drifters ( italian : gli sfiorati ) is a 2011 italian drama film directed by matteo rovere .

it is based on the 1990 novel gli sfiorati by sandro veronesi .

drifters ( 2011 film )

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in this taboo drama , mete must fight against his inappropriate attraction to his 17 year old half sister , who has just moved in to his flat in drifters is an existential drama around an impossible love affair , , against the background of a rome that is chaotic , arrogant , immersed in its ruins and its social routines . drifters was featured in the 2011 london film festival .
the trials and tribulations of attractive young italians provide the photogenic subject for contempo comedy - drama
drifters .
cold war this and iron curtain that … kelli garner in pan am . photograph : bbc / 2011 sony pictures television
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gli sfiorati - 2011 plot : none story : none release date : 2 march 2012 user votes : 5 . 0 countries : italy , stars : andrea bosca , miriam giovanelli , claudi . . .
the movie’s director , li yang , dismissed as “ridiculous” the idea that suspects in isolated corners of the countryside had seen his film . because of its grim plot , the chinese authorities banned the film before it was released , and it has rarely been seen except by urban film enthusiasts . even mr . li had difficulty tracking down bootleg dvds of it , he said .
the undisputed master of three genres—film noir , psychological westerns , and big - budget historical epic—mann accumulated a majestic body of work .
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yes , i can confirm that the cast , and rome , is attractive . but that is about all that i can commend the film for .
film noir thrived in the dark of postwar america . but from the first flashing neon to the last crazy camera angle it was a director’s medium .
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gli sfiorati - 2011 plot : none story : none release date : 2 march 2012 user votes : 5 . 0 countries : italy , stars : andrea bosca , miriam giovanelli , claudio santamaria , see full cast and crew , genres : , mpaa rating : image runtime : 111 minutes oscars : none
discovery is further complicated because the families of marginalized drifters are unlikely to file a missing - person report . even if they did , they would be unlikely to know when or where the men had last been seen alive — or when simply being out of touch had turned into their being missing or dead .
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drifters ( gli sfiorati ) was an unexpected pre - reality screening i managed to catch due to a fortuitous early finish at work . it wasn ' t one of the films that made the final cut of my selections from the italian film festival guide ( i think i dropped it after watching the trailer ) but seeing as i got to the cinema early i thought i ' d check it out - the cast looked suitably attractive and it promised some impressive photography of central rome .
misnamed movies . subtitled as well . the
drifters
are a handwriting theory of one of the characters , not even the main character . the true theme is about the sexual tension between mete and his new teenage half sister that the parents placed with mete while their marriage plans were getting prepared . gets a little tense at times .
the trials and tribulations of attractive young italians provide the photogenic subject for contempo comedy - drama “drifters . ” based on sandro veronesi’s rome - set novel , helmer matteo rovere’s sophomore effort benefits from its media - friendly depiction of a new social group , the titular gli sfiorati — just as long as no one remembers the book was actually published in [ … ]
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in 2011 , nine men from leibo county in sichuan province were convicted of similar crimes , and the police said gangs from there had committed at least 20 murders in mines . in 2014 , 21 defendants were convicted in handan , northern china , of killing four migrant workers in faked mine accidents . last year , 10 men were convicted in the ningxia region of killing five people in the same way .
if he were to remake the film today , mr . li said in a telephone interview , “it wouldn’t have anything different , except the amounts of money scammed would be larger and the perpetrators would be gangs . ”
this is a delightful film about the complications of love and sexual relations in a blended italian family . miriam giovanelli as the 17 year - old step - sister is innocently coquettish and so very adorable , whilst asia argento is a bewitching temptress .
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touch of evil is a kind of inspired mash - up of the themes and techniques of film noir . there were a few noirs after it , but welles ' movie is really the end of the line . its decadence is damn near baudelairean ; it blooms gorgeously , a mutant flower in the ruins of a once great cinematic form . and it gives the era a fitting send - off . film noir didn ' t end up on easy street because nothing , and no one , does . but it went out in style .
mattsson ' s presence is so forceful — there ' s one truly remarkable confrontation where he turns on the menace full - blast and sprays saliva through his peg - like teeth — that it becomes simultaneously drifters ' trump - card and downfall : his intense verisimilitude makes pretty much everything else on view suddenly seem artificial , contrived , ersatz . if all goes well , 50 - year - old mattsson can surely look forward to several years of steady , gainful employment in the busy world of scandinavian crime cinema and television . as for gronlund , drifters represents a fairly promising debut in its clear - eyed scrutiny of a milieu most folk are happy to ignore , one in which sweden ' s much - praised social - work system is presented as playing a crucial — if not always totally effective — role . but there ' s also a certain amount of pill - sugaring in the slickness of staffan ovgard ' s cinematography and the doomy - moody stylizations of johan testad ' s intermittently - deployed score , betraying a certain degree of directorial inexperience and suggesting a lack of confidence in the material ' s considerable strengths .
a similar case inspired the 2003 film “ blind shaft , ” a chinese drama about two men who kill fellow miners for their compensation . in what seems to be an endless loop of life imitating art imitating life , some officials have said that the movie became an instruction manual for the recent killings .
“some viewers saw the film ‘blind shaft’ and found a way to get rich , ” the township government that oversees shisun village said in a notice posted outside the village committee office . “the culprits showed no compassion at all for life , and in particular kin and friends who were mentally impaired became assets used to make money . ”
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it ' s not just the tough - talking characters , the guys with good hats and bad luck and the itchy dames who love them . those exist , in one form or another , almost everywhere . these hard cases often come to unfortunate ends in film noir , but what makes them so unmistakably american is that the violent outcomes always seem to come as a surprise to them . unlike their gloomy counterparts in the french crime melodramas of the ' 30s , they ' d expected a better outcome : they thought they were going to be on easy street . there ' s a weird , little - noted streak of optimism in film noir , a berserk hopefulness that may be , to some extent , a reflection of hollywood filmmakers ' sense that here , at last , was a form that allowed them to use every tool in their bag .
i lived in italy about 60 miles from roma for four years , having said that i have a better appreciation for the dialog . the entire film is full of romantic gestures . the explanation in the italian language of what a drifter is , is very poetic , and i wish you could understood the subtle lyric in it . not to sure you should watch this with your hot cool just met half sister or not , the rest of us adults are in for a great movie .
american movie theaters never went dark during the grim days of the second world war , but american movies did . some of them , anyway—those moody , fatalistic , dimly lit crime dramas we now call , collectively , film noir . the french gave us the term , and maybe a little of the doom - drenched romantic sensibility that made these pictures so distinctive . and many of the best noir directors were european by birth or upbringing . without filmmakers such as billy wilder , fritz lang , robert siodmak , jacques tourneur , max ophüls , rudolph maté , fred zinnemann , edgar g . ulmer , and otto preminger , noir as we know it would be a very different , and poorer , thing . although the movies benefited from the shared weltschmerz of the continental contingent , it ' s just about impossible to imagine the two - bit tragedies of , say , wilder ' s double indemnity or siodmak ' s criss cross or tourneur ' s out of the past in any place other than the land of the free and the home of the brave . the name notwithstanding , film noir is as american as a loaded pistol .
