#Venezia71 - seen @ Venice Film Festival 2014
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PLUS (titles not in database): Spark and Light (short movie); Binguan (The coffin in the Mountain) by Xin Yukun; Flowers of taipei (documentary) by Chinlin Hsieh;
PLUS (titles not in database): Spark and Light (short movie); Binguan (The coffin in the Mountain) by Xin Yukun; Flowers of taipei (documentary) by Chinlin Hsieh;
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- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsMa Dong-seokKim Young-minLee Yi-kyeongOne on One: After a high school student is murdered, the seven suspects are hunted down by members of a terrorist organization.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekEmmy RossumAt the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his 11-year old niece Sophia for a few hours.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsAdi RukunM.Y. BasrunVolker HanischA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
- DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsWei ZhaoHuang BoDawei TongA story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.
- DirectorMohsen MakhmalbafStarsMikheil GomiashviliDachi OrvelashviliIa SukhitashviliA brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsCharlotte GainsbourgStellan SkarsgårdStacy MartinA self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAlain ChabatJonathan LambertÉlodie BouchezA wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.
- DirectorMiranda JulyStarsSophie HannahCory RobertsIan LerchThe movie is about an app called Somebody, if you sent a message through somebody it goes not to your friend but a user nearer to your friend and they deliver your message verbally for you when you can't be there. "When you can't be there, somebody can."
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsAndrew GarfieldMichael ShannonLaura DernA recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsFritz LangAlfreda KlebingerManfred EllingerA documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsImogen PootsOwen WilsonJennifer AnistonOn the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover and the call-girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
- DirectorFrancesco MunziStarsMarco LeonardiPeppino MazzottaFabrizio FerracaneThe story of three brothers, the sons of a shepherd, close to the ndrangheta and of their divided soul.
- DirectorOgnjen SvilicicStarsEmir HadzihafizbegovicJasna ZalicaHrvoje VladisavljevicAfter their son has been beaten up in the street, parents find their world of false security collapsing and have to re-examine their lives and question everything into what they believed.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAl PacinoGreta GerwigNina AriandaA stage actor who is slowly losing his mind engages in a relationship with a sexually confused younger woman.
- DirectorMichele AlhaiqueStarsPierfrancesco FavinoGreta ScaranoClaudio GioèMimmo, a worker respected by his friends and colleagues, actually collects debts with violent methods on behalf of his uncle. After meeting with young escort Tania, Mimmo decides to redeem himself from a life that let him down.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsAl PacinoHolly HunterHarmony KorineLeft heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.
- DirectorBenoît JacquotStarsBenoît PoelvoordeCharlotte GainsbourgChiara MastroianniA tax inspector, his new bride and her sister become entwined in a love triangle.
- DirectorSeverin FialaVeronika FranzStarsLukas SchwarzElias SchwarzSusanne WuestTwin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
- DirectorDavid OelhoffenStarsViggo MortensenReda KatebDjemel BarekAlgeria, 1954. Two very different men thrown together by a world in turmoil are forced to flee across the Atlas mountains. Daru, the reclusive teacher, has to escort Mohamed, a villager accused of murder.
- DirectorGraham AnnableAnthony StacchiStarsBen KingsleyJared HarrisNick FrostA young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsTahar RahimSimon AbkarianMakram KhouryIn 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
- DirectorSaverio CostanzoStarsAdam DriverAlba RohrwacherRoberta MaxwellThe relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life-or-death circumstance.
- DirectorFranco MarescoStarsCiccio MiraPino ManiaciSalvatore De CastroThe director documents his failure to make a film connecting the Mafia in Sicily and Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
- DirectorAmi Canaan MannStarsKatherine HeiglBen BarnesClea DuVallA modern day train hopper fighting to become a successful musician, and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter, defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each others lives forever.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsCharlotte GainsbourgStellan SkarsgårdWillem DafoeThe continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsSarah AdlerMeshi OlinskiLeah Koenig
- DirectorMario MartoneStarsElio GermanoMichele RiondinoMassimo PopolizioBased upon the short but fruitful life of illness-racked Italian poet and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi.
