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  Absurdistán       Aparecidos  
             
 
             
  Veit Helmer

2008. Germany, 88m, color
      Paco Cabezas

2007. Spain-Argentina, 106 m, color
 
 

In a little town lost in Eastern Europe, the lack of water and the unexpected war of the sexes risk a couple’s love affair. Tons of imagination and fun in an original mix of Kusturica, Jeunet, Javier Fesser and Chuck Jones’ feelings. Silver Meliès for Best European Fantastic Film.

     

Two Spanish brothers travelling around Argentina find a diary that takes them back to events that took place a long time ago and that have a lot to do with their family’s darkest secrets. One of the most interesting Spanish films of the last few years.

 
         
     
             
 
  Rumba       Sleep Dealer  
             
 
             
  Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
2008. France, 77m, color
      Alex Rivera

2008. USA-Mexico, 90m, color
 
 

A truly in love couple escapes from everyday’s routine by joining dancing contests. After they get involved in an accident, their lives change. A master piece of last year’s Cannes Film Festival, this poetic, hilarious and moving fantasy almost touches perfection. Written, directed and starred by the authors of The Iceberg.

     

In a near future, the world is still divided by borders, even though it is united by digital connections. Memo, who lives in a tiny Mexican town ends up fighting the security troops that guard the region. Winner of the Best Script Award at Sundance and the Amnesty International Jury Award at Berlin, this stunning indie production combines fantasy and social criticism.

 
         
     
             
 
  Terribly Happy       Tokyo!  
             
 
             
  Henrik Ruben Genz

2008. Denmark, 100m, color
      Michel Gondry / Léos Carax / Bong Joon-ho
2008. France, 112m, color
 
 

After a time of darkness, a taciturn policeman is transferred to an apparently quiet city. He soon discovers weird disappearances and secret codes. The Danish response to Lynch and the Coens: an original Kafkaesque nightmare with lots of black humour. Best Script Award at Valladolid and Special Mention at Karlovy Vary.

     

Three unconventional fantasy stories set up in the great Japanese metropolis and signed by French filmmakers Gondry (Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Be kind rewind), Carax (Mauvais sang, Les amants du Pont-Neuf) and the Korean Joon-ho (Memories of Murder, The Host). We will only tell you that it’s starred by an artist’s selfless girlfriend, a creature that lives in the sewers and a guy that never comes out of his house.

 
         
     
             
 
  Vinyan          
             
   
             
  Fabrice Du Welz

2008. France-Belgium-UK, 96m, color
         
 

A woman claims to have seen his little boy, lost in the tsunami tragedy, alive in a documentary, so she goes to find him along with her husband. Lost in the Burmese jungle, they face a supernatural force. Magnetic horror film with a great visual strength and a great role for Emmanuelle Béart.

     

 

 
         
         

 

 

 

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