Festivals >> Glasgow >> 2009 >> European Cinema

Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten - Hanami) (Country: Germany, France; Director: Doris Dörrie; Writer: Doris Dörrie; Cast: Hannelore Elsner, Elmar Wepper, Robert Döhlert, Aya Irizuki, Floriane Daniel)
A couple threatened by illness undertake a strange journey together, but a stranger one is to come. Full Review Official Site, View Trailer

Chiko (Country: Germany; Director: Özgür Yildirim; Writer: Özgür Yildirim; Cast: Denis Moschitto, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volkan Özcan, Fahri Yardim, Reyhan Sahin, Lilay Huser, Philipp Baltus, Henny Reents, Hans Löw, Simon Goerts)
Crime thriller sees a pair of pals fall foul of a drug lord. Official Site

The Class (Entre les murs) (Country: France; Director: Laurent Cantet; Writer: François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet; Cast: François Bégaudeau, Wei Huang, Esmeralda Ouertani, Franck Keita)
Quasi-documentary about a group of Parisian school kids. Full Review

The Daisy Chain (Country: Ireland, UK; Director: Aisling Walsh; Writer: Lauren Mackenzie; Cast: Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh, David Bradley, Eva Birthistle, Flora Montgomery, Barry Barnes, Mhairi Anderson, Valerie O'Connor, Yvonne Scanlon, Patrick Moy, Samuel Jones)
A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village and take in an orphan, only to find themselves subject to a strange string of occurrences. Official Site

Eldorado (Country: Belgium, France; Director: Bouli Lanners; Writer: Bouli Lanners; Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Françoise Chichéry, Stefan Liberski, Baptiste Isaia, Rausin Jean-Jacques, Renaud Rutten, Jean-Luc Meekers)
Road movie and absurdist Belgian Noire meet in a droll and idiosyncratic story of a duo of misfits, bursting with verbal and visual humour. Full Review See: French Film Festival preview

Elevator (Country: Romania; Director: George Dorobantu; Writer: Gabriel Pintilei; Cast: Cristi Petrescu, Iulia Verdes)
Two restless teenagers go exploring in an abandoned factory and get stuck in a lift. They can't hope for rescue, as nobody knows where they are... Official Site

Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga ögonblick, Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment) (Country: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany; Director: Jan Troell; Writer: Niklas Rådström, Jan Troell; Cast: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen, Ghita Nørby, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Amanda Ooms)
Discovering photography provides an abused woman with a new way of experiencing life. Full Review See: Interview with Jan Troell about Everlasting Moments

Fermat's Room (La Habitación De Fermat) (Country: Spain; Director: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña; Writer: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña; Cast: Federico Luppi, Lluís Homar, Alejo Sauras, Santi Millán, Elena Ballesteros)
Someone wants four mathematicians out of the equation. Plus read our exclusive interview with Luis Piedrahita Full Review See: Interview with Luis Piedrahita about Fermat's Room (La Habitacion De Fermat) Official Site, View Trailer

Flame And Citron (Flammen & Citronen, Flame & Citron) (Country: Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany; Director: Ole Christian Madsen; Writer: Lars Andersen, Ole Christian Madsen; Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind, Mille Lehfeldt, Christian Berkel)
Two resistance fighters face treachery and are torn over their feelings for a beautiful woman. Full Review Official Site

Four Nights With Anna (Cztery noce z Anna) (Country: Poland, France; Director: Jerzy Skolimowski; Writer: Eva Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska; Cast: Artur Steranko, Kinga Preis, Jerzy Fedorowicz, Redbad Klijnstra, Jakub Snochowski)
A crematorium worker becomes obssessed with a beautiful nurse. Full Review

The Grocer's Son (Le Fils de l'épicier) (Country: France; Director: Eric Guirado; Writer: Eric Guirado, Florence Vignon; Cast: Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme, Jeanne Goupil, Daniel Duval, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Liliane Rovère, Paul Crauchet, Chad Chenouga, Benoît Giros, Ludmila Ruoso)
A man finds himself revisiting his past after he has to take on the job of running his father's grocery van. Full Review View Trailer

Il Divo (Country: Italy, France; Director: Paolo Sorrentino; Writer: Paolo Sorrentino; Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo Graziosi, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso, Giorgio Colangeli, Alberto Cracco, Lorenzo Gioielli, Gianfelice Imparato)
The life and times of notorious Italian politician Guilio Andreotti. Full Review Official Site, View Trailer

Let The Right One In (Låt Den Rätte Komma In) (Country: Sweden; Director: Tomas Alfredson; Writer: John Ajvide Lindqvist, based on his novel of the same name.; Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg, Ika Nord, Mikael Rahm, Karl-Robert Lindgren, Anders T. Peedu, Pale Olofsson)
Based on Lindqvist’s best-selling novel, this beautifully touching tale tells of the first romance for bullied 12-year-old Oskar and the girl next door, Eli... who has an unusual secret. Full Review See: Tribeca Film Festival: Day 10

Mark Of An Angel (L'Empreinte De L'Ange) (Country: France; Director: Safy Nebbou; Writer: Cyril Gomez-Mathieu, Safy Nebbou; Cast: Catherine Frot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Wladimir Yordanoff, Antoine Chappey, Michel Aumont, Michèle Moretti)
A mother caught up in a custody battle becomes obsessed with another woman's child. Full Review

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