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Marrakech International Film Festival · 2018

Marrakech International Film Festival 2018

Gala Screenings

Programme

6 films · 5 reviews

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At Eternity's Gate

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For those who know and love Van Gogh's work, the effect is hypnotic, a translation of his vision into a new medium.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
The last days of Vincent van Gogh.

(Country: UK, France, US; Year: 2018; Director: Julian Schnabel; Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Julian Schnabel; Stars: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Stella Schnabel, Patrick Chesnais, Victor Pontecorvo, Frank Molinaro, Alan Aubert, Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac)

Full review See: Jean-Claude Carrière and Julian Schnabel‪ on‬ paintings, movement and the emotions in At Eternity's Gate

Capernaum (Capharnaüm)

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You might notice the elegance of composition while knowing that the place contains so much human suffering.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
A child rebels against the life imposed upon him.

(Country: Lebanon, US; Year: 2018; Director: Nadine Labaki; Writer: Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Georges Khabbaz, Khaled Mouzanar; Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Yousef, Haita 'Cedra' Izzam, Alaa Chouchnieh, Nadine Labaki, Elias Khoury, Nour El Husseini, Joseph Jimbazian, Samira Chalhoub, Farah Hasno, Joe Maalouf, Alexandre Youakim)

Full review See: Interview with Nadine Labaki about the lives in Capernaum (Capharnaüm)

Euphoria (Euforia)

Two brothers with very different personalities have to live together in Rome for a few weeks.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Valeria Golino; Writer: Valeria Golino, Francesca Marciano; Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ferrari , Valentina Cervi, Jasmine Trinca)

Green Book

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Mortensen has gained weight. He plays Tony with confidence.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
An Italian-American is hired as a driver for a world-class black pianist on a concert tour of the Deep South.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Peter Farrelly; Writer: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly; Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Don Stark, PJ Byrne, Craig DiFrancia, Sebastian Maniscalco, Brian Stepanek, Nick Vallelonga, Daniel Greene, Iqbal Theba, Jenna Laurenzo, Joe Cortese, Tracy Brotherton, Martin Bats Bradford, Tom Virtue, Linda Cardellini)

Full review See: Craig DiFrancia in conversation on The Irishman, The Sound Of Philadelphia and Green Book , Viggo Mortensen on preparing for Green Book

Roma

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We are at a point where the wonders of earth and an awe in regards to nature cannot be shown often enough.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
Chronicle of a middle-class family in the 1970s.

(Country: Mexico, United States; Year: 2018; Director: Alfonso Cuarón; Writer: Alfonso Cuarón; Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Nancy García García, Verónica García, Andy Cortés, Fernando Grediaga, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, José Manuel Guerrero Mendoza, Latin Lover, Zarela Lizbeth Chinolla Arellano, José Luis López Gómez)

Full review See: Venice 2018: First Man, Peterloo, The Favourite, Roma, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs and Suspiria

Yomeddine

Review preview for Yomeddine

Shawky allows his characters to sit firmly in the driving seat.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.

(Country: Egypt, US, Austria; Year: 2018; Director: AB Shawky; Writer: AB Shawky; Stars: Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Shahira Fahmy)

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