London Film Festival 2012

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Blood Blood
Blood and Easy Money
Blood (Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Nick Murphy; Writer: Bill Gallagher; Stars: Paul Bettany, Mark Strong, Brian Cox)
A police detective's disgust at the murder of a young girl leads him to make dangerous decisions.
Caesar Must Die (Cesare Deve Morire) (Country: Italy; Year: 2012; Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani; Stars: Fabio Cavalli, Salvatore Striano)
A docudrama following drama workshops at Italy's Rebibbia prison, charting the trials and tribulations as the inmates tackle Shakespeare.
Compliance (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Craig Zobel; Writer: Craig Zobel; Stars: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey, Matt Servitto, Ashlie Atkinson, Nikiya Mathis, Ralph Rodriguez, Stephen Payne, Amelia Fowler, John Merolla, Desmin Borges, Matt Skibiak)
A drama based on the real life case of fast food restaurant employees who abused vulnerable young people on the orders of a stranger on the phone who claimed to be investigating shoplifting.
Chakravyuh (Country: India; Year: 2012; Director: Prakash Jha; Writer: Prakash Jha, Sagar Pandya, Anjum Rajabali; Stars: Abhay Deol, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee, Anjali Patil)
Loyalties are tested when a double agent, falling for a beautiful but dangerous woman, comes to suspect he may be on the wrong side.
Easy Money (Snabba Cash) (Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark; Year: 2010; Director: DaniƩl Espinosa; Writer: Maria Karlsson; Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Padin Varela, Dragomir Mrsic)
A poor student with an expensive elite lifestyle sells cocaine to pay for his extravagant habits.
I, Anna I, Anna
I, Anna and Wish You Were Here
Easy Money II (Snabba Cash II) (Country: Sweden; Year: 2012; Director: Babak Najafi; Writer: Maria Karlsson, Peter Birro; Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Fares Fares, Dejan Cukic)
Released from prison, our hero is drawn back into criminality by the prospect of making large amounts of money quickly.
Everybody Has A Plan (Todos Tenemos Un Plan) (Country: Argentina, Spain, Germany; Year: 2011; Director: Ana Piterbarg; Writer: Ana Piterbarg; Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Soledad Villamil, Daniel Fanego)
Twin brothers - one a beekeeper with a criminal history, one a doctor - are drawn together into dangerous confrontations in the Argentinian swamplands.
A Fish (Mulgogi) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2011; Director: Park Hong-min; Writer: Park Hong-min; Stars: Lee Janghoon, Kim Sunbin, Choi Soeun)
When an academic discovers his missing wife has become a shaman, he fears he is beginning to lose his mind.
Helpless (Hwacha) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2012; Director: Byun Youngjoo; Writer: Byun Youngjoo, based on the book by Miyabe Miyuki.; Stars: Lee Sunkyun, Kim Minhee, Cho Seongha)
A young man searches desperately through records of old crimes after his fiancee goes missing.
I, Anna (Country: UK, Germany, France; Year: 2012; Director: Barnaby Southcombe; Writer: Elsa Lewin, Barnaby Southcombe; Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Marsan)
A detective falls for a woman who may be mixed up in a murder case.
A Fish A Fish
A Fish and Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time
Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time (Beomjoe Wa Ui Jeonjaeng: Nabyeon Nomdeul Jeonsaeng Sidae) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2012; Director: Yoon Jongbin; Writer: Yoon Jongbin; Stars: Choi Minsik, Ha Jeongwoo, Jo Jinwoong)
A corrupt customs offcer becomes involved in racketeering.
Wasteland (Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Rowan Athale; Writer: Rowan Athale; Stars: Luke Treadaway, Timothy Spall, Iwan Rheon, Gerard Kearns, Matthew Lewis, Vanessa Kirkby)
In a police interrogation room, a robbery suspect tells an unexpected tale.
Wish You Were Here (Country: Australia; Year: 2012; Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith; Writer: Kieran Darcy-Smith, Felicity Price; Stars: Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr)
Four friends embark on a carefree holiday, but only three return home. Who knows what happened on that fateful night?
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