Sundance Film Festival · 2012
A selection of films that have already made their mark around the world.
11 films · 9 reviews
The two central performances – Vianello’s bewildered, sensitive, lonely young girl and Cantalupo’s harassed moral inadequate – are pitch-perfect.
(Country: Italy, Switzerland, France; Year: 2011; Director: Alice Rohrwacher; Writer: Alice Rohrwacher; Stars: Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia, Anita Caprioli)
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2011; Director: Valérie Donzelli; Writer: Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm; Stars: Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, César Desseix, Gabriel Elkaïm, Brigitte Sy, Elina Löwensohn, Michèle Moretti, Philippe Laudenbach, Bastien Bouillon, Béatrice De Staël, Anne Le Ny, Frédéric Pierrot, Elisabeth Dion, Pauline Gaillard, Philippe Barassat) , Official site
North American premiere
(Country: Russia; Year: 2011; Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev; Writer: Oleg Negin, Andrei Zvyagintsev; Stars: Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Alexei Rozin)
Superior stuff, highly recommended.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2011; Director: Philippe Falardeau; Writer: Philippe Falardeau; Stars: Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Brigitte Poupart) , Official site
Like Saili himself, this proves to be a thoughtful little gem.
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2011; Director: Tusi Tamasese; Writer: Tusi Tamasese; Stars: Fa'afiaula Sagote, Tausili Pushparaj, Salamasina Mataia, Ioata Tanielu) , Official site
A small, quiet, very personal piece that delivers a deeply layered and well acted tale.
(Country: Norway; Year: 2011; Director: Joachim Trier; Writer: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, based on the novel Le Feu Folle by Pierre Drieu La Rochell; Stars: Anders Danielsen, Lie Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Petter Width, Kristiansen)
Bruce Lee is back, and he's Indonesian.
(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2011; Director: Gareth Evans; Writer: Gareth Evans; Stars: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah) , Official site
US premiere
Funny, moving and endlessly surprising.
(Country: Italy, France, Ireland; Year: 2011; Director: Paolo Sorrentino; Writer: Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello, from a story by Paolo Sorrentino; Stars: Sean Penn, Frances Mc Dormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson, Kerry Condon, Harry Dean Stanton, Joyce Van Patten, David Byrne, Olwen Fouéré, Shea Whigham, Liron Levo, Heinz Lieven, Simon Delaney)
North American premiere
Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.
(Country: Lebanon; Year: 2011; Director: Nadine Labaki; Writer: Rodney Al Haddid, Jihad Hojeily, Nadine Labaki; Stars: Kevin Abboud, Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Julian Farhat, Ali Haidar, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Claude Moussawbaa, Antoinette Noufaily)
US premiere
Andrea Arnold has done well to shift the emphasis from a love story to a dark tale of hatred, cruelty and revenge.
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Andrea Arnold; Writer: Andrea Arnold, Olivia Hetreed; Stars: Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Oliver Milburn Nichola Burley, Steve Evets)
US premiere
What you get out of Your Sister's Sister is likely to depend quite a bit on the audience you see it with.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Lynn Shelton; Writer: Lynn Shelton; Stars: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass)
US premiere
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