Archive for May, 2007

Roman de gare

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2007

Country: France

Runtime: 103 min

Languages: French

Director:

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Writers: Claude Lelouch (original scenario) Pierre Uytterhoeven (adaptation) …

 

Cast: Dominique Pinon … Pierre Laclos / Louis
Fanny Ardant … Judith Ralitzer
Audrey Dana … Huguette
Michèle Bernier … Florence, la soeur
Myriam Boyer … La mère d'Huguette
Zinedine Soualem … Le commissaire
Boris Ventura … Alain (as Boris Ventura Diaz)
Marc Rioufol … Le propriétaire du vignoble
Thomas Le Douarec rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eve Bitoun
Rebecca Blanc
Jérôme Cachon
Marie-Victoire Debré
Eric Delcourt
Cyrille Eldin … Paul
Arlette Gordon … Herself / En personne
Sarah Lelouch
Shaya Lelouch
Gilles Lemaire … Le capitaine du bateau
William Leymergie … Le speaker radio (voice)
Serge Moati … Himself / En personne
Fred Musa
Dominique Pellissier
Bertrand Philippot
Marine Royer … Patricia
Ilva Scali
Bernard Werber … Himself / En personne

 

Plot: A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

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Persepolis

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

All Genres:
Animation, Biography, Drama, War

Release Year: 2007

Country: France | USA

Runtime: 96 min | Turkey:89 min (TV version)

Languages: French | English | Persian | German

Director: Vincent Paronnaud

Marjane Satrapi

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Writers: Marjane Satrapi (comic) Vincent Paronnaud (scenario)

 

Cast: Chiara Mastroianni … Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi, as a teenager and a woman (voice)
Catherine Deneuve … Mrs. Satrapi – Marjane's mother (voice)
Danielle Darrieux … Marjane's grandmother (voice)
Simon Abkarian … Mr. Satrapi – Marjane's father (voice)
Gabrielle Lopes Benites … Marjane as a child (voice)
François Jerosme … Uncle Anouche (voice)
Sophie Arthuys … (voice)
Jean-François Gallotte
Arié Elmaleh … (voice)
Mathias Mlekuz … (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stéphane Foenkinos
Amethyste Frezignac … Marjane as a child (voice: English version)
Tilly Mandelbrot … Lali (voice)
Sean Penn … Mr. Satrapi – Marjane's father (voice: English version)
Iggy Pop … Uncle Anouche (voice: English version)
Gena Rowlands … Marjane's grandmother (voice: English version)

 

Plot: Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 25 nominations

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El orfanato

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: Mexico | Spain

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: Spanish

Director:

Tagline: Un cuento de amor. Una historia de terror (A tale of love. A story of horror)

 

Cast: Belén Rueda … Laura
Fernando Cayo … Carlos
Roger Príncep … Simón
Mabel Rivera … Pilar
Montserrat Carulla … Benigna
Andrés Gertrúdix … Enrique
Edgar Vivar … Prof. Leo Bálaban
Óscar Casas … Tomás
Mireia Renau … Laura niña
Georgina Avellaneda … Rita
Carla Gordillo … Martín
Alejandro Camps … Víctor
Carmen López … Alicia
Óscar Lara … Guillermo
Geraldine Chaplin … Aurora

 

Plot: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.

 

Awards: 31 wins & 34 nominations

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Sukkar banat

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2007

Country: France | Lebanon

Runtime: 95 min

Languages: Arabic | French

Director:

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Writers: Rodney El Haddad (writer) Jihad Hojeily (writer)

 

Cast: Nadine Labaki … Layale
Yasmine Elmasri … Nisrine (as Yasmine Al Masri)
Joanna Moukarzel … Rima
Gisèle Aouad … Jamale
Adel Karam … Youssef
Sihame Haddad … Rose (as Siham Haddad)
Aziza Semaan … Lili
Fatmeh Safa … Siham
Dimitri Staneofski … Charles
Fadia Stella … Christine
Ismaïl Antar … Bassam
Yousra Karam … Salon client
Victoria Bader … Salon client rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nancy … Woman in taxi

 

Plot: A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.

 

Awards: 4 wins & 2 nominations

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Bikur Ha-Tizmoret

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Music

Release Year: 2007

Country: Israel | France | USA

Runtime: 87 min

Languages: English | Arabic | Hebrew

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Tagline: Once-not long ago-a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. Not many remember this…It wasn't that important.

