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SCREENINGS Saturday 18 May
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Saturday 18 May

Arcades 1 Casting: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas from the dead only to be sent to the living hell Mengelberg is not comfortable with the idea
Sales: Acid Synopsis: Pain and Glory tells of a series of of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, and sends her to Berlin where she, against all
Section: ACID re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding expectations, has a better chance as a woman
Director: Annabelle Attanasio film director in physical decline. school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family to make it. After a two-year study at the State
Casting: Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, THE WHISTLERS (Premiere) secret to a group of new friends - never Academy of Music she becomes the first
imagining that this strange tale will convince a
woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic
Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield, Rebecca Romania, France, Germany, 97’, Drama. heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable. Orchestra. Emotional strain threatens to
Henderson Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press screening) overwhelm her, when the love of her life puts
Synopsis: Mickey Peck, a headstrong teen Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) Next screening: 20 May, 09:30, Olympia 7 her in a difficult position. What choice will
from Montana, is faced with the responsibility Section: In competition 0:15 Antonia make?
to take care of her opioid- addicted veteran Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
father. When she receives the opportunity to LUX ÆTERNA (Premiere) Next screening: 20 May, 18:00, Gray 1
leave her home for good, she must make an Casting: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon France, 50’, Drama.
impossible decision... Synopsis: Not everything is as it seems for Grand Théâtre Lumière (Press Screening) 9:30
Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays
20:30 both sides of the law. Embarked by the Sales: Wild Bunch (5 Square Mérimée – 1st #ANNEFRANK| HERMITAGE EXCERPTS
(Premiere)
floor)
FORMAN VS. FORMAN (Premiere) beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will Section: Out of Competition (Midnight Italy, 10’, Documentary. Trailer
have to navigate the twists and turns of
Czech Republic, France, 77’, Documentary. treachery and deception. Screening) Arcades 3
Salle Buñuel LOVES OF A BLONDE (Premiere) Director: Gaspar Noe Sales: Nexo Digital S.r.l. (H6 (Marina Club))
Sales: Cannes Classics Czech Republic, 81’, Comedy. Synopsis: Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and +393474457929
Section: Cannes Classics Salle Buñuel Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling Section: Market
Director: Helena Trestíková, Jakub Hejna Sales: Cannes Classics stories about witches – but that’s not all. Lux DENMARK
Synopsis: Presented by Negativ Film Æterna is also an essay on cinema, the love of United Kingdom, 91’, Drama.
Productions, Alegria Productions, Czech Section: Cannes Classics film, and on-set hysterics. It’s a brilliant fast-
Television, ARTE. A powerful documentary that Director: Milos Forman paced medium-length film for Gaspar Noé’s Gray 1
recounts with emotion the career of director Synopsis: A presentation of the Národní filmov return – an unexpected one until recently – to Sales: WestEnd Films (Entrance C, 1st Floor)
Milos Forman, from the Czech New Wave to archiv, Prague. 4K digital restoration based on the Official Selection, for a film that the +33 7 54 59 51 89
Hollywood. Oscars, politics and political the original camera done by the Universal Selection Committee watched at the last Section: Market
upheavals for a life in the service of cinema. Production Partners and Soundsquare in minute and which will be shown in a Midnight Director: Adrian Shergold
Prague, 2019. The donors of this project were Screening as hyped as it is mysterious.
GIVE ME LIBERTY (Premiere) Mrs. Milada Kucerová and Mr. Eduard Kucera. Casting: Rafe Spall, Simone Lykke, Thomas
USA, 111’, Drama. Restored in partnership with the Karlovy Vary Next screening: 20 May, 13:15, Salle Du 60e Gabrielsson, Benedikte Hansen, Joel Fry, Steve
Theatre Croisette International Film Festival and the Czech Film Speirs
Sales: Wild Bunch (5 Square Mérimée – 1st Fund. French distribution: Carlotta Films. Synopsis: Rafe Spall stars as Herb, a down on
floor) TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG - NORTH OF his luck Welshman with no job, bad neighbours
and and even worse prospects.
Section: Directors’ Fortnight HOLLYWOOD, WEST OF HELL (Premiere) MARKET
Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky USA, 138’, Drama. FEEDBACK
Casting: Chris Galust, Lauren ‘Lolo’ Spencer, Salle Du 60e USA, 97’, Thriller.
