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    <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:02:54-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a university student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks. One day, a man named Fukuhara comes to collect the loan, which Fumiya cannot pay. So Fukuhara makes a proposition: He will cancel the debt as long as Fumiya agrees to walk with him across Tokyo to the police station of Kasumigaseki, where he intends to turn himself in for a crime he deeply regrets. Not having much choice, Fumiya accepts the deal. Thus begins their journey which will lead them to various unusual encounters, most of all with themselves. Based on the original novel by Naoki Prize winner Yoshinaga Fujita comes a fascinating, humorous and wildly clever film that is sure to charm you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Awards &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Script (Satoshi Miki) / Special Mention (Jo Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura) &amp;ndash; Fantasia International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Best Supporting Actor (Tomokazu Miura) - Kinema Junpo Awards &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Udine Far East Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;New York Asian Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Neuch&amp;acirc;tel International Fantasy Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasia International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Raindance Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival 2008 - Closing Film &lt;br /&gt;Ottawa Film Festival / Festival du film de l&amp;rsquo;Outaouais 2009&lt;br /&gt;Edmonton International Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;****&lt;br /&gt;Eye Weekly,&amp;nbsp;Hour, Cano&amp;euml;, eFilmCritic, The Japan Times&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*** 1/2 (on 4)&lt;br /&gt;The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, Cinema Strikes Back&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...one of the five best films in the world for 2008. It&amp;rsquo;s just as good on second viewing. ...a meandering, quirky and surprisingly beautiful piece of work that perfectly balances humour and emotion.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Todd Brown, Twichfilm&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;If Jim Jarmush were Japanese, Adrift in Tokyo could be his signature piece.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Katherine Monk, Canwest Media&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;... a comic stroll that is indeed aimless, but consciously, introspectively, and out-of-left-field hilariously so.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Aaron Hillis, The Village Voice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;... an absolute masterpiece . It&amp;#39;s full of gently absurd humour &amp;amp; detailed character work.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Harry Knowles, Ain&amp;#39;t it Cool News&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...before I knew it I was hooked in and in step with two characters as they lead me on a walking tour of Tokyo and their pasts.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Emer Schlosser, Inside E Online&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...a droll charmer. ... gently but heartily amusing throughout...&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Russell Edwards, Variety &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Satoshi Miki makes a Masterpiece. ...Miki puts together a great comedy from start to finish.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Mark Schilling, The Japan Times &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Together, (Odagiri &amp;amp; Miura) make for good cinematic company. Their trip through Tokyo shows us the city from a perspective we may not have seen and reminds us that the world is full of small and large beauties...&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Jay Seaver, eFilmCritic &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;... has the kind of low-key, effortless charm that most movies sweat for. ... it is a masterpiece of throwaway lines and little oddities. This is a lovely film that should not be missed.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;David Austin, Cinema Strikes Back&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DVD Specifications&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Run time : 101 minutes Format : 1.85 : 1 &lt;br /&gt;Production year / country : 2007 / Japan &lt;br /&gt;Language / subtitles : Japanese / Optional English and French &lt;br /&gt;Extra Features : 71-minutes Making-of (English subtitles only), two original Japanese TV ads (no subtitles) &lt;br /&gt;Packaging : Booklet with Interview with the Director, Foreword, ADRIFT IN TOKYO Words of &amp;ldquo;wisdom&amp;rdquo; / 100% recycled material digipack / 100% biodegradable cellophane. </description>
    <description-fr>Fumiya, un &amp;eacute;tudiant cribl&amp;eacute; de dettes, re&amp;ccedil;oit la visite du mena&amp;ccedil;ant collecteur de dettes Fukuhara, qui lui remet un ultimatum. Mais quelques jours plus tard, Fukuhara revient &amp;agrave; la charge avec un &amp;eacute;trange march&amp;eacute; : il effacera les dettes de Fumiya si celui-ci accepte de marcher avec lui &amp;agrave; travers Tokyo pour se rendre &amp;agrave; la station de police centrale, o&amp;ugrave; il entend se rendre pour un crime qu&amp;rsquo;il regrette profond&amp;eacute;ment. N&amp;rsquo;ayant pas d&amp;rsquo;autres options, le jeune homme accepte l&amp;rsquo;entente. Leur dr&amp;ocirc;le d&amp;rsquo;excursion les m&amp;egrave;nera vers plusieurs personnages des plus singuliers, mais surtout &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;encontre d&amp;rsquo;une partie d&amp;rsquo;eux-m&amp;ecirc;mes. Ce film cocasse, touchant et diablement intelligent vous s&amp;eacute;duira assur&amp;eacute;ment! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Meilleur sc&amp;eacute;nario (Satoshi Miki) / Mention Sp&amp;eacute;ciale (J&amp;ocirc; Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura) - Festival international de films Fantasia &lt;br /&gt;Meilleur acteur de&amp;nbsp;soutien (Tomokazu Miura) - Prix Kinema Junpo &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival du film&amp;nbsp;d&amp;#39;Extr&amp;ecirc;me-Orient d&amp;#39;Udine 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique de New York 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film fantastiques de Neuch&amp;acirc;tel 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films Fantasia 2008 Festival Raindance 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival&amp;nbsp;de films&amp;nbsp;Reel Asian de Toronto 2008 - Film de Cloture &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film de l&amp;rsquo;Outaouais 2009 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**** Eye Weekly, Montreal&amp;#39;s Hour, Canoe,eFilmCritic, The Japan Times &lt;br /&gt;*** (sur 4) The National Post, The Toronto Star &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo; &lt;/span&gt;Cette fable post-moderne et extr&amp;ecirc;mement cool m&amp;eacute;rite amplement sa bonne r&amp;eacute;putation. &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Aleksi K. Lepage, La Presse &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo; &lt;/span&gt;Rarement les vertus de la marche &amp;agrave; pied auront &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; c&amp;eacute;l&amp;eacute;br&amp;eacute;es avec une telle tendresse. &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andr&amp;eacute; Lavoie, Le Devoir &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo; &lt;/span&gt;...on sort de cet Adrift in Tokyo avec l&amp;#39;impression d&amp;#39;avoir assist&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; une oeuvre franchement hors du commun. Marquant. &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Natalia Wysocka, Ici. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo; &lt;/span&gt;Un beau film doux amer &amp;agrave; voir et &amp;agrave; revoir avec le m&amp;ecirc;me plaisir.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martin Morin, Cano&amp;euml;</description-fr>