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meh . there ' s a good bit going on in this movie , but very little of it is really all that interesting . we learn the protagonist lusts after his half - sister , who for some odd reason is living in his flat in the days ( weeks ? how much time is passing is a bit vague ) leading up to their parent ' s wedding . for some reason she doesn ' t want to leave and so spends all day lounging around in her underpants doing who knows what . it ' s important to note that the two don ' t know each other that well , so this is not some story about brother and sister taking their natural familial bond to the next , taboo level . there ' s some underlying statement about
drifters
, i . e . people who defy classification ( at least , in the structure of their handwriting ) that i suppose is supposed to tie the whole thing together but it didn ' t quite work for me . at any rate , well acted and well directed , but just not all that memorable or interesting .
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here , we look out for each other ,
she ' s counseled by the run - down camp ' s supervisor ,
here we ' re loyal .
but minna ' s opportunistic solipsism means she falls a long way from the ideal espoused by the film ' s swedish - language moniker , which translates as ' honor among thieves ' — until events eventually compel her towards a climactic , redemptive act of altruism .
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with : with : andrea bosca , miriam giovanelli , claudio santamaria , michele riondino , asia argento , massimo popolizio , aitana sanchez - gijon .
handsome , 30 - ish mete ( andrea bosca ) has an apartment in rome’s picturesque historical center , a stimulating ( if unlikely ) job as a handwriting analyst and an enviable , appropriately hedonistic social life . less felicitously , his 17 - year - old half - sister , belinda ( miriam giovanelli ) , to whom he’s inconveniently attracted , has just moved into his living room . as mete’s father , sergio ( massimo popolizio ) , a soccer star - turned - sports pundit , belatedly prepares to marry belinda’s mother , virna ( spanish - italian actress aitana sanchez - gijon ) , the two half - siblings negotiate their problematic intimacy boundaries .
written by rovere , laura paolucci and francesco piccolo , the screenplay successfully juggles several elements , notably a funny subplot involving nutty man - eater beatrice ( asia argento , in a change - of - pace role that will earn her plenty more comedic castings ) . meanwhile , a committed perf from michele riondino as mete’s real - estate - agent buddy damiano can’t disguise the stock - comedy aspect of this generic lothario character .
tech credits are pro . andrea farri’s score , confidently fusing orchestral and electronic elements , reps a major plus , and the sound mix is afforded some showily effective moments in one nightclub scene . picture - postcard rome locations do no harm , with sergio and virna’s wedding in particular affording a pleasant whiz around the city in a vintage convertible , colosseum and all .
production : a fandango production in collaboration with rai cinema . ( international sales : fandango portobello , london . ) produced by domenico procacci . directed by matteo rovere . screenplay , laura paolucci , francesco piccolo , rovere , based on the novel by sandro veronesi .
with : with : andrea bosca , miriam giovanelli , claudio santamaria , michele riondino , asia argento , massimo popolizio , aitana sanchez - gijon .
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a man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father ' s fiancee .
# glisfiorati è un ircocervo col soggetto da commedia sexy e la confezione da serie tv locale . usa i toni sbagliati con costanza inquietante .
simplest of plots…our hero is a 30 year old guy with no attachments and a dull job , who receives the news that his father is getting remarried and that his half - sister is going to live with him ( in his bachelor apartment in roma ) during the upcoming weeks to the wedding , and this is the story of all the things the guy does to avoid being near the sister , an 18 year old nymph that he is deeply attracted to . not that clever and dragging itself in non - sense for much of the 105 min , it compensates with some beautiful scenery , some eros ramazotti and light porn…just dull…
se vabbè , ciao eh . . . commedia pruriginosa di rara inconsistenza e vacuità . però mezza stellina di bonus se la merita tutta perché c ' è asia argento che fa asia argento .
not much happens in the life of young , privileged mete and his peers - until his half sister temporarily moves in with him . elegantly made but pretentious adaptation of a 1990 novel by sandro veronesi that hasn ' t left much of a mark , lightweight drama fails to find any convincing root in the title ' s flakily defined sociological category .
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it would have worked better if some affection ( as opposed to sexual attraction ) had . . .
the relationship between the two protagonists is not entirely convincing . there is a clear attraction , but the step brother ' s behavior moves between extreme avoidance to extreme surrender to emotions that are never completely convincing for the viewer . it would have worked better if some affection ( as opposed to sexual attraction ) had developed between the two .
i
skimmed
a lot of this movie . the pacing is slow , although there are some excellent scenes , such as mete talking to his stepmother - to - be about the pain of having an absent father . good acting and interesting characters , but i wanted to see more interaction between mete and belinda . besides being physically attracted , do they also like each other ? unclear .
