DER RÄUBER THE ROBBER

DIRECTOR Benjamin Heisenberg | CAST Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz, Florian

Austria Germany Wotruba, Johann Bednar, Markus Schleinzer | RUNNING TIME 97 minutes

The Robber tells the story of a multitalented man: Johann Rettenberger is a

successful marathon runner and a serial bank robber. Soberly and precisely he
measures his heart rate, strain, stamina and efficiency – both during training
runs and bank raids, from which, concealed beneath a ludicrous mask and
armed with a pump gun, he takes flight from the police.................................

Drama
LES BARONS THE BARONS
Belgium
Nabil Ben Yadir | CAST Nader Boussandel, Mourade Zeguendi,
DIRECTOR
Mounir Ait Hamou, Amelle Chahbi, Julien Courbey | RUNNING TIME 111 minutes

Young men build a philosophy around the value of laziness in this offbeat
comedy from Belgium. "The Barons" are a handful of twenty-something guys
of Moroccan heritage living in a Brussels suburb. The Barons live by the
philosophy that each person is allotted a certain number of footsteps in their
lifetime, and once they're all taken you're gone, so caution and a lack of
serious initiative are qualities to be admired. Hassan is a Baron who spends
most of his days hanging out with his pals Mounir and Franck, the latter being
the only non-Moroccan member of the club. Sometimes the Barons go
cruising in a used car they collectively own, though there are too many owners
for one person to have it for an entire day. Hassan has recently developed a
degree of ambition unbecoming of a Baron -- he's been thinking about taking
a shot at a career as a stand-up comidian, and he's fallen in love with
Mounir's sister Malika, a television reporter who wants more out of a
relationship than one of her brother's slacker friends can offer. But if Hassan
starts chasing his dreams, will he run out of steps before he gets to the goal?
Les Barons was the first feature film from director and screenwriter Nabil
Ben Yadir.

Comedy
SVETAT E GOLYAM I SPASENIE DEBNE OTVSYAKADE
THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER
Bulgaria
Stephan Komandarev | CAST Miki Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev,
DIRECTOR
Ana Papadopulu, Lyudmila Cheshmedzhieva | RUNNING TIME 105 minutes

Based on the bestseller of Ilija Trojanow, is the story of Alex, who, with the
help of his charismatic grandfather, Bai Dan, embarks on a journey with
tandem and backgammon in search of his real self....................................

Bulgaria, 1980. Clouds are gathering over Alex's idyllic childhood in a small
provincial town. Militia wants his father to spy on Alex's grandfather, Bai Dan,
the local King of backgammon. The family decides to emigrate to the West.
25 years later Alex is in German hospital after severe car crash in which his
parents have died. Bai Dan goes off to Germany. Alex does not recognise
his grandfather because he now suffers from amnesia as a result of the
accident. Bai Dan teaches his grandson backgammon. The ancient game
restores Alex back to life. Bai Dan drags Alex out of hospital and they set
off on the road with tandem bicycle. On this journey back to Bulgaria, which
is also a journey back to the past, Alex gets his memory back, and with it,
the will to live again. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Ilija
Trojanow.

Drama
VRATNÉ LAHVE EMPTIES
Czech Republic
DIRECTORJan Svérák | CAST Zdeněk Svěrák, Daniela Kolářová, Tatiana Vilhelmová,
Jiří Macháček, Pavel Landovský, Jan Budař | RUNNING TIME 100 minutes

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realizes
one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits...
dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his
sense of place in society. He finds himself isolated in his city flat with only
his wife Eliska for company....................................................................

Unsure how to deal with this new situation, Josef tries to find a way out.
After a few vain attempts of finding a decent job he accepts a position at
a refundable bottles counter in the local supermarket. In this seemingly
inhospitable place, he solves what had been the root of his unhappiness.
Surrounded by people full of character and at the centre of a city
community, Josef finally finds his way back to his own wife......................

This love story dramatizes the formidable moments in life, but its humor
avoids sentiment in the style of a traditional Czech bitter-sweet comedy.

Comedy | Romance
FRYGTELIG LYKKELIG TERRIBLY HAPPY
Denmark
DIRECTORHenrik Ruben Genz | CAST Jakob Cedergren, Kim Bodnia, Lene Maria
Christensen, Lars Brygmann | RUNNING TIME 95 minutes

Robert has a number of skeletons in his closet, which he is determined to

bury. Although hardly his dream job, Robert sees the position of temporary
village constable as a necessary stage on the road to rehabilitation. He just
needs to do well and generally behave by the book. However, village life and
the macabre provincial order don't fit easily into Robert's plans. Nothing is
ever straightforward, and certainly not when you are way out in the country.

