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MK2 Cannes 2015 Line Up
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Résidence du Grand Hôtel, Le Goëland, 11th floor
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45 Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes
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To set up a meeting, please contact: intlsales@mk2.com
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by Jia ZHANGKE
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Cast: Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jindong, Dong Zijian, Sylvia Chang
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Drama – China / Japan / France – 2015 – Mandarin / English
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China, 1999. Childhood friends Liangzi and Zhang are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually decides to marry the wealthier Zhang. They soon have a son he names Dollar… From China to Australia, the lives, loves, hopes and disillusions of a family over two generations in a society changing at breakneck speed.
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by Stéphane BRIZÉ
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Cast: Vincent Lindon, Karine Petit de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller
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Drama – France – 2015 – French
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At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
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Market screening:
Tuesday, May 19th, 12:00 Star 2
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by Robert GUÉDIGUIAN
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Cast: Syrus Shahidi, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ariane Ascaride, Simon Abkarian
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Historical / Drama – France – 2015 – French
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Paris, 1981. Aram, a young man of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish Ambassador’s car seriously injuring Gilles, who just happens to have been passing on his bicycle.
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Original score by Alexandre Desplat
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by Naomi KAWASE
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Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida
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Drama – Japan / France / Germany – 2015 – Japanese
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Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayakis - pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. But Tokue proves to have magic in her hands when it comes to making “an”. Thanks to her secret recipe, the little business soon flourishes… And with time, Sentaro and Tokue will open their hearts to reveal old wounds.
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Market screenings:
Saturday, May 16th, 13:00 Olympia 6
Sunday, May 17th, 14:00 Star 2
Tuesday, May 19th, 12:00 Riviera 3
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by Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
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Cast: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano
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Romance / Drama – Japan / France – 2015 – Japanese
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Mizuki’s husband (Yusuke) drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
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Market screening:
Tuesday, May 19th, 9:30 Star 2
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by Marcel CARNÉ
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Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty
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Drama / Romance – 95 min – France – 1938 – French – B&W – New 2K restoration
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A young couple, Renée and Pierre, book a night at the Hôtel du Nord in Paris. They are set on dying together, but after having shot Renée, Pierre finds himself lacking of courage and runs away. Another guest at the hotel, Monsieur Edmond, rescues Renée and when she is discharged from the hospital, she is hired as a waitress. Monsieur Edmond falls in love with her, but she can’t get Pierre out of her mind.
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by Paolo and Vittorio TAVIANI
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Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Kim Rossi Stuart, Riccardo Scamarcio, Paola Cortellesi, Kasia Smutniak, Lello Arena
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Historical Drama – 121 min – Italy – 2015 – Italian
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Florence, Italy, 1348. As the plague ravages the city dwellers of Tuscany, a group of young men and women takes shelter in a remote villa in the surrounding hills of Florence. Now living as a community, they decide to tell each other a story a day to take their minds off their precarious situation…
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Market screenings:
Thursday, May 14th, 9:15 Palais J
Sunday, May 17th, 18:00 Olympia 2
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by Carlos SAURA
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With the participation of: Soledad Pastorutti, Chaqueño Palavecino, Dino Saluzzi, Roxana Amed
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Live performance – Argentina / Spain / France – 2015 – Spanish
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Both poetic and moving, this live performance choreographed by Carlos Saura calls on the entire history of a country set to the tune of guitars and accordions.
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by Raphaël NADJARI
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Cast: Géraldine Pailhas, Luc Picard, Éléonore Lagacé, Natalie Choquette
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Drama – France / Canada – 2015 – French / Hebrew
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Hannah is a passionate and determined classical singer who conducts a choir in Montreal with her husband Daniel. One day a young, gifted and fragile woman named Abigail comes knocking at their door.
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From the director of Tehilim (Cannes 2007 in Competition) and I am Josh Polonski's Brother (Berlin 2001)
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by Dominique ABEL, Fiona GORDON
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Cast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
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Comedy – Belgium – 2015 – French
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Fiona, a small town Canadian librarian, receives a letter of distress from her 93-year-old Aunt Martha living in Paris. Fiona hops on the first plane only to discover that Martha has disappeared.
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by Élodie NAMER
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Cast: Michelangelo Passaniti, Lou de Laâge, Magne-Håvard Brekke
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Comedy / Drama – 83 min – France – 2015 – French
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At an international chess tournament in Budapest, 22-year-old French mastermind Cal Fournier starts to lose control when challenged by an unknown prodigy half his age.
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DOP Julien Poupard (Party Girl, Caméra d’Or Cannes 2014).
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Cesar Award 2015 nomination for Most Promising Actress for Lou de Laâge.
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by Walter SALLES
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Cast: Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Yu Lik-wai
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Documentary – 105 min – Brazil – 2015 – Mandarin
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Walter Salles follows Jia Zhangke in China to the sets of his films, drawing a touching portrait of one of today's greatest directors.
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