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Film choices for Winter Season 2019
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Comedy
Let the Sunshine In (2017)
Un beau soleil intérieur Fr
15 | 1h 34min
Director: Claire Denis
Stars: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine
Isabelle (Binoche) is a divorced Parisian painter searching for another shot at love, but refusing to settle for
the parade of all-too-flawed men who drift in and out of her life. There's a caddish banker (Xavier
Beauvois) who, like many of her lovers, happens to be married; a handsome actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle)
who's working through his own hang-ups; and a sensitive fellow artist (Alex Descas) who's skittish about
commitment.
Funny Cow (2017) UK
15 | 1h 42min
Director: Adrian Shergold
Stars: Stephen Graham, Paddy Considine, Maxine Peake
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the
comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
102 Not Out (2018) India
PG | 1h 42min
Director: Umesh Shukla
Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Jimit Trivedi
Dattatraya Vakharia is a 102 year old man living like a youngster.While is 75 year old son Babulal has
accepted his old age and lost all excitement in life.Dattatraya wants to break the world record of oldest
person living on earth held by Chinese man. But feels that it won't be possible to break the record by living
with a boring Babulal.
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BlacKkKlansman (2018) US
R | 2h 15min
Director: Spike Lee
Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
In the midst of the 1970s civil rights movement, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first
black detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department. He sets out to prove his worth by infiltrating
the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan and convinces his Jewish colleague (Adam Driver) to go undercover as
a white supremacist.
C'est la vie! (2017) Fr
Le sens de la fête
15 | 1h 57min
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche
Charming French comedy about a disgruntled caterer working his last wedding event. Max (Jean-Pierre
Bacri) is just trying to get through night, but has to deal with a cast of offbeat characters and a girlfriend
who's flirting with a young server.
Drama
A Gentle Creature (2017) Krotkaya Fr/UKR
Not Rated | 2h 23min
Director: Sergey Loznitsa
Stars: Liya Akhedzhakova, Valeriu Andriutã, Vasilina Makovtseva
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving
a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.
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Puzzle (2018) UK
R | 1h 43min
Director: Marc Turtletaub
Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman
Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which
unexpectedly draws her into a new world - where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017) Indonesia/Fr
15 | 1h 33min
Marlina (35) is a grieving woman, hard at work all year long to save enough money for the traditional
Sumba burial of her late husband; who now sits as a mummy in the living room. Markus (50) knocks on her
door and informs her that his gang intends to rob her in half an hour; a promise well kept. Marlina poisons
the robbers and seduces Markus. During sex, she beheads him and starts a journey with Markus' bloodied
head inside a plastic bag.
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017) Fr
120 battements par minute
Not Rated | 2h 23min |
Director: Robin Campillo
Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel |
Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act up-Paris activists
multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up
by Sean, a radical militant, who throws his last bits of strength into the struggle.
Cannes Winner Grand Prize of the Jury
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Western (2017) Germany
Unrated | 2h 1min
Director: Valeska Grisebach
Stars: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov
A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside.
The foreign land awakens the men's sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own
prejudice and mistrust due to the language barrier and cultural differences. The stage is quickly set for a
showdown when men begin to compete for recognition and favor from the local villagers.
On Chesil Beach (2017) UK
R | 1h 50min
Director: Dominic Cooke
Stars: Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Andy Burse
Adapted by Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel, the drama centers on a young couple of drastically
different backgrounds in the summer of 1962. Following the pair through their idyllic courtship, the film
explores sex and the societal pressure that can accompany physical intimacy, leading to an awkward and
fateful wedding night.
The Ciambra (2017) Argentina
A Ciambra
15 | 1h 58min
Director: Jonas Carpignano
Stars: Pio Amato, Iolanda Amato, Koudous Seihon
In A Ciambra, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he
drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the
African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the
necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go
wrong, Pio sets out to prove he's ready to step into his big brother's shoes but soon finds himself faced
with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man.
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Pin Cushion (2017) UK
Not Rated | 1h 22min
Director: Deborah Haywood
Stars: Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, Loris Scarpa
Super close Mother Lyn and daughter Iona are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to
make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes 'best friends' with Keely, Stacey and Chelsea.
Used to being Iona's bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with Belinda, her
neighbour. As much as Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going great, things aren't going
great for either of them.