Maksim Stoyanov Sales: Amazon Studios (USA) Gray 4
Synopsis: Vic, a hapless young Russian (20bis Rue Des Serbes, Appt. 6d1) 9:00 Sales: Blue Fox Entertainment
American, drives a handicapped transportation A LONG GOODBYE (Premiere) (29 Rue Du Commandant André)
vehicle in Milwaukee. Section: Day after screenings (Out of Japan, 127’, Drama. Section: Market
Next screening: 19 May, 22:30, Arcades 1 Competition) Gray 2 (Press Allowed) Director: Pedro C. Alonso
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
21:30 22:15 Sales: Asmik Ace, Inc (23.01) Synopsis: Jarvis is the star of a successful radio
show. But one night two masked armed men
MÉLODIE EN SOUS-SOL Section: Market burst into the studio and take him hostage,
Director: Ryota Nakano
118’. THE WHISTLERS (Premiere) Casting: Yu Aoi, Yuko Takeuchi, Chieko forcing Jarvis to read from a script, exposing a
Plage Macé Romania, France, Germany, 97’, Drama. Matsubara, Tsutomu Yamazaki scandal that could destroy Jarvis’ life and
Section: Cinéma de la plage Salle Bazin (Press Screening) Synopsis: A party was held for the 70th career.
Director: Henri Verneuil Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) birthday of their father, Shohei. What is told to HOW ABOUT ADOLF?
Casting: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Maurice Section: In competition his daughters, who haven’t all gathered Germany, 91’, Comedy.
Biraud Director: Corneliu Porumboiu together for a long time, is the fact that their Lerins 4
Synopsis: A legendary thriller filmed in Cannes, Casting: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon strict father had contracted dementia. Sales: Global Screen Gmbh (L7)
bringing together two cinema legends shot by Synopsis: Not everything is as it seems for THE BALKAN LINE (Premiere) +491721539839
Henri Verneuil. Starring Jean Gabin and a Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays Section: Market
magnificent, magnetic and dark Alain Delon, both sides of the law. Embarked by the Russia, 130’, Drama. Director: Sönke Wortmann
Palme d’or d’honneur du Festival 2019. beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will Lerins 2 (Invite Only) Casting: Florian David Fitz, Christoph Maria
have to navigate the twists and turns of
Sales: Amadeus Entertainment (E17)
22:00 treachery and deception. +393480387983 Herbst, Caroline Peters, Justus Von Dohnányi,
THE WHISTLERS (Premiere) 22:30 Section: Market Janina Uhse, Iris Berben, Serkan Kaya
Synopsis: What should have been a fun
Romania, France, Germany, 97’, Drama. VIVARIUM (Premiere) THE CONDUCTOR evening quickly gets out of hand when Thomas
Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required) Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, 100’, Science- Netherlands, 137’, Romance. announces he and his pregnant girlfriend are
Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) fiction. Olympia 7 planning to name their son Adolf.
Section: In competition Miramar Sales: Incredible Film (K4) FILM FINANCING - EUROPEAN
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu Sales: XYZ Films (Flamant Entrance, 2nd Floor) Section: Market STRATEGIES TO BOOST CULTURAL
Casting: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon Director: Maria Peters DIVERSITY (Premiere)
Synopsis: Not everything is as it seems for Section: Critics’ Week (In Competition) Casting: Benjamin Wainwright, Christanne De Olympia 1
Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays Director: Lorcan Finnegan Bruijn, Scott Turner Schofield, Richard Sammel
both sides of the law. Embarked by the Casting: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots Synopsis: United States 1926: The Dutch, Sales: European Audiovisual Observatory (H3)
beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will Next screening: 19 May, 08:30, Miramar 24-year-old Antonia Brico (played by Christanne +04 92 993218
have to navigate the twists and turns of de Bruijn) was a child when she and her Section: Market
treachery and deception. ZOMBI CHILD (Premiere) parents (Annet Malherbe and Raymond Thiry) TRAUMFABRIK (Premiere)
Next screening: 19 May, 08:30, Lumiere France, 103’, Drama. immigrated to the United States. She dreams of
Arcades 1 Germany, 128’, Romance.
PAIN AND GLORY (Premiere) Sales: Playtime (3 Square Mérimée) becoming a conductor, but nobody takes her Olympia 2 (Invite Only)
Spain, 112’, Drama. Section: Directors’ Fortnight ambition seriously. Her piano teacher advices Sales: Picture Tree International Gmbh (J7)
her against taking the entrance exam for the
Olympia 1 Director: Bertrand Bonello conservatory. Because she has little to lose, she Section: Market
Sales: FilmNation Entertainment Llc Casting: Louise Labèque, Wislanda Louimat, returns to her motherland, where she begs the Director: Martin Schreier
Section: In Competition Katiana Milfort, Mackenson Bijou famous conductor Mengelberg (Gijs Scholten Casting: Dennis Mojen, Emilia Schüle, Ken
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Synopsis: Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back van Aschat) to teach her conducting lessons. Duken, Heiner Lauterbach, Nikolai Kinski,

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