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the closed iron ore mine in shandong province , in eastern china , where the police say a man’s murder was disguised as an accident .
shisun village , china — the three miners befriended a lonely , luckless man and offered him work down an iron mine in eastern china .
after working together for 10 days , the three pushed a 220 - pound boulder down a steep tunnel , crushing the man to death . they reported it as an accident .
days later , three men and a woman turned up at the mine , saying they were the dead man’s relatives and demanding compensation . the mine owner offered them $ 110 , 000 if they agreed not to report the death to officials .
prosecutors and the police now say that this death , in shandong province in 2014 , was one of many in which a sophisticated network of grifters dispatched isolated , hard - up men , some mentally impaired , and dressed up their deaths as accidents to swindle compensation from mine owners .
the investigation led the police to shisun village in southwestern china , where mine murders for cash appear to have become a cottage industry . of the 74 suspects indicted in late may in 17 killings , up to 40 were from shisun village , prosecutors said . the police said they were still investigating reports of 35 more possible victims .
a search of court judgments online and news reports of court verdicts turns up dozens of instances across china of gangs killing vagrants and workers in dark , isolated chambers far underground , and using the deaths to defraud mine owners . there have been at least 34 such cases over the past two decades , caijing magazine , a prominent business weekly , estimated in june .
the allegations have prompted anguished debate across china about the social and legal failings that led people to make a living by murdering vulnerable strangers , and fanned speculation about whether the crimes were inspired by a bleak cult movie with a similar plot .
shisun is a hardscrabble , hollowed - out farming village of 5 , 000 people nestled in the corn - and - bamboo - covered hills of yunnan province .
many villagers work in factories and on building sites in distant provinces , leaving farming and child care to aging parents and grandparents . those who stay behind often live in crumbling homes of mud and wood .
but on the main street , rows of three - story concrete houses suggest budding prosperity .
wang fuxiang owns one of those houses , as well as a restaurant in a nearby city . with his dapper suits and loud , casual wear , the kind seen more often on suburban golfers than on dirt farmers , mr . wang , 39 , appeared to be among the lucky few who had escaped the hard life .
but it did not go unnoticed that mr . wang and several other villagers would abruptly disappear for days , weeks or months , and return flush with cash , which they often squandered on gambling binges , neighbors recalled . some thought the men might be selling drugs .
“he never told me what he did , ” said mr . wang’s daughter , hu yun , 17 . nor , apparently , did she try to pin him down on the question .
about two years ago , she started to sense that something was amiss . “i began to get the feeling that there was something not right about the way he’d been making money , ” she said recently in an interview at her home .
a middle - aged farmer who lived nearby was blunter . asking that his name not be used for fear of recriminations , he wrote a letter in case he was ever asked about the cases , which said , “there are eight homes in this little village that have been built from human blood . ”
the mystery began to unravel two years ago , when the yunnan police received an anonymous message saying that the man killed in the shandong iron mine had been working under another man’s identity . ( the victim’s real identity , if it has been determined , has not been announced . ) another mine killing late that year in inner mongolia , a region of northern china , also left clues pointing to shisun village and nearby areas .
detectives descended on shisun and began questioning villagers . what they found were organized gangs devoted to serial killing for cash .
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some participants recruited and killed the victims , having won their cooperation by promising good wages , friendship , even marriage . others posed as the grieving family members who turned up at the mine to demand compensation , the police have said .
the gangs disguised the identities of their victims , using stolen or bought identity papers that they persuaded or tricked victims into using , ensuring that their real families would not learn of their fate . most victims were quickly cremated by their fake families , making identification even harder and erasing clues about their deaths .
the other side of the equation that kept the business humming is the mine owners , who paid handsome sums to the impostor families in order to keep the deaths quiet . if a fatal accident were reported , the owners feared , safety regulators would shut down the mine for months while they investigated , several mine owners told the police after the killings came to light .
if these killings sound like the plot of a thriller , that may be no coincidence .
still , many people have heard of the movie , and when the cases started coming to light , they were immediately described as “blind shaft killings . ”
similar cases first entered china’s national consciousness in the late 1990s , when a gang with dozens of members was convicted of killing 28 migrant workers in shanxi province . those killings inspired the movie , mr . li said .
since then , the blind shaft scheme has been firmly implanted in the national psyche of a country peppered with thousands of notoriously dangerous mines . most likely , the shisun gang heard of it by word of mouth .
according to available court records , the pace of such killings appears to have picked up in recent years , possibly because compensation payments have grown . as china’s regulators have clamped down on mine safety , driving down the number of accidents , the stricter regulation has perversely encouraged some mine operators to hide fatalities and pay off victims’ families , increasing the incentive to carry out the crimes .
the recent killings have veered from the movie version in at least one conspicuous way . in the movie , the killers extorted 30 , 000 renminbi , or about $ 4 , 475 at today’s rates , in hush money for one death . the shisun village gangs extracted payments of $ 75 , 000 to $ 120 , 000 from mine bosses , according to news reports .
the charges against the shisun suspects include homicide , faking accidents , swindling compensation , fraud and hiding crimes , though the police have not said publicly who is being charged with what .
long prison terms , and death sentences for the ringleaders , are likely , if similar cases are a guide . chinese courts almost invariably convict , and the suspects have not been allowed to publicly answer the charges .
mr . wang was arrested early last year . his daughter , ms . hu , now acknowledges that he may have innocent blood on his hands .
“i think he did do something , but i don’t blame him , ” she said . “he was doing it so that we could live a better life . ”
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bones is a solid procedural with strong performances as well as the usual surfeit of csi - style forensic whizzbangery . it doesn ' t take risks or deviate from the formula , but nor does it need to : in the us , more than 10 million tuned in for this season opener . the simmering
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relationship at the show ' s centre has shifted up a gear since the revelation of brennan ' s pregnancy . there is little time for baby talk here , though , as the team investigate the death of a young woman found in a paintball field . gwilym mumford
final episode in the comedy - drama that managed to live up to sky - scraping expectations . it ' s the end of the first term and vod is kicked off her course , oregon tries to adjust to life as shales ' s girlfriend and kingsley ' s yearning for josie reaches its shrill crescendo . meanwhile , jp has his dad ' s funeral to attend , giving jack whitehall a stab at genuine pathos . it ' s only the end of term one and that means – one term per series – there could be a potential eight series with the same cast . great ! jnr
a us edition of the family - tree - climbing franchise , this episode at least has the advantage of an unusually compelling subject . steve buscemi , who is generally as wry and funny as the characters he plays , goes in search of his great - great - grandfather , ralph montgomery , who lived in 1870s new jersey . there are , naturally , attempts to imbue the trawl with tension and melodrama – this time involving a civil war scandal and a suicide – but the idea at the heart of this programme remains compelling : that everyone ' s very existence is unlikely happenstance . andrew mueller
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malin levanon stars in peter gronlund ' s debut feature , a hard - hitting social drama from sweden .
terrain that ' s overall as memorable as its oft - used english - language title . picking up a special mention when world - premiering in san sebastian ' s lucrative new directors competition , it should prove a decent fit for festivals seeking socially - conscious fare . prospects at scandinavian box - offices don ' t seem particularly promising , however and — one indelibly vivid supporting performance notwithstanding — it lacks the extra spark needed to justify arthouse distribution farther afield .
minna ' s path to decency is complicated by her entanglements with the local underground crime - scene , especially when she incurs the wrath of the district ' s much - feared mr . big , christer korsback . taking a leaf from the shakespeare playbook , gronlund peppers the first half of his screenplay with numerous mentions of korsback , ominously foreshadowing his delayed appearance in the picture ' s second half . it proves well worth the wait , as korsback proves a truly chilling and scary presence thanks to the distinctively scarred , hollow - cheeked , intense - eyed physiognomy and sheer malevolent charisma of non - pro jan mattsson .
the north sea herring fisheries , filmed at lerwick , in the shetlands , lowestoft and great yarmouth and in the north sea .
