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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2014

San Sebastian Film Festival 2014

Special Screening and Galas

Programme

3 films · 3 reviews

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The Equalizer

Review preview for The Equalizer

Now it's Denzel Washington's turn, which means this is serious and requires a smart turn out at all times and a watch that goes 'bleep'.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A former commando comes out of retirement to rescue a teenage hooker from the Russian mafia in New York.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Antoine Fuqua; Writer: Richard Wenk; Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Haley Bennett, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, David Meunier, Johnny Skourtis, Alex Veadov, Vladimir Kulich, E. Roger Mitchell, James Wilcox, Mike O'Dea, Anastasia Sanidopoulos Mousis)

Opening night film.

In A Foreign Land (En Tierra Extraña)

Review preview for In A Foreign Land

At times profoundly moving, In a Foreign Land burns with indignation at the circumstances foisted on a generation who did what they were supposed to do but who have had little choice but to abandon the careers and futures they thought lay ahead of them.

Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
Documentary about Spaniards forced by commerce to seek work abroad.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Iciar Bollain)

Samba

Review preview for Samba

The film has all the bullet points for audience approval and yet somehow falls short

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
Samba migrated to France ten years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs...

(Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano; Writer: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, based on the novel by Delphine Coulin; Stars: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izïa Higelin, Isaka Sawadogo, Hélène Vincent, Youngar Fall, Christiane Millet, Jacqueline Jehanneuf, Liya Kebede, Sabine Pakora, Clotilde Mollet, Boubacar Ndiaye, Oumar Makalou, Roukiata Ouedraogo)

Closing night film.