17/04/2009

Hitting theatres this week is Paolo Sorrentino’s magnificent Il Divo [+see also:
film review
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interview: Nicola Giuliano
interview: Paolo Sorrentino
interview: Philippe Desandre
film profile], winner of the Jury Prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. German audiences will be treated to a cinematic portrait of the Italian Christian Democrat and seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti (brilliantly portrayed by Toni Servillo), which explores the shameless alliances between politics, church and mafia that led him, in gleaming luxury cars, to his Palermo trial. The film is distributed by Delphi.

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German cinema is represented by two titles: Gert Ludewig’s animated adventure film WinneToons: The Legend of Silver Lake [+see also:
trailer
film profile](distributed by Farbfilm), which includes a voice-over by Christian Tramitz; and Paul Smaczny and Maria Stodtmeier’s documentary El Sistema (Novapool Pictures), about the humanitarian music education project set up in Venezuela by José Antonio Abreu.

This week’s other two European releases hail from the UK: Shamim Sarif’s romantic drama I Can't Think Straight [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Pro-Fun), which looks at a Muslim woman’s love for another young woman; and Richard Curtis’ comedy The Boat That Rocked [+see also:
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film profile] (Universal), on pirate station Radio Rock in 1960s England.

(Translated from French)