Locarno Film Festival 2015

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Happy Hour Happy Hour
Happy Hour and Chevalier
Brother Dejan (Brat Dejan) (Country: Russia, Serbia; Year: 2015; Director: Bakur Bakuradze)
A film.
Chevalier (Country: Greece; Year: 2015; Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari; Writer: Efthymis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari; Stars: Sakis Rouvas, Vangelis Mourikis, Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos)
Six men on a boat try to judge who is best.
Cosmos (Country: France, Portugal; Year: 2015; Director: Andrzej Zulawski; Writer: Andrzej Zulawski, based on the book by Witold Gombrowicz; Stars: Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Balmer, Jonathan Genet)
On the verge of committing suicide, a deaf-mute girl is saved in a unusual encounter with an old man.
Dark In The White Light (Sulgana Gini Aran) (Country: Sri Lanka, France; Year: 2015; Director: Vimukthi Jayasundara)
A film.
Entertainment (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Rick Alverson; Writer: Rick Alverson, Rick Alverson, Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington, Gregg Turkington; Stars: Michael Cera, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Lotte Verbeek, Dean Stockwell, Amy Seimetz, Tim Heidecker, Mariann Gavelo, Kalia Prescott, Tonantzin Carmelo, Waymond Lee, Gregg Turkington, David Yow, Ashley Atwood, Dustin Guy Defa)
En route to meeting with his estranged daughter, a broken, ageing comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave Desert.
James White James White
James White and The Sky Trembles And The Earth Is Afraid And The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers
Happy Hour (Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi; Writer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Tadashi Nohara; Stars: Yasunobu Tanabe, Rira Kawamura, Hiromi Demura, Shuhei Shibata, Shoko Fukanaga)
The lives of three married friends are turned upside down when their friend, just divorced, disappears. Are they really living the lives they want?
Heimatland (Year: 2015; Director: Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Jan Gassmann, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Michael Krummenacher, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller; Writer: Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Jan Gassmann, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Michael Krummenacher, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller; Stars: Isaka Sawadogo, Peter Jecklin, Viola von Scarpatetti, Morgane Ferru, Gabriel Noah Maurer, Dashimir Risteni, Liana Hangartner, Michèle Schaub-Jackson)
Ten directors of a new generation of filmmakers tell how differently people in Switzerland cope with the worst imaginable disaster; the fact of being dependent on other countries.
I Promise You Anarchy (Te Prometo Anarquia) (Country: Mexico, Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Julio Hernández Cordón; Writer: Julio Hernández Cordón)
A drama.
James White (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Josh Mond; Writer: Josh Mond; Stars: Chris Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Makenzie Leigh, David Call)
A young New Yorker struggles to take control of his reckless, self-destructive behaviour in the face of momentous family challenges.
Lost And Beautiful (Bella E Perduta) (Country: Italy; Year: 2015; Director: Pietro Marcello; Writer: Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello; Stars: Elio Germano, Gesuino Pittalis, Sergio Vitolo, Tommaso Cestrone)
Documentary and fiction blend in a tale of ancient palaces, devoted shepherds and a young calf contemplating his fate.
Entertainment Entertainment
Entertainment and On Football
No Home Movie (Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2015; Director: Chantal Akerman)
Portrait of the director's mother in the last years of her life.
On Football (O Futebol) (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Sergio Oksman; Writer: Sergio Oksman, Carlos Muguiro; Stars: Simão Oksman, Sergio Oksman, Ailton Braga)
An estranged father and son reunite after 20 years in order to watch the 2014 World Cup together.
Paradise (Ma Dar Behesht) (Country: Iran, Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Sina Ataeian Dena)
A film.
Right Now, Wrong Then (Jigeumeun Matgo Geuttaeneun Teullida) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2015; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Writer: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Jae-yeong Jeong, Min-hee Kim, Yeo-jeong Yoon, Ju-bong Gi, Hwa-Jeong Choi)
A middle-aged art-film director and a fledgling artist meet - she knows he’s famous but doesn’t know his films, he’d like to see her paintings.
Schneider Vs. Bax (Country: Netherlands; Year: 2015; Director: Alex van Warmerdam; Writer: Alex van Warmerdam; Stars: Tom Dewispelaere, Alex van Warmerdam, Maria Kraakman, Gene Bervoets, Annet Malherbe)
A hitman is persuaded to take on a rush job - the assassination of a writer - but things get increasingly complicated as he tries to finish up in time to help his wife hold her birthday dinner party.
Right Now, Wrong Then Right Now, Wrong Then
Right Now, Wrong Then and Lost And Beautiful
The Sky Trembles And The Earth Is Afraid And The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Ben Rivers; Stars: Oliver Laxe)
The beauty of Morocco transformed into a mysterious landscape.
Suite Armoricaine (Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Pascale Breton; Writer: Pascale Breton; Stars: Elina Löwensohn, Valérie Dréville, Kaou Langoët)
Ensemble film about an art historian who returns to her alma mater and finds her life intersect with a young geography student facing trials of his own.
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