D’A Festival Internacional de Cine D'Autor de Barcelona 2015

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The Lesson The Lesson
The Lesson and Corn Island
Corn Island (Simindis Kundzuli) (Country: Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan; Year: 2014; Director: George Ovashvili; Writer: Roelof Jan Minneboo, George Ovashvili, Nugzar Shataidze; Stars: Ilyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili, Irakli Samushia, Tamer Levent)
An old peasant and his innocent 16-year-old granddaughter sow corn on an island in the middle of the Inguri River dividing Georgia from Abkhazia.
Favula (Country: Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Raúl Perrone; Writer: Raúl Perrone; Stars: Lucia Ozan, Nix Noise, Aleli Sueldo, Sara Navarro, Sergio Boggio, Juan Rodriguez)
A cross between Snow White and Cinderella set in a tropical jungle.
Güeros (Country: Mexico; Year: 2014; Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios; Writer: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Gibrán Portela; Stars: Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris, Raúl Briones, Laura Almela, Adrian Ladron, Camila Lora, Alfonso Charpener)
Coming of age comedy.
High Pressures (Las altas presiones) (Country: Spain, Portugal; Year: 2014; Director: Ángel Santos; Writer: Miguel Gil, Ángel Santos, Ángel Santos; Stars: Itsaso Arana, Juan Blanco, Xabier Deive, Fernando Epelde, Andrés Gertrúdix, Diana Gómez, Iván Marcos, Marta Pazos, Hugo Torres)
A man returns to his home town and finds his life changed by a nurse.
The Kindergarten Teacher (Haganenet) (Country: Israel, France; Year: 2014; Director: Nadav Lapid)
A teacher is determined to protect and support a young child with a gift for poetry.
Love At First Fight Love At First Fight
Love At First Fight and Favula
The Lesson (Urok) (Country: Bulgaria, Greece; Year: 2014; Director: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov ; Writer: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov; Stars: Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivanka Bratoeva, Poli Angelova, Kiril Bakalov, Mihail Boevski, Atanas Bratoev, Georgi Bratoev, Ana Bratoeva, Nadejda Bratoeva, Boris Doychinov, Vanina Geleva, Antoaneta Guleva)
A provincial schoolteacher is faced with tough choices due to mounting debts.
The Long Way Home (El camí més llarg per tornar a casa) (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Sergi Pérez; Writer: Eric Navarro, Roger Padilla, Sergi Pérez; Stars: Borja Espinosa, Miki Esparbé, Sara Espígul, Silvia Esquivel, Mireia Gubianas, Pol López, Maria Ribera)
When a man discovers his dog is sick he is forced out of his reclusive existence.
Love At First Fight (Les Combattants, Fighters) (Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Thomas Cailley; Writer: Thomas Cailley, Claude Le Pape; Stars: Adèle Haenel, Kévin Azaïs, Léa Pelletant, Pascal Bernagaud, Antoine Laurent)
Between his friends and the family business, Arnaud’s summer looks set to be a peaceful one. Peaceful until he runs into Madeleine, as beautiful as she is brusque.
Miss Brackets, the Baby-sitter, the Bastard Grandson And Emma (La señora Brackets, la niñera, el nieto bastardo y Emma Suárez) (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Sergio Candel; Writer: Sergio Candel, Javier López-Bueno Ramos; Stars: Pilar Alonso, Luis Callejo, Laura de la Isla, Manuel Luis, Cruz López-Cortón, Nacho Marraco, Iván Rousseau, Emma Suárez, Carla Sánchez, Eduardo Velasco)
The birth of a baby leads four women's lives to intersect.
Not In Geneva (Pas a Gen eve) (Year: 2014; Director: lacasinegra)
On July 2011, in the midst of the “indignados” movement in Spain, we were invited to spend a few days in Geneva.
Radiant Sea (Lichtes Meer) (Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Stefan Butzmühlen; Writer: Stefan Butzmühlen, Jan Künemund; Stars: Martin Sznur, Jules Léo Sagot)
A trainee on a container ship falls in love with an enigmatic older sailor.
The Romantic Exiles (Los exiliados románticos) (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Jonás Trueba; Writer: Jonás Trueba; Stars: Renata Antonante, Francesco Carril, Vahina Giocante, Miren Iza, Luis E. Parés, Vito Sanz, Isabelle Stoffel)
Road movie.
Taller Capuchoc (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Carlo Padial; Writer: Carlo Padial; Stars: Laura Díaz, Cruz López, Pilar Alonso, Iván Alonso, Carla Sánchez, Enma Suárez)
A down-on-his-luck writer is forced to take a job running a literary workshop.
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