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Glasgow Film Festival · 2020

Glasgow Film Festival 2020

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39 films · 23 reviews

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Arracht (Monster)

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This is chiefly a character study of one man's humanity in the face of grief but it echoes the wider trauma of a nation that was decimated by hunger.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
In 1845, a fisherman ends up on the run for crimes he didn't commit.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2019; Director: Tom Sullivan; Writer: Tom Sullivan; Stars: Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney, Eoin O'Dubhghaill, Dudura O'Gionnáin, Michael O'Chonfhlaola, Siobhán O'Kelly, Eimear Ní Mháille, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Conal O'Céidigh, Michael McElhatton, Elaine O'Dwyer, Elise Brennan, Paraic Breathnach, Peter Coonan)

Full review See: Tom Sullivan on his debut feature Arracht (Monster) , Tom Sullivan and Dathai Keane talk about the Cine4 Development Scheme for Irish language film

The Audition (Das Vorspiel)

A rivalry develops between a violin teacher's son and her star pupil.

(Country: Germany, France; Year: 2019; Director: Ina Weisse; Writer: Daphne Charizani; Stars: Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Jens Albinus, Sophie Rois, Thomas Thieme, Winnie Böwe, Serafin Mishiev, Oliver Wille, William Coleman, Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Ilja Monti, Jana Kuss, Stephan Taubert, Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian)

Blow The Man Down

While grieving for the loss of their mother, the Connolly Sisters suddenly find they have a crime to cover up, leading them deep into the underbelly of their salty Maine fishing village.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy; Writer: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy; Stars: Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, Margo Martindale, June Squibb, Annette O'Toole, Marceline Hugot)

Bombay Rose

Animation tracks romance on the streets of Mumbai.

(Country: India, UK, France, Qatar; Year: 2019; Director: Gitanjali Rao; Writer: Gitanjali Rao; Stars: Anurag Kashyap, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Makrand Deshpande, Shishir Sharma, Virendra Saxena, Amardeep Jha, Cyli Khare, Amit Deondi, Rajeev Raj, Gargi Shitole, Anurag Kashyap, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Makrand Deshpande, Shishir Sharma, Virendra Saxena)

A Bump Along The Way

A teenager's party-loving mum falls pregnant after a one-night stand.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Shelly Love; Writer: Tess McGowan; Stars: Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew, Mary Moulds, Dan Gordon, Andy Doherty, Zara Devlin, Gerard Jordan, Paddy C. Courtney, Brendan Farrell, Aimee McGoldrick, Meghan Reid, Dylan Reid, Conor Torbitt, Peter Young, Gerard Bell)

Calm With Horses

Review preview for Calm With Horses

It's usually Keoghan who gets the acting plaudits, but though he is good as a wannabe bad guy, it's Jarvis who provides the heft, in more ways than one here.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Thriller about a crime enforcer for a clan of drug dealers, while also trying to be a good father to his autistic son.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Nick Rowland; Writer: Joe Murtagh; Stars: Barry Keoghan, Ned Dennehy, Niamh Algar, Anthony Welsh, David Wilmot, Cosmo Jarvis, Simone Kirby, Toni O'Rourke, Ryan McParland, Hazel Doupe, Roisin O'Neill, Lee Byford, John Paul O'Driscoll, Matt Tyzack, Stephen McGowan)

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County Lines

Drama about a boy, 14, who is used as a drugs mule by traffickers.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Henry Blake; Writer: Henry Blake; Stars: Harris Dickinson, Marcus Rutherford, Ashley Madekwe, Clay Milner Russell, Conrad Khan, Chizzy Akudolu, Shauna Shim, Carlyss Peer, Johanna Stanton, Mika Wingate, Stephen Leask, Fen Wilson, Anthony Adjekum, Michael Oku, Sean Berry)

The Death Of Dick Long

Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Daniel Scheinert; Writer: Billy Chew; Stars: Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland, Sarah Baker, Jess Weixler)

Driveways

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Beautifully acted all round, Driveways is a small film with a big heart.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can’t relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with grouchy old Del from next door.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Andrew Ahn; Writer: Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen; Stars: Jack Caleb, Stan Carp, Hong Chau, Jennifer Delora, Brian Dennehy, James DiGiacomo, Sophia DiStefano, Christine Ebersole, Lucas Jaye, Samantha Jones, Anastasia Veronica Lee, Raymond Lee, Fernando Mateo Jr., Robyn Payne, Wayne Pyle)

