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Comedy, Drama, Tallinn 2015, Thessaloniki 2015

Hrútar (Rams) – Thessaloniki 56

Grímur Hákonarson creates a wry subtle tragicomedy set in the rural Icelandic landscape that feels exceptionally heart-warming while touches the verges of melancholic sarcasm. Golden Alexander at the 56th Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Making a film is one of the best forms of strip-tease show that exists.

Ingmar Bergman

REVIEWS

Valerie a Týden Divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970)

A disturbing surreal erotic horror coming-of-age fairytale of political allegory by Jaromil Jireš marks the end of Czechoslovak New Wave.

Medeas – Venice 70 Orizzonti

A new approach of the myth of Medea set in the rural countryside of the Southern California, by Andrea Pallaoro.

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

In his sophomore film, Kleber Mendonça Filho penetrates Brazilian falsely beautified society through Sônia Braga's stunning performance.

Force of Evil (1948)

Abrahams Polonsky suggests that entrepreneurship is not so far away from criminality and that something is corrupted in the immaculate postwar American society.

Wednesday, May 9 – Venice 72 Orizzonti

In his debut film, Vahid Jalilvand is looking for humanitarian solidarity in today’s Iranian society through the private realistic stories of two women in need.

TagIceland

Hrútar (Rams) – Thessaloniki 56

Ingmar Bergman in Iceland

Valerie a Týden Divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970)

Medeas – Venice 70 Orizzonti

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

Force of Evil (1948)

Wednesday, May 9 – Venice 72 Orizzonti

The Meaning of Cinema by Andrei Tarkovsky

Cœur Fidèle vs. Boy Meets Girl

Biće Skoro Propast Sveta (It Rains in My Village, 1968)

Les Amants Réguliers

Sogni d’Oro (1981)