    <director>Satoshi Miki</director>
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    <name>Adrift in Tokyo</name>
    <name-fr>D&#233;rive &#224; Tokyo</name-fr>
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    <slug>adrift-in-tokyo</slug>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-02-02T20:30:01-08:00</updated-at>
    <writer>Satoshi Miki</writer>
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  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:03:40-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Black, a Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France, is getting over a disastrous heist in which he lost nearly all of his men. He&amp;rsquo;s seriously thinking of going straight when his cousin Lamine calls him from Dakar: a briefcase full of contraband diamonds has just been deposited in the bank where he works. Thinking this will be an unbelievably easy coup, Black assembles a new gang and quickly flies to Africa, where he&amp;rsquo;s never set foot. What they haven&amp;rsquo;t planned, however, is that they are far from being the only ones interested in that briefcase. The corrupt director of the bank, an arm dealer suffering from suppurating psoriasis, a gang of mercenaries from Chechnya and an Interpol agent are also set to get their hands on those diamonds. With a funky soundtrack, BLACK delivers a heist film filled with action and peppered with comedy and mysticism. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Award&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bronze Public Prize - Best American or European Film - Fantasia International Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;Avignon Film Festival 2008&lt;br /&gt;SXSW presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight - SXSW Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Seattle International Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fantasia International Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Fest 2009&lt;br /&gt;London Film4 FrightFest 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**** &lt;br /&gt;Eye Weekly &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Kitchen-sink filmmaking at its most sublime... ...a righteously bombastic musical soundtrack... ...the film is a rolling ball of smooth energy... Black is all about pounding out tunes while transitioning from one badass heroic action set-piece to the next&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Kurt Halfyard, Twitchfilm &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Black is a heist film like no other, a film that marches to the crazy beat of its own drum and funkadelic tunes. (...) Ambitious and groovy, Black is a big gooey gobstopper rolling at breakneck speed in its swirling colorful glory, picking up these random characters and antagonists on its perilous plight.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Andrew Mack, Twitchfilm &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;...Pierre Laffargue manages to nearly reinvent the genre... Black&amp;rsquo;s balance of humour, action, and exoticism is undeniably energizing. It&amp;rsquo;s slick without being too flashy, and MC Jean Gab&amp;#39;1 turns in an immensely likeable performance.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Al Kratina, The Gazette&amp;#39;s Cin&amp;eacute; File &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;...Black stands up remarkably well as a psychedelic homage to &amp;rsquo;70s era B-movies. ...a bumping soundtrack that brings as much to the film&amp;rsquo;s atmosphere as Guy Ritchie&amp;rsquo;s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Christopher Sykes, The Montreal Mirror &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;BLACK is a superior French / African exploitation film &amp;ndash; and its director, Pierre Laffargue, is somebody to watch. ... recalls the conceit of Blaxploitation films, but in a thoroughly modern and artistic way. (...) The soundtrack is napalm f*cking hot! (...) Jean Gab&amp;rsquo;1&amp;rsquo;s performance and character just screamed &amp;ndash; I&amp;rsquo;M A STAR!&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;Harry Knowles, Ain&amp;rsquo;t it Cool News &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s gloriously lunatic. (...) BLACK percolates like that first, strong cup of coffee in the morning &amp;ndash; with no bitter aftertaste.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Peter Martin, Cinematical &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;... anyone who genuinely enjoys black-American cinema of the &amp;lsquo;70&amp;rsquo;s in all its forms is in for a huge treat, a movie that manages to mix African mysticism, blaxploitation, and the heist thriller into something that felt truly original. (...) I loved it... and I&amp;#39;m willing to bet others will, too. Once again, Fantastic Fest and SXSW have uncovered another gem.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Drew McWeeny, Hitfix &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;hellip;the second craziest movie of this year&amp;rsquo;s SXSW Film Festival. (...) BLACK is the latest cinematic salvo from France, and once again you&amp;rsquo;ll be wondering what the hell is in their drinking water. (...) &amp;hellip; it&amp;rsquo;s definitely a wild and unpredictable ride. Laffargue is a director to watch, and I&amp;rsquo;m curious to see what he&amp;rsquo;ll do next.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects</description>
    <description-fr>Black, un braqueur d&amp;#39;origine s&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;galaise ayant toujours v&amp;eacute;cu en France, vient de subir un &amp;eacute;chec cuisant avec son dernier coup sur lequel il a perdu tous ses hommes. Il songe s&amp;eacute;rieusement &amp;agrave; se reconvertir quand son cousin Lamine l&amp;#39;appelle de Dakar : une mallette qui contient un bon poids de diamants de contrebande a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; d&amp;eacute;pos&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; la banque o&amp;ugrave; il travaille. C&amp;rsquo;est un coup qui devrait &amp;ecirc;tre facile, super facile m&amp;ecirc;me, pensent-ils. Ni une ni deux, Black monte une &amp;eacute;quipe et vole vers l&amp;#39;Afrique, o&amp;ugrave; il met les pieds pour la premi&amp;egrave;re fois. Mais ce qu&amp;rsquo;ils n&amp;rsquo;ont pas calcul&amp;eacute;, c&amp;rsquo;est que plusieurs autres sont aussi sur la trace de ces diamants, dont le directeur v&amp;eacute;reux de la banque, un trafiquant d&amp;#39;armes atteint d&amp;#39;un psoriasis purulent, une bande de mercenaires tch&amp;eacute;tch&amp;egrave;nes et une agente d&amp;rsquo;Interpol. Avec une bande sonore des plus funky, BLACK promet un maximum d&amp;rsquo;action teint&amp;eacute; de com&amp;eacute;die et de mysticisme. