The Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival (BCN Film Fest) is set to unspool from 20-28 April and includes 70 titles scattered throughout its eight sections, which pay particular attention to literature, history and biographies in a cinematic format. Its seventh edition will boast prominent international names, such as actress Susan Sarandon, who will attend the screening of the legendary Thelma & Louise, and French filmmaker François Ozon, who will be there to present The Crime Is Mine [+lire aussi :
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Other visitors to Barcelona in the coming days include French actor Omar Sy with Father & Soldier [+lire aussi :
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The official section is made up of A Bit of Light, a UK film directed by Stephen Moyer, toplined by Anna Paquin, Ray Winstone and Youssef Kerkour; Alma & Oskar [+lire aussi :
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This section also comprises the Argentinian title La uruguaya by Ana García Blaya, Le voyage de Talia [+lire aussi :
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Still in the official section, but out of competition, we find the Spanish features Alguien que cuide de mí [+lire aussi :
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interview : Pablo Maqueda
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fiche film] by the tireless Jaime Chávarri, with Sergi López, Marta Nieto and Adrián Lastra forming part of its ensemble cast; Las buenas compañías [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], directed by actress Silvia Munt, which broaches the topic of illegal abortions and forbidden love in the Basque Country in the 1970s; and Unzué. L'últim equip del Juancar, a documentary directed by a trio consisting of Xavi Torres, Santi Padró and Jesús Muñoz. The Padilla Affair by Cuba’s Pavel Giroud and No Bears by Iran’s Jafar Panahi round off this sidebar.