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the bait ( french : l'appât ) , also known as fresh bait , is a 1995 french film directed by bertrand tavernier about two boys and a girl who commit a murder , with the girl acting as a ' bait ' .

the film is based on the 1990 book of the same name by morgan sportès , which is in turn based on the " valérie subra affair " , a true event that happened in 1984 .

the bait ( 1995 film )

, is a 1995 french film directed by bertrand tavernier about two boys and a girl who commit a murder , with the girl acting as a ' bait ' .
the film won the golden bear award at the 45th berlin international film festival .
nowhere near as funny as the first film . just a stale , tired rehash .
born in mexico city , daniela michel is a film critic and founding director of the morelia international film festival , an annual event launched in 2003 to support a new generation of mexican filmmakers . after studying filmmaking she received a degree in english literature . she has curated retrospectives of mexican cinema in and outside mexico . michel has also served on the jury for the “un certain regard” and “la semaine de la critique” sections of the cannes film festival , the venice film festival , the sundance film festival , the locarno international film festival , the san sebastian international film festival , the international documentary festival amsterdam ( idfa ) , the sarajevo film festival , among other festivals , as well as the rockefeller foundation’s media arts fellowships and the rolex mentor and protégé arts initiative .
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l ' appat is not the first and will not be the last film to address the topic of
wayward youth
. this film falls into the sub - sect of
killer teens
in the troubled youth category though , differentiating it but there are still plenty of its kind . the real focal point of the film , however , is nathalie .
back in december , jackson slammed what saw as a current trend in hollywood ‘oscar bait’ : films released solely to impress critics and the oscar academy , without regard for audiences .
clotilde courau began her acting career at 16 and performed on stage while still at acting school . for her screen debut in jacques doillon’s the little gangster , which ran in the berlinale competition in 1991 , she received the european film award and her first nomination for a césar . ever since , clotilde courau has been an established star of french cinema . she is known for films such as elisa ( dir : jean becker , 1995 ) ; the bait ( dir : bertrand tavernier , 1995 ) ; the opening film of the berlinale 2007 , la vie en rose ( dir : olivier dahan ) ; and in the shadow of women ( dir : philippe garrel , 2015 ) . she has also starred in international productions , e . g . in paul mazursky’s the pickle ( 1993 ) and rod lurie’s deterrence ( 1999 ) . courau regularly performs on the stage : recently she played in “piaf , l’être intime” , which she also directed . her latest film le ciel attendra by marie castille mention - schaar will open in german cinemas in 2017 .
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this jury awards the
grand prix of the generation kplus international jury
for the best feature - length film , endowed with € 7 , 500 by the deutsches kinderhilfswerk ( german child support organisation ) . the
special prize of the generation kplus international jury
is awarded to the best short film , endowed with € 2 , 500 by the deutsches kinderhilfswerk .
and while the colourful musical la la land has scored a record - tying 14 nominations , jackson admitted he couldn’t even make it to the end of the film .
the laughs and the story aren ' t quite as strong this time around , but it ' s still quite a funny and entertaining film .
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a youth jury with members aged 14 to 18 awards the crystal bears in the generation 14plus competition . the jury members are selected from film questionaires submitted the previous year and officially invited to participate by the festival director .
the film is based on the 1990 book of the same name by morgan sportès , which is in turn based on the
valérie subra affair
, a true event that happened in 1984 .
this jury awards the
grand prix of the generation 14plus international jury
for the best feature - length film , endowed with € 7 , 500 by the bundeszentrale für politische bildung ( federal agency for civic education ) . the
special prize of the generation 14plus international jury
is awarded to the best short film , endowed with € 2 , 500 by the bundeszentrale für politische bildung .
a children ' s jury with members aged 11 to 14 awards the crystal bears in the generation kplus competition . the jury members are selected from film questionaires submitted the previous year and officially invited to participate by the festival director .
this list collects every film from the starting list that became they shoot pictures don ' t they ' s 1000 greatest films . this…
festival programmer and film producer carlos núñez is the co - founder and artistic director of sanfic , the santiago international film festival , an important forum for chilean and latin american film . in addition , he is the director and co - founder of the production and distribution company storyboard media . among other films , he has co - produced la mujer de barro by sergio castro san martín , which screened in forum at the 2015 berlinale . carlos núñez is also a university lecturer and a member of cinema23 , a platform for the promotion of film culture in latin america , spain and portugal .
crew : camera ( color ) , alain choquart ; editor , luce grunenwaldt ; music , philippe haim ; set design , emile ghico ; costume design , marpessa djian ; sound ( dolby ) , michel desrois , gerard lamps ; assistant director , emmanuel finkiel . reviewed at mgm screening room , paris , jan . 25 , 1995 . ( in berlin film festival - - competing . ) running time : 117 min .
like the bling ring on steroids , this boasts an amazing directing , soundtrack and lead performance . also like the bling ring , the its seems to both understand the actions of the characters because of their naivete and but also criticize society heavily because it ' s been taken over by violent and mind - numbing media , mtv and scarface in 1995 and facebook in the bling ring . the joke might ultimately be on the filmmakers because if it just keeps happening in every generation , that might not be culture but human nature .