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prix du public, cat&amp;eacute;gorie Meilleur film Am&amp;eacute;ricain ou Europ&amp;eacute;en - Festival international de films Fantasia 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival du film d&amp;#39;Avignon 2008&lt;br /&gt;Festival de films SXSW -&amp;nbsp;Fantastic Fest at Midnight&amp;nbsp;2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Seattle 2009&lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films Fantasia 2009&lt;br /&gt;Festival de Films Toronto After Dark 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fresh Film Fest de Karlovy Vary 2009&lt;br /&gt;Film4 FrightFest de Londres 2009&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Le r&amp;eacute;alisateur fran&amp;ccedil;ais Pierre Laffargue la joue Tarantino, fait &amp;agrave; fond dans le second degr&amp;eacute;, et s&amp;#39;amuse comme un fou &amp;agrave; pasticher un cin&amp;eacute;ma qu&amp;#39;il aime.(...) Les enthousiates amis de Fantasia, dont nous sommes, vont adorer.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Aleksi K. Lepage, La Presse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Un film explosif, dans lequel tout p&amp;egrave;te et durant lequel on ne s&amp;#39;ennuie pas une seule seconde.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Natalia Wysocka, Ici. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Black est d&amp;#39;abord un beau film, color&amp;eacute;e et &amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;esth&amp;eacute;tique recherch&amp;eacute;e. (...) on passe d&amp;#39;un rebondissement &amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;autre sans arr&amp;ecirc;t. C&amp;#39;est le bordel du d&amp;eacute;but &amp;agrave; la fin. La bande sonore est exceptionnelle.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Charles Pr&amp;eacute;mont, Le Lien Multim&amp;eacute;dia &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Black est fun, avec de l&amp;#39;action et de l&amp;#39;humour gonzo qui titille nos zygomatiques.(&amp;hellip;)On se croirait presque devant une r&amp;eacute;alisation de Jean Rollin sous acide avec une s&amp;eacute;v&amp;egrave;re dose d&amp;#39;action gonzo.(&amp;hellip;) Black reste un film d&amp;eacute;cal&amp;eacute;&amp;hellip;qui a le m&amp;eacute;rite de divertir et de faire rire.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;Excessif &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Un film multi-forme compl&amp;egrave;tement fou, allez le voir!&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Mad Movies &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Ultra-divertissant, livre exactement ce qu&amp;#39;on attends de tout film d&amp;#39;action. Que du bon. Ruez vous dans les salles noires pour voir BLACK&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Fantistof</description-fr>
    <director>Pierre Laffargue</director>
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    <name>Black</name>
    <name-fr>Black</name-fr>
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    <slug>black</slug>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2009-09-08T14:02:46-07:00</updated-at>
    <writer>Pierre Laffargue, Lucio Mad &amp; G&#225;bor Rassov</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:04:06-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunken to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan&amp;#39;s delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing to turn around lives gone astray, aiming for the amateur title, ultimately pitting them against each other, but more importantly, against themselves.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Awards &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FIPRESCI Award - Cannes International Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Best Actor (CHOI Min-sik) / Silver Fantasia for Best Asian Film - Fantasia International Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Best Supporting Actress (NA Mun-Hee) / Best Editing (NAM Na-Yeong) - Grand Bell Awards 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Best Director (RYOO Seung-wan) - Pusan Film Critics Association Awards 2005  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cannes International Film Festival 2005 &amp;ndash; Quinzaine des r&amp;eacute;alisateurs &lt;br /&gt;Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;New York Asian Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasia International Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Melbourne International Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Vancouver International Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;San Diego Asian Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Oslo International Film Festival 2005   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reviews&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...it will impress with its stylised direction, bloody violence and moments of quiet, social reflection. ...fights are second only to Raging Bull, sometimes even surpassing it with their unchoreographed and realistic style.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Iain Macleod, Eye For Film  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The grimy, over-exposed camerawork enhances the striking photography...&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Jamie Woolley, BBC &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...the emotional battle is titanic.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Total Film  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...the best film Korea&amp;rsquo;s Ryoo Seung-Wan has to his name.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Todd Brown, Twitchfilm  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Kudos to the filmmakers for creating a movie that touches both the heart and the depths that certain people can sink into their lives.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Berge Garabedian, JoBlo </description>
    <description-fr>Sans emploi, sans le sou et d&amp;eacute;laiss&amp;eacute; par sa femme, Tae-shik, autrefois boxeur olympique, est r&amp;eacute;duit &amp;agrave; se faire boxer dans la rue par des passants pour quelques Wons. De son c&amp;ocirc;t&amp;eacute;, les tendances d&amp;eacute;linquantes de Sang-hwan l&amp;rsquo;envoient en prison. Ces deux hommes se tourneront vers la boxe pour amender leur vie et viseront le titre&amp;nbsp;de champion amateur, qui les mesurera l&amp;rsquo;un &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;autre dans un combat d&amp;eacute;cisif. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival de Cannes 2005: Prix FIPRESCI &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films Fantasia 2005:&amp;nbsp;Meilleur acteur,&amp;nbsp;Choi Min-sik; Fantasia d&amp;#39;argent pour le meilleur film asiatique &lt;br /&gt;Grand Bell Awards 2005: Meilleure actrice de soutien, Na Mun-Hee; Meilleur montage, Nam Na-Yeong &lt;br /&gt;Prix de l&amp;#39;Association des critiques de films de Pusan 2005: Meilleur r&amp;eacute;alisateur, Ryoo Seung-wan &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival&amp;nbsp; de Cannes 2005 &amp;ndash; Quinzaine des r&amp;eacute;alisateurs &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Karlovy Vary 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du films asiatique de New York 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films Fantasia 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Melbourne 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Vancouver 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique de San Diego 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique de Hong Kong 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film d&amp;#39;Oslo 2005 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Les sc&amp;egrave;nes de combat rivalisent avec celles de RAGING BULL, des fois les d&amp;eacute;passent m&amp;ecirc;me de par leur r&amp;eacute;alisme.