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Locarno Film Festival · 2016

Locarno Film Festival 2016

Piazza Grande

Programme

14 films · 4 reviews

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Ceasefire (Cessez-le-feu)

A man traumatised by war retreats to Africa, then Paris, where his brother, who was deafened in the conflict, lives.

(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Emmanuel Courcol; Writer: Emmanuel Courcol; Stars: Romain Duris, Céline Sallette, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Grégory Gadebois, Yvon Martin, Maryvonne Schiltz, Morwenna Spagnol, Arnaud Dupont, Wabinlé Nabié, Fabrice Eberhard, Armand Eloi)

The Day It Rained (Am Tag, als der Regen kam)

Film noir

(Country: West Germany; Year: 1959; Director: Gerd Oswald; Writer: Heinz Oskar Wuttig, Gerd Oswald, Will Berthold; Stars: Mario Adorf, Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe, Corny Collins, Elke Sommer, Claus Wilcke, Ernst Jacobi, Gert Günther Hoffmann, Wolf Richards, Uwe Gauditz, Horst Naumann, Ulla Moritz, Harry Hertzsch, Arno Paulsen, Herbert Weissbach)

Endless Poetry (Poesía Sin Fin)

Review preview for Endless Poetry

Drawing on that particular quality of light that seems unique to Chile, Jodorowsky paints an alluring portrait of his homeland.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Biographical tale of the director's own youth.

(Country: Chile, Japan, France; Year: 2016; Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Stars: Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Adan Jodorowsky, Jeremias Herskovits, Leandro Taub, Ali Ahmad Sa'Id Esber, Carolyn Carlson, Kaori Ito, Hugo Marín)

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The Girl With All The Gifts

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It's never easy to remain true to Armageddon while retaining a positive attitude towards life after life

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
A scientist and a child make a bid for survival in a world of zombies.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Colm McCarthy; Writer: Mike Carey, based on his novel; Stars: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Sennia Nanua, Dominique Tipper, Anamaria Marinca, Lobna Futers, Daniel Eghan, Fisayo Akinade, Anthony Welsh, Stacey Lynn Crowe, Elise Reed, Macey Ward, Tessa Morris, Ross Green)

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Heaven Will Wait (Le ciel attendra)

A teenager meets a boy on the internet and is gradually recruited by Daesh.

(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar; Writer: Emilie Frèche, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar; Stars: Noémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Sandrine Bonnaire, Clotilde Courau, Zinedine Soualem, Yvan Attal, Sofia Lesaffre)

I, Daniel Blake

Review preview for I, Daniel Blake

The film preserves a sense of immediacy and is achingly relevant for our times much in the same way Cathy Come Home was for the Sixties.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A carpenter suffering from ill health and a young single mum find themselves facing a wall of welfare bureacracy.

(Country: UK, France; Year: 2016; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Hayley Squires, Natalie Ann Jamieson, Dave Johns, Micky McGregor, Colin Coombs, Bryn Jones, Mick Laffey, Dylan McKiernan, John Sumner, Briana Shann, Rob Kirtley)

Full review See: Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Dave Johns and Hayley Squires talk I, Daniel Blake in Cannes

Interchange

Haunted by visions, forensics photographer Adam retreats from the world but he is forced out of solitude to help solve a series of macabre ritual murders.

(Country: Malaysia; Year: 2016; Director: Dain Iksander Said; Stars: Prisia Nasution, Iedil Putra, Shaheizy Sam, Nicholas Saputra)

Into The Forest (Dans la forêt)

Two kids head off to a cabin in the woods with their divorcee dad, but begin to realise he may not want to go back.

(Country: France, Sweden; Year: 2016; Director: Gilles Marchand; Writer: Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll; Stars: Jérémie Elkaïm, Timothé Vom Dorp, Théo Van de Voorde)

Jason Bourne

Review preview for Jason Bourne

The powerfully cathartic ending of The Bourne Ultimatum is a long shadow to get out of, and this film never quite manages it.

Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
Bourne tries to uncover the secrets from his past.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Paul Greengrass; Writer: Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse, Robert Ludlum; Stars: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed, Ato Essandoh, Scott Shepherd, Bill Camp, Vinzenz Kiefer, Stephen Kunken, Ben Stylianou, Kaya Yuzuki, Matthew O'Neill, Lizzie Phillips)

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Mohenjo Daro

Period epic adventure.

(Country: India; Year: 2016; Director: Ashutosh Gowariker; Writer: Ashutosh Gowariker, Preeti Mamgain; Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj, Kishori Shahane, Sharad Kelkar, Manish Chaudhary, Narendra Jha, Shaji Chaudhary, Diganta Hazarika, Umang Vyas, Naina Trivedi, Piyush Mishra)

Paula

The story of early expressionist painter Paula Becker.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2016; Director: Christian Schwochow; Writer: Stefan Kolditz, Stephan Suschke; Stars: Stanley Weber, Carla Juri, Albrecht Schuch, Roxane Duran, Joel Basman, Manni Laudenbach, Nicki von Tempelhoff, Christian Skibinski, Jonas Leonhardi, Klara Deutschmann, Nathalie Lucia Hahnen, Michael Abendroth, Enno Kalisch, Bella Bading, Dominik Weber)

Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe (Vor der Morgenröte)

Story of the exiled writer and pacifist.

(Country: Austria, Germany, France; Year: 2016; Director: Maria Schrader; Writer: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg; Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Tómas Lemarquis, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Josef Hader, Charly Hübner, Harvey Friedman, André Szymanski, Ivan Shvedoff, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Valerie Pachner, Matthias Brandt, Nicolau Breyner, Naomi Krauss, Maria Vieira, Vincent Nemeth)

The Train Of Salt And Sugar

In 1989, Mozambique is a country ruined by civil war. The train that connects Nampula to Malawi is the only hope for people willing to risk their lives to exchange a few bags of salt for sugar.

(Country: Mozambique; Year: 2016; Director: Licinio Azevedo; Writer: Licinio Azevedo, Teresa Pereira; Stars: Melanie Rafael de Vales, Thiago Justino, Mário Mabjaia, Matamba Joaquim, Sabina Fonseca, António Nipita, Vítor Raposo, Horácio Guiamba, Absalão Narduela, Hermelinda Simela, Tonecas Xavier, Mário Valente, Absalão Maciel, Abdil Juma, Celeste Baloi)

Vincent

Vincent is a 17-year-old ecologist who drives his family crazy with his suicide attempts, prompting his aunt to take him on a road trip.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Christophe Van Rompaey; Writer: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem; Stars: Spencer Bogaert, Alexandra Lamy, Barbara Sarafian, Geert Van Rampelberg, Fred Epaud, Kimke Desart, Emma Reynaert, Eliza Stuyck, Ilona Bachelier, Catherine Aymerie, Griet van Damme, Willy Thomas, François Aubineau, Hugo Lecardinal, Nicolas Dillen)