The wild bunch, bold cinematic rebels and adventurous films
FINLAND, France | 89 minutes | 2018
What on earth is the meaning of Finland’s most famous painting The Wounded Angel, created by Hugo Simberg in an insane asylum in 1903? Here’s a movie tailor-made for lovers of fantastical documentaries, thought-provoking oddball flicks, art, Finnish angels, elves, trolls and other little people, magic trees, madness and brain-teasers of all stripes. This cinematic essay in the form of a shamanic journey probes the idea of death and may even open the doors to the beyond. A strange investigation that will lead to much post-film discussion.NORTH AMERICAN PREMIEREQ&A with filmmaker JEAN-MICHEL ROUX on October 10th and 11thWith the support ofFinnish Film Foundation .In collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts."... an investigation into the Finnish soul, its imagination, its personal and collective subconscious... a cinematographic essay, bringing together confessions and symbolist visions." France.fi
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POHJOLAN ENKELI (2018) – 89’ANGEL OF THE NORTH Documentary in FinlandCoproduction : Making Movies Oy - Mezzanine Films LES MYSTERES DU SNÆFFELLSJÖKULL (2009) – 46’THE MYSTERIES OF SNÆFFELLSJÖKULLDocumentary in IcelandCoproduction : H.ODDSSON EHF - Mezzanine Films LE CŒUR DE LA TERRE (2009) – 12’THE HEART OF THE EARTHFantastic taleCoproduction : Mezzanine Films – H.ODDSSON EHF ENQUÊTE SUR LE MONDE INVISIBLE (2002) – 90’INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVISIBLE WORLDDocumentary in IcelandCoproduction : Noé Productions – BAC Films – SNC – TPS LES MILLE MERVEILLES DE L’UNIVERS (1997) – 87’THE THOUSAND WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSEScience fictionCoproduction : Studio Canal - France 3 Cinéma - TransfilmStarring Tcheky Karyo, Julie Delpy, Maria de Medeiros, Féodor Atkine,Chick Ortéga, Pascale BussièresWriters: Régine Abadia - Alexis Galmot - Jean Michel Roux ELFLAND (1997) – 25’Documentary on the Elves in Iceland TROP PRÈS DES DIEUX (1992) – 25’TOO NEAR THE GODSScience fiction Starring Tcheky Karyo, Richard Bohringer,Féodor Atkine, François Hadji-Lazaro, Dominique Valladié LA VOIX DU DÉSERT (1987) – 12’THE VOICE OF THE DESERTFantasy fiction Starring Dominique Pinon, Catherine Frot,Yann Collette, Howard Vernon, Muni, Michel Didym et Muriel Mayette QUARTIER SAUVAGE (1984) – 15’WILD DISTRICTFantasy fiction Starring Michel Didym, Muriel Mayette, Nox et Bérurier Noir
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Feature film, Fiction
FRANCE | 107 minutes | 2019
Indisputably a cinematic masterwork, Raining in the Mountain is a mammoth artistic œuvre that needs to be seen at least once on the big screen. When the...
TAIWAN, SOUTH KOREA | 120 minutes | 1979
A bus full of young adults stops on a lonely road. They’re off to work in what appears to be a strange hotel. But is that really where they’re going?...
POLAND | 109 minutes | 2018
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