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Iain Macleod, Eye For Film &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...le combat &amp;eacute;motionnel est monumental.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Total Film &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...le meilleur film du r&amp;eacute;alisateur cor&amp;eacute;en RYOO Seung-wan.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Todd Brown, Twitchfilm &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;F&amp;eacute;licitations au r&amp;eacute;alisateur pour avoir cr&amp;eacute;e un film &amp;agrave; la fois touchant et repr&amp;eacute;sentatif des tr&amp;eacute;fonds qui peuvent &amp;ecirc;tre atteints par certains.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Berge Garabedian, JoBlo &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Les prises de vue souill&amp;eacute;es et surexpos&amp;eacute;es mettent en valeur la photographie saisissante...&amp;rdquo; BBC</description-fr>
    <director>RYOO Seung-wan</director>
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    <name>Crying Fist</name>
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    <slug>crying-fist</slug>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2009-09-08T14:20:02-07:00</updated-at>
    <writer>RYOO Seung-wan</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:04:37-07:00</created-at>
    <description>When Eun-soo crashes his car on a country road, he meets a young girl who leads him to her beautiful house in the middle of the forest, where he is welcomed by her parents and two young siblings, who appear to be the picture of the perfect family. The morning after, when he tries to get back to his car, the forest seems never-ending and inevitably leads back to the house. Soon Eun-soo realizes he&amp;rsquo;s trapped in the kids&amp;rsquo; gloomy fairy-tale alternate reality, a world no other adult has managed to escape alive before him.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Award &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Film, Orient Express - Fantasporto International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Special Prize, Fantasy Competition - Fantasporto International Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;Special Mention - Puchon International Fantastic Film &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festival &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Vancouver International Film Festival 2008 - Closing Film, Dragons and Tigers (Press booked with director Yim Phil-Sung) &lt;br /&gt;Sitges International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;London Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Gerardmer Fantastic Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasporto International Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Calgary Underground Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...now you can add HANSEL &amp;amp; GRETEL to the list of instant classics. This freaky fable manages to outdo even the likes of PAN&amp;rsquo;S LABYRINTH and THE ORPHANAGE in its presentation of a bold and beautiful, but still downright terrifying, adult nightmare. See it and prepare to be amazed. It is one of the year&amp;rsquo;s best.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Calum Waddell, Fangoria  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...likely to become one of the year&amp;rsquo;s freshest, most memorable horror movies. Stylish, imaginative, and with a third act story twist, this is yet further proof that Korea currently stands as Asia&amp;rsquo;s premiere film factory. ... this delightfully grim horror is worth seeking out. Just follow the breadcrumb trail of positive reviews.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt; Rob Daniel, Sky Movies &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s bizarre, deliriously creative and joyously grotesque... Every small detail shines... visually arresting. It one of those films that use every inch of film stock in a creative way, convey the right vibes, and set the whole thing on fire with their power.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;X, Twitchfilm  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;A TALE OF TWO SISTERS meets PAN&amp;rsquo;S LABYRINTH in this dark fairy tale that breaths some fresh air into the South Korean horror industry. HANSEL &amp;amp; GRETEL is one of the most powerful movies I&amp;#39;ve seen in a long time. It&amp;rsquo;s pure genius.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;AnthroFred, Slasherpool  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Good acting aside, HANSEL &amp;amp; GRETEL looks good to watch, boasting great set design, creating fantasy-like visuals that go hand in hand with the impressive cinematography.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Andre Koh, The UrbanWire  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...effective and handsomely produced, HANSEL &amp;amp;  GRETEL puts the &amp;quot;grim&amp;quot; in Grimm while placing South Korean director Yim Phil-sung on the shortlist of PAN&amp;#39;S LABYRINTH emulators to trust.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Rob Nelson, Variety </description>
    <description-fr>Apr&amp;egrave;s un accident d&amp;rsquo;auto sur une route isol&amp;eacute;e, Eun-soo rencontre une jeune fille qui le m&amp;egrave;ne &amp;agrave; une charmante maison au milieu de la for&amp;ecirc;t, o&amp;ugrave; il est accueilli par une famille exemplaire compos&amp;eacute;e de deux parents et de trois enfants. Mais le lendemain, lorsqu&amp;rsquo;il tente de retourner &amp;agrave; son v&amp;eacute;hicule, la for&amp;ecirc;t semble sans fin et retourne in&amp;eacute;vitablement &amp;agrave; cette maison. Bient&amp;ocirc;t, Eun-soo r&amp;eacute;alise qu&amp;rsquo;il est pris au pi&amp;egrave;ge dans une r&amp;eacute;alit&amp;eacute; fantastique, un conte de f&amp;eacute;es lugubre contr&amp;ocirc;l&amp;eacute; par ces enfants, qui n&amp;rsquo;a pu &amp;ecirc;tre &amp;eacute;chapp&amp;eacute; par les autres adultes qui l&amp;rsquo;ont visit&amp;eacute; par le pass&amp;eacute;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film fantastique de Puchon 2008 (Mention Sp&amp;eacute;ciale de la F&amp;eacute;d&amp;eacute;ration Europ&amp;eacute;enne des Jury des Festivals de Films Fantastiques)&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Vancouver - Film de cl&amp;ocirc;ture, section Tigres &amp;amp; Dragons &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film fantastique de Sitges 2008 - Nomin&amp;eacute;, Meilleur film &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film de Londres 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film fantastique de G&amp;eacute;rardmer 2009 - Nomin&amp;eacute;, Comp&amp;eacute;tition Grand Prix &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films de Fantasporto 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Du bonbon! ... un festin total pour les yeux. Un d&amp;eacute;lice&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Natalia Wisocka, ICI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo; La beaut&amp;eacute; morbide de ce Hansel &amp;amp; Gretel revu, corrig&amp;eacute;, acidul&amp;eacute; repose sur une direction artistique de haut vol, &amp;eacute;conome en effets sanguinolents mais jamais avare d&amp;rsquo;atmosph&amp;egrave;res inqui&amp;eacute;tantes.