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Finky

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Keane himself is performing a tricky act here, juggling the real and the surreal while walking a tightrope of story.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A musician and puppeteer seeking to escape steals an envelope full of cash and escapes to Scotland with his childhood friend Tom to start a new life.. but things don't go as planned.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2019; Director: Dathaí Keane; Writer: Dathaí Keane, Diarmuid de Faoite; Stars: Dara Devaney, Ned Dennehy, Diarmuid de Faoite, Fionnuala Gygax, Eoin Geoghegan, Caitríona Ní Threasaigh, Dolina MacLennan, Mary Ryan, Michael Glenn Murphy, Diona Doherty, George Blue, Paul Ellard, Niall Mac Eachmharcaigh, Micil MacDonncha, Anthony Morris)

Full review See: Dathaí Keane talks about his feature debut Finky , Tom Sullivan and Dathai Keane talk about the Cine4 Development Scheme for Irish language film

The Garden Left Behind

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With beautifully drawn relationships and a fine central performance, The Garden Left Behind takes frequently politicised subject matter and reminds us of the human side of it.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A story about the relationship between a young trans woman and her grandmother as they navigate transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Flavio Alves; Writer: Flavio Alves, John Rotondo; Stars: Michael Madsen, Edward Asner, Carlie Guevara)

Full review See: Interview with Flavio Alves about The Garden Left Behind, part two , Interview with Flavio Alves about The Garden Left Behind, part one

Gutterbee

Two hopeless cowboys join forces in a quest to serve delicious German sausages as a special dish in newly opened restaurant.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2019; Director: Ulrich Thomsen; Writer: Ulrich Thomsen, Dan Hoffmann; Stars: Holly Adams, Ewen Bremner, W. Earl Brown, Samantha Conrad, Trudy Cordova, LynNita Ellis, Christopher Hagen, Joshua Harto, Adam Lewis Harvey, David Hight, Stephanie Hill, Chance Kelly, Bonita King, Brad Lund, Lucinda Marker)

Hava, Maryam, Aleysha

Heavily pregnant Hava is little more than a servant in her husband’s house. A night of soul-searching leaves television anchor Maryam determined to end a marriage marked by lies and deceit. Teenager Aleysha has agreed to a marriage with her kindly cousin.

(Country: Afghanistan; Year: 2019; Director: Sahraa Karimi; Stars: Arezoo Ariapoor, Fereshta Afshar, Hasiba Ebrahim)

Heavy Load (Selvhenter)

Two estranged brothers embark on a road trip through Southern Europe in order to bring the body of their late father back to Denmark.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2019; Director: Magnus Milang; Writer: Emil Milang, Magnus Milang; Stars: Magnus Millang, Emil Millang, Amalie Lindegård, Elisabeth Bonjour)

Invisible (Nematoma)

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There's much to enjoy here, from the gripping performances, particularly from Taujanskaité and Bagdziunas to the handsome cinematography from Denis Luschick, showing bags of potential in his first feature

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Jonas pretends to be blind and enters a TV dance contest where he meets his attractive dance partner, Saulé. They soon become the show’s most popular contestants. Meanwhile, Vytas, an old acquaintance of Jonas, is released from jail thirsty for revenge...

(Country: Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia; Year: 2019; Director: Ignas Jonynas; Writer: Kristupas Sabolius, Ignas Jonynas; Stars: Dainius Kazlauskas, Darius Bagdziunas, Paulina Taujanskaité, Dmitrijus Denisiukas, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Kipras Garla, Igoris Reklaitis, Alina Zaliukaite-Ramanauskiene, Milda Vysniauskaite, Danguole Ragazinskaite, Indre Jaraite, Giedrius Savickas, Rimantas Pelakauskas, Aleksandr Ignatusha, Ema Cielyte)

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In The Name Of The Land (Au Nom De La Terre)

A farmer in a once idyllic situation find himself falling to pieces under the burden of debt.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Edouard Bergeon; Writer: Edouard Bergeon, Emmanuel Courcol; Stars: Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon, Rufus)

Isaac (Izaokas)

