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humiliation. Then a fight… and life takes an
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, irrevocable turn. When the lives of these Korea (South), 132’, Drama. this strange malevolence. They’ve discovered
Guatemala, 77’, Drama. diametrically opposite couples become Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required) something unspeakable, and it’s crawling slowly
Riviera 2 intertwined, sacrifice becomes the price to pay Sales: CJ Entertainment/CJ E&M Corporation into the light.
Sales: Pyramide International (J6) for love. (E19) Next screening: 23 May, 20:30, Olympia 8
Section: Market Section: In competition
Director: César Diaz THUNDERBIRD (Premiere) Director: Joon-Ho Bong 9:00
Casting: Armando Espitia , Emma Dib Canada, 95’, Science-fiction. Casting: Kang-Ho Song, Sun-Kyun Lee, Yeo-
Synopsis: Guatemala, 2018. The whole country Palais H (Priority Badges Only) Jeong Cho, Woo-Shik Choi, So-Dam Park, Hyae- LA BELLE EPOQUE (Premiere)
is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who Sales: Ocean Twilight Films Jin Chang France, 113’, Black comedy.
sparked the civil war. Victim statements come (19.08 (Palais Club)) Salle Du 60e
one after another. Ernesto is a young Section: Market NINA WU (Premiere) Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E)
anthropologist working for the Forensic Director: Nicholas Treeshin Section: Day after screenings (Out of
Foundation; his job is to identify the missing. Casting: Natalie Brown, Colten Wilke, Aaron Taiwan, 103’, Drama.
One day, while hearing the account of an old Douglas, Julian Black Antelope Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) Competition)
woman, he thinks he has found a lead that Synopsis: On the coast of the Pacific Northwest, Sales: Luxbox (23 Rue Bivouac Napoléon) Director: Nicolas Bedos
might guide him to his father, a guerrillero who William Brook lives a reclusive life on a halibut Section: Un Certain Regard Casting: Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet,
went missing during the war. Against his fishing boat. When informed of his troubled Director: Midi Z Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant
mother’s wishes, he flings himself body and soul sister Sarah’s disappearance, he’s overcome with Synopsis: After eight years toiling in bit-parts, Synopsis: Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian,
into the case, looking for truth and resilience. guilt. Feeling awful for neglecting her over the aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big sees his life turned upside down on the day
years, Will heads into town, but it’s a very
Next screening: 22 May, 08:30, Miramar dangerous place for him. When Will’s parents break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers
him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical
the 1960s. The part is challenging, not least
16:00 were found murdered 10 years ago, his false because it calls for full nudity and explicit sex artifices and historical reconstruction, this
testimony sent a local Chief to prison. Ever since,
company offers his clients a chance to dive back
scenes, and the film’s director is often hard on
the tension between him and the First-Nations
THE RODRIGUEZ AND THE FAR SIDE community has escalated and every night he’s her. But both the industry and the press are into the era of their choice. Victor then chose to
relive the most memorable week of his life: the
confident that the results are sensationally good.
haunted by the same reoccurring nightmare.
(Premiere) While asking questions in town, Will is cornered On the brink of triumph, though, Nina’s one where, 40 years earlier, he met the great
Spain, 110’, Comedy. and attacked, but he’s saved when the psychological resolve begins to crack. She rushes love .
Gray 3 compassionate Chief George intervenes. back to her family home to deal with two crises:
Sales: Cinepolis Meanwhile, after a six-month suspension, her father’s business has gone bankrupt and her 11:00
Detective Ivy Seymour is reinstated only to
Section: Market discover that her next case may be the one that mother has suffered a heart attack. She dreams
Director: Paco Arango breaks her. The number of missing women in the of rekindling a close relationship with her HOMEWARD/EN TERRE DE CRIMEE
area is growing at an alarming rate and childhood friend Kiki but is haunted by paranoid (Premiere)
BROTHERS Seymour is sent to the latest tragedy. Deep in fantasies that a mysterious woman is stalking Ukraine, 92’, Drama.
Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, 103’, Drama. the forest, a body is found. An amputated leg, a and attacking her. As Nina clings to memories of Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening)
head entirely encased in red wax; no one’s seen
happier times, it seems that there is one crucial
Gray 5 anything like it. The body turns out to be Sarah’s memory that she is repressing. Sales: Wild Bunch
Sales: Arthood Entertainment Gmbh (K6) old roommate, and Seymour’s investigation Next screening: 23 May, 13:00, Salle Du 60e (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor)
Section: Market points to the possibility of a serial killer in the Section: Un Certain Regard
area. After Ivy saves Will from a brutal beating,
Director: Ömür Atay the two of them work together to find Sarah. OUR MOTHERS (Premiere) Director: Nariman Aliev
Casting: Yi it Ege Yazar, Caner ahin, Gözde France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Casting: Akhtem Seitablaev
Mutluer, Nihal Kolda , Erol Af in, Cankat Aydost, RASHTRAPUTRA (Premiere) Guatemala, 77’, Drama. Synopsis: Having lost his oldest son in the war
Mürtüz Yolcu, Yi it Çakir, Onur Dikmen, Cem India, 108’, Bollywood. between Russian and Ukraine, Mustafa resolves
Zeynel Kiliç Miramar to bring the boy’s body to the land of his birth:
Crimea. Together, he and his younger son set out
Synopsis: Yusuf, who obeyed his family’s Riviera 2 (Press Allowed) Sales: Pyramide International (J6) on a journey that will profoundly mark their
decision and set his sister up for an honour Sales: The Bombay Talkies Studios Section: Critics’ Week relationship.