“i like the kids . mahershala [ ali , nominated for best supporting actor for his role in the film ] is great , but i like everybody who played that kid . ”
born in jeddah ( saudi arabia ) in 1983 , author , director and producer mahmoud sabbagh presented his debut feature , barakah meets barakah , in the berlinale’s forum section in 2016 . there this remarkably humorous film won the prize of the ecumenical jury . it went on to be screened at , e . g . , the toronto international film festival , and ultimately entered the race – only the second saudi arabian film ever to do so – for the oscar for best foreign language film . for some years now , sabbagh , who has a degree in documentary filmmaking from new york’s columbia university , has been considered one of the pioneers of a new independent generation of filmmakers in his country . among other works , he has directed and penned a documentary on the controversial poet hamza shehata as well as the highly - regarded online tv series cash .
“the movie everybody’s so hyped on , i only made it through 20 minutes . i mean , i like fred astaire and ginger rogers , ” he said , cleverly referencing the film without actually naming it .
laura poitras , who was born in the usa , first studied at the san francisco art institute and then the new school in new york . her work crosses the boundaries of documentary film , journalism , and art . in 2006 she began her 9 / 11 trilogy with the film my country , my country , for which she received her first oscar nomination . this was followed by the oath ( 2010 ) , which like my country , my country , was shown in the berlinale’s forum section . with citizenfour , the third part of her trilogy , poitras won the academy award for best documentary in 2015 . with this film about edward snowden , she also took home awards from the german film prize , the director’s guild of america , and bafta . her reporting on nsa surveillance has appeared in der spiegel , the guardian , and the washington post , and received a pulitzer prize and the nannen prize for press freedom . in 2016 , she mounted her first solo museum exhibition at the whitney museum of american art . she is co - creator of the visual journalism project , field of vision .
“fresh bait” captures the twisted symbiosis whereby three reasonably nice and normal french kids become a clumsy death squad . bertrand tavernier’s conscientious look at moral bankruptcy , as demonstrated by murders as chillingly excessive as they are pointless , does a sober , fairly suspenseful job of deglamourizing violence . although subject is familiar and pic’s underlying theme is [ … ]
the director and screenwriter trained first as an actor before he turned to filmmaking . after studying at the beijing film academy , wang quan ' an , who was born in yan ' an in shaanxi province , presented his debut film lunar eclipse in 1999 . it screened in the berlinale ' s forum section in 2002 after making various award - winning appearances at festivals around the world . he was selected with tuya ' s marriage for the competition in 2007 and , as the third chinese filmmaker in the festival ' s history , won the golden bear . three years later , apart together was chosen as the berlinale ' s opening film and went on to win the silver bear for best script , which wang co - wrote with jin na . he returned to the berlinale competition in 2012 with white deer plain , an adaptation of the historical novel of the same name , where his director of photography , lutz reitemeier , won the silver bear for outstanding artistic contribution .
“fresh bait” was to have been the realistic crime follow - up to “l . 627 , ” but helmer was obliged to take over the reins on “d’artagnan’s daughter” first . co - scripters tavernier and colo tavernier o’hagan have updated a true story that stunned the nation in 1984 , and their well - delineated point — that lethal gestures out of all proportion with material gain can be the work of ordinary kids from ordinary families — is both shocking and banal .
this movie inspired from actual events reminds me another film just released ; guess what : 24 jours , the story of the abduction , torture and killing of ilan allimi , also a true event occurred in 2006 . the schemes are very alike but not filmed in the same way . the alexandre arcady film is more tense , more suspenseful . and that doesn ' t reduce the efficiency of the tavernier ' s piece of work . i like both . they are just made in two different ways . that ' s all . more than eighteen years are between the two of them . the best would be to watch them both one after the other , to compare at the best . a very interesting experience .
diego luna’s breakthrough role came with alfonso cuarón’s y tu mamá también , for which he shared the marcello mastroianni award with gael garcía bernal at the venice film festival in 2001 . his feature film acting credits include frida ( dir . julie taymor , 2002 ) , the terminal ( dir : steven spielberg , 2004 ) , rudo y cursi ( dir : carlos cuarón , 2008 ) , milk ( dir : gus van sant , berlinale panorama 2009 ) , contraband ( dir : baltasar kormákur , 2012 ) and rogue one : a star wars story ( dir : gareth edwards , 2016 ) . next fall he will star in flatliners ( dir : niels arden oplev ) . luna’s directorial debut , titled abel , premiered at the film festival in cannes in 2010 . this was followed by césar chávez ( berlinale special 2014 ) and mr . pig , which premiered at the sundance film festival in 2016 . he and bernal co - founded “ambulante” in 2005 , a charity organization dedicated , among other things , to promoting documentary film . luna is also a member of the board of the washington office on latin america .
frequenting pricey nightspots in search of a break into showbiz , nathalie methodically collects the business cards of professional men while eric formulates a grandiose plan with more holes than a colander : nathalie — the bait — is to get herself invited to the victim’s home , presumably for sex , only to have eric and bruno burst in and empty the overflowing safe that they imagine all lawyers and merchants must have . kids believe that a handful of such heists will yield the seed money they need to open a pie - in - the - sky chain of ready - to - wear boutiques in the u . s .
it’s hard to check more boxes on a list of “what french movies are like” ( or at least , “what ‘french movies’ are like to americans” ) than fresh bait does .
a few spoiled 20ish kids , one of them a sex - worker with high - rolling clients , hate work , so they decide to rob wealthy people and move to america . sexually open , beautiful french kids ; self - aware “movie” movie with endless references for cinephiles to delight in ; the presumption of american freedom . it skewers the bourgeois , but it contains so many new wave and post - new wave tropes that it could easily be condemned as bourgeois itself . but for each item it checks off , fresh bait generates a matching an internal consistency that has purpose beyond appraising…
the theme of wayward youth is quite common in movies , but it ' s rarely treated with as much depth and subtlety . fresh bait is truly a great one ; very misunderstood though because it doesn ' t play the blame game like other movies . it simply shows a trio of amoral youngsters doing whatever they can to survive in an amoral world . there aren ' t many films like this one , as bold and uncompromising .
born in denmark of icelandic parentage , olafur eliasson quickly garnered international attention after completing the royal danish academy of fine arts . he participated in the berlin biennale in 1998 and the venice biennale in 2003 , and his piece “the weather project” , which was installed in the turbine hall of the tate modern , attracted over two million visitors . today , with his sculptures , installations , paintings , photographs and films that often focus on physical phenomena in nature as well as climate change , he has become one of the world’s most important contemporary artists . eliasson , who founded his studio in berlin in 1995 , has received countless awards . besides being involved in art , he is the founder of a global sustainable energy project and social business called little sun , as well as the international architectural firm studio other spaces . his latest artworks include a number of installations at the palace of versailles in 2016 .
