Berlin International Film Festival 2019

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45 Years (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Andrew Haigh; Writer: Andrew Haigh, based on the short story by David Constantine.; Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Sam Alexander, Richard Cunningham, Hannah Chalmers, Max Rudd, Martin Atkinson, Kevin Matadeen, Camille Ucan, Lucy Temple, Paul Goldsmith, Rachel Banham)
A marriage is thrown into turmoil with news of a long dead lover.
The Damned (Country: Italy, West Germany; Year: 1969; Director: Luchino Visconti; Writer: Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti; Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger, Renaud Verley, Umberto Orsini, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Albrecht Schoenhals, Florinda Bolkan, Nora Ricci, Charlotte Rampling, Irina Wanka, Karin Mittendorf, Valentina Ricci, Wolfgang Hillinger)
Hannah (Country: Italy, France, Belgium; Year: 2017; Director: Andrea Pallaoro; Writer: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado; Stars: Charlotte Rampling, André Wilms, Jean-Michel Balthazar, Luca Avallone)
A woman suffers an identity crisis.
Heading South (Vers Le Sud) (Country: France/Canada; Year: 2005; Director: Laurent Cantet; Writer: Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet, based on La Chair Du Maitre by Dany Laferriere; Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal, Menothy Cesar, Lys Ambroise, Jackenson Pierre Olmo Diaz, Wilfried Paul)
Three female tourists, looking for fun in Haiti, end up with more than they bargained for.
THE LOOK - Charlotte Rampling (Country: Germany / France; Year: 2011; Director: Angelina Maccarone)
There are many myths around “Charlotte Rampling”. Some call her taboo breaker, while others call her style icon. In THE LOOK it is her "perspective on life", an inside view.
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Under The Sand and Swimming Pool
Max Mon Amour (Country: France, US; Year: 1986; Director: Nagisa Ôshima; Writer: Nagisa Ôshima, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Claude Carrière; Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Anne-Marie Besse, Nicole Calfan, Pierre Étaix, Bernard Haller, Sabine Haudepin, Christopher Hovik, Fabrice Luchini, Diana Quick, Milena Vukotic, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Thomas Austerweil, Bonnafet Tarbouriech)
After a diplomat finds out his wife has taken on a monkey lover, he invites the chimp to live with them.
The Night Porter (Country: Italy; Year: 1974; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati, Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani, Liliana Cavani, Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani; Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda, Nino Bignamini, Marino Masé, Amedeo Amodio, Piero Vida, Geoffrey Copleston, Manfred Freyberger, Ugo Cardea, Hilda Gunther, Nora Ricci)
Thirteen years after the Second World War, a camp survivor meets her tormentor again and they fall back into a sado-masochistic relationship
Stardust Memories (Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen; Stars: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern, Amy Wright, Helen Hanft, John Rothman, Anne De Salvo, Joan Neuman, Ken Chapin, Leonardo Cimino, Eli Mintz, Bob Maroff)
Swimming Pool (Country: France; Year: 2002; Director: François Ozon; Writer: François Ozon, Emmanuèle Bernheim; Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Marc Fayolle, Jean-Marie Lamour, Mireille Mossé, Michel Fau, Jean-Claude Lecas, Emilie Gavois Kahn, Erarde Forestali)
A prickly English author looks for inspiration in a hedonistic housemate.
Under The Sand (Sous Le Sable) (Country: France; Year: 2000; Director: Francois Ozon; Writer: Francois Ozon, Emmanuele Bernheim, Marina De Van, Marcia Romano; Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart)
A widow in denial about her husband's death, imagines he is still at home.
The Verdict (Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Sidney Lumet; Writer: Barry Reed, David Mamet, Jay Presson Allen; Stars: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Binns, Julie Bovasso, Roxanne Hart, James Handy, Wesley Addy, Joe Seneca, Lewis J. Stadlen, Kent Broadhurst, Colin Stinton)
Courtroom drama about an alcoholic lawyer who tries to restore his reputation by winning a medical malpractice case.
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