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Daily:
Day 3 - 11 February
Competition
Signs
and Wonders
by Jonathan Nossiter
Dividing
one's time between the duties of a sommelier and those of
a film director sounds like the perfect way to lead one's
life, and that is exactly what Jonathan
Nossiter does.Nossiter, whose documentary debut Resident
Alien screened in the 1991 Panorama, has followed up his
Sundance 1997 Grand Jury Prize winner Sunday with this year's
Berlin competition contender Signs And Wonders.
Also in competition today You
Shi Tiaowu (The Island Tales). For
one mad, scrambled night, seven people find themselves trapped
on a small island in the South China Sea. The authorities
have identified the place as the probable source of a deadly
new disease and have put it under quarantine: no arrivals
or departures.
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Competition
You
Shi Tiaowu (The Island Tales) (Japan).
Dir: Stanley Kwan. Cast: Michelle Reis, Shu Qi, Takao Osawa,
Julian Cheung.
An island is quarantined by the government , who fear it's
the source of a new plague. 104 mins. +
short The Moment. Dir: Thomas Voigt. 5 mins.
Signs
And Wonders
Dir: Jonathan Nossiter. Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Stellan
Skarsgård, Deborah Unger. A witty and often magical
drama of the heart, showing that despite the pitfalls of love,
it may indeed be a heavenly power. 108 mins.
Alraune
(German)
Dir: Henrik Galeen. Cast: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener
Ivan Petrovich. (1927)
Live musical accompaniment: Aljoscha Zimmermann. The romanticism
of monsters and the melancholy of the artificial. German
subtitles. 128 mins
Sorbace
Serdce
Dir: Vladimir Bortko. Cast: Jevgenij Jevstignejev, Vladimir
Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov. (1988) German translation.
130 mins.
Das
Eskimobaby (German)
Dir: Heinz Schall. Cast: Asta Nielson. (1916). Introduced
by Dan Nissen. 62 mins.
+ short
Die Ideale Gattin.(1913) Cast: Lyda Salmonova,
Grete Berger, Ernst Lubitsch. Musical accompaniment: Aljoscha
Zimmermann.
Introduced by Eva Orbanz. 21 mins.
The
Terminator (US)
Dir: James Cameron. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael
Biehn, Linda Hamilton. Introduced by John Kirk. A robot
assassin is sent back through time from the future to
prevent the leader of the human resistance from being
born. (1984). 107 mins.
T2:
Judgment Day (US) (1991)
Dir: James Cameron. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda
Hamilton, Edward Furlong. A boy destined to lead the
human resistance against a race of machines is hunted
by one robot and protected by another. The two
killing machines battle over the future of mankind.135
mins.
Homage:
Jeanne Moreau
Ascenseur
Pour L' ´Echafaud (Elevator To The Gallows)
(France) Dir: Louis Malle. Cast: Maurice Ronet, Jeanne
Moreau, Georges Poujouly. (1958). 92
mins.
Les
Amants (The Lovers) (France) Dir: Louis Malle.
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, Jean-Marc Bory. (1958)
Eng. subtitles. A rich, provincial wife has a secret life
in Paris, but finds real satisfaction in an affair with
a young man. 93 mins.
Mademoiselle.
(English) (1965).
Dir: Tony Richardson. Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Ettore
Manni, Keith Skinner, and Umberto Orsini. A village
school teacher becomes a victim of her own libido.
100 mins.
Homage:
Robert De Niro
Mean
Streets (US) (1972)
Dir: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Harvey Keitel, Robert
De Niro, Amy Robinson. Four young Italian Americans
use Tony's Bar as a base for drinking, brawling
and hustling. 110 mins.
Chutney
Popcorn (English)
Dir: Nisha Ganatra. This comedy cheerfully confounds Indian
tradition and American mores. 92 mins. +
short Hartes Brot. Dir: Natalie Percillie.
7
mins.
Voiz
(Orator) (Uzbekistan)
Dir: Jusuf Razykov. Cast: Bachodyr Adylov, Lola
Altoeva, Javochir Zakirov.
A witty and poetic
story about an Uzbek who can't give up his three-woman
harem.
83 mins.
Botin
De Guerra (Spoils Of War) (Spain).
Dir: David Blaustein. The Plaza de Mayo mothers
touched the world with their pleas for information
on those 'disappeared' during the post-Peron era.
116 mins.
My
Mother Frank
Dir: Mark Lamprel. A woman finds salvation in
education, at the same university as her son.
96 mins. +
short Mabrouk Again! Dir: Hany Tamba.
18 mins.
Grass
Dir: Ron Mann. Examines how deeply rooted marijuana
is in our culture. 79 mins
+
short Psycho Path 30 mins.
Chrissy
(Australia)
Dir: Jacqui North. A family faces a major challenge
when the eldest daughter can no longer hide the
fact that she has Aids. 52 mins.
