Turkish

Thou Gild'st the Even - (2013) "Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi" (original title) - Goa

Synopsis

Thou Gild'st the Evenis about the ordinary sorrows, worries, and troubles of the townsmen with extraordinary abilities. In a small Anatolian town, life goes on; Cemal is an assistant referee in football matches, Yasemin works in an egg factory, Defne is a street vendor who sells books, Doctor Irfan is occupied with his patients. In this town with two suns and three full moons in the sky, Cemal ­-who can see through walls- has no expectation out of life and looks for a way out with Yasemin -who can move objects remotely with her fingers- as he was trying to deal with his distress. However, Defne, who can freeze time will muddle things up; Yasemin's immortal boss's actions will contradict the invisible elementary school teacher's advices who is trying to ease the worries of Cemal.

Director:

 Onur Ünlü

Writer:

 Onur Ünlü

Stars:

 Derya Alabora, Ali Atay, Tansu Biçer 

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Polish

In Hiding (2013)

Synopsis

Daughter who lives with sensitive photographer decides to hide from the Nazis, a young Jewish woman. 

Director:

 Jan Kidawa-Blonski

Writer:

 Maciej Karpinski

Stars:

 Magdalena Boczarska, Julia Pogrebinska, Tomasz Kot 

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Hebrew

A Place in Heaven (2013)

Synopsis

A young officer returns to his base after a daring mission. The cook's assistant, a religious Holocaust survivor, is envious of him. He believes that there is a place in heaven reserved for the brave officer who endangers his life for the sake of his Jewish brethren. The officer, in the spirit of the Zionist ethos, is secular and a non-believer. At the moment, he is so hungry that, for a plate of shaksuka, he is prepared to sign a contract transferring his secured place in heaven to the cook. Some forty years later, the present time of the movie, the tables have turned - the officer, now a retired general, is on his death bed in the hospital. His son who, to his father's horror, has found religion, is in a race against time. Before his father dies, he has to find that cook's assistant who, forty years earlier, bought his place in heaven. If and when he finds him, the son has to nullify the contract. If he doesn't, his father will go to hell.

Director:

 Yossi Madmoni

Writer:

 Yossi Madmoni

Stars:

 Alon Aboutboul, Sasha Agronov, Michael Aloni 

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Bengali

Apur Panchali (2014) - Goa

Synopsis

Talking about Apur Panchali, Kaushik said, "The film is inspired by the real-life story of Subir Banerjee, the child actor, who played Apu in Ray's Pather Panchali. Despite being one of the most celebrated child actors in the industry once, nobody cares to find out what he is doing now; no one remembers him. My film is a take on that. The USP of the film is the subject which has never been explored in Bengali cinema before. Interestingly, Subir's life has an uncanny resemblance to what Ray had depicted in The Apu Trilogy. And that's what inspired me to make this film. Albeit Pather Panchali was Subirda's first and last film, but if you study the man's life, you'd sit and ponder if Satyajit Ray had written The Apu Trilogy keeping Subirda in mind. Having said that, I'd like to make it clear that my film is a work of fiction, and not Subir Banerjee's biography."

It was in August 1955, when the film was released theatrically and its been 58 long years hence. But ironically Subir 'Apu' Banerjee never became a part of any film again in his entire life. The most striking point being, his real life existence started bearing an uncanny resemblence to the 'reel life' Apu that was created by Bibhutibhashan Badopadhay's. The saddest and probably the most wierdest coincidence being, when Subir acted in Pather Panchali as a kid he didn’t have the faintest idea that he was destined to carry the 'reel life' character’s curse throughout his life.

Director : Kaushik Ganguly
Producer : Shree Venkatesh Films
Cast : Parambrata Chatterjee,Parno Mitra

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Tetum

Beatriz's War (A Guerra da Beatriz (2013, 101 Minutes, Drama) )- Goa

Synopsis

The Tetun-language drama, about a couple torn apart during the Indonesian occupation.