Review preview for Isaac

The potential for violence and creeping paranoia haunt the film, but though some elements of it may feel murkier than others, there's always a sense that Matulevicius and his cinematographer Narvydas Naujalis are in control.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Skeletons rattle in the closet of a film director and his friends, 20 years after an infamous massacre.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2019; Director: Jurgis Matulevicius; Writer: Jurgis Matulevicius, Saule Bliuvaite, Nerijus Milerius, Antanas Skema; Stars: Aleksas Kazanavicius, Severija Janusauskaite, Dainius Gavenonis, Dainius Kazlauskas, Martynas Nedzinskas, Ainis Storpirstis, Salvijus Trepulis, Eugenijus Jankelaitis, Arunas Vozbutas, Rytis Saladzius, Mindaugas Ancevicius, Andrius Alesiunas, Jonas Baltakis, Kestutis Cicenas, Arvydas Dapsys)

Full review See: Jurgis Matulevicius on his debut film Isaac

Lost Transmissions

After famed record producer Theo Ross goes off his schizophrenia meds, introverted songwriter Hannah dedicates herself to getting him the help he needs, perhaps at the cost of her own dreams.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Katharine O'Brien; Writer: Katharine O'Brien; Stars: Juno Temple, Alexandra Daddario, Simon Pegg, Rosanna Arquette, Bria Vinaite, Tao Okamoto, Robert Schwartzman, Rebecca Hazlewood, Grant Harvey, Jamie Harris, Danny Ramirez, Nana Ghana, Jacob Loeb, Jonathan Ohye, Corey Mendell Parker)

Measure For Measure

A worldweary crime boss has for his kingdom an estate whose residents reflect the city’s multicultural population. It is a world filled with violence, drugs, betrayal and also star-crossed lovers in a Muslim immigrant and an aspiring musician.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2019; Director: Paul Ireland; Stars: Hugo Weaving, Mark Leonard Winter, Megan Hajjar)

Les Misérables

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Ly wanted the people who have lived in these schemes to have the chance to tell their own stories, which gives Les Misérables an unerring sense of authenticity.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A man joins an anti-crime brigade and rapidly discovers the tensions between the various neighbourhood groups.

(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Ladj Ly; Writer: Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Menenti; Stars: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga)

Full review See: Interview with Djebril Zonga, Alexis Manenti and Damien Bonnard about Les Misérables

Miss & Mrs Cops

The badass lady cops of Seoul are all ready to prove their worth and kick some scumbag ass.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2019; Director: Jung Da-Won; Writer: Jung Da-Won; Stars: Song-Kyoung Lee, Jack Lyons, Mi-ran Ra, Sooyoung, Sang-Hyun Yoon)

Over The Sea

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Li is an incredible find.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A cheeky, irrepressible 11-year-old racing through life with boundless energy is confronted by the harsh realities of the adult world and the tragedies that lie locked in his family history.

(Country: China; Year: 2019; Director: Sun Aoqian; Writer: Jier An, Aoqian Sun; Stars: Yu Kunjie, Rebecca Li, Sun Xinfu)

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Pacarrete

A former ballet dancer who lives in northeast Brazil has decided to dust off her tutu, slip on her ballet slippers and perform a classic dance for her city’s 200th anniversary celebrations - whether the locals want it or not.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2019; Director: Allan Deberton; Stars: Marcelia Cartaxo, João Miguel, Zezita Matos)

Papicha

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Engages with an energetic and angry vitality as well as authenticity.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A student becomes determined to stage a fashion show despite religious opposition.

(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Mounia Meddour; Writer: Fadette Drouard, Mounia Meddour; Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda, Yasin Houicha, Zahra Manel Doumandji, Marwan Zeghbib, Aida Ghechoud, Meriem Medjkrane, Samir El Hakim, Amine Mentseur, Khaled Benaïssa, Abderrahmane Boudia, Malek Ghellamat, Lina Boudraa, Slimane Bourdous)

Full review See: Interview with Lyna Khoudri about Papicha and The French Dispatch

Paradise (Paradise - Una nuova vita)

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With its quirky characterisation and abrupt shifts of tone, this is an odd little film which will delight some viewers and befuddle others.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A Sicilian slushie vendor is enrolled in a witness protection programme after observing a Mafia killing

