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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2014

San Sebastian Film Festival 2014

New Directors

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13 films · 5 reviews

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Cain's Children (Káin gyermekei)

Review preview for Cain's Children

There are really interesting stories here and Gerö's unwillingness to shape them into more conventional narratives of corruption or redemption is a strength.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
The stories of three men who committed terrible crimes as children.

(Country: Hungary, France; Year: 2014; Director: Marcell Gerő ; Writer: Sára László, Marcell Gerő ; Stars: Zsolt Barcsai, József Gábor Nagy, Pál Pásztor)

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In Her Place

A mother and her teenaged daughter living on a rural farm in South Korea take in a mysterious woman from Seoul with the hopes of helping each other repair their damaged lives.

(Country: Canada, South Korea; Year: 2014; Director: Albert Shin; Writer: Pearl Ball-Harding, Albert Shin; Stars: Hae-yeon Kil, Chang-gil Moon, Ahn Ji Hye, Yoon Da-Kyung, Seung-cheol Kim, Kyung-Ik Kim, Jae-rok Kim, Chang-hwan Kim)

The Lesson (Urok)

Review preview for The Lesson

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A provincial schoolteacher is faced with tough choices due to mounting debts.

(Country: Bulgaria, Greece; Year: 2014; Director: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov ; Writer: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov; Stars: Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivanka Bratoeva, Poli Angelova, Kiril Bakalov, Mihail Boevski, Atanas Bratoev, Georgi Bratoev, Ana Bratoeva, Nadejda Bratoeva, Boris Doychinov, Vanina Geleva, Antoaneta Guleva)

Full review See: London Film Festival 2008 preview and recommended films

Limbo

Review preview for Limbo

Confidently slow burning and comfortable with moving at its own speed.

Rebecca Naughten · 3 out of 5
A connection grows between a teenager and a newly arrived teacher.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Anna Sofie Hartmann; Writer: Anna Sofie Hartmann; Stars: Annika Nuka Mathiassen, Sofia Nolsø, Laura Gustavsen, Sarai Randzorff, Sabine Madsen, Matthias Arid Olsen, Mike Hansen, Filip Rasmussen, Morten Klode, Agga Raahaug)

Full review See: Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival preview

Modris

A teenager runs into trouble when his mum betrays him to the police.

(Country: Germany, Greece, Latvia; Year: 2014; Director: Juris Kursietis; Writer: Juris Kursietis, Juris Kursietis; Stars: Rezija Kalnina, Kristers Piksa)

A Moonless Night (Una noche sin luna)

On New Year's night, three lonely night owls arrive in a small town way out in the Uruguayan countryside, where they will have the opportunity to change their destiny.

(Country: Uruguay, Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Germán Tejeira; Writer: Germán Tejeira, Germán Tejeira; Stars: Roberto Suarez, Daniel Melingo, Marcel Keoroglian, Elisa Gagliano, Roberto Suárez, Julieta Franco)

The Mother Of The Lamb (La Madre del Cordero)

Cristina, a 49-year-old woman, has spent her entire life caring for her mother Carmen. She re-encounters Sandra, a liberal and open-minded ex-colleague who will show her friend other ways to live.

(Country: Chile; Year: 2014; Director: Rosario Espinoza, Enrique Farias )

Name Me (Kak menya zovut)

Two 17-year-old Muscovite girls, Olya and Sasha, are going to Crimea to meet Olya’s father Sergey... but an innocent joke sparks drama.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2014; Director: Nigina Sayfullaeva)

The Silly Ones And The Stupid Ones (Los tontos y los estúpidos)

Mario, Paula, Miguel and Lourdes run into one another while looking (some more than others) for a way out of a life they don't like.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Roberto Castón; Writer: Roberto Castón, Roberto Castón; Stars: Aitor Beltrán, Josean Bengoetxea, Nausicaa Bonnín, Gregory Brossard, Dayana Contreras, Cuca Escribano, Elisabet Gelabert, Ramón Ibarra, Teresa Lozano, Erika Olaizola, Ohiane P. Etxebarria, Vicky Peña, Roberto Álamo)

Toto And His Sisters (Toto si surorile lui)

Review preview for Toto And His Sisters

Nanau tells it like it is and the film's emotional moments - of which there are many - are small but powerful and unforced.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Totonel, 10, and his sisters are growing up in a poor city suburb, waiting for their mother to come home from prison...

(Country: Romania; Year: 2014; Director: Alexander Nanau; Writer: Alexander Nanau)

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Vincent (Vincent N'a Pas Decailles )

Vincent is not just a young man among others. His strength, reflexes and agility increase when in contact with water. There he meets Lucie, falls in love, and shares his secret with someone for the first time...

(Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Thomas Salvador; Writer: Thomas Bidegain, Thomas Cheysson, Thomas Salvador; Stars: Thomas Salvador, Vimala Pons, Youssef Hajdi, Nicolas Jaillet, Nina Meurisse, Rémy Ventura, Philippe Xiberras, Claude Maurice, Simon Espigue, Amandine Rigaud, Tom Sebban, Najim El Atouani, David Grolleau, Paul Mondini, Louis-Emmanuel Blanc)

War (Chrieg)

A youngster is sent to a correctional farm... but when he gets there he find three crazy kids have taken over.

(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2014; Director: Simon Jaquemet)