East Timor’s historic first feature film, A Guerra da Beatriz, is the haunting, passionate story of one woman’s conviction to remain true to the man she loves and the country for which she fought. It is a bold reworking of the 16th century French ‘Martin Guerre’ story. In this adaptation the original story is transposed to Portuguese Timor during the Indonesian occupation of the small nation. Sixteen years after Beatriz’s husband disappears during a brutal massacre by occupying Indonesian forces she is troubled by his mysterious return: is he the young man she’d lost or is he an impostor?

Country - East Timor

Director(s) :
Bety Reis, Luigi Acquisto

Writer(s) :
Irim tolentiono, Luigi Acquisto

Cast :
Irim
Tolentino
Augusta
Soares
Jose Da
Costa

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Japanese

Like Father, Like Son (2013)Soshite chichi ni naru" (original title) - Cannes

SYNOPSIS

Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life and living as a winner. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not their son - the hospital gave them the wrong baby. 
Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between "nature" and "nurture". In the meanwhile, seeing Midori’s devotion to Keita even after learning his origin, and communicating with the rough yet caring family who raised his blood son for the last six years, Ryota also starts to question himself: has he really been a "father" all these years...
The moving story of a man who finally faces himself when he encounters an unexpected wall for the first time in his life.

Director:

 Hirokazu Koreeda

Writer:

 Hirokazu Koreeda (screenplay)

Stars:

 Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki

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Italian

The Great Beauty (2013) - Cannes


SYNOPSIS

Aristocratic ladies, social climbers, politicians, high-flying criminals, journalists, actors, decadent nobles, prelates, artists and intellectuals - whether authentic or presumed - form the tissue of these flaky relationships, all engulfed in a desperate Babylon which plays out in the antique palaces, immense villas and most beautiful terraces in the city? They are all there, and they are not seen in a good light? Jep Gambardella, 65, indolent and disenchanted, his eyes permanently imbued with gin and tonic, watches this parade of hollow, doomed, powerful yet depressed humanity. A moral lifelessness enough to make one’s head spin? And in the background, Rome in summer. Splendid and indifferent, like a dead diva?

Director:

 Paolo Sorrentino

Writers:

 Paolo Sorrentino (story), Umberto Contarello(screenplay), 1 more credit »

Stars:

 Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli

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Spanish

Heli (2013) - Cannes

SYNOPSIS

Estela is a 12 year old girl who has just fallen crazy in love with a young police cadet who wants to run away with her and get married. Trying to achieve this dream, her family will have to live the violence that is devastating the region.

Director:

 Amat Escalante

Writers:

 Amat Escalante (screenplay), Gabriel Reyes(screenplay)

Stars:

 Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González



The Golden Dream (2013) - Mumbai

Juan, Sara and Samuel, three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala, travel to the US in search of a better life. On their journey through Mexico, they meet Ch auk, an Indian from Chaps who doesn't speak Spanish. Traveling together in cargo trains, walking on the railroad tracks, they soon have to face a harsh reality.

Director:

 Diego Quemada-Díez

Writers:

 Lucia Carreras, Gibrán Portela, 3 more credits »

Stars:

 Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez 

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Dutch

Borgman (2013) - Cannes

SYNOPSIS

Borgman’s arrival in the tree-lined avenues of an exclusive residential area is the beginning of a series of unsettling events around the carefully constructed facade of a wealthy couple, their three children and their nanny.

Director:

 Alex van Warmerdam

Writer:

 Alex van Warmerdam

Stars:

 Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Mini

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Chineese

A Touch of Sin (2013) - Cannes

Synopsis

An angry miner revolts against the corruption of his village leaders. A migrant worker at home for the New Year discovers the infinite possibilities a firearm can offer. A pretty receptionist at a sauna is pushed to the limit when a rich client assaults her. 

A young factory worker goes from job to job trying to improve his lot in life. Four people, four different provinces. A reflection on contemporary China: that of an economic giant slowly being eroded by violence.