(Country: Italy, Slovenia; Year: 2019; Director: Davide Del Degan; Writer: Del Degan, Andrea Magnani; Stars: Vincenzo Nemolato, Giovanni Calcagno, Katarina CasDavide)

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Patrick (De Patrick)

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Tim Mielants's quirky comedy is shot through with melancholy and holds a deep affection for its earnest hero even when he seems to be the butt of everybody's jokes.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Patrick lives with his parents on a naturist campsite. When his dad dies and he finds himself in charge he has other things on his mind... namely a quest for his lost hammer.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Tim Mielants; Writer: Tim Mielants, Benjamin Sprengers; Stars: Jemaine Clement, Kevin Janssens, Hannah Hoekstra, Jan Bijvoet, Bouli Lanners, Pierre Bokma, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Frank Vercruyssen, Katelijne Damen, Peter Gorissen, Tine Van den Wyngaert, Josse De Pauw, Janne Desmet, Ariane Van Vliet, Louis van der Waal)

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Resin (Harpiks)

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Director Daniel Borgman elicits careful performances from his capable cast, working hard to get past the assumptions commonly made about people in these circumstances.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A girl is hidden from view, confined from modern society by her family. Yet as Liv’s curiosity to an existence outside her confinement comes to the fore, she starts to question her parents’ worldview.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2019; Director: Daniel Joseph Borgman; Writer: Bo Hr Hansen, Ane Riel; Stars: Peter Plaugborg, Vivelill Søgaard Holm, Sofie Gråbø)

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Running To The Sky (Jo Kuluk)

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Abdykalykov’s story is slight but its roots go deep.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
In a beautiful mountain village in Kyrgyzstan, a 12-year-old is fiercely loyal to a father brought low by drink and divorce. The kid can run faster than anyone else in school and his ability might be the key to the family’s salvation, especially given the prizes in some local races

(Country: Kyrgyzstan; Year: 2019; Director: Mirlan Abdykalykov; Writer: Ernest Abdyjaparov, Mirlan Abdykalykov; Stars: Temirlan Asankadyrov, Ruslan Orozakunov, Meerim Atantaeva)

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Simple Women

A film director obsessed with Hal Hartley’s Simple Men and its star Elina Löwensohn is thrilled when she gets the chance to make a film with the actress. As she discovers that her hero might not be as idyllic as once thought, however, the line begins to blur between art and reality.

(Country: Italy, Romania; Year: 2019; Director: Chiara Malta; Stars: Jasmine Trinca, Elina Löwensohn, Francesco Acquaroli)

Song Without A Name (Canción Sin Nombre)

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This small, heartbreaking story illuminates much bigger issues.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.

(Country: Peru, United States; Year: 2019; Director: Melina León; Writer: Melina León, Michael J White; Stars: Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Maykol Hernández, Ruth Armas, Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Maykol Hernández, Ruth Armas)

Full review See: Interview with Melina León about Song Without A Name (Canción Sin Nombre)

Son-Mother

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Nasiri is remarkable as the boy at the centre of it all, a child who is withdrawing into himself in the absence of reliable, consistent adult protection.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Hard working widow, Leila, is tirelessly trying to provide for her infant daughter and 12 year-old-son, Amir. A marriage proposal from kind hearted Kazem could be the solution to all of her financial troubles. Unfortunately, as Kazem has a young daughter of his own, tradition dicates that Amir will be unable to live with them.

(Country: Iran, Czech Republic; Year: 2019; Director: Mahnaz Mohammadi; Writer: Mohammad Rasoulof; Stars: Raha Khodayari, Mahan Nasiri, Reza Behboodi)

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Standing Up, Falling Down

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See Billy Crystal's name in a line-up like this and you probably expect wise-cracking comedy, but in fact this is a rare straight role for the actor and it illustrates what he's capable of when he really gets to flex his acting muscles.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
An unlikely friendship between a failed comedian and a charming, alcoholic dermatologist helps both confront long-simmering regrets in this warm-hearted buddy comedy.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Matt Ratner; Writer: Peter Hoare; Stars: Billy Crystal, Ben Schwartz, Eloise Mumford, Grace Gummer, Nate Corddry, Jill Hennessy, Caitlin McGee, David Castañeda, Leonard Ouzts, John Behlmann, Debra Monk, Kevin Dunn, Wade Allain-Marcus, Kate Arrington, Mike Carlsen)

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Stories From The Chestnut Woods

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Jan Vysocy’s soundscape is huge, overwhelming. It reminds us of the smallness of the human characters.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
In a decaying forest on the Yugoslav-Italian border in the years after World War II, a stingy, old carpenter and a lonely, young chestnut seller share imaginative memories of the past.

