Voyage to three continents
If the first weeks are a prediction for the year to come, then there is reason to rejoice with the cultural diversity of this week’s new releases. Seven new films arrive on screens: three European productions, three from North America – including Canadian title Mémoires affectives by Francis Leclerc (Imagine Film Distribution) – and one Iranian title (Offside by Jafar Panahi).
First of the European trio is juicy Romanian comedy 12:08 East of Bucharest [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Corneliu Porumboiu
interview: Daniel Burlac
film profile] (see Focus) by Corneliu Porumboiu. The director’s debut feature was voted Caméra d’Or winner at Cannes by a very Belgian jury, presided over by the Dardenne brothers.
12:08 East of Bucharest is being released by BFD, as is Manuel Huerga’s Spanish film Salvador [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see interview with director at the 2006 Ghent Film Festival), featuring German star Daniel Brühl.
The only French release of the week is Oh La La! [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – the latest creation by French helmer Anne Fontaine (see article) – which crosses the border courtesy of Les Films de L'Elysée.
Although not a European production, US majority-funded The Prestige nevertheless features a UK director, Christopher Nolan, and some talented British actors, such as Christian Bale, Michael Caine and pop legend David Bowie.
(Translated from French)
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