EDITIONS
The disaster Artist (out of competition)
26 February, 15 H 30
The real life story of writer/director Tommy Wiseau, the man behind what is often referred to as “The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies,” The Room, is brought to life, chronicling the odd film’s troubled development and eventual cult success.
NEUROTIC QUEST FOR SERENITY ( TOC)
27 February,11 H 00
Kika K. is a celebrity worshiped by a million fans. Behind the appearances, though, things are not easy. In crisis with her life, she needs to deal with a stalker, a clueless boyfriend, a picky agent and several nightmares. Plus, she suffers with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder! During the launch tour of a self-help book she didn’t even write, Kika receives an encrypted message from her ghost writer before he vanishes without leaving a single trace. With the help of Vladimir, a simple book salesman, Kika will try to solve the puzzle that might lead her to happiness.
THE TRIBE
27 February, 15 H 30
Virginia -who works as a cleaning lady but whose true calling is “street dance”—reunites with the son she gave up for adoption: Fidel, an executive who has lost it all, even his memory. Through “The Mommas”, the outlandish dance group Virginia’s classmates have formed, the mother and son discover that they may come from very different worlds, but rhythm runs in their veins.
Easy
27 February, 19 H 45
Easy, short for Isidoro , an ex pilot, is given a new job far from the racing circuits : taking a coffin ,with the body of an Ukrainian bricklayer , from Italy to a small mountain village in Ukraine. But he quickly gets lost after the border. His lifetime adventure can begin.
KING OF PEKING
28 February, 11 H 00
Little Wong learns that sometimes parents make bad choices for very good reasons.
Big Wong e il figlio Little Wong sono proiezionisti itineranti di film che portano nei villaggi locali le opere prodotte a Hollywood. Di fronte alla possibilità di perdere la custodia del figlio, Big Wong inizia a produrre e vendere dvd pirata fuori dal vecchio cinema in cui lavorava, nonostante le obiezioni di Little Wong.
BRAD’S STATUS
A trip to Boston with his college-bound son triggers a crisis of confidence for Brad Sloan as he reassesses his own life choices in a bittersweet comedy from writer and director Mike White.
Brad has a satisfying career and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento where he lives with his sweet-natured wife, Melanie and their musical prodigy son, Troy but it’s not quite what he imagined during his college glory days. Showing Troy around Boston, where Brad went to university, he can’t help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends: a Hollywood bigshot, a hedge-fund founder, a tech entrepreneur, and a political pundit and bestselling author. As he imagines their wealthy, glamorous lives, he wonders if cozy middle-class domesticity is the best he will ever achieve. But when circumstances force him to reconnect with his former friends, Brad begins to question whether he has really failed or if, in some essential ways, their lives are more flawed than they appear.
The Death of Stalin
28 February, 19 H 45
« On the night of 2nd March 1953, Joseph Stalin is dying. He is about to kick the bucket and if you play your cards right, his job is yours for the taking.The Death of Stalin” is a satire about the days before the funerals of the Nation’s Father. Days that shine a sardonic light on all the madness, depravity and inhumanity of totalitarianism. Days that will see the men surrounding him fight to inherit his supreme power. And it’s all based on true events. »
BAD LUCKY GOAT
01 March, 11 H 00
After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation. Corn and Rita must find a way to repair the truck in time to pick up the tourists that will be staying at the family’s hotel. As they struggle to find the means necessary to conceal the accident, the siblings will visit a butcher, rastafari drum makers, a pawn shop and even a witch doctor, in a 24-hour adventure around Port Paradise.
MAKTUB
01 March, 15 H 30
Two criminals are the sole survivors of a terrorist attack at a restaurant in Jerusalem. They decide to change their ways and become flesh and blood angels. They go on a journey of wish fulfillment for people who write requests on paper and put between the sacred stones of the Wailing Wall.
JE VAIS MIEUX (Out of competition)
01 March, 19 H 45
A middle-aged man suffers from tremendous back pains. No doctors seem to be able to cure him. What if the remedy was elsewhere? Of his work, his wife or his family, what must he change to get better?
Finding steve McQueen (Out of competition)
02 March, 19 H 45
In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon’s secret fund.
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