Cannes Film Festival · 2015
19 films · 7 reviews
(Country: Colombia, Argentina; Year: 2015; Director: José Luis Rugeles; Writer: Diego Vivanco)
"At the heart of the kingdom there is nothing," it says, but all the fascinating splendour that exists around that gap!
(Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, US, Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Writer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Stars: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi, Tawatchai Buawat, Sujittraporn Wongsrikeaw, Bhattaratorn Senkraigul, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Pongsadhorn Lertsukon, Sasipim Piwansenee, Apinya Unphanlam, Richard Abramson, Kammanit Sansuklerd, Boonyarak Bodlakorn, Wacharee Nagvichien)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2015; Director: David Pablos; Writer: David Pablos, based on the book by Diego Luna)
(Country: India, France; Year: 2015; Director: Neeraj Ghaywan; Stars: Shweta Tripathi, Richa Chadda, Vicky Kaushal)
(Country: India, France; Year: 2015; Director: Gurvinder Singh; Writer: Gurvinder Singh based on the short stories by Waryam Singh Sandhu)
(Country: Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia; Year: 2015; Director: Dalibor Matanic; Writer: Dalibor Matanic; Stars: Tihana Lazovic, Goran Markovic, Nives Ivankovic)
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2015; Director: Laurent Larivière; Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Laurent Capelluto)
There's a wonderful flexibility to Fukatsu's performance as a woman who bears endless slights as she struggles to retain her decorum.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, based on the book by Kazumi Yumoto; Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Eri Fukatsu)
Amare's performance is a real gem.
(Country: Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar; Year: 2015; Director: Yared Zeleke; Writer: Yared Zeleke; Stars: Rediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Wolela Assefa, Rahel Teshome, Bitania Aberaham, Rohama Demise)
This gloomy film certainly has the power of its rage and anguish, but it could have used some restraint too.
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2015; Director: Shin Su-won; Writer: Shin Su-won; Stars: Seo Young-Hee, Byun Yo-han)
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2015; Director: Alice Winocour; Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy)
(Year: 2015; Director: Ida Panahandeh)
Deftly scripted, subtle and challenging, this is a film which reminds us why Muntean is such an important contributor to the Romanian New Wave.
(Country: Romania; Year: 2015; Director: Radu Muntean; Writer: Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean, Razvan Radulescu; Stars: Teodor Corban, Iulian Postelnicu, Tatiana Iekel, Ionut Bora)
(Country: US, France; Year: 2015; Director: Roberto Minervini; Writer: Roberto Minervini, Denise Ping Lee)
Hákonarson proves himself a master of his material - a sort of rural Ken Loach - shooting sparingly yet dramatically against extreme weather conditions.
(Country: Iceland; Year: 2015; Director: Grímur Hákonarson; Writer: Grímur Hákonarson; Stars: Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving, Jon Benonysson, Gunnar Jónsson, Þorleifur Einarsson) , Trailer
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2014; Director: Oh Seung-Uk; Writer: Oh Seung-Uk)
An intimate and immensely moving portrait of three lost people who come together and learn to find some direction in their lives.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Naomi Kawase; Writer: Naomi Kawase, based on the book by Durian Sakegawa; Stars: Kirin Kiki, Miki Mizuno, Masatoshi Nagase, Etsuko Ichihara)
(Country: Philippines; Year: 2015; Director: Brillante Mendoza; Writer: Honee Alipio; Stars: Nora Aunor, Julio Diaz, Lou Veloso, Ruby Ruiz, Soliman Cruz, Romalito Mallari)
(Country: Romania; Year: 2015; Director: Corneliu Porumboiu; Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu; Stars: Radu Banzaru, Toma Cuzin, Florin Kevorkian, Dan Chiriac, Iulia Ciochina)
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