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Andr&amp;eacute; Lavoie, Le Devoir  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo; Adaptation parfaitement libre et relecture insolite du c&amp;eacute;l&amp;egrave;bre conte des fr&amp;egrave;res Grimm, ce Hansel &amp;amp; Gretel desax&amp;eacute; du cor&amp;eacute;en Pil-Sung Yim, ravira sans doute les habitu&amp;eacute;s de Fantasia et les amateurs de cin&amp;eacute;ma fantastique asiatique en general.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo;&lt;br /&gt;Aleksi K. Lepage, La Presse</description-fr>
    <director>YIM Phil-Sung</director>
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    <name>Hansel &amp; Gretel</name>
    <name-fr>Hansel &amp; Gretel</name-fr>
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    <slug>hansel-gretel</slug>
    <tags></tags>
    <tags-fr></tags-fr>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2009-09-09T08:48:39-07:00</updated-at>
    <writer>YIM Phil-Sung</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:05:00-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Shin is a Japanese university student living a boring and meaningless life. One day, he spots a book titled Dangerous Ways to Walk the World, in which he finds a page written about hazards in New-York. Eager to get out, he jets off to New-York to find this inspiration. He quickly does find out the hazards of the city when he is mugged and left with no money or clothes. By chance, he meets Lee and Takeda, two Japanese-American punks who take him in. With Lee and Takeda, Shin&amp;rsquo;s days in New-York are now full of excitement and danger. When they need a ride, they threaten people and take their cars. When they are hungry, they rob the deli for food. But their trouble-seeking ways eventually gets them chased by the police...  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sapporo Film Festival 2005 &lt;br /&gt;New York Asian Film Festival 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasia International Film Festival 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Lyon Asiexpo Film Festival 2007 &lt;br /&gt;San Francisco Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The infectious performances and the dreamy version of New York captured by Sono make it worth the trip along with the resolute aim of the film to have fun.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Kurt Halfyard, Twitchfilm  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Uncompromisingly, Sion Sono signs an intelligent auteur film on the American Dream.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;David Lamarre, Sep7  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...a real joy to watch. I&amp;rsquo;d definitely recommend this one.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Chris MaGee, Toronto J-Film Pow-wow  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...brilliant. An extremely well made romp through the criminal NYC underworld. Even reminiscent of Takashi Miike&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;D.O.A.&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;Jeremy Knox, Film Threat </description>
    <description-fr>Ennuyante et d&amp;eacute;nu&amp;eacute;e de sens, la vie de Shin, un &amp;eacute;tudiant japonais, change le jour o&amp;ugrave; il rep&amp;egrave;re un livre: Les Mani&amp;egrave;res dangereuses de parcourir le monde, dans lequel il trouve une page &amp;eacute;voquant les &amp;lsquo;&amp;lsquo;hasards&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; de New York. Avide d&amp;rsquo;aventure, il part vers New York afin de trouver cette inspiration. Il d&amp;eacute;couvre rapidement les risques de la ville lors d&amp;rsquo;une agression qui le laisse sans argent ni v&amp;ecirc;tements. Fortuitement, il rencontre Lee et Takeda, deux punks japonais-am&amp;eacute;ricains, qui le prennent sous leur aile. Avec Lee et Takeda, les jours de Shin &amp;agrave; New York sont d&amp;eacute;sormais remplis d&amp;rsquo;exaltation et de danger. Quand ils ont besoin d&amp;rsquo;une voiture, ils menacent un conducteur et prennent sa voiture. Lorsqu&amp;rsquo;ils ont faim, ils volent l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;picerie. Mais leurs mani&amp;egrave;res d&amp;eacute;linquantes les am&amp;egrave;nent vite &amp;agrave; &amp;ecirc;tre poursuivis par la police&amp;hellip; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival du film de Sapporo 2005 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique de New York 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films&amp;nbsp;Fantasia 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Festival de films Asiexpo &amp;agrave; Lyon 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Festival de films Another Hole in the Head de San Francisco 2007 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Portrait puissant d&amp;#39;une jeunesse d&amp;eacute;racin&amp;eacute;e qui cherche ses rep&amp;egrave;res et un sens &amp;agrave; la vie, Hazard est une oeuvre &amp;agrave; voir absolument. &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Natalia Wysocka, Ici. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Une vraie joie &amp;agrave; regarder. Je le recommande d&amp;eacute;finitivement.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris MaGee, Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Les performances infectieuses et le New York imagin&amp;eacute; par Sono valent &amp;agrave; eux seuls le coup.&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kurt Halfyard, Twitchfilm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;laquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Une course &amp;agrave; travers le milieu criminel new-yorkais extr&amp;ecirc;mement bien fait, qui rappelle m&amp;ecirc;me D.O.A de Takashi Miike&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremy Knox, Film Threat.</description-fr>
    <director>Sion Sono</director>
    <id type="integer">5</id>
    <name>Hazard</name>
    <name-fr>Hazard</name-fr>
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    <slug>hazard</slug>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2009-09-08T10:58:02-07:00</updated-at>
