Sept 26 - Oct 5, 2013
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Portugal 1990 | 120 min | OV with German ST | FF 2008
Regie: Teresa Villaverde
22-year-old Alex remembers his childhood – and its end – with absolute clarity. Life in a remote village with his mother, after his father had left to fight in the colonial
war. The film masterfully depicts the scars of an entire generation of ...
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Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Mexiko 2008 | 87 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Federico Veiroj
13-year-old Rafael (Alejandro Tocar) comes from a Montevidean upper-class Jewish family. He takes piano lessons, has a beautician take care of his spots and utterly lacks self-confidence. Although no longer a virgin, he has never kissed a girl, requi ...
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France, Algeria 2008 | 93 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
“Adhen” treats the confrontation of modern capitalism with traditional religion. Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche plays the part of Mao, owner of a palette factory in an industrialzone outside Paris. In an attempt to emphasize the relationship between work ...
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Canada 2008 | 100 min | OV with German ST | FF 2008
Regie: Atom Egoyan
In 1986, Atom Egoyan read an article about a Jordanian who hid a bomb in his pregnant girlfriend’s handbag. In his latest film he tells the tale of orphan Simon (Devon Bostick), who translates said article at school. Simon identifies with the unbor ...
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Canada 2008 | 105 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Denis Côté
Somewhere in the Canadian wilderness, an ex-gangster and his stepdaughter Coralie struggle with their deadlocked lives. Coralie’s mother has recently turned her back on the family. In their attempt to start life over, Coralie launches a vendetta ag ...
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Iran 2008 | 97 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Reza Mir Karimi
When religious Iranians want to find out whether a wish or a dream will come true, they consult the estekhareh. This requires a cleric to open the Koran at a random page and interpret the text he finds there. “As Simple as That”, which won the ma ...
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