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San Sebastian Film Festival 2014

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In A Foreign Land In A Foreign Land
In A Foreign Land and The Equalizer
The Equalizer (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Antoine Fuqua; Writer: Richard Wenk; Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Haley Bennett, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, David Meunier, Johnny Skourtis, Alex Veadov, Vladimir Kulich, E. Roger Mitchell, James Wilcox, Mike O'Dea, Anastasia Sanidopoulos Mousis)
A former commando comes out of retirement to rescue a teenage hooker from the Russian mafia in New York.
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Opening night film.
In A Foreign Land (En Tierra Extraña) (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Iciar Bollain)
Documentary about Spaniards forced by commerce to seek work abroad.
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Samba (Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano; Writer: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, based on the novel by Delphine Coulin; Stars: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izïa Higelin, Isaka Sawadogo, Hélène Vincent, Youngar Fall, Christiane Millet, Jacqueline Jehanneuf, Liya Kebede, Sabine Pakora, Clotilde Mollet, Boubacar Ndiaye, Oumar Makalou, Roukiata Ouedraogo)
Samba migrated to France ten years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs...
Full Review See: Interviews at the New York première of Samba at The Paris Theatre
Closing night film.
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