08/05/2009

This weekend brings with nine new releases, from Italy, Europe and the US.

Archibald Enterprise is releasing a 24-print run (which will increase if the film is successful) of this year’s Golden Bear winner, The Milk of Sorrow [+see also:
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The social network phenomenon Facebook is at the heart of domestic title Feisbum [+see also:
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Also out is a film that sparked polemics at its premiere at the Rome Film Festival, Il Sangue dei Vinti [+see also:
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Coming to 20 screens (through BIM) is the documentary Terra Madre [+see also:
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US cinema will be represented on over 300 screens (distribution Universal) by J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek; Patrick Lussier’s My Bloody Valentine (Medusa - 290 screens, of which 110 are in 3D); Robert B. Weide’s comedy Star System (Mikado - 150 screens); and Roger Kumble’s Just Friends (Warner Bros - 74 screens).

(Translated from Italian)