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London Film Festival · 2024

London Film Festival 2024

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10 films · 3 reviews

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Aïcha

After a woman is the sole survivor of a bus crash she reinvents herself.

(Country: France, Tunisia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Mehdi Barsaoui; Stars: Nidhal Saadi, Yassmine Dimassi, Fatma Sfarr, Hela Ayed)

Architecton

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As much as Architecton rues humanity’s depletion of our resources, it also marvels at our ability to harness materials for our own ends.

Sunil Chauhan · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveals our destruction - and offers hope for survival.

(Country: Germany, France; Year: 2024; Director: Victor Kossakovsky; Writer: Victor Kossakovsky)

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La Cocina

It’s the lunch rush at The Grill in Manhattan, and money has gone missing from the till. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated, and Pedro is the prime suspect...

(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2024; Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios; Writer: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Arnold Wesker; Stars: Rooney Mara, Oded Fehr, John Pyper-Ferguson, Laura Gómez, James Waterston, Spenser Granese, Finnerty Steeves, Raúl Briones, Kerry Ardra, Leo James Davis, Lee R Sellars, Motell Gyn Foster, Pía Laborde-Noguez, Anna Díaz, Eduardo Olmos)

Eat The Night

A brother and sister who share the love of a video game but trouble brews when a real life gang enters the equation.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel; Writer: Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel; Stars: Erwan Kepoa Falé, Théo Cholbi, Mahamat Amine Benrachid, Lilia Gueneau)

Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes)

Hamid, is part of a secret group pursuing the Syrian regime’s fugitive leaders. His mission takes him to France, on the trail of his former torturer whom he must confront. Based on true events.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Jonathan Millet; Writer: Jonathan Millet; Stars: Adam Bessa, Tawfeek Barhom, Julia Franz Richter)

Maldoror

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Although this is set in the Nineties, the gritty feel makes it redolent of Seventies-set thrillers, a mood reinforced by the way that du Welz embeds us in Paul’s life from the start.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Two girls vanish. Police recruit Paul Chartier joins a covert unit tracking a sex offender. After the operation falters, Chartier pursues the perpetrators independently, disillusioned with legal constraints.

(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2024; Director: Fabrice du Welz; Writer: Domenico La Porta, Fabrice du Welz; Stars: Anthony Bajon, Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Alexis Manenti, Sergi López, Laurent Lucas, David Murgia, Béatrice Dalle, Lubna Azabal, Jackie Berroyer, Mélanie Doutey, Félix Maritaud)

Full review See: Maldoror director Fabrice du Welz on the lingering trauma of the real case behind his film and the questions he hopes to provoke

Marco (Marco, The Invented Truth)

Based on true events, the film explores the story of a concentration camp deportee from Spain who turned out to be fictitious.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño; Writer: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jorge Gil Munarriz, Jose Mari Goenaga; Stars: Eduard Fernández, Nathalie Poza, Sonia Almarcha, Chani Martín, Fermí Reixach, Daniela Brown, Vicente Vergara, Jordi Rico)

Misericordia

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Once again, Guiraudie proves himself the master of setting up a mystery by the means of perfect script economy that functions strictly on “need to know” basis.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 4 out of 5
A stranger’s appearance exposes the weird behaviour and the secret desires of a village's residents.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Alain Guiraudie; Writer: Alain Guiraudie; Stars: Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand, David Ayala, Jacques Develay, Sébastien Faglain, Salomé Lopes)

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Stranger Eyes (Mo Shi Lu)

After the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter, a young couple begins to receive strange videos, realising someone has been filming their daily life.

(Country: Singapore, Taiwan, France, United States; Year: 2024; Director: Siew Hua Yeo; Writer: Siew Hua Yeo)

A Thousand Blows

Victorian set drama series in London's East End.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Tinge Krishnan, Nick Murphy; Writer: Steven Knight; Stars: Malachi Kirby, Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham)