The Brazilian candidate for the Academy Awards nomination has received the main award in the Un Certain Regard category at the last Cannes Film Festival.
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmao
Rio de Janeiro in 1950. Sisters Eurídice and Guida live with their conservative parents and dream about a different life. Eurídice dreams of becoming a piano player and Guida seeks her great love. When Guida gets pregnant, their infuriated father breaks contacts between the two sisters. So commences the long separation of the two women who never lose hope to be reunited one day.
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Julie Keeps Quiet Julie zwijgt
Leonardo van Dijl
Friday, 22. 11. 2024 / 16:45 / Main Hall
Belgian tennis prodigy Tessa Van den Broeck makes her screen debut in this story about a talented athlete who decides to keep silent after her coach is accused of misconduct.
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Kings & Queens
Being Blanche Houellebecq Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq
Guillaume Nicloux
Friday, 22. 11. 2024 / 19:30 / Main Hall
Michel Houellebecq travels to Guadeloupe to take part in a look-alike contest, whose jury is chaired by Blanche Gardin. But unforeseen events plunge the duo into the heart of a bizarre intrigue… An ironic, wry take on political correctness and present-day taboos.
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Panorama
The Outrun The Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt
Friday, 22. 11. 2024 / 21:30 / Main Hall
Nora Fingscheidt’s film, interspersed with flashbacks depicting the protagonist’s downward spiral into alcoholism, focuses on her liberation from personal demons through a connection with the magical nature of her childhood home.