Director:

 Zhangke Jia

Writer:

 Zhangke Jia (screenplay)

Stars:

 Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng

French

Jeune & Jolie (2013) - Cannes

 

Synopsis

Isabelle (Marine Vacth) is on summer vacation in the South of France when she takes up a desultory relationship with Felix (Lucas Prisor), a hunky German tourist. He is neither her emotional nor her intellectual equal. We watch her give up her virginity to him, only to cast him aside without a care days later. We next meet Isabelle in the fall, back in Paris, where we discover that she's set up a website to accept appointments from johns she will meet for sex in chic hotel rooms. She is a cool professional. But this does not mean she's immune to the effects of the sexual whims of and occasional rough treatment from men. It is only with one regular client that she allows herself to experience any pleasure. That is until the unthinkable happens and she's forced to deal with the consequences of her decisions.

Presented over the course of four seasons, the mood of each characterized by a distinctive song, Ozon's film provides an unprejudiced glimpse into the adolescent female psyche. While he subtly hints at an economic subtext, Ozon perfectly captures the sense of fearlessly searching for your identity.

Director:

 François Ozon

Writer:

 François Ozon

Stars:

 Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot

Blue Is the Warmest Color 

Synopsis

Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

Director:

 Abdellatif Kechiche

Writers:

 Abdellatif Kechiche (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Ghalia Lacroix (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), 1 more credit »

Stars:

 Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche

The Past (2013)Le passé - Cannes

Synopsis

Following a four year separation, Ahmad returns to Paris from Tehran, uponhis French wife Marie's request, in order to finalize their divorce procedure. During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie's relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad's efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past.

Director:

 Asghar Farhadi

Writers:

 Asghar Farhadi, Massoumeh Lahidji(adaptation)

Stars:

 Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa

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Shield of Straw (2013) "Wara no tate" (original title) - Cannes

SYNOPSIS

"Kill Kunihide Kiyomaru, and I will pay you 1 billion Yen". This is the ad placed in all the main newspapers in Japan. In placing the ad, the powerful multi-billionnaire Ninagawa puts an irresistible price on the head of the man he believes to be his granddaughter's killer. Realising he has become a target for millions of people, Kiyomaru turns himself in at the Fukuoka Police Station. Four officers are dispatched to bring Kiyomaru back to Tokyo, risking their own life, but now any number of assassins lie in wait on the 1.200km journey. The trip becomes a hellish chase, with potential killers at every turn. Will the police get Kiyomaru to Tokyo to face justice, or will justice of a different nature prevail?

Director:

 Takashi Miike

Writers:

 Kazuhiro Kiuchi (based on the novel by), Tamio Hayashi (screenplay)

Stars:

 Nanako Matsushima, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takao Ohsawa 

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3 Histoires d'Indiens (2014) - Berlin

Synopsis

Three stories spread across four seasons. Érik is a quirky but ingenious guy. His place is in utter chaos: full of bric-a-brac, old TV sets, antennae and electronic scrap. And, in between, his dogs are sniffing around. No matter what he constructs from all this stuff – it always works. Érik practically always has a camera in his hand with which he films himself, his family and the desolate place where they live. This because he’s working incessantly on his dream of setting up a small TV station which he hopes will bring his community together. Shayne is a loner, always roaming about listening to hauntingly beautiful music. He seems deep in thought and people around him barely take any notice of him. Alicia and her two girlfriends are more sociable. Together they read stories of crime and punishment; they also lovingly turn an abandoned little shack into a temple where they pay homage to a sacred female native spirit. This feature film adopts a meticulous, almost documentary approach in its portrayal of a new generation of native Americans living on the reservations. These young people are more active and less resigned than their parents.

DIRECTOR

Robert Morin

CAST

Érik Papatie
Shayne Brazeau
Shandy-Ève Grant
Alicia Papatie-Pien

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English

Behind the Candelabra

Synopsis

Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. Liberace lived lavishly and embraced a lifestyle of excess both on and off stage. In summer 1977, handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into his dressing room and, despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds, the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair.

