Sept 26 - Oct 5, 2013
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Japan 2005 | 82 min | OV with English ST | FF 2005
Regie: Masahiro Kobayashi
Japanese aid worker Yoko is taken hostage in Iraq. She is eventually liberated, but on her return to Japan she is accused of egoism and comes under fire for getting Japan involved. Director Masahiro Kobayashi explains: “One could call Japanese ...
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Germany 2005 | 89 min | OV | FF 2005
Regie: Olaf Kreinsen
Laura, the wife of an entrepreneur, is somewhat surprised when her husband is arrested and put in prison. The good-life is over: She is forced to trade the villa for a council flat and her “wellness-weekend” for a grinding, low-wage canteen job. ...
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South Africa 2004 | 115 min | OV with English ST | FF 2005
Regie: Tim Greene
Tim Greene’s adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel is set in South Africa. Street urchin “Twist”, who grew up in an orphanage, has to work on farms and at a funeral parlour. Eventually, Twist takes things into his own hands and heads ...
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France 2005 | 98 min | OV with English ST | FF 2005
Regie: James Huth
Comedian Jean Dujardin broke box-office records in France with his slapstick comedy “The Brice Man”. The inveterate big-mouth Brice is a passionate surfer. Unfortunately, he lives in Nice, which has many attractions but is not renowned fo ...
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Greece 2004 | 128 min | OV with English ST | FF 2005
Regie: Pantelis Voulgaris
1922, the poor Greek dressmaker Niki is on her way to the USA to meet her unknown groom. She is one of 700 so-called “mail order brides” travelling on board the „SS King Alexander“. During the voyage, she falls in love and sta ...
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