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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2004

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2004

Special Events

These included a BAFTA interview with Ken Loach, along with screenings of additional films, including Lindsay Anderson and Damien Odoul celebrations, listed below.

Programme

7 films · 1 review

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The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

Influential film about a sergeant and his platoon trying to survive the Second World War.

(Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Samuel Fuller; Writer: Samuel Fuller)

Control Room

Documentary about the birth of the Al-Jazeera TV station and its role following 9/11.

(Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Jehane Noujaim; Writer: Julia Bacha, Jehane Noujaim; Stars: Samir Khader, Josh Rushing, George W. Bush, Hassan Ibrahim, Deema Khatib, Tom Mintier, Donald Rumsfeld, David Shuster, , , )

En Attendant Le Déluge

Described by the director as "A film about nothing".

(Country: France; Year: 2004; Director: Damien Odoul; Writer: Damien Odoul; Stars: Pierre Richard, Anna Mouglalis, Damien Odoul, Eugene Durif, Ingrid Astier, Antoine Lacomblez, Valerie Bert, Stéphane Terpereau, , , )

Errance

Tripartite story about the slow decline of a marriage.

(Country: France; Year: 2003; Director: Damien Odoul; Writer: Antoine Lacomblez, Damien Odoul; Stars: Laetitia Casta, Benoît Magimel, Mattéo Tardito, Yann Goven, Philippe Frécon, Laurence Haziza, Valérie Dashwood, Charley Fouquet, Sagamore Stévenin, Bouzid Allam, Thierry Benoiton)

O Lucky Man!

Modern retelling of The Pilgrim's Progress.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 1973; Director: Lindsay Anderson; Writer: David Sherwin; Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Graham Crowden, Peter Jeffrey, Dandy Nichols, Mona Washbourne, Philip Stone, Mary MacLeod)

Le Souffle (Deep Breath)

Review preview for Le Souffle

Odoul's vision has a unique quality of strangeness and Bonnetblanc's performance is extraordinary.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
Harsh coming of age drama set in rural France.

(Country: France; Year: 2001; Director: Damien Odoul; Writer: Damien Odoul; Stars: Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc, Dominique Chevallier, Maxime Dalbrut, Jean-Claude Lecante, Jean Milrod)

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The Whales Of August

Two elderly sisters feel the passage of time in a Maine seaside town.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Lindsay Anderson; Writer: David Berry, David Berry; Stars: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey Jr, Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling, Mary Steenburgen, Frank Pitkin, Mike Bush)