Drama
KIELLETTY HEDELMÄ FORBIDDEN FRUIT
Finland
DIRECTOR Dome Karukoski | CAST Marjut Maristo, Amanda Pilke, Joel Mäkinen,
Jarkko Niemi, Olavi Uusivirta, Malla Malmivaara | RUNNING TIME 98 minutes

Forbidden Fruit is a story of two teenage girls from a very restrictive faith
community travelling to the capital city of Finland to search for freedom
and get new experiences while facing the world they have previously been
forbidden from.

Drama
L’HEURE ZERO TOWARD ZERO
France
DIRECTOR Pascal Thomas | CAST John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz
RUNNING TIME 107minutes

Whatever possessed Guillaume Neuville to invite his ex-wife Aude and his current wife
Caroline to his rich Aunt Camilla Tressilian's house in Pointe-aux-Mouettes to spend
the end of summer vacation? Friends they will never be. It was completely foolhardy
for, although these two women who have nothing in common have yet to tear each
other to pieces, although they hold back for the moment, things won'tstay that way
for long. Two Mrs. Neuville beneath the same roof is one too many.Zero Hour
approaches, that moment when all converges for the perfect crime to be committed
right down to the last detail. Reluctant at first to welcome two Mrs Neuville in her
home, Camilla Tressilian finally accepts the idea. She knows there is no fighting the
evolution of modern life. A magistrat's widow, she is very open-minded and sharp-
witted, demonstrating a mocking brusqueness that woman with experience often
possess. She is torn between her fondness for Guillaume, who she has raised like
a son, and the tenderness she feels for Aude, a young, sensitive woman who keeps
her feelings and emotions well hidden. This strange family reunion takes a tragic turn
when Mrs Tressilian is found murdered in her bed.

Comedy | Mystery
TOUT EST PARDONNÉ ALL IS FORGIVEN
France
Mia Hansen-Love | CAST Paul Blain, Pascal Bongard, Constance Rousseau,
DIRECTOR
Marie-Christine Friedrich | RUNNING TIME 105 minutes

Victor lives in Vienna with Annette and their little daugher, Pamela. It's spring and
Victor, who avoids working, spends his days, and sometimes his nights, outside.
Deeply in love with him, Annette trusts him to get himself together as soon as
they get back to Paris..................................................................................

But in France, Victor picks up his bad habits again. After a violent argument, he
moves in with a junkie with whom he's fallen in love. Annette leaves Victor and
disappears with Pamela................................................................................

Eleven years later, Pamela is seventeen years old. She lives in Paris, at her
mother's place. One day, she learns that her father is also living in the city. She
decides to see him again.

Drama
EL GRECO
Greece
Iannis Smaragdis | CAST Nick Ashdon, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull, Lakis
DIRECTOR
Lazopoulos, Dimitra Matsouka, Sotiris Moustakas | RUNNING TIME 119 minutes

An epic tale of an uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos

Theotocopoulos, known to the world as El Greco, since he was born Greek.

Set in the 16th century, El Greco’s search for freedom, and love, ranges from
the courts of Crete and Venice to Toledo in Spain. Here he is confronted by
his greatest adversary the Holy Inquisition...................................................

Never backing down in his fight with the establishments of his day El Greco’s
story is one of unusual heroism, betrayal, love, and the power of one man and
his creative consciousness to stand out and overcome barbarity and ignorance.

An inspiration which lives on to this day.

Biography | Drama
MIO FRATELLO E` FIGLIO UNICO MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD
Italy
DIRECTORDaniele Lucchetti | CAST Riccardo Scamarcio, Elio Germano, Angela
Finocchiaro, Luca Zingaretti, Massimo Popolizio | RUNNING TIME 100 minutes

Accio and Manrico are two brothers always at odds due to their choices and
their life in a provincial Italian town during the sixties and the seventies. Their
formative years are completely different; a succession of extraordinary and
intense adventures tests their relationship: stormy and uneasy, but always
marked by reciprocal affection and solidarity.

Philippine-Italian
Association

Comedy | Drama
I SOLITI IGNOTI PERSONS UNKNOWN
Italy
DIRECTOR Mario Monicelli | CAST Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Renato
Salvatori, Carlo Pisacane, Tiberio Murgia | RUNNING TIME 111 minutes

It is considered to be among the masterpieces of Italian cinema. Its original

title translates as "the usual unknown persons", a journalistic and bureaucratic
euphemism for "unidentified criminals".......................................................