killing, and his brother, who committed the Section: Market Director: César Diaz
murder, meet again when Yusuf is released from Director: Aazaad Dube Casting: Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Next screening: 23 May, 18:00, Salle Du 60e
prison. His regret starts to become a threat to Casting: Aazaad Dube Caal, Julio Echeverria, Victor Moreira
the family. Synopsis: Rashtraputra is the first film in history Synopsis: Guatemala, 2018. The whole country CINEFONDATION 2 (Premiere)
of Indian cinema which gives insight about life is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who 100’.
TALENT ADAMI CANNES 2019 (Premiere) and times of the greatest revolutionary sparked the civil war. Victim statements come Bunuel
75’. Chandrashekhar Azad. Azad was the one after another. Ernesto is a young Sales: Cinefondation
commander – in – chief of Hindustan Socialist
anthropologist working for the Forensic
Salle Du 60e Republican Army (HSRA) and an unmatched Foundation; his job is to identify the missing. Section: Cinéfondation
Sales: Adami mentor, friend – philosopher – guide of over One day, while hearing the account of an old Synopsis: Favoriten (Favourites) by Martin
Section: Market 2,000 revolutionaries of HSRA. Azad was the woman, he thinks he has found a lead that Monk/Reonghee (Alien) by Yeon Jegwang/
supreme force of the bloodstained revolutionary might guide him to his father, a guerrillero who Jeremiah by Kenya Gillespie/Sto Dvacet Osm
17:30 freedom movement of India. In this film went missing during the war. Against his Tisíc (One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand)
Rashtraputra we have shown that Azad is a mother’s wishes, he flings himself body and soul by Ondrej Erban/Mano A Mano by Louise
Courvoisier.
THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL (Premiere) timeless cinematic creation. He was, He is and into the case, looking for truth and resilience.
France, 80’, Animation. he will be the relevant hero of all time. He would PROGRAMME 2 (82)
be the same motivational force for today’s youth
Arcades 3 as he was in his lifetime. 8:45 Salle Buñuel (Press Screening)
Sales: Celluloid Dreams
Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) 18:00 WOUNDS
Director: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé- USA, United Kingdom, 96’. Section: Cinéfondation
Mévellec ANTARDHWANI (INNER VOICE) Theatre Croisette FAVORITEN
Casting: Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Simon (Premiere) Sales: Annapurna Pictures Austria, 18’
Abkarian India, 108’, Bollywood. Section: Directors’ Fortnight Director: Martin Monk
Synopsis: Kabul under Taliban rule. Two Gray 3 Director: Babak Anvari Casting: Lia Wilfing, Christian Dolezal, Renate
neighbourhoods and two couples. One Casting: Armie Hammer Dakota Johnson, Zazie Baier, Günther Lainer
conservative – Atiq and Mussarat have been Sales: King Music & Entertainment Beetz Synopsis: After falling out with her mother,
married for 20 years and are deeply engrained in Section: Market Synopsis: Will is a bartender in New Orleans. juvenile Sofia hitchhikes southwards in
the traditions of Afghan life. Atiq works as the He has a great job, great friends, and a girlfriend, search of the father she never had. When she
chief guard at the women’s prison. Mussarat is Carrie, who loves him. He skates across life’s meets grumpy engineer Michael, who
very ill and fights to remain a strong woman till FESTIVAL surface, ignoring complications and reluctantly agrees to give her a lift, the two
the very end. One modern – young and in love, concentrating on enjoying the moment. One strangers develop an unlikely friendship on
Zunaira and Mohsen are against all the same night at the bar, a violent brawl breaks out, their shared journey through the Austrian
traditions. Under the Talibans, they’ve both lost which injures one of his regular customers and south.
their jobs as lawyer anduniversity teacher and 22/05/2019 causes some college kids to leave behind a cell
have difficulties to make ends meet. They have phone in their haste. Will begins receiving REONGHEE
to sell their few possessions to buy food. Yet 8:30 disturbing texts and calls from the stranger’s Korea (South), 15’
they’re determined to maintain their modern phone. While Will hopes to not get involved, Director: Yeon Jegwang
values. One day, a stoning. Then an act of PARASITE (Premiere) Carrie gets lost down a rabbit hole investigating Casting: Han Jiwon, Lee Kyunghwa, Hyun
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