Saturday, August 31, 2013

cine europa

cine europa 2013 will again be hosted by shangri-la plaza. this will be from september 5 to 15 at cinema 2 of the shang cineplex. these are my choice films:

Title: A Royal Affair
Country: Denmark
Schedule: September 5 (Thursday) at 12 NN; September 10 (Tuesday) at 8 PM
Synopsis: A true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen’s heart and starts a revolution. It centers on the intriguing love triangle between the insane Danish King Christian VII, the idealistic royal physician Struensee and the young but strong Queen.

Title: Barbara
Country: Germany
Schedule: September 5 (Thursday) at 3 PM; September 12 (Thursday) at 3:30 PM
Synopsis: About nine years before the fall of the Wall, Barbara, a doctor from Berlin, applies for an exit permit but she is arrested and transferred to a provincial hospital. When the day of her escape finally arrives, Barbara makes a surprising decision.

Title: Pranzo Di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch)
Country: Italy
Schedule: September 6 (Friday) at 3:30 PM; September 11 (Wednesday) at 5:30 PM
Synopsis: A middle-aged man suddenly turns into a nanny for an assortment of ill-matched, old ladies during the traditional Italian holiday weekend.

Title: La Stanza Del Figlio (The Son’s Room)
Country: Italy
Schedule: September 6 (Friday) at 5:30 PM; September 12 (Thursday) at 1 PM
Synopsis: The story of a family having to face tragedy and their extenuating and heart-rending period of mourning.

Title: Nedodržaný Sľub (Broken Promise)
Country: Slovakia
Schedule: September 7 (Saturday) at 8 PM; September 14 (Saturday) at 7:30 PM
Synopsis: A powerful cinematic retelling of the real life story of Martin Friedmann, a talented Slovak Jew soccer player who escapes death through luck and his talent.

Title: Svinalängorna (Beyond)
Country: Sweden
Schedule: September 8 (Sunday) 12:30 PM; September 13 (Friday) at 1 PM
Synopsis: Set both in the present and in the southern Swedish town of Ystad in the 1970s, the film is a gripping story of a woman’s confrontation with memories from her troubled childhood.

Title: Kautokeino-opprøret (The Kautokeino Rebellion)
Country: Norway
Schedule: September 8 (Sunday) at 7:30 PM; September 13 (Friday) at 3:30 PM
Synopsis: The movie examines the events following the eve of November 7, 1852, when 57 of the Sami people, men, women and children head for Kautokeino to spark a revolution.

Title: Musíme si Pomáhat (Divided We Fall)
Country: Czech Republic
Schedule: September 9 (Monday) at 3 PM; September 15 (Sunday) at 7:30 PM
Synopsis: When the small Czech town of Josef and Marie Cizek was occupied by the Nazi German forces during the World War II, the couple got accustomed in living a simple yet safe life until Josef meets with David Weiner, the young Jewish son of his former employer and the only surviving member the family. Fully aware of the extreme danger of harboring a Jew, the Cizeks cannot leave David to certain death and decide to provide refuge in their home.

Title: A Pas de Loup (With a Wolf’s Gait)
Country: Belgium
Schedule: September 9 (Monday) at 5:30 PM; September 14 (Saturday) at 5 PM
Synopsis: Six-year-old Cathy receives magic seeds during one of her dreary countryside weekends with her parents. Curious and excited, she decides to stay behind, alone, until she realizes that her parents will be worried and will start looking for her. She is afraid to be severely punished for this big mistake, and she runs away into the forest where she gets lost.

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