    <writer>Sion Sono &amp; Kazuyoshi Kumakiri</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:05:23-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Christmas Eve in Paris. Leo Zimmerman is a businessman who lives for his beloved little daughter&amp;rsquo;s smile. Outwardly, his life is exemplary. However, when Dimitri Kopas walks into his office, pretending to be a normal client, Leo understands that a contract is out on his head and that the young man has come to town to kill him. Overcome with anxiety and paranoia, no longer able to sleep, Leo decides to meet the killer face to face and to broker a strange deal.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Awards &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nominated &amp;ndash; Louis-Delluc Award for the Best First Film  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rotterdam International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Athens French Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasia International Film Festival 2008 (w/ actor Gr&amp;eacute;goire Colin attending)  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;What you expect from a French hitman movie, in all the right ways.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Jay Seaver, eFilmCritic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...achieves a kind of magnificence that few works can match. The storytelling is top notch. Told in a beautiful poetic style that very few other films can match. Purely French and extremely well made, it&amp;rsquo;s one of those movies you can&amp;rsquo;t help liking.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Jeremy Knox, Film Threat  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;A melancholic, contemplative noir &amp;hellip; heart-rending... gripping&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Al Kratina, The Gazette&amp;rsquo;s Cine File blog &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...a sedate character drama with some nice twists... ...intelligent... Splendidly acted... I left the cinema impressed.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Ard Vijn, Twitchfilm </description>
    <description-fr>Paris, veille de No&amp;euml;l. L&amp;eacute;o Zimmerman est un homme d&amp;#39;affaires qui ne jure que par le sourire de sa fille qu&amp;#39;il ch&amp;eacute;rit par-dessus tout. En apparence, sa vie est exemplaire. Pourtant, lorsque Dimitri Kopas d&amp;eacute;barque dans son bureau en se faisant passer pour un client ordinaire, L&amp;eacute;o comprend qu&amp;#39;un contrat a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; pass&amp;eacute; sur sa t&amp;ecirc;te et que le jeune homme est l&amp;agrave; pour l&amp;#39;ex&amp;eacute;cuter. D&amp;eacute;vor&amp;eacute; par l&amp;#39;angoisse et la parano&amp;iuml;a, ne dormant plus, L&amp;eacute;o d&amp;eacute;cide de venir &amp;agrave; la rencontre du tueur et lui propose un &amp;eacute;trange march&amp;eacute;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Nomin&amp;eacute; Prix Louis-Delluc du premier film  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival de films europ&amp;eacute;ens d&amp;rsquo;Estoril &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film fran&amp;ccedil;ais d&amp;rsquo;Ath&amp;egrave;nes &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films de Rotterdam &lt;br /&gt;FilmFest M&amp;uuml;nchen &lt;br /&gt;Festival City of Lights, City of Angels de Los Angeles&lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films de Karlovy Vary&lt;br /&gt;Festival international de film Fantasia &amp;agrave; Montr&amp;eacute;al &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;laquo; C&amp;eacute;dric Anger fait des d&amp;eacute;buts prometteurs derri&amp;egrave;re la cam&amp;eacute;ra avec ce polar m&amp;eacute;lancolique et d&amp;eacute;routant. Port&amp;eacute; par un Magnifique duo d&amp;rsquo;acteurs. &amp;raquo; &lt;br /&gt;Kevin Laforest, Voir &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;laquo; Une heureuse d&amp;eacute;couverte. &amp;raquo; &lt;br /&gt;Aleksi K. Lepage, La Presse  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;laquo; Atteint une magnificence &amp;agrave; laquelle peu d&amp;rsquo;&amp;oelig;uvres acc&amp;egrave;dent. Purement fran&amp;ccedil;ais et extr&amp;ecirc;mement bien fait. &amp;raquo; &lt;br /&gt;Jeremy Knox, Film Threat  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;laquo; Coup de chapeau &amp;agrave; ce polar aux images froides qui sait tenir l&amp;#39;intrigue et que sert un efficace trio d&amp;#39;acteurs. &amp;raquo; &lt;br /&gt;Pierre Vavasseur, Le Parisien  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;laquo; Un film noir glac&amp;eacute;, impeccablement mis en sc&amp;egrave;ne, dans une louable &amp;eacute;conomie de mots. &amp;raquo; &lt;br /&gt;Pascal M&amp;eacute;rigeau, Le Nouvel Observateur &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &amp;laquo; Un cocktail costaud de thriller et de drame psychologique. &amp;raquo; &lt;br /&gt;Alain Spira, Paris Match </description-fr>
    <director>C&#233;dric Anger</director>
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    <name>The Killer</name>
    <name-fr>Le Tueur</name-fr>
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    <slug>the-killer</slug>
    <tags>killer, businessman, assasin, paranoia</tags>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2009-08-20T07:28:57-07:00</updated-at>
    <writer>C&#233;dric Anger</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:05:48-07:00</created-at>
    <description>On Mother&amp;rsquo;s Day in Taipei, Chen-Mo makes a dinner date with his wife, hoping to improve their estranged relationship. While buying a cake on his way home, a car double-parks next to his, preventing his exit. For the entire night, Chen-Mo searches for the owner of the car and encounters a succession of strange events and eccentric characters: an old couple who have lost their only son and are living with their precocious granddaughter; a one-armed barbershop owner cooking fish-head soup; a mainland Chinese prostitute trying to escape her pimp&amp;rsquo;s cruel clutches; and a Hong-Kong tailor embroiled in debt and threatened by underground loan sharks. Combining the different flavours of drama, comedy, and noir film, PARKING interweaves stories to create a moving and darkly funny film, served up in a superb cinematography that will have you transfixed to the screen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Awards &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Golden Horse Award, Best Art Direction: Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;FIPRESCI Critics Award: Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Best New Talent: Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Audience Favourite Film: Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Most Inspired Film Director: !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cannes International Film Festival 2008 &amp;ndash; Un Certain Regard &lt;br /&gt;Montreal World Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Vancouver International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Pusan International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Stockholm International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008 &amp;ndash; Opening Film&lt;br /&gt;!f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Spokane International Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Bigpond Adelaide Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Osaka Asian Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Ottawa Film Festival / Festival du film de l&amp;rsquo;Outaouais &lt;br /&gt;Bradford International Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Taiwan London Cinefest 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Barcelona Asian Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Silk Screen Film Festival 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reviews&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;... the beauty of this well-crafted flight of dark-tinted fancy is how comfortable it makes us feel on the edge. A strange little movie with a lot of style - and a solid heart - PARKING demands some abstract manoeuvring before it lets you kiss the curb of closure. It may be tedious for some, but a great mental exercise for others.