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# Venice76 – La Biennale di Venezia -
Film Festival
La Verite - Kore-eda Hirokazu
La Verite - Kore-eda Hirokazu
The opening film at the Venice Film Festival
is Kore-eda
Hirokazu’s La
Verite – The Truth. Fabienne is a star of French cinema. She reigns
amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her
daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her
husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly
turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and
resentments confessed.
Starring: Catherine Deneuve,
Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clementine Grenier, Ludivine Sagnier.
Credits L. Champoussin – 3B-Bunbuku-MiMovies-FR3
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“If I wanted to take on the challenge of
shooting a first film abroad—in a language not my own and with a totally French
crew— it is because I had the chance to meet actors and collaborators who
wished to make a film with me. La verite is the
result of this confidence. What makes a family a family? Truth or lies? And
what would you choose between a cruel truth and a sweet lie? These are the
questions I have never ceased to ask myself through this film. I hope who see
it will seize the opportunity to find their own answers.”
Kore-eda Hirokazu
Director’s statement
Contessanally: good script, good acting, predictable,
enjoyable.
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# Venice76 – La Biennale di Venezia -
Film Festival
Pelikanblut - Katrin Gebbe
Orizzonti
Pelikanblut - Katrin Gebbe
Orizzonti
Katrin Gebbe’s Pelikanblut –
Pelikan Blood - tells the story of Wiebke lives together with her nine-year-old
adoptive daughter Nicolina on an idyllic horse farm. After many years of
waiting, she now has the chance to adopt Raya, a five-year-old girl, to provide
Nicolina with the longed-for sister. The first weeks are harmonious, and the
siblings get along great. But shortly thereafter, Wiebke realises that Raya,
initially shy and charming, is becoming increasingly aggressive and poses a
danger to herself and others. The mother will soon have to cross borders and
take extreme decisions to protect her cubs.
Starring: Nina
Hoss, Katerina Lipovska, Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo.
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“Pelikanblut explores the nightmare
vision of parenthood. The title refers to the Christian image of the mother
pelican that feeds her dead offspring with her own blood and as a result brings
them back to life. It is a metaphor for self-sacrificing love and faith. The
protagonist of my film as well cuts her own sacrificial path in order to heal
her emotionally ‘dead’ child. She starts a questionable treatment and becomes
more and more obsessed with finding a solution for her dilemma.”
Katrin
Gebbe
Contessanally: gripping psychological thriller.