Summer 1993 (2017) Spain
Estiu 1993
12 | 1h 37min
Director: Carla Simón
Stars: Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cusí
In the Summer of 1993, Frida, a six-year-old little girl, leaves Barcelona and her grandparents for the
countryside. After her father, her mother has just died of a mysterious illness. Taken in by her uncle Esteve
and aunt Marga, Frida discovers her new environment, an old stone farmhouse in a mountainous area
close to a dense forest. Her new "parents" prove friendly. Another good point is that they have a three-
year old daughter named Anna who can become a playmate. For another child less disturbed than
miserable uprooted Frida, this would be the most idyllic of stays, in other words a permanent vacation. But
Frida IS disturbed and if there are undeniably good times at her new "home", there is also the unexpressed
pain which makes her both feel sad and behave badly
The Apparition (2018) Fr
L'apparition
2h 24min
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Stars: Vincent Lindon, Galatéa Bellugi, Patrick d'Assumçao
Jacques "Vincent Lindon" is a journalist at a large regional newspaper in France. His reputation as an
impartial investigator attracts the attention of the Vatican, who recruit him to lead a committee to explore
the legitimacy of a saintly apparition in a small French village-a true canonical investigation. Upon his
arrival, he meets the young novitiate Anna, who claims to have personally witnessed an apparition of the
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Virgin Mary. Shes garnered an impressive following in the village but is torn between her faith and the
many solicitations she receives. Confronted with opposing views from clergy members and skeptics,
Jacques finds his belief system profoundly shaken as he works to uncover the hidden motivations and
pressures at work.
Cold War (2018) Poland
Zimna wojna
15 | 1h 28min
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc |
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are
fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the
1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.
Cannes winner Best Director.
The Heiresses (2018) Paraguay
Las herederas
12A | 1h 38min
Director: Marcelo Martinessi
Stars: Ana Brun, Margarita Irun, Ana Ivanova
Chela and Chiquita are both descended from wealthy families in Asunción and have been together for over
30 years. But recently, their financial situation has worsened and they begin selling off their inherited
possessions. But when their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to
face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of
elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a
fresh and invigorating new connection. Chela finally begins to break out of her shell and engage with the
world, embarking on her own personal, intimate revolution.
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Columbus (2017) UK
Not Rated | 1h 40min
Director: Kogonada
Stars: John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey
A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The
man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead
of pursuing her own dreams.
Lucky (2017)
Not Rated | 1h 28min
Director: John Carroll Lynch
Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston
Lucky is an old US Navy veteran of rigid habits and attitudes in a small town. When his routine is
interrupted by a sudden collapse at home, Lucky finds himself realizing that his remarkably healthy old age
is going to face an inevitable decline and he has to accept it. In that difficult reassessment, Lucky must face
up to what he believes in and how much it compares to his neighbors' priorities. In doing so, Lucky finds
that his life has its positive side as he searches for some meaning that he can accept.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) US
Not Rated | 1h 31min
Director: Desiree Akhavan
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard
Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) looks the part of a perfect high school girl. But after she's caught with
another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, Cameron is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy
center that treats teens "struggling with same-sex attraction." At the facility, Cameron is subjected to
outlandish discipline, dubious "de-gaying" methods, and earnest Christian rock songs-but this unusual
setting also provides her with an unlikely gay community. For the first time, Cameron connects with peers,
and she's able to find her place among fellow outcasts.
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Reinventing Marvin (2017)
Marvin ou la belle éducation
1h 55min
Director: Anne Fontaine
Stars: Finnegan Oldfield, Grégory Gadebois, Vincent Macaigne
Martin Clement, born Marvin Bijou, fled. He fled his little village of Vosges. He fled his family, the tyranny
of his father, the resignation of his mother. He fled intolerance and rejection, the bullying to which
everything that made him a "different" boy exposed him. Against and against everything, he has
nevertheless found allies. First, Madeleine Clement, the principal of the college who made her discover the
theater, and whose name it will borrow as a symbol of her salvation. And then Abel Pinto, the benevolent
model that will encourage him to tell the whole story on stage. Marvin became Martin will take all the risks
to create this show that, beyond success, will complete the transformation.
Skate Kitchen (2018) US
R | 1h 46min
Director: Crystal Moselle
Stars: Kabrina Adams, Emmanuel Barco, Tom Bruno
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl
skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand
the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes
dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New
York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.
Wajib (2017) Palestine
15 | 1h 36min
Director: Annemarie Jacir
Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Tarik Kopty
Abu Shadi (Mohammad Bakri) is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-60s living in Nazareth.
After his daughter's wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi (Saleh Bakri), his architect son,
arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father to hand-deliver the wedding invitations to each
guest, which is the local Palestinian custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together, the tense
details of their relationship come to a head challenging their fragile and very different lives.
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Burning (2018)
Beoning
Not Rated | 2h 28min
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Stars: Ah-In Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jeon |
Jong-su, a part-time worker, bumps into Hae-mi while delivering, who used to live in the same
neighborhood. Hae-mi asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When Hae-mi comes
back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met in Africa, to Jong-su. One day, Ben visits Jong-su's with
Hae-mi and confesses his own secret hobby.