the main reason the film works is marie gillain in the lead role , she really manages to capture the innocence yet strongheaded nature of a young person caught in a nasty situation . the characters , however , aren ' t very realistic and bertrand tavernier never finds a way to show exactly why the plans never work , how the real world works , how this story most likely played out ; it just goes through the motions , points it ' s fingers and calls it a day . kinda smug . watchable though .
acclaimed family drama manchester by the sea also left a little to be desired for jackson . the film , featuring a brooding central performance from casey affleck , is “an interesting story up to a point . but i want to see dude smile once about something . something !
in 2015 with his debut feature , ixcanul , jayro bustamante was the first guatemalan director invited to participate in the competition of the berlinale . cast with amateur actors from the region of the kaqchikel maya , the film won the silver bear alfred bauer prize . ixcanul went on to screen at 60 other film festivals , including those in karlovy vary , jerusalem , telluride , toronto , biarritz , cartagena , mumbai , guadalajara , ghent , and san sebastián , and took home 52 awards . what is more , ixcanul was the second guatemalan movie ever submitted for an oscar for best foreign language film . jayro bustamante , who had previously studied in paris and rome , as well as directed commercials for ogilvy & matter , has also made a variety of short , documentary , and animated films . currently he is working on his next two full - length feature films : temblores and los tenis de barrondo .
after finishing her studies at the ernst busch academy of dramatic arts , julia jentsch , who was born in berlin , began her career on the stage . in 2002 “theater heute” magazine rated her the best female debut of the year . her breakthrough on the screen was in the edukators ( 2004 , dir : hans weingartner ) and in sophie scholl – the final days ( berlinale competition 2005 ) , for which she won not only the berlinale’s silver bear , but also both the german and european film awards . the film itself , which was directed by marc rothemund , was nominated for the oscar for best foreign language film . since then julia jentsch has starred in a number of works , including 33 scenes from life by polish director małgorzata szumowska , hannah arendt by margarethe von trotta , and i served the king of england by jiří menzel . with effie briest ( berlinale special 2009 , dir : hermine huntgeburth ) and 24 weeks ( berlinale competition 2016 ; dir : anne zohra berrached ) , jentsch was again invited to the berlinale . most recently she performed in front of the camera in hans - christian schmid’s mini - series das verschwinden , which will be released in 2017 .
the war exploits of french captain conan and his men during world war i and during the allied intervention in the russian civil war .
three adolescents , a girl who serves as the priming and two boys , kill two men cold blooded who were known by the girl only for to steal the money of them . with the money the three want to open a shop for clothing in the united states .
the recipients of honorary awards are not chosen by a jury but by the festival director .
“the politics of what happens during this time of year is very interesting in hollywood . the movies they choose to say are amazing and great , you know — manchester by the sea , oh my god , you must see it , it’s an amazing film ! but , ehh , i guess it is — to somebody , ” he said .
true crime tale of some wayward youth turning into a series of robberies and murder . the genre social determinism put to great use . tavernier packs a lot of good detail and his sober than usual approach ( it plays like a classicist take on a larry clark movie ) adds an extra punch . great performances and both big robbery scenes are tense in their pre - ordained inevitability . the film only missteps when it gives away into too easy commentary ( particularly about american culture influence on french youth ) , but the film gleefully amorality finds in tavernier no frills style a great counterpoint .
three adolescents , a girl who serves as the priming and two boys , kill two men cold blooded who were known by the girl only for to steal the money of them . with the money the three want to open a shop for clothing in the united states . but their dream turns out to be more difficult to realize than the assassination .
jankowski works in the area of concept and media arts using film , video , photography and performance , as well as painting , sculpture and installations . his special focus is on the performative interaction between the artist and an audience far removed from the professional art world . his works are exhibited in numerous museums and collections , and have been shown at the venice biennale in 1999 and 2013 , among other events . in 2016 , he curated the european biennial of contemporary art in zurich , “manifesta 11” . christian jankowski also holds a professorship in sculpture at the stuttgart state academy of art and design .
“fresh bait” captures the twisted symbiosis whereby three reasonably nice and normal french kids become a clumsy death squad . bertrand tavernier’s conscientious look at moral bankruptcy , as demonstrated by murders as chillingly excessive as they are pointless , does a sober , fairly suspenseful job of deglamourizing violence . although subject is familiar and pic’s underlying theme is more powerful than its execution , thesps are good , and general interest in name - brand helmer could put this one across in international arthouses . berlin fest bow will be followed by french release march 8 .
natalie ( marie gillain ) , a parisian shop assistant and part - time escort , gets involved with a plan by her boyfriend to use her as bait and rob her costumers , in order to finance their dreams of moving to the states . pretty soon the scheme gets out of hand and leads to murder . l ' appât is a portrait of a generation bertrand tavernier deems too materialistic and overly obsessed with celebrity , and he has created his characters just to make that point . there ' s no attempt to understand them or empathise with them , they only exist as totems for tavernier ' s condemnation and disapproval . and it seems that their most heinous , most unforgivable crime in his eyes , isn ' t the stealing and the killing , but the fact that they have the gall to prefer american films over french ones ! bertrand tavernier is one of the best french directors of the post new wave , l ' appât , however , is the work of a vieux con .
fresh bait
captures the twisted symbiosis whereby three reasonably nice and normal french kids become a clumsy death squad . bertrand tavernier ' s conscientious look at moral bankruptcy , as demonstrated by murders as chillingly excessive as they are pointless , does a sober , fairly suspenseful job of deglamourizing violence . although subject is familiar and pic ' s underlying theme is more powerful than its execution , thesps are good , and general interest in name - brand helmer could put this one across in international arthouses . berlin fest bow will be followed by french release march 8 .
