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UK
The Age of Stupid
UK / 2009 / 92 min / Rating: G / English language, Chinese subtitles
Directed by Franny Armstrong
¡@¡¥The Age of Stupid¡¦ is the latest cinema-format documentary from the producer of the Oscar-winning "One Day In September". This ambitious project, which mixes drama, documentary and animation, stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching "archive" footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop the climate change while we still had a chance?
ITALY
Un gioco da ragazze / A Game for Girls
Italy / 2008 / 95 min / Rating: PG-13 / Chinese and English subtitles
Directed by Matteo Rovere
¡@Elena, Michaela, Alice and Livia: four pretty seventeen year-old girls who spend their days preening their physical appearance, going on luxury shopping binges, indulging in passionless flings and dancing the night away at parties. Elena, a natural and charismatic leader, guides the group with a mixture of naivety and cynicism. A new teacher, Mario Landi, enters their lives and could prove to be the most coveted prey, or alternatively their saviour from emptiness. As always, Elena will be the one to decide for the group.
FRANCE
Changement d'adresse / Change of Address
France / 2006 / 85 min / Rating: G / Chinese and English subtitles
Directed by Emmanuel Mouret
¡@David, a shy, awkward musician who has just moved to Paris, falls madly in love with his young student, Julia. He tries everything to win her heart. His room-mate, Anne, provides encouragement, advice and consolation... passionately!
HUNGARY
Sacra Corona
Hungary / 2001 / 118 min / Rating: PG / Chinese and English subtitles
Directed by Gabor Koltay
¡@Beginning after the death of the nation's founder Istvan, the film follows the ascension of King Laszlo I to the long vacant throne of 11th century's Hungary, featuring violent battles, political conspiracies, and love stories as Hungary rises to its position as a mighty European kingdom. Produced to coincide with Hungary's 1,000th anniversary, this film was funded by the Hungarian government as part of the national celebration.
SPAIN
Intacto / Intacto
Spain / 2001 / 108 min / Rating: PG-13 / Chinese subtitles
Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
¡@A concentration camp survivor named Samuel Berg, a supernaturally lucky fellow, runs a casino. One of his staff, Federico, unsuccessfully attempts to steal his powers plans to team up with the luckiest man alive, the lone survivor of a plane crash, in order to overpower Samuel Berg in the one game he has never lost: Russian roulette using a six-shooter filled with five bullets.
BELGIUM
25 degres en hiver / 25 Degrees in Winter
Belgium / 2004 / 93 min / Rating: PG / Chinese subtitles
Directed by Stephane Vuillet
¡@The weather is particularly warm in Brussesls, on this 12th of January. A vehicle, with the logo of a travel agency, is speeding along the highway. In the car, a man and three women. Miguel, his much-too-curious daughter, his overbearing mother, and a young Ukranian girl, who managed to slip across the border to try and find her husband, who has disappeared. Their destiny lies ahead. A dangerous mix, on a very hot day.
POLAND
Tatarak / Sweet Rush
Poland / 2009 / 82 min / Rating: G / Chinese and English subtitles
Directed by Andrzeja Wajdy
¡@The story of Marta, a middle-aged woman married to a small town doctor. Marta searches for happiness in the arms of a much younger man, Bogu. Their relationship is as innocent and fresh as the smell of the sweet rush that grows in the river where Marta and Bogu swam on their first date. But, just when everything seems to be going well for them, Bogu drowns, entangled in the roots of sweet rush he was trying to pick for Marta.
SWEDEN
A Swedish short films program
Sweden / 61 min / Rating: G / Chinese and English subtitles
This program is made of four short films: ¡§Lies¡¨, a burglar who claims to be a moonlighting accountant, the small boy who confesses to a thief and the woman whose entire life has been a long series of lies. ¡§What You Do¡¨ A practical guide. This book shows you how to use your model A1. Using one hundred and twenty three illustrations, it shows how even the hopeless can make a film.¡§This is Alaska¡¨ A group of people have moved to Alaska. They are searching for a higher level of freedom. ¡§The Big Store¡¨
An animation that depicts what happened the minutes before the murder of the Swedish Foreign minister Anna Lindh.
AUSTRIA
Freigesprochen / Free to Leave
Austria / 2007 / 90 min / Rating: PG-13 / Chinese and English subtitles
Directed by Peter Payer
¡@Everything seems to be running on track: Anna, planning her future together with her boyfriend; Thomas, a train controller with an harmonious married life. One short kiss will change their whole lifes. Thomas lets himself be distracted by Anna exactly at that point in time when there is traffic chaos on the roads, resulting in the death of 22 persons. Guilt will now bind Anna and Thomas with a bond stronger than any attachment to their partners.
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Vratne lahve / Empties
Czech Republic / 2007 / 100 min / Rating: PG / Chinese and English subtitles
Directed by Jan Sverak
¡@Josef Tkaloun, a middle-aged teacher, takes an early retirement leading him to a series of random occupations. The latter proves particularly colorful, introducing Josef to a host of eccentric and occasionally funny co-workers. Meanwhile, Josef lapses into lusty fantasies about the headmistress of his former school - endangering his marriage in the process.
GERMANY
Geliebte Clara / Dear Clara
Germany / 2008 / 107 min / Rating: PG / Chinese subtitles
Directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms
¡@In the year 1850, famous pianist and composer Clara Schumann moves to Dusseldorf with her husband Robert and their children. After many strenuous years on tour, Robert looks for a position as municipal director of music there. But after her concert in Hamburg, Clara meets the 14 years younger Johannes Brahms, whose talent fascinates both her and her husband. Yet Brahms falls not only under the spell of Clara¡¦s virtuosity on the piano¡K
SLOVAKIA
Polcas rozpadu / Half-Life
Slovakia / 2007 / 100 min / Rating: PG-13 / Chinese and English subtitles
Directed by Vlado Fischer
¡@Forty-something Viktor, a man in ¡§the worst years¡¨, accidentally saves a young woman from committing a suicide. It turns out that Mia studies photography and may not really want to end her life. Maybe she just wanted to take a photograph of herself in the waves of the Danube. Viktor falls in love with her, while his wife Karla seeks consolation in alcohol.
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