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ROMANIA, France | 97 minutes | 2019
Critics’ darling Porumboiu (12:08 East of Bucharest, Infinite Football and Police, Adjective) is having some fun — and taking us along for the ride. This deadpan musical neo-noir that relishes turning the genre’s tropes on their head is about a bent cop who has to learn el silbo, the whistled register of Spanish used on the Canary Island of La Gomera, to pull off his next crooked cash-generating venture. A tongue-in-cheek plunge into the labyrinthine underworld of the whistling bandits (yes, they exist and yes, they’re just as badass as the rest), it’s an enjoyable riff on a well-loved genre. Like Tarantino with a delightfully eccentric Romanian twist.The film will be screened in its original version with french subtitles on October 12th and with english subtitles on October 14th"An elegant and stylishly crafted piece of entertainment." The Guardian"...delivers a witty comedic thriller." The Playlist« ... un formidable film noir déconstruit ... » Libération« ... réussit ce difficile numéro d'équilibriste qui consiste à courir sur le fil tendu de l'exigence de mise en scène avec l'énergie du film à suspens. » Slate
Cannes Film Festival - Official Competition
Fantastic Fest
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Grounded in the Bengali fantasy tradition, two ghost stories attack reality in bizarre and absurd ways. There’s the one about the land surveyor who finds...
Feature film, Experimental
INDIA | 98 minutes | 2019
A meteorite falls to Earth near Arkham. Soon, the place is overrun by the shadows. Death stalks the town, madness reigns, and it starts to look like the...
Feature film, Fiction
PORTUGAL, UNITED STATES | 111 minutes | 2019
China, late Yuan dynasty. A battle is brewing between the army and a group of rebels. Everyone is in the dark as to who, when and how, but what is known is...
HONG KONG, TAIWAN | 105 minutes | 1973
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