Director:

 Steven Soderbergh

Writers:
 Richard LaGravenese (screenplay), Scott Thorson (book)

Stars:

 Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - Cannes

Synopsis

Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making. 

Directors:

 Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Writers:

 Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars:

 Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman




Jimmy P. (2013) - Cannes

SYNOPSIS

At the end of World War II, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, is admitted to Topeka Military Hospital in Kansas - an institution specializing in mental illness. Jimmy suffers from numerous symptoms: dizzy spells, temporary blindness, hearing loss... In the absence of any physiological causes, he is diagnosed as schizophrenic. Nevertheless, the hospital management decides to seek the opinion of Georges Devereux, a French anthropologist, psychoanalyst and specialist in Native American culture.

Director:

 Arnaud Desplechin

Writers:

 Arnaud Desplechin, Kent Jones, 1 more credit »

Stars:

 Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee |

Nebraska (2013) - Cannes

SYNOPSIS

A poor old man living in Montana escapes repeatedly from his house to go to Nebraska to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won. Frustrated by his increasing dementia, his family debates putting him into a nursing home -- until one of his two sons finally offers to take his father by car, even as he realizes the futility. 

En route the father is injured, and the two must rest a few days in the small decaying Nebraska town where the father was born and where, closely observed by the son, he re-encounters his past. (Don’t worry -- it’s a comedy.)

Director:

 Alexander Payne

Writer:

 Bob Nelson

Stars:

 Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb

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Only God Forgives (2013)

SYNOPSIS

Julian, an American fugitive from justice, runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for his drug business.

His mother, the head of a vast criminal organization, arrives from the US to collect the body of her favorite son, Billy. Julian’s brother has just been killed after having savagely murdered a young prostitute. Crazy with rage and thirsty for vengeance she demands the head of the murderers from Julian. 

But first, Julian must confront Chang, a mysterious retired policeman - and figurehead of a divine justice - who has resolved to scourge the corrupt underworld of brothels and fight clubs.

Director:

 Nicolas Winding Refn

Writer:

 Nicolas Winding Refn

Stars:

 Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm 

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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

SYNOPSIS

Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. 

Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. 

Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?

Director:

 Jim Jarmusch

Writer:

 Jim Jarmusch (screenplay)

Stars:

 Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska

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The Immigrant (2013)

SYNOPSIS

1921. In search of a new start and the American dream, Ewa Cybulski and her sister Magda sail to New York from their native Poland. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. And then one day, she encounters Bruno’s cousin, the debonair magician Orlando. He sweeps Ewa off her feet and quickly becomes her only chance to escape the nightmare in which she finds herself.

Director:

 James Gray

Writers:

 James Gray, Ric Menello

Stars:

 Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Marion Cotillard 

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12 Years a Slave (2013) - Toronto

Storyline

Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life. 

Director:

 Steve McQueen

Writers:

 John Ridley (screenplay), Solomon Northup (based on "Twelve Years a Slave" by)

Stars:

 Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender

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How Harry Became a Tree (2001) - Chennai


This drama is set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney ('Colm Meany') sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty - the most powerful man in town, who not only owns the local pub and most of the businesses in the area, but is also the local matchmaker. When Harry's son Gus(Cillian Murphy) - upon whom Harry regularly heaps abuse (mostly mental and verbal) - falls for the lovely Eileen, George helps get the two together during this time, Harry quietly mobilizes his dastardly plans. 

Director:

 Goran Paskaljevic

Writers:

 Christine Gentet, Goran Paskaljevic, 2 more credits »

Stars:

 Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy

52 Tuesdays (2013)

Synopsis

16 year old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.

Director:

 Sophie Hyde

Writers:

 Matthew Cormack (screenplay), Matthew Cormack(story), 1 more credit »

Stars:

 Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane, Mario Späte

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UK - English

English

71 (2014) - Berlin

Synopsis

A young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.

Director:

 Yann Demange

Writer:

 Gregory Burke (screenplay)

Stars:

 Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, Paul Anderson

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