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Marrakech International Film Festival · 2018

Marrakech International Film Festival 2018

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12 films · 8 reviews

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Blade Runner 2049

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It is Blade Runner.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
An LAPD officer makes a discovery that leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former blade runner who has been missing for 30 years

(Country: US, UK, Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Denis Villeneuve; Writer: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green, based on characters from the novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick; Stars: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Jared Leto, Carla Juri, Hiam Abbass, Lennie James, Edward James Olmos)

Full review See: Hampton Fancher in conversation on writing Blade Runner for Robert Mitchum and his fascination with evil and beauty

Cleo From 5 To 7 (Cléo De 5 À 7)

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Many filmmakers would be happy to have this as their crowning glory; considered as a debut it’s little short of astonishing.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
A young French singer wanders the streets of Paris while waiting for the results of a cancer screening test.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1961; Director: Agnes Varda; Writer: Agnes Varda; Stars: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Boursellier, Dominique Davray, Michel Legrand)

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Faces Places (Visages, Villages)

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Whether she is probing at the ideas of the ties that bind us to a home or considering the morality of goat horns, she constantly nudges us to move around and, perhaps, get a better view.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
The director and photgrapher travel through France as their friendship blossoms.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Agnès Varda, JR)

Full review See: Agnès Varda on Faces Places, honours, outsiders and Demy , Early bird highlights of DOC NYC 2017

Forrest Gump

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Whether Forrest's crippled state of mind represents America's tattered prestige is open for discussion.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
Tom Hanks is a simple Southern boy who achieves fame and fortune by being himself.

(Country: US; Year: 1994; Director: Robert Zemeckis; Writer: Eric Roth, based on the novel by Winston Groom; Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Conner Humphreys, Hanna R Hall, Haley Joel Osment)

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Goodfellas

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This is Scorsese at the top of his game.

Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
Biopic of mafiosi Henry Hill and his rise and fall through the mob.

(Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese; Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Henny Youngman, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese)

Full review See: Martin Scorsese talks at BAFTA life in pictures event

Pillow Secrets

When she recognises the body of the woman who was her mother, a young woman is drawn violently back to her past.

(Country: Morocco, Qatar; Year: 2013; Director: Jillali Ferhati; Writer: Jillali Ferhati; Stars: Fatima Zohra, Majdouline Idrissi, Raouia, Rita Belkhadir, Hasna Tamtaoui, Nirmine Jebli, Driss Zitan, Mustapha Houchine, Bachir Damoun, Ahmed Belkhadir, Jillali Ferhati, Cecilia Fernandez Suzor, Fatima Zohra, Majdouline Idrissi, Raouia)

The Princess Bride

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The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

Max Crawford · 4 out of 5
Ordinary farm boy Westley takes on the world to recover his true love in an enduringly popular comic fantasy.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Rob Reiner; Writer: William Goldman, adapted from his own novel.; Stars: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk)

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Raging Bull

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De Niro’s renowned devotion to the art of acting has never been so tested as it is here.

Robert Munro · 5 out of 5
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.

(Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage, Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin; Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett)

Full review See: Martin Scorsese talks at BAFTA life in pictures event

She's So Lovely

A man who has spent two decades in a mental hospital resolves to win back his ex-wife.

(Country: France, United States; Year: 1997; Director: Nick Cassavetes; Writer: John Cassavetes; Stars: Robin Wright, James Gandolfini, Susan Traylor, Harry Dean Stanton, Debi Mazar, Bobby Cooper, John Marshall Jones, Chloe Webb, Sean Penn, James Soravilla, Jamie Bozian, Paul Johansson, Justina Machado, Tito Larriva, Tony Marsico)

Ultimate Rebellion

Ayman, a 60-year-old sculptor, meets Wafaa, a 25-year-old woman who is in search of her wayward brother. Ayman undergoes an inner conflict owing to the impossible love he has for Wafaa, and his deep-rooted relationship with his wife, Suha, who has lost her memory and lives in an old people’s home.

(Country: Morocco; Year: 2018; Director: Jillali Ferhati; Writer: Jillali Ferhati)

The Untouchables

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Inspires a feeling of awe.

Josh Morrall · 5 out of 5
How the infamous Chicago gang boss, Al Capone, was brought down.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Brian De Palma; Writer: David Mamet; Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago)

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Vagabond

After a woman's body is found in a ditch, we see her final weeks unfold.

(Country: France; Year: 1985; Director: Agnès Varda; Writer: Agnès Varda; Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère, Jean-Louis Perletti, Urbain Causse, Christophe Alcazar, Dominique Durand, Joël Fosse, Patrick Schmit, Daniel Bos, Katy Champaud, Raymond Roulle, Henri Fridlani, Patrick Sokol, Pierre Imbert)