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Katherine Monk, CanWest &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Go ahead and add Chung Mong-Hong to the distinguished list of directors putting Taiwan on the cinematic map. His debut feature, Parking, might feel like Crash, Short Cuts and many other films about the coincidences that link a group of disparate people, but he has a poetic eye and confident ...&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Glenn Sumi, Now!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;PARKING is a strange and terrific Taiwanese film (...) There are very few movies reminiscent of AFTER HOURS, LOST and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; that Parking attracts such diverse comparisons is a huge compliment. This is a special movie with a strong, strange personality of its own. IT&amp;#39;S GREAT.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Slutsky, The Montreal Mirror  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Parking (Ting che) is an attractive oddity from Taiwan that mashes drama, comedy, film noir and the absurd... ...writer-director-ace cinematograher Chung Mong-Hong&amp;rsquo;s promising, visually dazzling first film.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;John Griffin, The Gazette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;A precision-crafted, AFTER HOURS-like black comedy, PARKING reps a strong feature debut...&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Derek Elley, Variety  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Black humour and smooth storytelling... a neat concept film. Chung&amp;rsquo;s assured narrative skill is evident...&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Maggie Lee, The Hollywood Reporter  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Parking is a surprisingly morose film, and though it does have moments of comedy, they&amp;rsquo;re soaking in a cold, slightly mean-spirited mood. First time director Mong-Hong Chung has crafted quite a film, one of layered atmosphere, moody flashbacks, and strange twists.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Al Kratina, The Gazette&amp;#39;s Cin&amp;eacute; File  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Chung Mong-hong has made a distinctive calling card here, smartly zipping through the different genres from tearjerker to gangster. ...strong performances from a solid ensemble cast with impeccable credentials...&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Dan Fainaru, Screen Daily  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;One of the 10 best films of 2008. This gem puts a new talent in Taiwanese cinema on the map... Chan Chen gives an outstanding performance... This choral is comparable to Robert Altman&amp;rsquo;s best work. Make sure to catch this movie. You won&amp;rsquo;t regret it.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Simon Laperri&amp;egrave;re, Twitchfilm   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Writer/director/cinematographer Chung Mong-Hong has crafted a fascinating, thought-provoking Mother&amp;rsquo;s Day tale that takes a long, detailed look at the family.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;James Wegg Review</description>
    <description-fr>Le jour de la f&amp;ecirc;te des m&amp;egrave;res &amp;agrave; Taipei, Chen-Mo pr&amp;eacute;voit souper avec sa femme, avec qui il est en froid. Alors qu&amp;rsquo;il ach&amp;egrave;te un g&amp;acirc;teau sur le chemin du retour, une voiture se gare en double &amp;agrave; c&amp;ocirc;t&amp;eacute; de la sienne, emp&amp;ecirc;chant sa sortie. Toute la nuit, Chen-Mo cherche en vain le propri&amp;eacute;taire de la voiture. Il lui arrive alors une succession d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;v&amp;egrave;nements &amp;eacute;tranges et de rencontre avec des personnages plus excentriques les uns que les autres : un vieux couple dont le fils unique, d&amp;eacute;c&amp;eacute;d&amp;eacute;, leur a laiss&amp;eacute; une fillette pr&amp;eacute;coce; un barbier amput&amp;eacute; qui cuisine une soupe de t&amp;ecirc;te de poisson; une prostitu&amp;eacute;e chinoise essayant d&amp;#39;&amp;eacute;chapper aux griffes cruelles de son prox&amp;eacute;n&amp;egrave;te; et un tailleur hongkongais cribl&amp;eacute; de dettes et menac&amp;eacute; par ses usuriers. Combinant drame, com&amp;eacute;die et film noir, PARKING tisse un film &amp;eacute;mouvant &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;humour grin&amp;ccedil;ant, appuy&amp;eacute; d&amp;rsquo;une superbe cin&amp;eacute;matographie qui vous gardera riv&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;cran.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Golden Horse Award, Meilleure direction artistique &amp;ndash; FIPRESCI Prix de la critique : Festival du film Golden Horse de Taipei 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Meilleur nouveau talent - Flm favori du public : Festival du film asiatique &amp;agrave; Hong Kong 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Meilleur r&amp;eacute;alisateur : Festival international du film ind&amp;eacute;pendant !f d&amp;#39;Istanbul 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival de Cannes 2008 &amp;ndash; Un Certain Regard &lt;br /&gt;Festival des films du monde &amp;agrave; Montr&amp;eacute;al 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Bangkok 2008&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Vancouver 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Pusan 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique &amp;agrave; Hong Kong 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival International du Film de Stockholm 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival International du Film Thessalonique 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film Golden Horse de Taipei 2008 &amp;ndash; Film d&amp;#39;ouverture &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film ind&amp;eacute;pendant !f d&amp;#39;Istanbul 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Spokane 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film Bigpond d&amp;#39;Adelaide 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique d&amp;#39;Osaka 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film de l&amp;rsquo;Outaouais &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Bradford 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film taiwanais &amp;agrave; Londres 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique de Barcelone 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival de films Silk Screen 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CRITIQUES  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Grande r&amp;eacute;ussite, c&amp;rsquo;est dans ces sayn&amp;egrave;tes tour &amp;agrave; tour romantiques, dr&amp;ocirc;les et tragiques que le spectre d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;motion du spectateur est attaqu&amp;eacute; de tous sens et - voil&amp;agrave; le plus grand brio de l&amp;rsquo;opus - est amen&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; maturit&amp;eacute;.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Mathieu Li-Goyette, Panorama Cin&amp;eacute;ma  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Magnifiquement film&amp;eacute; et empreint d&amp;rsquo;un souci de raconter une histoire sans se h&amp;acirc;ter...