24th Sept - 1st Oct 2009
Un Homme sans l�Occident
France | 2003 | 100 min. | OV with English s.t.
�Black and white underlines the simplicity of my story,� states the world-famous photographer and film-maker, Raymond Depardon. Loosely based on a novel by Diego Brosset,
Depardon�s film takes us to the Sahara desert and its nomad inhabitants. The y ...
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Umut
Turkey | 2004 | 100 min. | OV with German s.t.
HOPE �Hope� is undoubtedly one of the milestones of Turkish cinema.
In brilliantly composed black and white images, G�ney shows shocking perspectives of hopeless poverty. The film tells the tale of the poor horsecab driver, Cabbar (played by G ...
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Uzak
Turkey | 2004 | 110 min. | OV with English s.t.
DISTANT Nuri Bilge Ceylan not only writes and directs his fi lms, but produces and edits them himself as well. �Uzak� received the Grand Jury Award at the 2003 Cannes Festival. Mahmut, a photographer, lets his unemployed cousin Yusuf stay with ...
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Un homme ordinaire
Belgium, France | 2005 | 95 min. | OV with English s.t.
George is an average guy: furniture salesman, family man, faithful friend and talented DIY enthusiast. George�s life is irrevocably changed, however, when he kills a stranger in a fit of anger. The stranger�s girlfriend is the only witness and to his ...
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Unter anderen Umst�nden
Germany | 2006 | 88 min. | OV
Detective superintendent Jana Winter's new case proves a nervewracking assignment. A baby was stolen from his pram and found dead soon after. Jana, herself in the last stages of pregnancy, bungles the investigation and is taken off the case. She star ...
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Un Franco 14 Pesetas
Spain | 2006 | 96 min. | OV with Engl. s.t.
Elsewhere, the 60�s are synonymous with The Beatles and the miniskirt but in Switzerland, the cuckoo clocks tick to a different rhythm, especially for Spanish workers coming here because one Swiss franc is worth 14 pesetas. That may be true but, for ...
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Underbara kvinnor vid Vatten
Finland | 2006 | 102 min. | OV with Engl. s.t.
A summer in the early 60's when American culture, Chet Baker, Bikinis, and Chevrolets came to Finland and when a young boy spends his holidays on the beach, with parents and friends. But deception lurks behind the candy coloured party world when a fl ...
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Umur
Finland | 2006 | 96 min. | OV with Engl. s.t.
The opening shot is the eye of a bird. And quite as if he were a bird of passage, Poika falls in love with shy Umur only to lose her again. Their bittersweet drama is acted out against the backdrop of the disturbingly beautiful landscape of Lapland, ...
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Un lugar en el cine
Spain | 2007 | 104' | OV with engl. st
A documentary about the relationship between cinema, television, and reality. Historical material is juxtaposed with Greek cineast Theo Angelopoulos on the beach where Pasolini was killed, Victor Erice on Pasolini's tracks in Spain and Tonino Guerra, ...
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Underbara �lskade
Sweden | 2007 | 96' | OV with engl. st
Life can change completely in an instant. One day Lasse (Michael Nyqvist), happily married with two kids, loses his wife and younger son in a car accident. While his older son Jonas (Anastasios Soulis) tries to get back on track, Lasse has a nervous ...
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Underdogs
Germany | 2007 | 96' | OV
Brutal prison inmate Mosk enters a rehabilitation programme, training guide dogs for the blind. Mosk develops a close attachment to the dog and also opens up to prison director Gloria. But when he is required to give over the dog, it comes to a deed ...
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