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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2013

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The Selfish Giant The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant and Gloria
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Country: Belgium, Netherlands; Year: 2012; Director: Felix van Groeningen; Stars: Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens, Nell Cattrysse)
A young couple fall in love and life seems to hurtle along at a breakneck pace.
Camille Claudel, 1915 (Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Bruno Dumont; Writer: Bruno Dumont; Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman, Marion Keller)
Confined to an asylum, the former mistress of sculptor Auguste Rodin tries desperately to obtain a release.
Full Review See: Interview with Bruno Dumont
Gloria (Country: Chile, Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Sebastián Lelio; Stars: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora)
A woman finds late romance at a dance club, but will family intrude?
Full Review See: Interview with Sebastián Lelio and Paulina García about Gloria.
, Paulina García on Gloria
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) (Country: Italy, France; Year: 2013; Director: Paolo Sorrentino; Writer: Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello; Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi)
An ageing writer recalls the passions of his youth.
Full Review See: Harvey Keitel on Sorrentino, Campion and Scorsese
, Interview with Paolo Sorrentino about The Great Beauty
Inside Llewyn Davis (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen; Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; Stars: Oscar Issacs, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund )
One week in the life of a talented, failed singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village, New York, in the Sixties
Full Review
Sacro GRA Sacro GRA
Sacro GRA and Camille Claudel, 1915
Sacro GRA (Country: Italy, France; Year: 2013; Director: Gianfranco Rosi; Writer: Niccolò Bassetti, Gianfranco Rosi)
A documentary journey into the lives of people who inhabit the outskirts of Rome.
Full Review See: Interview with Gianfranco Rosi about Sacro GRA
The Selfish Giant (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Clio Barnard; Writer: Clio Barnard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde; Stars: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Steve Evets, Lorraine Ashbourne, Siobhan Finneran, Rebecca Manley, Elliott Tittensor)
Roughly based on the Oscar Wilde parable, this is a tale of jealousy between two boys vying for the favour of a scrap merchant.
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