to the ever care where it takes him. Sales: North Macedonia Film Agency (133)
changing job market, which seems uninterested Section: Market
Director: Bekteshi Kushtrim
PLAY (Premiere)
17:30 in anyone above 50 years old - no matter the France, Comedy.
experience or knowledge. Reluctant to the
LAST CHANCE (Premiere)
THE RUNAWAYS (Premiere) thought of stepping down and retire, they Palais H France, USA, China, 90’, Drama.
United Kingdom, 115’, Action/Adventure. decide to set up their own company. And not Sales: SND - Groupe M6 (42 Rue Des Serbes) Gray 5
Gray 2 just any company, but a daycare centre! This, Section: Market Sales: Plein Cadres
however, proves easier said than done since
Sales: Moviehouse Entertainment (H6 modern society is clearly not ready for three Director: Anthony Marciano Section: Market
(Marina Club)) +447973627494 grandpas turning their baby-sitting into busi- Casting: Max Boulbil, Alice Isaaz, Noémie Director: Dahang Wei
Section: Market ness. Lvovsky, Alain Chabat Casting: Yubai Zhang
Director: Richard Heap Synopsis: 1993, thirteen-year-old Max is Synopsis: Yubai, Dong’s ex-wife, comes from
Casting: Mark Addy, Tara Fitzgerald, Lee THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE offered his first video camera. From the 90s to France unexpectedly to the United States to
GUSMÃO (Premiere)
Boardman, Molly Windsor Brazil, 135’, Drama. the present, Max recorded everything: his visit her son Allen. Dong, although shocked by
Synopsis: After their home life is turned upside friends, his successes, his heartbreaks, his first this visit, greets him with courtesy. As for Allen
down three children and the family donkeys Olympia 9 (Priority Badges Only) times... is not happy to see his biological mother again.
escape across the backbone of Northern Sales: The Match Factory (25 La Croisette) THE FAREWELL (Premiere) Faced with the cold faces of his ex-family, Yubai
England, confronting both the harsh landscapes +33 6 43 63 46 73 USA, 98’, Comedy. must teach them their cancer and it’s only a
and what it means to be siblings. A throwback Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) few days to live.
to classic children’s adventure films but with a Director: Aïnouz Karim Palais J OFF COURSE... TO CHINA (Premiere)
modern aesthetic. Sales: A24 Films
Casting: Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Section: Market Spain, 89’, Comedy.
THE STEED (Premiere) Montenegro Lerins 1
Mongolia, 110’, Drama. Synopsis: Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Euridice, 18 ALICE (Premiere) Sales: Filmsharks / The Remake Co. (D12)
Gray 4 (Press Allowed) and Guida, 20, are two inseparable sisters. They Australia, 103’, Drama. Section: Market
Sales: Three Flames Pictures +13104379979 live at home, and each has a dream: becoming Riviera 2 Director: Paco Caballero
a renowned pianist, or finding true love. .
Section: Market Next screening: 19 May, 09:00, Arcades 3 Sales: Visit Films (M4) Casting: Julián López, Miki Esparbé, Carmen
Director: Ganbold Erdenebileg Section: Market Machi
Synopsis: Set in the first part of the 20th cen- ASPROMONTE (Premiere) Director: Josephine Mackerras Synopsis: The funny adventures of a bunch of

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