once again crusty matthau and sly lemmon bring forth their craftiest dirty tricks and sharpest barbs in this alternately poignant and hilarious sequel set six months after the wedding between gustafson ( lemmon ) and the luscious ariel ( ann - margret ) . as the story begins , the two pensioners have become grudging pals , content to suspend their constant practical jokes as their children prepare to marry each other . they still enjoy taunting each other at their favorite fishing lake . the fireworks really begin when they learn that the gorgeous and plucky maria ragetti ( sophia loren ) and her italian mother have bought their beloved bait shop and plan to turn it into an italian restaurant . the two devious fellows , hating the idea that anything should change in wabasha , minnesota , team up to keep that restaurant from opening , but maria is having none of that nonsense and stands her ground . in the face of such feistiness , it is small wonder that goldman finds himself falling in love , but will he succeed in subduing the equally stubborn maria ? will he and gustafson manage to maintain their tentative détente ?
three teenagers plan to steal the nessecary funds to open their dream shop in the us , but things get messy .
production : a bac films ( france ) release of a hachette premiere / little bear / france 2 cinema / m6 films co - production with the participation of canal plus . ( foreign sales : president film . ) produced by rene cleitman , frederic bourboulonj . directed by bertrand tavernier . screenplay , colo tavernier o ' hagan , tavernier , based on the book by morgan sportes .
france , 1654 : d ' artagnan ' s girl grows up in a convent . when the mother superior is murdered , eloïse suspects a plan to murder the king and hopes to prevent this and revenge the murder by finding her father and the 3 musketeers .
young morons botch a few robberies and end up killing a couple people . the failure of l ' appat is that the hollow - youth theme - amoral , fueled by cool crime flicks , living for kicks , lusting for dough - has been done to death , and tavernier doesn ' t bring anything new to the table . and , frankly , i don ' t even like the prototypes all that much - they live by night , gun crazy , etc - because , as with this film , i ' m inclined to detest absolutely everyone onscreen .
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so what are jackson’s picks of the 2017 oscars crop ? he loved moonlight , particularly the three performances by actors alex hibbert , ashton sanders and trevante rhodes who play the lead role through three different ages .
intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past .
this movie is based on true events . the real characters are still in prison .
not as good as the first , but it ' s seldom less than amusing .
hollywood veteran samuel l jackson is a one of the select few who get to vote for the academy awards — and he’s not one to keep quiet about his choices .
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the members of the 2017 generation 14plus youth jury : rosa ehrlich , oscar r . franck , hannah kähler , luka kowalewsky , marie kühn , quinten samrotzki , rosa schaefer bastian .
samir was born in bagdad and moved with his family to switzerland when he was seven years old . in the 1980s , after studying at zurich university of the arts ( zhdk ) and training to be a typesetter , he began working as a cameraman , director , and screenwriter . over the years he has made more than 40 short and full - length films . in 1994 , he – and documentary filmmaker werner schweizer and producer karin koch – took over dschoint ventschr ( spoken like joint venture ) filmproduktion , which concentrates on promoting young swiss talents . samir has directed both fiction and documentary films for the cinema and television – including snow white ( 2005 ) , which received multiple awards – as well as many stage productions . his documentary iraqi odyssey was screened in the berlinale panorama in 2015 and submitted by switzerland for an oscar for best foreign language film .
kimberly drew is a curator , writer and the social media manager at the metropolitan museum of art , new york . her blog “black contemporary art” , founded in 2011 , and her instagram channel “museummammy” are among the most influential digital platforms for african and african - american art worldwide . she has been awarded the air gallery feminist curator award and the gold rush award by the rush philanthropic arts foundation for her curatorial work . kimberly drew studied art history and african - american studies with an emphasis on museum studies at smith college in northampton , usa .
grumpy old men
has been one of my favorite comedy movies since i first saw it when it came out . therefore , i couldn ' t wait to see
grumpier old men ,
the sequel . it ' s pretty much just like the first one except with more laughs and some new faces . in this one , max ( walter matthau ) has a son ( kevin pollak ) and john ( jack lemmon ) has a daughter ( daryl hannah ) . max ' s son and john ' s daughter are supposed to be getting married soon . ann margaret returns in this one and another new person is sophia loren along with her italian mom . best of all , grandpa gustafson returns with his hilarious one - liners in this sequel .
grumpier old men
is even funnier than the first movie was , and the new people fit in with the original cast perfectly . everybody does a great job of acting . there ' s a lot of parts in the movie that are unforgettable once you see them such as when walter matthau and jack lemmon temporarily turn their backs on one another and start playing hilarious pranks on each other , and the fight with the huge catfish . to top it all off , after the movie is over , it shows a lot of outtakes from the film , mainly with grandpa gustafson and they ' re just as hilarious as the movie itself was . if you liked the first movie or if you like comedy movies where the laughs never stop , i recommend getting
grumpier old men .
note : that was my amazon review from the year 2000 . awesome sequel . . . can ' t beat lemmon and matthau as a duo . . . r . i . p .
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members of the generation 14plus international jury 2017 were : benjamin cantu , roberto doveris , jennifer reeder .
what is more chilling than the fatal deeds themselves is that it never occurs to the trio that thieving and murdering might be perceived as an objectionable way to raise capital or that they might get caught . although their families appear adequate and even caring , the kids’ moral universe seems to have been shaped mostly by videocassettes of american movies . ( while selecting vidpix , one of the gang asks , “should i get this tape ? , ” eliciting the reply , “no , it’s french — it sucks . ” ) tightly knit ensemble cast is good , particularly putzulu as the dim - bulb sponger who takes things literally . gillain’s nathalie has the closest thing to a functioning moral compass , yet still experiences only fleeting remorse .
well you can wish in one hand and crap in the other , and see which get filled first .
celebrated american actress maggie gyllenhaal is one of the outstanding talents of her generation . after studying literature at columbia university in new york and acting at the royal academy of dramatic art in london , she became known for her roles in donnie darko ( dir : richard kelly , 2001 ) and in spike jonze’s berlinale competition entry adaptation ( 2002 ) . her big breakthrough came when she played the lead in the film secretary ( dir : steven shainberg , 2002 ) . for it she received her first golden globe nomination and won several awards , including an ifp / gotham award for breakthrough performance . she went on to star in , e . g . , mike newell’s mona lisa smile ( 2003 ) , marc forster’s stranger than fiction ( 2006 ) , oliver stone’s world trade center ( 2006 ) , christopher nolan’s the dark knight ( 2008 ) , sam mendes’s away we go ( 2009 ) , and roland emmerich’s white house down ( 2013 ) . for her role in scott cooper’s crazy heart ( 2009 ) she was nominated for an oscar . in 2014 she headlined the british tv series the honourable woman , for which she garnered a golden globe award and an emmy nomination . gyllenhaal , who in recent years has performed on broadway , is currently cast to star in the deuce , a new hbo series that she is also producing .
daniel is schoolmaster of a kindergarten in a small french town . the local economy , which depended entirely on coal production , has been mired in a depression ever since the mines were . . . see full summary »
members of the generation kplus international jury 2017 were : fabian gasmia , aneta ozorek , yoon ga - eun .