(Country: Slovenia; Year: 2019; Director: Gregor Bozic; Writer: Gregor Bozic, Marina Gumzi; Stars: Massimo De Francovich, Ivana Roscic, Renzo Gariup, Tomi Janezic, Natasa Keser, Anita Kravos, Giusi Merli, Janez Skof, Massimo De Francovich, Ivana Roscic, Renzo Gariup, Tomi Janezic, Natasa Keser, Anita Kravos, Giusi Merli)

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Supernova

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Everything plays out within 80 minutes but you'll feel the impact of the crash for much longer.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Three men, one place, and one event that will change each of their lives.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Bartosz Kruhlik; Writer: Bartosz Kruhlik; Stars: Marek Braun, Marcin Hycnar, Marcin Zarzeczny, Agnieszka Skibicka, Anna Mrozowska, Michal Pawlik, Pawel Koslik, Dariusz Dluzewski, Malgorzata Witkowska, Jerzy Janeczek, Hubert Podgórski, Wiktor Korzeniowski, Mateusz Korsak, Tomasz Zaród, Tomira Kowalik)

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The Translators (Les Traducteurs)

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This starts as a chamber mystery about blackmail where everyone involved is massively aware of genre conventions, and from there furls and folds into something else.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
To ensure absolute secrecy for the global publication of a bestseller, nine skilled translators are invited to a remote location. They are given a number of pages to translate each day. There is no contact with the outside world. Then the publisher receives a blackmail demand, threatening to release the manuscript online.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Régis Roinsard; Writer: Romain Compingt, Daniel Presley, Régis Roinsard; Stars: Alex Lawther, Olga Kurylenko, Riccardo Scamarcio)

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Two Of Us

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Two of Us jolts the senses - you can smell when the hot pan stays on the stove too long and want to interfere.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
Two retired women, who have been in a secret relationship for decades, find their relationship turned upside down when the truth begins to come out.

(Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Filippo Meneghetti; Writer: Filippo Meneghetti, Malysone Bovorasmy, Florence Vignon; Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain, Muriel Bénazéraf, Augustin Reynes)

Full review See: Filippo Meneghetti in conversation on Two Of Us (Deux)

Vivarium

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Lorcan Finnegan never allows us to lose sight of the absurdity of the situation, nor of the real life absurdities that it points up.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
In search of a starter home, a young couple follow a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.

(Country: Ireland, Belgium, Denmark; Year: 2019; Director: Lorcan Finnegan; Writer: Lorcan Finnegan, Garret Shanley, Garret Shanley; Stars: Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, Olga Wehrly, Danielle Ryan, Senan Jennings, Molly McCann, Eanna Hardwicke, Shana Hart, Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, Olga Wehrly, Danielle Ryan, Senan Jennings)

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You Will Die At Twenty (You Will Die At 20)

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It's as though the director is so in love with the striking visual aesthetic that he forgets the need to narratively connect the dots.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A boy struggles to cope with a prediction in childhood that he will die at 20.

(Country: Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar; Year: 2019; Director: Amjad Abu Alala; Writer: Amjad Abu Alala, Yousef Ibrahim; Stars: Islam Mubarak, Mustafa Shehata, Moatasem Rashed, Mahmoud Alsarraj, Bonna Khalid, Talal Afifi, Mazin Ahmed, Hassan Ali, Mohamed Khalil, Asjad Mohamed, Amal Mustafa, Islam Mubarak, Mustafa Shehata, Moatasem Rashed, Mahmoud Alsarraj)

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Zana

Driven by night-terrors and unable to conceive, Lume is not living up to her family’s expectations. She is forced to visit healers to treat her infertility against her will - that is until she miraculously falls pregnant. However, as her night terrors intensify, her family resort to extreme measures in protecting the unborn child from supposedly evil forces.

(Country: Kosovo; Year: 2019; Director: Antoneta Kastrati; Stars: Adriana Matoshi, Astrit Kabashi, Fatmire Sahiti)