Tallinn reviews
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Reviews‘Hercules Falling’ review: Dar Salim is phenomenal as a troubled war veteran in powerful Danish drama
Christian Bonke’s drawn-from-real-life drama was named Best First Feature at Tallinn
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Reviews‘Three Goodbyes’ review: Alba Rohrwacher impresses at heart of Isabel Coixet’s warm drama
The Spanish director’s latest plays Tallinn after its Toronto premiere
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Reviews‘My First Love’ review: A disabled student fights prejudice in fierce Norwegian debut
Director Mari Storstein draws from her own experiences for this powerful Tallinn premiere
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Reviews‘Emergency Exit’ review: Surrealist Spanish comedy is fitting swansong for star Marisa Paredes
The late Paredes is one of several passengers embarking on a magical mystery tour for director Lluis Minarro
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Reviews‘The Good Daughter’ review: Impressive, balanced Spanish drama gives child’s eye view of domestic violence
The second feature from Screen Spanish Star Of Tomorrow Julia De Paz bows in Tallinn’s official competition
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Reviews‘LifeLike’ review: Uneven Turkish terminal illness drama makes inventive use of virtual reality
The third feature from Ali Vatansever makes its debut in Tallinn Black Nights
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Reviews‘Father’ review: Slovak filmmaker Tereza Nvotova presents a bold, powerful portrait of paternal guilt
Milan Ondrik gives a raw performance in Slovakia’s official Oscar submission, which now plays Tallinn
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Reviews‘18 Holes To Paradise’ review: Savage Portuguese satire sees a home threatened by fire and feud
João Nuno Pinto’s elegant third feature about a bickering family in southern Portugal premieres in Tallinn
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Reviews‘Goodbye Sisters’ review: Engrossing doc follows two young women back to their remote Himalayan mountain home
This strong debut from French-Irish filmmaker Alexander Murphy bows in Tallinn
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Reviews‘Happy Birthday’ review: A child maid wishes for a better life in affecting, sensitive Egyptian debut
Sarah Goher’s first feature has been selected as Egypt’s official Oscar submission
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Reviews‘Silent City Driver’: Tallinn Review
Tallinn winner Sengedorj Janchivdor’s powerful drama paces the streets of Ulaanbataar at night
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Reviews‘Johatsu’: Tallinn Review
Chilly Lithuanian drama sees a morgue worker consumed by the case of a missing man
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Reviews‘Pink Lady’: Tallinn Review
Sensitive portrait of a marriage under strain in Jerusalem’s Hasidic Jewish community
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Reviews‘Wishing On A Star’: Tallinn Review
Hybrid documentary follows an Italian astrologer who sends people around the world in search of their dreams
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Reviews‘Out Of Control’: Tallinn Review
Omar Sy and Elodie Bouchez star in Anne Le Ny’s domestic drama set in Brittany
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Reviews‘The Exalted’: Tallinn Review
Highly-effective satire focuses on an elite Latvian couple whose lifestyle is about to implode
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Reviews‘Reading Lolita In Tehran’: Tallinn Review
Golshifteh Farahani plays a literary professor trying to stem the tide of repression in revolutionary Iran
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Reviews‘Spilt Milk’: Tallinn Review
An 11-year-old wannabe detective has his eyes opened to the harsh realities of 1980s Dublin in this ambitious debut
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Reviews‘Carnival Is Over’: Tallinn Review
A couple attempt to escape Brazil’s criminal underworld in Fernando Coimbra’s darkly comic drama
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Reviews‘Familiar’: Tallinn Review
A Romanian director attempts to shape his family’s darkest secrets into a film in the abrasive latest from Calin Peter Netzer














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