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Miskolc International Film Festival · 2017

Miskolc International Film Festival 2017

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9 films · 6 reviews

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Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao, Mou gaan dou)

Two men, working undercover for the police and Triads respectively, have to eliminate each other to save their jobs, and their lives.

(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2002; Director: Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak; Writer: Felix Chong, Siu Fai Mak; Stars: Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Elva Hsiao)

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Last Men In Aleppo

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Quietly builds a testimony to the stoicism all of the 250,000 civilians who, at that time, remained trapped in the city.

Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
Documentary tracking the work of the White Helmets in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2017; Director: Feras Fayyad, Steen Johannessen (co-director))

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Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer

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Cedar aims for emotional truth through visceral recognition and he succeeds in feeding our desire to understand what makes humans do the things we do.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
A fixer falls in with a rising Israeli politician and is soon trying to bluff his way into the big time.

(Country: Israel, US; Year: 2016; Director: Joseph Cedar; Writer: Joseph Cedar; Stars: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dan Stevens, Steve Buscemi, Jonathan Avigdori, Yehuda Almagor, Caitlin O'Connell, Hank Azaria, Harris Yulin, Miranda Bailey, Andrew Polk, Jorge Pupo, Maryann Urbano)

Full review See: Lior Ashkenazi in conversation on Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer , Conversation with Joseph Cedar about Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer , Joseph Cedar in conversation on Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer

Our Father (The Bouncer)

A story of fatherhood, concerning a violent nightclub doorman.

(Country: France, Israel; Year: 2016; Director: Meni Yaish; Writer: Meni Yaish; Stars: Dan Mor, Rotem Zissman-Cohen, Herzl Tobey, Moris Cohen, Haim Zanati, Alon Dahan)

The Sense Of An Ending

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No defense against a life less lived

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
A second-hand camera dealer remembers his university years when relationships were scarred with tragedy and desire while living a life of selfish isolation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Ritesh Batra; Writer: Nick Payne, based on the novel by Julian Barnes; Stars: Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery, Matthew Goode, Emily Mortimer, James Wilby, Edward Holcroft, Billy Howle, Freya Mavor, Joe Alwyn, Peter Wight, Hilton McRae, Jack Loxton, Timothy Innes)

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Siberian Love

The director returns to her roots in a small Siberian village after 20 years of living in Berlin.

(Country: Germany, Russia; Year: 2016; Director: Olga Delane; Writer: Olga Delane, Frank Müller)

The Square

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While satirically entertaining in places it has too many threads competing for attention and ultimately runs out of steam.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
An art exhibit invites passers by to altruism, but things don't go as planned for its curator.

(Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark; Year: 2017; Director: Ruben Östlund; Writer: Ruben Östlund; Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Linda Anborg, Claes Bang, Annica Liljeblad, Christopher Læssø, Emelie Beckius, Sarah Giercksky, Jan Lindwall, Marina Schiptjenko, John Nordling, Denise Wessman, Lilianne Mardon, Peter Diaz)

Full review See: Interview with Ruben Östlund, Claes Bang and Elisabeth Moss about The Square in Cannes

Stonehead (Shi Tou)

Ten-year-old Shi Tou, the son of a migrant labourer, grows up alone with his grandmother. It’s so hard to tell right from wrong! Sharing a reward with a classmate or waiting until his father returns, obeying his teacher or protecting his friend – which one should he choose?

(Country: China; Year: 2016; Director: Xiang Zhao)

Victoria And Abdul

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Judi Dench has become the living embodiment of fine acting, so much so that it is easy to take her for granted. Don't even think it!

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Queen Victoria's friendship with a young Indian clerk.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2017; Director: Stephen Frears; Writer: Lee Hall, based on the book by Shrabani Basu; Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Adeel Akhtar, Olivia Williams, Michael Gambon, Eddie Izzard, Simon Callow, Fenella Woolgar, Julian Wadham, Benjamin Haigh, Ruth McCabe, Lasco Atkins, Jonathan Harden, Deano Bugatti)

Full review See: Venice 2017: Three Billboards, Victoria And Abdul, Lean On Pete and The Third Murder