: well , i did sleep under the stairs . and my mother . . . she took off , understand ?
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starring emma stone and ryan gosling . photo : dale robinette
this gritty police drama shows us the underbelly of the parisian drug trade . lulu is a tough streetwise narcotics cop who , like a frank serpico or a dirty harry callahan , doesn ' t play by . . . see full summary »
young morons botch a few robberies and end up killing a couple people . the failure of l ' appat is that the hollow - youth theme - amoral , fueled by cool crime flicks , living for kicks , lusting for dough - has been done to death , and tavernier doesn ' t bring anything new to the table . and , frankly , i don ' t even like the prototypes much - they live by night , gun crazy , etc - because i detest absolutely everyone onscreen .
the members of the 2017 generation kplus children ' s jury : kay arend , antonie beckmann , laurentius fritz , ilja gavrylov , ida kirschning , louis lemperle - mcgrath , emilia schmidt , lea schönfeldt , ben trabhardt , till trabhardt , pina zehnpfennig .
in december 1993 , three youths , two boys and a girl , committed two acts of cold blooded murder with intent to steal . the names of the victims , both male , had been on a list of the girl ' s
relations
. their dream : open a chain of ready - to - wear shops across the united states
because everything is easier there , you can make it overnight
. all it takes is a million and a half dollars . distinguishing marks : none .
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the second teaming of jack lemmon and walter matthau as cranky , lifelong neighbours provides - surprisingly - as many chuckles and guffaws as their first outing . once again , burgess meredith , as lemmon ' s sex - obsessed father , gets most of the belly laughs .
an elderly painter whose son visits with his family on the weekends , is also surprised by a visit from his still - single daughter .
hollywood veteran samuel l . jackson is an academy awards voter — and he’s happily spilling the beans on which films he loved ( and hated ) .
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with the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so , nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation , where she would do anything to acquire what she needs . along with her boyfriend , eric , and his friend bruno , she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places , then allows eric and bruno to break in . but the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder .
violence takes place in a tense , well - defined offscreen space that echoes nathalie’s denial of what the boy she loves and his sidekick are really up to .
richard berry adds touching suspense as a smooth operator who thinks on his feet when cornered and reveals that the appearance of wealth does not always translate into ready cash .
extensive use of nocturnal , roving hand - held camera renders the proceedings up - close , fluid and intimate . dance music is rhythmic , and other incidental music is fine .
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a 23 - year - old slacker tries find his way amidst the oppressive suburban environment where he was raised . amiable trevor mcintosh faces two major problems . he wants to get away from his overbearing mom , philandering father and his older brother ; and he wants to lose his virginity . trevor tries hard at the latter , but can ' t seem to connect with the young women who interest him . then he meets charlotte peacock , an artist in her ' 60s . she accepts trevor and encourages him . they start out as friends , but gradually become much more .
nathalie is a young girl without much direction . she exudes confidence in public and demands attention with her looks and demeanor , but it quickly becomes obvious she is floating in limbo in regards to her future . she is amassing an address - book full with the contacts of older , successful men who she thinks can help her career . what her career is exactly , she isn ' t sure . throughout the…
good but pretty far from great ; based on a true story about three kids who decided to cash - in through robbery but reality , and their poor wits , comes in the way ( apparently it ' s all james cameron ' s and brian de palma ' s fault for making terminator 2 and scarface , and then of course that horrifying
mtv culture
that everyone was talking about in the 90s ) .
to its credit , pic shows just how wide the gap can be between concept and reality , theory and execution when one’s head is full of movies , tv gameshows and magazine articles instead of more enduring values .
veronique , living with her divorced mother , is going on holiday to mauritius with her father . to impress a local boy , benjamin , she manages to complicate the situation by making up stories . . . see full summary »
their initial efforts run into one snafu after another — which makes a refreshing , often comic , change from the usual effortless swat team - style movie break - ins — until eric orders bruno to pistol whip and bludgeon to death a financially disappointing victim .
barely 18 , fresh - faced and shapely nathalie ( marie gillain ) works in a paris clothing boutique and lives in a small apartment with her handsome , marginally older boyfriend , eric ( olivier sitruk ) , and eric’s none - too - bright , emotionally co - dependent buddy , bruno ( bruno putzulu ) . while nat works , the guys watch american gangster and adventure pix on tv , hang out in cafes and talk tough . they conclude that money is the ultimate arbiter of success , so they’ll have to get lots of it .
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a watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer . he tries to understand for whom and why .
a worn - out , ineffective police chief humiliated by everyone around him decides one day to improve his life , by any means .
an unstable former french sergeant commits many atrocities . a judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career .
bernie , a 30 years old orphan , decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents . after an investigation , he meets marion , a young heroin addict and falls in love with her . he believes . . . see full summary »
in a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare , a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid tv show .
: there . i didn ' t hit you this time . little cunt .
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with : nathalie . . . marie gillain eric . . . olivier sitruk bruno . . . bruno putzulu alain . . . richard berry antoine . . . philippe duclos
this key moment in eric’s reasoning , as presented onscreen , doesn’t completely convince . since all subsequent developments flow from this critical event , cumulative authenticity is somewhat undercut .
with : nathalie . . . marie gillain eric . . . olivier sitruk bruno . . . bruno putzulu alain . . . richard berry antoine . . . philippe ducloswith : marie ravel , clotilde courau , jean - louis richard , jeanne goupil .
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samuel l jackson is not here for your magical rom - com singalongs . picture : afp / valerie macon
sorry emma and ryan , samuel l . jackson switched you off . picture : ap
mahershala ali , left , and alex hibbert in a scene from , moonlight . picture : ap
samuel l . jackson will basically show you his oscar ballot papers if you ask nicely enough . picture : frederick m . brown / getty
and jackson makes no secret of his vote for best actor : denzel washington for his powerhouse work in fences .
“i don’t think anyone did a better job than denzel , ” he said .
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