- StarsFrances McDormandRichard JenkinsAnn DowdA middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years.
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsShin'ya TsukamotoLily FrankyTatsuya NakamuraA Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsDiogo DóriaLuís Miguel CintraRicardo TrêpaDon Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in an eternal garden in the middle of a modern city and talk about life.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsHolger AnderssonNils WestblomViktor GyllenbergSam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesmen, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
- DirectorBenoît DelépineGustave KervernStarsMichel HouellebecqMarius BertramBenoît DelépineFollows a man wandering in the wilderness.
- DirectorDuane HopkinsStarsGeorge MacKayBen DillowayCharlotte SpencerAfter the tragic death of his mother, a teenage boy turns to a life of crime in order to make ends meet.
- DirectorKaan MüjdeciStarsOkan AvciCakirEzgi ErginAn eleven-year-old boy and a weathered fighting dog develop a strong relationship after the boy finds the dog wounded in a ditch, left to die.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKim Gyu-riKim Ho-jungPark Jeong-sikA middle-aged man who has recently lost his wife to cancer indulges in fantasies about a young woman at his work.
- DirectorAlix DelaporteStarsRomain PaulClotilde HesmeGrégory GadeboisA 13-year old boy who lives with his single sick mom in a trailer near the beach, comes in contact with the father he never knew when the man performs as a conductor at the local music theater.
- DirectorDiep Hoang NguyenStarsNguyen Thuy AnhThanh DuyHoang HaWhen young Hanoi couple, Tung and Huyen, discover they are going to have a baby, it inspires two desperate quests to raise money for an abortion. While Tung looks to illegal cockfighting, Huyen resorts to prostitution with a client that results in some surprising personal realizations.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsRyô KaseMoon So-riSeo Young-hwaKwon returns to Seoul from the mountains and is given a packet of letters from Mori back from Japan to propose to her. Kwon drops and scatters the undated letters. She reads them and has to make sense of the chronology - and so must we?
- DirectorMichael AlmereydaStarsEthan HawkeEd HarrisMilla JovovichA gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsZhong LüYuanzheng FengHailu QinDeng is a stubborn retired widow who spends her days caring about her two grown up sons and her elderly mother, despite her family efforts to stop her. But her daily routine starts derailing when she keeps receiving anonymous calls..
- DirectorSabina GuzzantiStarsSabina GuzzantiAntonino BruschettaSabino CivilleriThe story about how the pact beetween Italian State and Mafia was inked with innocence blood.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsAnton YelchinAshley GreeneAlexandra DaddarioA guy's regrets over moving in with his girlfriend are compounded when she dies and comes back as a zombie.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsWillem DafoeNinetto DavoliRiccardo ScamarcioA kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.
- DirectorJames FrancoStarsJames FrancoTim Blake NelsonScott HazeA look at the trials and tribulations of the Compson family, living in the Deep South during the early 20th century.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsAleksey TryapitsynIrina ErmolovaTimur BondarenkoThe film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved community has been set up here. Despite the modern technologies and a spaceport nearby the people of the village live the way they would in the Neolithic Era. There is neither government nor social services or jobs. The postman's beloved woman escapes the village life and moves to the city. Postman's outboard engine gets stolen and he can no longer deliver mail. His normal pattern of life is disrupted. The postman makes a decision to leave for the city too but returns before long with no certain reason. The script is based on real characters' stories. People from the village play their own parts in the film. The search for the protagonist lasted for over a year.
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeJanuary JonesZoë KravitzA family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsTang WeiShaofeng FengZhiwen WangThe life story of Xiao Hong, one of China's most famous essayists and novelists, who reflected the progressive thinking not frequently seen during the 1930s.
- DirectorVuk RsumovicStarsDenis MuricMilos TimotijevicPavle CemerikicIn the late 1980s, a boy has been found in the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nobody knows how he came about in the wild, nor if animals fed and raised him.