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and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic Sales: Film Constellation (Dauphin Entrance,
conflict rises around her. Her camera captures 2nd Floor)
incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival Section: Day after screenings (Un Certain
as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice- Regard)
whether or not to flee the city to protect her Director: Annie Silverstein
daughter’s life, when leaving means abandon- Synopsis: In a near-abandoned subdivision
ing the struggle for freedom for which she has west of Houston, a wayward teen runs
already sacrificed so much. headlong into her equally willful and
Next screening: 16 May, 14:00, Olympia 2 unforgiving neighbour, an aging bullfighter
14:00 who’s seen his best days in the arena; it’s a
collision that will change them both.
THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL (Premiere) Next screening: 17 May, 12:00, Palais I
France, 80’, Animation.
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press screening) 15:00
Discover Sales: Celluloid Dreams Peru, 97’, Drama.
SONG WITHOUT A NAME (Premiere)
Section: Un Certain Regard
Theatre Croisette
Director: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-
Latvia Casting: Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Simon Section: Directors’ Fortnight
Sales: Luxbox (23 Rue Bivouac Napoléon)
Mévellec
Director: Melina León
Abkarian
Synopsis: Peru, at the height of the political
Synopsis: Kabul under Taliban rule. Two
crisis of the 1980s. Georgina is a young woman
neighbourhoods and two couples. One
from the Andes whose newborn daughter is
conservative – Atiq and Mussarat have been
in Cannes married for 20 years and are deeply engrained stolen at a fake health clinic.
Next screening: 17 May, 11:30, Arcades 1
in the traditions of Afghan life. Atiq works as
16:00
the chief guard at the women’s prison.
Mussarat is very ill and fights to remain a
ATLANTICS (Premiere)
strong woman till the very end. One modern –
young and in love, Zunaira and Mohsen are France, Senegal, Belgium, 105’, Drama.
Latvian Pavilion No. 209 against all the same traditions. Under the Grand Théâtre Lumière (Press Screening)
Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette)
Village International Pantiero Talibans, they’ve both lost their jobs as lawyer Section: In competition
anduniversity teacher and have difficulties to
make ends meet. They have to sell their few Director: Mati Diop
Latvian Film in Cannes 2019 possessions to buy food. Yet they’re determined Casting: Mama Sané, Amadou Am, Ibrahima
Traoré
to maintain their modern values. One day, a
OLEG by Juris Kursietis stoning. Then an act of humiliation. Then a Synopsis: Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-
(Latvia – Tasse Film, Lithuania, Belgium, France) fight… and life takes an irrevocable turn. When be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a
at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs / The Directors’ Fortnight the lives of these diametrically opposite couples suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with
May 17, 14.45 Theatre Croisette become intertwined, sacrifice becomes the Souleiman, a young construction worker.
Next screening: 17 May, 08:30, Salle Du 60e
May 18, 11.30 Cinéma Les Arcades price to pay for love.
Next screening: 17 May, 14:00, Bazin
May 18, 21.30 Studio 13 BACURAU (Premiere)
May 19, 11.30 Theatre de La Licorne PLOGOFF (Premiere) Brazil, France, 132’, Thriller.
France, 110’, Documentary. Salle Du 60e
Latvian Co-production in Cannes 2019 Salle Buñuel Sales: Sbs International (Building Comoran 2,
DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS (Finland, Latvia – Tasse Film) Sales: Cannes Classics 1st Floor)
Section: Cannes Classics Section: Day after screenings (In Competition)
Market screenings Synopsis: Presented by Ciaofilm. Restored in Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano
THE MOVER (Latvia – Mistrus Media) 2k from the original negative 16mm image. Dornelles
Sound restoration from the 16mm magnetic.
Casting: Barbara Colen, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier
May 16, 14.00 Palais E Marché du Film Work done by Hiventy laboratory under the Synopsis: A few years from now… Bacurau, a
LOTTE AND THE LOST DRAGONS (Estonia, Latvia – Rija Films) supervision of Ciaofilm and Pascale Le Garrec, small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the
May 18, 14.00 Palais G Marché du Film with the help of the CNC, Région Bretagne and loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be
the Cinemathèque de Bretagne. Distributed by 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their
Producer on the Move Next Film Distribution. February 1980, Plogoff. community has vanished from most maps.
A whole town refuses the installation of a
INESE BOKA‡GRUBE (Latvia – Mistrus Media) nuclear power station close to the Pointe du A WHITE, WHITE DAY (Premiere)
Raz, overlooking Sein island in the bay of Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, 109’, Second film.
Audierne opening onto the Atlantic Ocean. Six Miramar
weeks of daily struggle led by local women, Sales: New Europe Film Sales (Scandinavian
children, fishermen and farmers, determined to Terrace) +48698900936
preserve the soul of this Finisterian land. Six
CASH 40– weeks of joys, tenderness and drama... This is Section: Critics’ Week
Director: Hlynur Pálmason
the historic epic of the people of Cap Sizun face
REBATE by the National Film to face with the pressures of modern society. Synopsis: In a remote Icelandic town, an off
duty police chief begins to suspect a local man
UP TO 50% Centre of Latvia and USA, 101’, Drama. for having an affair with his wife, who recently
BULL (Premiere)
Riga Film Fund
died in a car accident.
Salle Bazin Next screening: 17 May, 08:30, Miramar

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