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Spain 2006 | 138 min | OV with English ST | FF 2006
Regie: Manuel Huerga
Spain, early 70's. the young militant of the Iberian Liberation Movement, Salvador Puig Antich, became the last political prisoner to be executed in Spain by the garrotte. This is his story and that of the desperate attempts of his family, colleagues ...
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Canada, Cyprus 2005 | 100 min | OV | FF 2006
Regie: Dionysius Zervos
On a beautiful summer's day near the water, five-year-old Anna disappears forever. Who's to blame? The grandparents who were supposed to watch over the child? The single mum who preferred to be with her new lover? The lifeguard? Zervos cites Krzyszto ...
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USA 2005 | 102 min | OV with German ST | FF 2006
Regie: John Cameron Mitchell
Unquestionable the most sexually graphic American narrative feature ever made outside the realm of the porn industry... says trade mag Variety. This film is about a relationship-coach who never had an orgasm, a homosexual couple, their third guy and ...
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Israel 2005 | 60 min | OV with English ST | FF 2006
Regie: Mohammad Bakri
Can art change the course of history? Are documentaries capable of showing reality as it is? Will films change the world? In the case of Israeli/Arab actor/director Mohammad Bakri, a film can change one person's life. How, is told in his complex docu ...
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France 2005 | 112 min | OV with German ST | FF 2006
Regie: Xavier Giannoli
His best role since 'Cyrano' was the Cannes critics' verdict of Gérard Depardieu's performance as a nightclub singer crooning after hours in run-down bars. He falls for a much younger woman (captivating: Cécile De France) and this dalliance adds br ...
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Finland 1966 | 89 min | OV with English ST | FF 2006
Regie: Mikko Niskanen
A dreamy summer breeze of a film about two student couples holidaying on a remote Finnish lake. It is a sensitive and equally vigorous coming of age-portrait in the fabled 60's and the struggles with problems and inhibitions so typical of that genera ...
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South Africa, United Kingdom 2005 | 86 min | OV with English ST | FF 2006
Regie: Mark Dornford-May
Love, hope, and betrayal: in powerful images the life of Jesus is transported into a country torn apart by civil war, military dictatorship, and revolt. British theatre and opera director Mark Dornford-May won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2005 wi ...
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Iran, United Kingdom, Germany 2006 | 86 min | OV with English ST | FF 2006
Regie: Amir Hamz, Mark Lazarz
Mention Iran and few will think of rock music, rap or hiphop. The censorship from above makes life hard for those into indie music and it's all the more fascinating to see how alive and worth hearing the outcome is. Rockband O-Hum, rapper Sorouh or t ...
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Germany, Netherlands, Sweden 2006 | 95 min | OV with English ST | FF 2006
Regie: Mischa Alexander
Love is a many-splendoured thing and can make small men grow as tall as mountains. Or at least tall enough to climb a pole to compete in the pole-sitting competition which Taefke tries to win in order to impress his loved one. It turned him into a lo ...
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Germany 2006 | 88 min | OV | FF 2006
Regie: Hannu Salonen
A dinghy drifts ashore on some forsaken beach. Its passenger is a Sri Lankan boy. Ben, a former Stasi-prisoner, saves and decides to hide him. But nothing escapes the small island community for long and soon the local policeman becomes suspicious. He ...
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Germany 2006 | 97 min | OV | FF 2006
Regie: Stefan Krohmer
It was Germany's big sensation when it was shown at the Quinzaine in Cannes. A plain
sailing-trip on the river Schlei stirs up deep feelings of responsibility and jealousy when 12-year-old Livia falls in love with a much older man whom the forty-yea ...
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