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Hedi
First-time director Mohammad Ben Attia’s Berlin-prizewinner is a taut, naturalistic drama about a dutiful son facing a life-affecting dilemma the week before his arranged marriage; it also speaks volumes about Tunisia today. Winner: Best First Feature, Best Actor, Berlin.
In Bed with Victoria
Writer/director Justine Triet and star Virginie Efira combine their formidable talents in this wacky melange of farce and rom-com tropes. Efira is a criminal lawyer with a disastrous love life who is caught in a web of increasingly absurd situations when she attends a wedding…
Indivisible
In this mesmerizing Neopolitan fable, 18-year-old conjoined twins who have been exploited by their sleazy father as a novelty item, discover that they could be safely separated, a prospect that’s both exciting and terrifying. “A mood piece humming with energy and marked by wondrous moments.” The Village Voice
Like Crazy
Thelma and Louise for the new millennium from the director of Human Capital : “Characters and dialogue are the key to Virzì’s terrific comedy-drama... The film takes two psychologically damaged women and makes them into a mutually supportive duo who surprisingly touch our emotions.” Variety
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Austrian Jewish intellectual Stefan Zweig, one of the most read German-language writers of his time, left his homeland with the rise of Hitler. This all too relevant, smartly structured film focuses on Zweig’s years in exile, explored in five chapters and an epilogue. “Serious emotional wallop.” The Hollywood Reporter .
The 4th Company
Car thief Zambrano earns himself a spot on the football team of the world’s toughest prison, Mexico City’s Santa Martha, and becomes embroiled in the notorious 4th Company crime syndicate, a gang of prison enforcers who operate with the complicity of the corrupt authorities. Heavy-duty true story, and entertaining as heck.
The Commune
Inspired by his own childhood experiences, Thomas Vinterberg’s finest film since The Celebration offers an affectionate, touching and frequently very funny account of the ups and downs of living in a ‘70s commune. The performances are particularly impressive. Winner: Best Actress, Berlin.
The Net
The provocative auteur Kim Ki-Duk delivers his most restrained and nuanced work in some time with The Net , a story about a simple North Korean family man who inadvertently drifts into South Korean waters, where he is brought in for questioning and accused of being a spy.
The Oath
Set against a snowy, near-lunar Icelandic landscape, director and star Baltasar Kormákur’s riveting psychological thriller sees surgeon Finnur (Kormákur) drawn into a high-stakes battle with a drug dealer for the soul of the doctor’s daughter. The deadly conflict descends into some very dark places indeed…
The Red Turtle
A wordless fable about a man washed ashore on an island and learning to live with nature, The Red Turtle is another mesmerizing work of animated filmmaking from the revered Studio Ghibli. “So simple, so pure, it feels as if it has existed for hundreds of years.” Variety