Neun
Leben Hat Die Katze
Dir: Ula Stöckl. 91 mins.
Extension
Du Domaine De La Lutte (Whatever)
(France)
Dir: Philippe Harel. Cast: Philippe Harel and
José Garcia. A radical and frank look at
the male predicament and the dangers of frustration.
118 mins.
Hotel
Splendide
Dir: Terence Gross. Cast: Toni Collette, Daniel
Craig, Katrin Cartlidge, Stephen Tompkinson. An
imposing hotel located on a dreamlike (or perhaps
nightmarish) North Sea island houses a matriarch
who casts her spell on all.
No
One Sleeps (English).
Dir: Jochen Hick. Cast: Tom Wlashchiha, Irit Levi
and Jim Thalmann. A medical student follows the
lead of his father, a high-ranking Aids researcher
in the GDR.
108 mins.
Toro
Dir: José Javier Reyes. Rolly supports
his family by performing live sex acts.
105 mins. (Philippines)
Seitsemän
Laulua Tundralta
(Finland)
Dir: Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui.
The result of some long-term cinematic exploration of
the lifestyle of North Siberian Eskimos. 85 mins.
El
Valley Centro (US)
Dir: James Benning. Lifestyle of a modest and growing
rural community. 90 mins.
Where
A Good Man Goes (Hong
Kong)
Dir: Johnnie To. Cast: Lau Ching-wan, Ruby Wong.
An experiment with daring and unusual stylisation86
mins.
Cinéma
Vérité: Defining The Moment
(Canada)
Dir: Peter Wintonick. Unravels the history of the
cinematic form to which Canadian film-makers have
made a significant contribution. 105 mins
Fragments
De Vies (Cameroon)
Dir: François L Woukoache. Cast: T Lubambu,
D Djobong.
Three interlinked episodes show how fear of persecution,
trauma, political coruption and poverty overshadow
human relationships. 85 mins.
The
Punishment (Austria)
Dir: Goran Rebic. Deals with another aspect of the
Balkan War. 100mins.
Hum
Dil De Chuke Sanam (Straight From The Heart)
(India)
Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Cast: Salman Khan, Ajay
Devgan. A clever piece of Bollywood cinema with all
the ingredients perfectly blended. English subtitles.
187 mins.
Marsal
(Croatia)
Dir: Vinko Bresan. Cast: Drazen Kühn, Linda
Begonja.
Village dwellers on a small Adriatic island believe
they
have seen the ghost of Marshal Tito. 97 mins.
Abendland
(Germany)
Dir: Fred Kelemen. Cast: Wolfgang Michael, Verena
Jasch.
The emotional love story of a girl in a laundry
and her unemployed boyfriend facing an uncertain
future in a German town near the Polish border.
140 mins.
Arise!
Walk Dog Eat Donut (US)
Dir: Ken Kobland. A semi-abstract video poem
evoking urban sadness. 30 mins.
+
Third Known Nest (US) Dir: Tom Kalin.
Different segments are unified by a thematic
thread of body and identity politics in the
age of Aids. 40 mins.
I Could Read The Sky (UK)
Dir: Nichola Bruce.
Cast: Dermot Healy, Brendan Coyle.
The moving story of an old man living in a
bedsit in London. 86 mins.
Hans
Warns Mein 20. Jahrhundert (Hans
Warns My 20th Century)
Dir: Gordian Maugg. Cast: Florian Hober
and Shenja Lacher.
A fictional life story through the use of
old photograghs and film. 105 mins.
Martin
(Israel)
Dir: Ra'anan Alexandrovicz.52 mins. +Shine
(Israel) Dir: Gidi Dar. 48 mins.
Deutsche
Polizisten
(Germany)
Dir: Aysun Bademsoy. A young group of police
officers encounter people from their own
countries and often have to apprehend them.
60 mins.
Beau
Travail (France)
Dir: Clare Denis. Cast: Denis Lavant, Grégoire
Colin.
An African Foreign Legion outpost is transformed
into a bizarre ballet of violence and passion
with homorerotic undertones. 90 mins.
Kinderfest
Blinker
Dir: Filip Van Neyghem.
A likeable family allows space for each highly
individual personality to thrive.
92 mins.
Man
Van Staal (Man Of Steel)
Dir: Vincent Bal.
A 13-year-old boy becomes a man of steel in
his dreamworld, where he encounters his dead
father. 85 mins.
Pettson
& Findus Katten och Gubbens Ar
(Petterson & Findus)
Dir: Albert Hanan Kaminski. An animated film
recreates the world of an old man and his
inquisitive cat. 74 mins
Manolito
Gafotas (Manolito Four Eyes)
(Spanish)
Dir: Miguel Albaladejo. A family lives in
a working-class Madrid neighbourhood.
90 mins.
Rang-E-Khoda
(The Colour Of Paradise)
Dir: Majid Majidi. A blind boy experiences
sight which reawakens his senses.
88
mins
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