Leave No Trace (2018)
PG | 1h 49min
Director: Debra Granik
Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard
Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for
years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social
services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey back to
their wild homeland. The film is directed by Debra Granik from a script adapted by Granik and Anne
Rosellini.
The Receptionist (2016)
18 | 1h 42min
Director: Jenny Lu
Stars: Josh Whitehouse, Lorraine Stanley, Daniel York
'The Receptionist' is a film based on an illegal massage parlour in London, and follows the lives of the
employees and clients as seen through the eyes of a Taiwanese graduate employed as a receptionist.
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The Guardians (2017) France
Les gardiennes
R | 2h 18min
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Stars: Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry
1915. Life at the Paridier farm has changed dramatically since the men of the family (Constant, Georges
and Clovis) left home to go and fight on the front line. Hortense Sandrail, Henri and Constant's mother and
Clovis' mother-in-law, has taken over courageously but, although helped by her daughter Solange, she
finds it hard to get by with all the workload. When harvest time comes, she makes up her mind to hire a
farmhand but she is too late and no man is available. The mayor then recommends her an orphan named
Francine Riant, who could do.
Historical
Zama (2017) Argentina
Unrated | 1h 55min
Director: Lucrecia Martel
Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him
a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must
ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to
him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the
King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a
dangerous bandit.
Black '47 (2018) Ireland
R | 1h 40min
Director: Lance Daly
Stars: Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the
British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of
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war, he is shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his
family.
Peterloo (2018)
PG-13 | 2h 34min
Director: Mike Leigh
Stars: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell |
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-
democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious
episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000
that had gathered to demand political reform and protest against rising levels of poverty. Many protesters
were killed and hundreds more injured, sparking a nationwide outcry but also further government
suppression.
Godard Mon Amour (2017) Fr
Le Redoutable (original title)
R | 1h 47min
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Stars: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo
Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the
woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love. They marry. But
the film's reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of May '68 will amplify
this process, and the crisis that shakes the filmmaker. Deep-rooted conflicts and misunderstandings will
change him irrevocably.
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Documentary
Nae Pasaran (2018) UK
1h 36min | Documentary
Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra
In a Scottish town in 1974, factory workers refuse to carry out repairs on warplane engines in an act of
solidarity against the violent military coup in Chile. Four years pass before the engines, left to rust in
factory yard, mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night.
The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) UK
12A | 1h 55min | Documentary
Director: Mark Cousins
Granted exclusive access to hundreds of private drawings and paintings by Orson Welles, filmmaker Mark
Cousins dives deep into the visual world of this legendary director and actor, to reveal a portrait of the
artist as he's never been seen before - through his own eyes, sketched with his own hand, painted with his
own brush. Executive produced by Michael Moore, The Eyes of Orson Welles brings vividly to life the
passions, politics and power of this brilliant 20th-century showman, and explores how the genius of Welles
still resonates today in the age of Trump, more than 30 years after his death.
Faces Places (2017)
Visages villages
PG | 1h 34min
Directors: JR, Agnès Varda
Stars: Agnès Varda, JR, Jeannine Carpentier
Agnes Varda, one of the leading lights of France's honored French New Wave cinema era, and professional
photographer and muralist, J.R., partake on a special art project. Together, they travel around France in a
special box truck equipped as a portable photo booth and traveling printing facility as they take
photographs of people around the country. With that inspiration, they also create special colossal mural
pictures of individuals, communities and places they want to honor and celebrate. Along the way, the old
cinematic veteran and the young artistic idealist enjoy an odd friendship as they chat and explore their
views on the world as only they can.
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Animation
Tehran Taboo (2017) Iran
15 | 1h 36min Animation
Director: Ali Soozandeh
Stars: Farhad Abadinejad, Jasmina Ali, Rozita Assadollahy
In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician
intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption
coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an
everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. Nevertheless, women
invariably end up on the bottom rung of the social order. A young woman needs an operation to "restore"
her virginity. A judge in the Islamic Revolutionary Court exhorts favors from a prostitute in exchange for a
favorable ruling. The wife of an imprisoned drug addict is denied the divorce she needs in order to live
independently.
Thriller/Action
The Endless (2017)
Not Rated | 1h 51min
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Stars: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez
This mind-bending thriller follows two brothers who receive a cryptic video message inspiring them to
revisit the UFO death cult they escaped a decade earlier. Hoping to find the closure that they couldn't as
young men, they're forced to reconsider the cult's beliefs when confronted with unexplainable phenomena
surrounding the camp. As the members prepare for the coming of a mysterious event, the brothers race to
unravel the seemingly impossible truth before their lives become permanently entangled with the cult.
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