Five small time thieves living in the suburbs of Rome plan a robbery against
the Monte di Pieta` pawn shop. Not being well versed, they ask for help from
Dante Cruciani (Toto`), a hardened criminal on parole, who teaches them how
to crack a safe. The preparations for the heist go on notwithstanding various
ups and downs as well as second thoughts until they reach a disastrous and
comedic end.

Philippine-Italian
Association

Comedy
HANNAHANNAH
The Netherlands
DIRECTOR Annemarie van de Mond | CAST Maria Kraakman, Antonie Kamerling,
Janni Goslinga, Kees Boot | RUNNING TIME 77 minutes

Hannah, a stubborn outsider within a large family, watches her family with
mixed feelings as they welcome her new boyfriend......................................

Hannah, the headstrong rebel of seven siblings, tries to avoid the preparations
for her parents’ wedding anniversary, but her charming brand-new lover Victor
sort of drags her along, and soon proves to be an ideal son-in-law. As Victor
assumes full responsibility for organizing the anniversary river cruise, Hannah
is left with mixed feelings. Yet when Victor confides in her that her family is
communicating terribly, she claims he is not the person to judge. Suddenly
Hannah seems uncertain whether to stay with Victor who proves quite patient
and understanding...

Comedy | Romance
DE SCHEEPSJONGENS VAN BONTEKOE STORM BOUND
The Netherlands
DIRECTOR Steven de Jong | CAST Pim Wessels, Martijn Hendrickx, Billy Zomerdijk,
Reena Giasi, Peter Tuinman, Thomas Acda | RUNNING TIME 135 minutes

Three boys embark on their first voyage across the ocean and find themselves
shipwrecked on a tropical island...............................................................

Hajo, Padde and Rolf, teenagers from a Dutch harbour town set out to sea as
members of Captain Bontekoe’s crew. The ship is bound for exotic lands, and
every day introduces the boys to new challenges.......................................

When approaching Java, a fire breaks out which destroys the ship. The boys
manage to reach land but it’s not the haven they expected. The island natives
are intent on killing them, but one of the local girls, Dolimah, befriends the
boys and leads them on a perilous journey through the jungle to safety.

Hajo and Rolf desperately want Dolimah to return with them but she is too
afraid of the unknown world beyond her island. So the boys continue without
her and finally reach Bontekoe who, in his new boat, is about to set sail back
to Holland...............................................................................................

Adventure
PHILANTROPIQUE PHILANTROPHY
Romania
DIRECTOR Nae Caranfil | CAST Mircea Diaconu, Mara Nicolescu, Viorica Vodă
RUNNING TIME 110 minutes

Ovidiu Gorea is a high-school teacher who is still living with his parents in
Bucharest, Romania at 35. As a teacher, he is not earning enough to
support himself so he aspires to become a writer. He strongly believes his
talent in writing will bring him fame and money. One day, he meets Diane, a
toothpaste commercial model who will change his low wage earner lifestyle
as he tries to impress her by being extravagant.........................................

Comedy | Drama
MIRCEA
Romania
DIRECTOR Sergiu Nicolaescu | CAST Sergiu Nicolaescu, Serban Ionescu,
Adrian Pintea | RUNNING TIME 137 minutes

In 1393, the Ottoman Empire was able to contain all provinces and distant
lands known to them at that time except for the principality of Wallachia
which was led by the great ruler, Mircea the Old. For years, he enforced many
strongholds in their land and fought against the Turks and other invaders to
keep their country's independence. To keep his only legacy, Freedom, he faced
his final confrontation against the Turks.

Action | Drama | History

POKOJ V DUŠI SOUL AT PEACE
Slovakia
DIRECTOR Vladimír Balko | CAST Attila Mokos, Roman Luknár, Helena Krajčiová,
Robert Więckiewicz, Jan Vondráček, Jevgenij Libezňuk | RUNNING TIME 89 minutes

Tono returns from prison, having spent the last five years there for stealing
lumber. He returns to his home village of Čierny Hron to find that everything
has changed: he is a stranger to his wife, he hardly knows his 5-year old
son, and he cannot find a decent job because no one wants to hire a thief.
But Tono does not want to earn his living by stealing, the way he used to. He
even loses his close “buddy” Štefan, an influential local businessman with
growing power in the region....................................................................

His childhood buddies - Marek the Catholic priest and successful

businessman Peter - do their best to help Tono find his way back to normal
life. Unfortunately, they have their own sources of problems and suffering -
the problems of men over 40 - and have to cope when their image of life is
confronted with the harshness of reality. Tono feels lonely and desperately
looks for a way out of his problems.