 

Cast: Sasson Gabai … Lieutenant-colonel Tawfiq Zacharya
Ronit Elkabetz … Dina
Saleh Bakri … Haled
Khalifa Natour … Simon rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shlomi Avraham … Papi
Uri Gavriel … Avrum
Imad Jabarin … Major-general Camal Abdel Azim
Ahuva Keren … Lea
François Khell … Makram
Hisham Khoury … Fauzi
Tarak Kopty … Iman
Rinat Matatov … Yula
Rubi Moskovitz … Itzik
Hilla Sarjon … Iris
Eyad Sheety … Saleh
Tomer Yosef … Ars

 

Plot: A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town. add synopsis

 

Awards: 41 wins & 9 nominations

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Savage Grace

Friday, May 18th, 2007

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2007

Country: Spain | USA | France

Runtime: 97 min

Languages: English | French | Spanish

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Tagline: Truth is shocking than fiction.

 

Cast: Julianne Moore … Barbara Baekeland
Stephen Dillane … Brooks Baekeland
Anne Reid … Nini Daly
Martin Huber … Aschwin Lippe
Minnie Marx … Midge Van Den Heuvels
Jim Arnold … Joost Van Den Heuvels
Mapi Galán … Simone Lippe
Barney Clark … Tony at 12
Abel Folk … Carlos Durán
Belén Rueda … Pilar Durán
Simón Andreu … Jean Pierre Souvestre
Eddie Redmayne … Antony Baekeland
Elena Anaya … Blanca
Unax Ugalde … Black Jake Martínez
Melina Matthews … Lorna Moffat

 

Plot: A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies… add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

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4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2007

Country: Romania

Runtime: 113 min

Languages: Romanian

Director:

Tagline: How far would you go for a friend?

 

Cast: Anamaria Marinca … Otilia
Laura Vasiliu … Gabriela 'Gabita' Dragut
Vlad Ivanov … Viarel aka Domnu' Bebe
Alexandru Potocean … Adi Radu
Ion Sapdaru … Dr. Rusu (as Ioan Sapdaru)
Teodor Corban … Unireal Hotel receptionist (as Teo Corban)
Tania Popa … Night receptionist
Cerasela Iosifescu … Receptionist Tineretului
Doru Ana … Benzanirul
Eugenia Bosânceanu … Domnu' Bebe's mother
Marioara Sterian … Adela Racoviceanu rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monica Alexandrescu … Female soldier
Mihaela Alexandru … Daniela
Costica Babu … Tatal Gabitei (as Costica Babii)
Constantin Bojog … Martu
Cristina Burbuz … Marie-Jeanne Rusu (as Cristina Buburuz)
Georgeta Paduraru Burdujan … Mrs. Aldea
Adi Carauleanu … Dr. Radu – Adi's father
Cristian Ciuzan … Medicinistul
Alexandru Conovaru … Barbatul din statie
Emil Coseru … Dr. Racoviceanu
Adina Cristescu … Mireasa
Geo Dobre … Dr. Aldea
Hazim E'Layan … Ahmed
Robert Emmanuel … Militian
Luminita Gheorghiu … Gina Radu – Adi's mother
Madalina Ghitescu … Dora – Colega de camin
Ion Grosu … Portar
Catalina Harabagiu … Mihaela
Daniel Cristian Iancu … Militian (as Daniel Iancu)
Cristina Iosif … Medicinista
Liliana Mocanu … Receptionara Unirea
Calin Puia … Bisnitarul
Traian Tudorica State … Chelnerul
Simona Stoicescu … Female soldier
Sanziana Tarta … Carmen

 

Plot: Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980’s Romania. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 21 wins & 16 nominations

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My Blueberry Nights

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

All Genres:
Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2007

Country: Hong Kong | China | France

Runtime: 95 min | Argentina:93 min

Languages: English

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Tagline: How do you say goodbye to someone you can't imagine living without?

 

Cast: Jude Law … Jeremy
Norah Jones … Elizabeth
Chad R. Davis … Elizabeth's Boyfriend (as Chad Davis)
Katya Blumenberg … Girlfriend
John Malloy … Diner Manager
Demetrius Butler … Male Customer
Frankie Faison … Travis
David Strathairn … Ofcr. Arnie Copeland
Adriane Lenox … Sandy
Rachel Weisz … Sue Lynne Copeland
Benjamin Kanes … Randy
Cat Power … Katya (as Chan Marshall)
Michael Hartnett … Sunglasses
Natalie Portman … Leslie
Michael May … Aloha

 

Plot: A young woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.

 

Awards: 2 nominations

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