San Sebastian Film Festival 2014

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Limbo Limbo
Limbo and Toto And His Sisters
Cain's Children (Káin gyermekei) (Country: Hungary, France; Year: 2014; Director: Marcell Gerő ; Writer: Sára László, Marcell Gerő ; Stars: Zsolt Barcsai, József Gábor Nagy, Pál Pásztor)
The stories of three men who committed terrible crimes as children.
In Her Place (Country: Canada, South Korea; Year: 2014; Director: Albert Shin; Writer: Pearl Ball-Harding, Albert Shin; Stars: Hae-yeon Kil, Chang-gil Moon, Ahn Ji Hye, Yoon Da-Kyung, Seung-cheol Kim, Kyung-Ik Kim, Jae-rok Kim, Chang-hwan Kim)
A mother and her teenaged daughter living on a rural farm in South Korea take in a mysterious woman from Seoul with the hopes of helping each other repair their damaged lives.
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.
Limbo (Country: Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Anna Sofie Hartmann; Writer: Anna Sofie Hartmann; Stars: Annika Nuka Mathiassen, Sofia Nolsø, Laura Gustavsen, Sarai Randzorff, Sabine Madsen, Matthias Arid Olsen, Mike Hansen, Filip Rasmussen, Morten Klode, Agga Raahaug)
A connection grows between a teenager and a newly arrived teacher.
Modris (Country: Germany, Greece, Latvia; Year: 2014; Director: Juris Kursietis; Writer: Juris Kursietis, Juris Kursietis; Stars: Rezija Kalnina, Kristers Piksa)
A teenager runs into trouble when his mum betrays him to the police.
Not All Is Vigil Not All Is Vigil
Not All Is Vigil and The Lesson
A Moonless Night (Una noche sin luna) (Country: Uruguay, Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Germán Tejeira; Writer: Germán Tejeira, Germán Tejeira; Stars: Roberto Suarez, Daniel Melingo, Marcel Keoroglian, Elisa Gagliano, Roberto Suárez, Julieta Franco)
On New Year's night, three lonely night owls arrive in a small town way out in the Uruguayan countryside, where they will have the opportunity to change their destiny.
The Mother Of The Lamb (La Madre del Cordero) (Country: Chile; Year: 2014; Director: Rosario Espinoza, Enrique Farias )
Cristina, a 49-year-old woman, has spent her entire life caring for her mother Carmen. She re-encounters Sandra, a liberal and open-minded ex-colleague who will show her friend other ways to live.
Name Me (Kak menya zovut) (Country: Russia; Year: 2014; Director: Nigina Sayfullaeva)
Two 17-year-old Muscovite girls, Olya and Sasha, are going to Crimea to meet Olya’s father Sergey... but an innocent joke sparks drama.
Not All Is Vigil (No todo es Vigilia, It's Not A Vigil) (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Hermes Paralluelo; Writer: Hermes Paralluelo; Stars: Antonio Paralluelo, Felisa Lou)
Docufiction study of an elderly married couple.
The Silly Ones And The Stupid Ones (Los tontos y los estúpidos) (Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Roberto Castón; Writer: Roberto Castón, Roberto Castón; Stars: Aitor Beltrán, Josean Bengoetxea, Nausicaa Bonnín, Gregory Brossard, Dayana Contreras, Cuca Escribano, Elisabet Gelabert, Ramón Ibarra, Teresa Lozano, Erika Olaizola, Ohiane P. Etxebarria, Vicky Peña, Roberto Álamo)
Mario, Paula, Miguel and Lourdes run into one another while looking (some more than others) for a way out of a life they don't like.
Cain's Children Cain's Children
Cain's Children and War
Toto And His Sisters (Toto si surorile lui) (Country: Romania; Year: 2014; Director: Alexander Nanau; Writer: Alexander Nanau)
Totonel, 10, and his sisters are growing up in a poor city suburb, waiting for their mother to come home from prison...
Vincent (Vincent N'a Pas Decailles ) (Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Thomas Salvador; Writer: Thomas Bidegain, Thomas Cheysson, Thomas Salvador; Stars: Thomas Salvador, Vimala Pons, Youssef Hajdi, Nicolas Jaillet, Nina Meurisse, Rémy Ventura, Philippe Xiberras, Claude Maurice, Simon Espigue, Amandine Rigaud, Tom Sebban, Najim El Atouani, David Grolleau, Paul Mondini, Louis-Emmanuel Blanc)
Vincent is not just a young man among others. His strength, reflexes and agility increase when in contact with water. There he meets Lucie, falls in love, and shares his secret with someone for the first time...
War (Chrieg) (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2014; Director: Simon Jaquemet)
A youngster is sent to a correctional farm... but when he gets there he find three crazy kids have taken over.
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