Drama
EL ABUELO THE GRANDFATHER
Spain
DIRECTOR José Luis Garci | CAST Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso,
Cayetana Guillen Cuervo, Agustin Gonzalez | RUNNING TIME 151 minutes

‘El abuelo’ (The Grandfather) tells the story of love, friendship, honour and
betrayal within one powerful family spanning three generations. At the turn of
the XX century, Don Rodrigo, Count of Albrit, an old Spanish aristocrat, returns
penniless and almost blind from Peru to Spain after losing his large fortune
in America. The death of his only son has made him come back to his family
estate, now in the hands of his daughter-in-law, Lucrecia. Upon his return,
Don Rodrigo is pleased to meet his granddaughters, Doli and Neli, both of
whom are adorable and attentive towards him. However, he is burdened by a
secret that surrounds them. When the Count was still in America, his only son
died. Upon his death, his few belongings, including an unfinished letter, were
shipped to the Count. The letter informed the Count that his daughter-in-law,
the beautiful Lucrecia, was not a faithful wife to his son. Furthermore, the
Count learns that one of his granddaughters is not his true heiress and he is
determined to discover which grandchild is worthy of his name and his love.

Drama
JUANA LA LOCA MAD LOVE
Spain
DIRECTOR Vicente Aranda | CAST Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor,
Eloy Azorín, Giuliano Gemma, Roberto Álvarez | RUNNING TIME 115 minutes

In 1496, Juana de Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings, travels to

Flanders to marry the Archduke Felipe de Austria, known as ‘El Hermoso’
(The Handsome) and son of the emperor Maximilian. Even though at the
beginning this marriage is based on a political alliance between two royal
families, passion and desire grow between the couple later on. Juana
becomes Queen of Spain when her mother and her older brothers die in
1504. However, due to the pressure of being Queen and the discovery that
her husband has many lovers, her mental health starts to deteriorate. Felipe,
seeing his wife in this situation, prompts the Burgos Court to declare Juana
legally insane and recluses her in the Monastery of Las Huelgas (Burgos,
Spain), proclaiming himself as King of Spain.

Drama | History | Romance

SVARTA NEJLIKAN THE BLACK PIMPERNEL
Sweden
DIRECTOR Ulf Hultberg | CAST Michael Nyqvist, Lisa Werlinder, Lumi Cavazos,
Carsten Nørgaard | RUNNING TIME 91 minutes

The Black Pimpernel is based on thelife of Harald Edelstam who was a

Swedish ambassador in Chile 1973, during the junta take-over. Edelstam tried
to help refugees and struggled to maintain humanity, justice and dignity.

Drama
AN EDUCATION
United Kingdom
DIRECTOR Lone Scherfig | CAST Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper,
Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan | RUNNING TIME 100 minutes

Set in London in 1961, a city caught between the drab, post-war 50's, and
the glamorous, more liberated 60's. Jenny stands on the brink of becoming
a woman; a brilliantly witty, clever and attractive 17 year old girl whose
suburban life of dull family meals, giggling schoolgirls and homework is about
to be blown apart by David – older, urbane and unsuitable. He introduces
Jenny to an exciting new world of chic dinners, art auctions, smoky clubs and
foreign trips. He charms her parents. But just as their long-held dream of
Jenny getting into Oxford University seems within reach, another kind of life
now tempts her. Is it one that sets her free or traps her? Will David be the
making or undoing of Jenny?

Drama
MARCELLO MARCELLO
Switzerland
DIRECTOR Denis Rabaglia | CAST Luigi Petrazzuolo, Alfio Alessi, Luca Sepe, Renato
Scarpa, Antonio Pennarella, Mariano Rigillo, Peppe Lanzetta | RUNNING TIME 97 minutes

Italy, 1956. In the picturesque island of Amatrello, a unique custom keeps

the young men of the village busy: when a girl turns eighteen, every boy is
invited to bring a gift for her first date. However the gift is not for the girl, but
for thefather… who will ultimately determine which boy takes her on her first
rendez-vous! Eighteen-year-old fisherman's son Marcello doesn't care about
this tradition until he sets eyes on the enchanting Elena, the daughter of the
Mayor, who has returned to the island and – according to the tradition – has
come of age. As time runs out and competition rises, Marcello comes up
with the perfect gift for the Mayor. But getting that gift isn't easy.. Soon,
he is forced to barter with the entire village, as everyone seems to want
something from someone else… Marcello's frantic quest ensues, evolving
into a process of reconciliation among the village's inhabitants.

Comedy | Romance Comedy | Romance