Berlin International Film Festival 2017

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Annie Hall and Night Of The Living Dead
Annie Hall (Country: US; Year: 1977; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman; Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Mordecai Lawner, Joan Neuman, Jonathan Munk, Ruth Volner)
A neurotic Jewish New York comedian attempts to have a relationship with a free spirited young woman who visits the same shrink.
Avanti Popolo (Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Michael Wahrmann; Writer: Michael Wahrmann; Stars: André Gatti, Carlos Reichenbach, Eduardo Valente)
A son tries to reconnect with his father in a film that explores the nature of film.
Black Gravel (Schwarzer Kies) (Year: 1961; Director: Helmut Käutner)
Drama set in post-War West Berlin.
Canoa (Country: Mexico; Year: 1976; Director: Felipe Cazals; Writer: Tomás Pérez Turrent; Stars: Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Rodrigo Puebla, Roberto Sosa, Arturo Alegro, Carlos Chávez, Jaime Garza, Malena Doria, Julio Alejandro, Sergio Calderón, Rodrigo Cruz, Gerardo del Castillo, Alicia del Lago, Jorge Fegán)
A group of young university employees from Puebla is stranded in Canoa during a weekend outing; suspected of being communist students, the villagers mount an attack on them.
Maurice (Country: UK; Year: 1987; Director: James Ivory; Writer: Kit Hesketh-Harvey, James Ivory, based on the novel by EM Forster; Stars: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy, Ben Kingsley, Kitty Aldridge, Helena Michell, Catherine Rabett)
A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.
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Avanti Popolo and Maurice
Night Of The Living Dead (Country: US; Year: 1968; Director: George A Romero; Writer: John Russo, George A Romero; Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon, Russell W. Streiner, Charles Craig, Bill Heinzman, George Kosana, Frank Doak, Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cordille)
Film that set the template for the modern zombie movie.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Terminator 2: Judgment Day Special Edition, Terminator 2, T2, Terminator 2 Judgment Day) (Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: James Cameron; Writer: James Cameron, William Wisher; Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton, S Epatha Merkerson, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley)
A Terminator robot comes back in time to protect a boy from another, more advanced killer robot.
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