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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2013

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2013

Animated Dreams

This section will feature a number of animated short programmes as well as the full-length features below.

Programme

6 films · 1 review

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After a fight in the playground, a ten year old girl receives an unusual punishment.

(Country: Uruguay, Colombia; Year: 2013; Director: Alfredo Soderguit; Stars: Federica Lacanio, Guillermina Pardo, Lucía Parrilla, María Mendive, César Troncoso)

The Congress (Le congrès)

An ageing actress gets more than she bargains for when she accepts one last job.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Ari Folman; Writer: Ari Folman, Stanislaw Lem; Stars: Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, Harvey Keitel, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Fisher, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Michael Landes, Michael Stahl-David, Don McManus, Christopher B. Duncan, Cooper Thornton, Ed Corbin, Kevin Thompson, Matthew Wolf)

The Fake (Saibi)

Animation sees an ex-con try to expose a fraudulent priest.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2013; Director: Sang-ho Yeon; Writer: Sang-ho Yeon)

Lisa Limone And Maroc Orange, A Rapid Love Story

A sweet and sour animated romance.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2013; Director: Mait Laas; Writer: Kati Kovács, Peep Pedmanson; Stars: Andero Ermel, Risto Joost, Kati Kovács, Ülo Krigul, Mihkel Mäekalle, Omar Nõmm, Jaan-Eik Tulve, Iiris Vesik, Peeter Volkonski, Hardi Volmer)

Rio 2096: A Story Of Love And Fury (Uma História de Amor e Fúria)

A look at the history of Brazil, as seen through the eyes of an immortal hero.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2013; Director: Luiz Bolognesi; Writer: Luiz Bolognesi; Stars: Selton Mello, Camila Pitanga, Rodrigo Santoro)

The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides)

Review preview for The Suicide Shop

This is a film of two halves, with the half involving sweetness and light muddled and limp in comparison to its tougher, more sinister flipside, while the ending is almost unforgivably trite.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
In a town of depressives, one family has found a suicidal niche.

(Country: France, Canada, Belgium; Year: 2012; Director: Patrice Leconte; Writer: Patrice Leconte, based on the novel by Jean Teulé; Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami, Laurent Gendron, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Eric Métayer, Jacques Mathou, Urbain Cancelier, Pascal Parmentier, Edouard Prettet, Jean-Paul Comart, Annick Alane, Juliette Poissonnier, Philippe du Janerand)

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