All articles by Lee Marshall – Page 39
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Reviews - Berlinale Special - Empire of Silver (Baiyin Diguo)
The banks were no better in 1899 China...Chi-Tai-HK. 2009. 115mins. Director Christina Yao Production companies Serenity Entertainment International, Crystal Clear Pictures, Polybona Films International sales HanWay Films (44) 20 7290 0750 Producers Chiao Hsiung-ping, Christina Yao Screenplay Christina Yao, Cheng Yi Cinematography Anthony Pun Yiu-ming Main cast Aaron Kwok, Zhang ...
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ReviewsThe Inheritors (Los Herederos)
Dir: Eugenio Polgovsky. Mexico. 2009. 90mins.Eugenio Polgovsky’s remarkable documentary, made on a budget of just $35,000, is a day-by-day study of the lives of several groups of child labourers in rural Mexico. Filmed in the sort of up-close detail that only one-man productions shot over long ...
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ReviewsBurrowing (Man Tanker Sitt)
Dir/scr: Henrik Hellstrom, Fredrik Wenzel. Sweden. 2009. 77mins.
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Berlin Buzz: the key films
It may be as much a question of lucky timing as one of programming genius, but at first glance the competition line-up of the 59th Berlinale, which was finalised this week, makes for an appetising buffet.The opening out-of-competition film, global finance thriller The International, stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. ...
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Troubled Water
Dir: Erik Poppe. Norway-Sweden. 2008. 90 mins.A sensitive, slow-build script, original directorial vision and bravura performances turn what might have been just another high-concept melodrama centring on the death of a child into a highly-charged ride that is both gritty and poetic. Eric Poppe's third film is by no means ...