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A WIDE ANGLE SHOT OF LEFFEST – NOVEMBER 5th
BackIn this segment we will
share some of the highlights of our programme. Here are the suggestions for
Saturday, November 5th.
AMERICAN HONEY AND ELLE IN COMPETITION
American Honey by Andrea Arnold and Elle by Paul Verhoeven will inaugurate the Official Selection – In Competition
Section.
AGUSTÍN DÍAZ YANES RETROSPECTIVE
Spanish director
Agustín Díaz Yanes and actress Victoria Abril will attend the screenings of CAPTAIN
ALATRISTE and DON’T TEMPT ME.
CRISTIAN MUNGIU, THE NEW WAVE OF ROMANIAN
CINEMA
Cristian Mungiu, one
of the leading figures of the Romanian new wave and winner of the Palme d’Or, is
one of the guests of the current edition of the Lisbon & Estoril Film
Festival. He will grace us with GRADUATION, a
film about the depressive state of Romania, a somber image of the lost hopes of
the generation of the 90’s.
THE LEFT-HANDED
WOMAN, THE POETRY OF EVERYDAY LIFE
In The Left-Handed Woman, the first feature
film by Austrian writer Peter Handke, Edith Clever and Bruno Ganz play a German
couple in the midst of a personal crisis in the suburs of Paris. Peter Hnadke
will attend the session to take part in a conversation with the audience.
TRIPLE SESSION WITH JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
November 5th
is Jerzy Skolimowski day. WALKOVER, THE DEPARTURE and RYSOPIS (along with
a session of short films) will be screened with the attendance of the Polish
director.
MONICA BELLUCCI, THE RAVISHING WOMAN OF MALÈNA
This year, the Lisbon
& Estoril Film Festival asked Monica Bellucci to introduce Malèna, a film directed by Giuseppe
Tornatore.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
The screening of MARADONA
by Emir Kusturica, introduced by António-Pedro Vasconcelos; PASSIONby Jean-Luc Godard, introduced by
Stanislas Merhar; PIANISTS STREET
by Mariano Nante, who the film introduce it along with Daniel Rosenfeld; LA CHINOISE by
Godard, followed by a conversation with Manuel Villaverde Cabral; HISTOIRE(S) DU
CINÉMA, introduced by Jean Douchet and FATHER, followed by a
conversation with director Giada Colagrande,