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San Sebastian Film Festival

2010

Peter Mullan's Neds won the Golden and Silver Shells
Peter Mullan's Neds won the Golden and Silver Shells

The 58th San Sebastian Film Festival runs from September 17 to 25.

Peter Mullan's NEDS was awarded the Golden Shell.

Retrospectives include a showcase of the work of Don Siegel, plus .doc - New Paths Of Non-Fiction, a retrospective of contemporary non-fiction cinema.

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  • L'Amour Fou
    Review preview for L'Amour Fou

    Our view, through Bergé's eyes, is that of the melancholic, someone who has the object of desire but has lost the object-cause of desire.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Documentary charts the relationship between the fashion designer and his lover Pierre Bergé.
  • Poetry
    Review preview for Poetry

    Veteran actress Yun Jeong-hie, who came out of a 15-year retirement to take on the role of Mija brings a fragile beauty and strength to the part, lending her character an air of inscrutability that is intriguing rather than frustrating.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A grandmother discovers poetry and begins to reassess the world around her.
  • Sarah's Key
    Review preview for Sarah's Key

    The drama of Julia's modern life quite simply can't compete with the history lesson that has gone before.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A journalist uncovers family secrets that link her to a young Jewish girl persecuted 60 years previously.
  • Honey
    Review preview for Honey

    This is a quiet and intimate film, filled with gorgeous natural images and soundscapes that speak volumes.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Examination of the bond between a little boy, the forest and his beekeeper dad.
  • Countdown To Zero
    Review preview for Countdown To Zero

    Lucy Walker's chilling documentary serves as a reminder that the threat of a nuclear bomb going off somewhere in the world to devastating effect has not diminished just because it has slipped from the public consciousness.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A history of the atomic bomb and the current nuclear arms race.
  • Post Mortem
    Review preview for Post Mortem

    A gripping and emotionally affecting consideration of the casual evils that men do.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A mortuary worker begins an unlikely romance with a burlesque dancer against the backdrop of Chile's 1973 military coup.
  • Elisa K
    Review preview for Elisa K

    The film is adapted from the book Elisa Kiseljak by Lolita Bosch and its origins hang like a millstone round its neck courtesy of ponderous and never-ending narration.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The effect of childhood abuse on a young girl, both at the time and in later life.
  • The Colours Of The Mountain
    Review preview for The Colours Of The Mountain

    Shot almost entirely from the children's perspective, Arbeláez tackles universal themes of conflict and its impact on ordinary people without getting mired in specific politics.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A boy and his pals in a mountainside village find their lives under the threat of conflict.
  • Nostalgia For The Light
    Review preview for Nostalgia For The Light

    Patricio Guzmán has wisely chosen to step back and let the story unfold largely by itself.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about astronomers in Chile's Atacama Desert who gather to consider the stars while beneath the ground lie the remnants of ancient civilisations.
  • Cell 211
    Review preview for Cell 211

    This film doesn't just have one good idea, it has many, and it segues them together beautifully.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When a prison guard is knocked unconscious at the start of a riot, he wakes to find he is trapped within the prison and must pretend to be a con to stay alive.

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