A line-up to warm frozen hearts
After a timid yet commercial July 14 (with just four new titles hitting theatres, including the latest Harry Potter [+see also:
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In reaction to the dreary weather, German audiences will surely let themselves be tempted by the comedy No More Mr. Ice Guy [+see also:
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Meanwhile, Farbfilm has launched Srđjan Koljević’s German/Serbian comedy-drama The Woman With a Broken Nose [+see also:
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Neue Visionen has released the winner of the latest Max Ophüls Festival’s Audience Award (among other accolades): Peter Luisi’s Swiss film The Sandman [+see also:
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Finally, Kairos is distributing Alejandro Fernández Almendras’s French/Chilean co-production Huacho [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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