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D’A Festival Internacional de Cine D'Autor de Barcelona

24 April – 4 May 2015

The festival opened with Saint Laurent
The festival opened with Saint Laurent

The fifth edition of D’A - Festival Internacional de Cine D'Autor de Barcelona ran from April 24 to May 3. It opened with a gala screening of Saint Laurent and closed with Eden

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  • The Forbidden Room
    Review preview for The Forbidden Room

    What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
  • Queen Of Earth
    Review preview for Queen Of Earth

    A psychologically astute and darkly funny look at the deep bonds of female friendship and the damage that can be wrought by those closest to you.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4.5 out of 5
    Following her father's suicide and breaking up with her boyfriend, Catherine seeks refuge with her friend Virginia, but the young woman's shaky grasp on reality strains their relationship to breaking point.
  • La La La At Rock Bottom
    Review preview for La La La At Rock Bottom

    Subaru gives a brilliant performance - including some excellent vocal takes - as an amnesiac whose only link to the world is his singing.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    A young girl with a band tries to help an amnesiac petty criminal.
  • Manglehorn
    Review preview for Manglehorn

    Logan's writing fails to match Pacino's restraint, while Green's direction seems - like his central character - to be filled with a longing for more, yet being held back from going there.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Tale of a locksmith who can't come to terms with losing the love of his life.
  • The Lesson
    Review preview for The Lesson

    Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A provincial schoolteacher is faced with tough choices due to mounting debts.
  • La Maladie Blanche
    Review preview for La Maladie Blanche

    There is little substance beneath this atmospheric top layer.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3 out of 5
    In an isolated village in the Pyrenees, the nocturnal world entangles stories of shadow puppets, magic mirrors, and prehistoric paintings for a father and his young daughter.
  • Chigger Ale
    Review preview for Chigger Ale

    Beyoncé is one of several out-of-place symbols within the film and although her juxtaposition with Hitler is undoubtedly amusing, she retains her original 'meaning' (empowerment).

    Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
    One night a pintpot Hitler clone goes to Fendika, a grassroots tavern in Addis Ababa...
  • Avant Pétalos Grillados
    Review preview for Avant Pétalos Grillados

    Although less than 11 minutes long, the film packs in a host of strange and eerie imagery that lingers long in the mind.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
    An institution for the disabled, frequented by bodybuilders, is invaded by alien creatures.
  • Crumbs
    Review preview for Crumbs

    Llansó's manages to combine the poetic sci-fi of Andrei Tarkovsky with the surrealism and dark humour of his fellow countrymen such as Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, or more recently Sergio Caballero.

    Rebecca Naughten · 5 out of 5
    When the spaceship in the sky begins to reactivate, Candy sets off on a quest across a post- apocalyptic Ethiopian landscape to ask Father Christmas to grant him his heart's desire.
  • Noah's Ark
    Review preview for Noah's Ark

    The semi-improvised film finds real heart in its characters.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    In Spain 2020, two security guards suddenly lose their jobs and join forces to build a machine to escape the world of economic crisis.

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