&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Martin Morin, Cano&amp;euml;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Film choral asiatique berc&amp;eacute; par un sensible spleen m&amp;eacute;lancolique, &amp;laquo;Parking&amp;raquo; fait d&amp;eacute;couvrir un r&amp;eacute;alisateur tr&amp;egrave;s prometteur en Chung Mong-Hong qui sait concocter une atmosph&amp;egrave;re d&amp;eacute;lectable... Ses images, d&amp;#39;une grande beaut&amp;eacute; plastique, rappellent les premiers opus de Wong Kar-wai...&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Martin Gignac, Le cinema.ca  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Croisement entre ADRIFT IN TOKYO de Satoshi Miki et AFTER HOURS de Martin Scorsese, ce premier long m&amp;eacute;trage de Chung Mong-Hong b&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;ficie d&amp;#39;une photographie soign&amp;eacute;e, laquelle donne lieu &amp;agrave; de tr&amp;egrave;s beaux ext&amp;eacute;rieurs nuit.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Manon Dumais, Voir  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**** &amp;quot; Chung Mong-Hong se nourrit autant de l&amp;#39;esth&amp;eacute;tique de Wong Kar-Wai que d&amp;#39;une atmosph&amp;egrave;ere kafka&#297;enne et d&amp;#39;un humour grin&amp;ccedil;ant &amp;agrave; la &amp;#39;Delicatessen&amp;#39;. &amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Nicolas Baisez, Evene  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot; Voil&amp;agrave; un film qui d&amp;eacute;note l&amp;#39;incontestable talent d&amp;#39;un cin&amp;eacute;aste en &amp;eacute;mergence. &amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;St&amp;eacute;phane Defoy, Cin&amp;eacute;bulles &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &amp;quot;Un premier film ta&amp;iuml;wanais &amp;eacute;tonnant qui d&amp;eacute;samorce la r&amp;eacute;alit&amp;eacute; par l&amp;#39;absurde en m&amp;eacute;langeant le tragique et le grotesque, le sordide et la douceur, l&amp;#39;humour et le path&amp;eacute;tique. S&amp;#39;il continue sur cette voie, en dosant aussi habilement les &amp;eacute;motions et en n&amp;#39;ayant pas peur de montrer qu&amp;#39;il a du style, le ta&#297;wanais Chung Mong-Hong ira loin. &amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Romain Le Vern, DVDRAMA  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot; ...un nouveau cin&amp;eacute;aste ta&#297;wanais &amp;agrave; suivre. &amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Vincent Ostria, Les Inrockuptibles  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Un film choral virtuose aux allures d&amp;rsquo;un After Hours asiatique sans temps mort. (...) Sa r&amp;eacute;ussite r&amp;eacute;side dans la pr&amp;eacute;cision de sa mise en sc&amp;egrave;ne et la fluidit&amp;eacute; de son r&amp;eacute;cit prenant... Ce premier film ma&amp;icirc;tris&amp;eacute; symbolise le parcours de son r&amp;eacute;alisateur, venu &amp;agrave; la fois de la pub et du documentaire. Un &amp;eacute;quilibre parfait.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Thierry Ch&amp;egrave;ze, Studio Cin&amp;eacute; Live</description-fr>
    <director>Chung Mong-Hong</director>
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    <name>Parking</name>
    <name-fr>Parking</name-fr>
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    <slug>parking</slug>
    <tags>mother's day, old couple, barbershop, hong-kong, debt, loan sharks, family, sex, money</tags>
    <tags-fr></tags-fr>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2009-11-26T07:46:59-08:00</updated-at>
    <writer>Chung Mong-Hong</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-08-12T15:26:59-07:00</created-at>
    <description>On a drunken night out with his friends, a broken-hearted young man gets swayed into going to the countryside with them for a getaway. But when he gets there, he finds that not only have none of them have showed up, but the tiny seaside town is shuttered - no shops are open, no tourists are around, the beach is freezing, and there&amp;rsquo;s no cell phone signal. Unable (and reluctant) to return to Seoul, he finds himself in the company of some very unusual locals and, subject to the rigid rules of Korean drinking culture, on an increasingly strange odyssey nursing a never-ending hangover. Ushering a new era of independent filmmaking in South Korea, DAYTIME DRINKING is a comedy in the spirit of STRANGER THAN PARADISE and SIDEWAYS - but with a distinctly Korean twist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Awards&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JJ-Star Award / Audience Critics&amp;#39; Award - Jeonju International Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;Special Mention of the Jury / NETPAC Award - Locarno International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;INALCO Jury Award - Vessoul Asian Film Festival 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeonju International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Locarno International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Toronto International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Thessaloniki International Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Stockholm International Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Vessoul Asian Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Asian Hot Shots Berlin 2009 &lt;br /&gt;International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009 &lt;br /&gt;SXSW Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Hong Kong International Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Wisconsin Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Singapore International Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;FilmFest DC 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Maryland Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Little Rock Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Seattle International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;FilmFest DC 2009 &lt;br /&gt;CineSol Film Festival 2009 (Texas, USA) &lt;br /&gt;Indianapolis International Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasia Festival 2009   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**** Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;A wonderfully bizarre comedy of error&amp;hellip; It is a consistently rewarding balancing act between humour and hopelessness, absurdity and reality. (&amp;hellip;) Anchored by a brilliantly deadpan lead performance&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;J.M. McNab, Exclaim! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Noh&amp;#39;s film scores high due to his extraordinary insight into the human condition - especially as it relates to relationship rejection and how to move on. There are many amusing moments and an engaging tone of fun and frivolity...&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;JWR  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Though shot on HD for a risible $10,000, DAYTIME DRINKING is proof that a good script and simpatico direction and performances can overcome budgetary restrictions. &amp;hellip; a mildly black comedy of escalating misadventures that should speak to fest auds worldwide, as well as to specialist cable viewers.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Derrek Elley, Variety &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;hellip; a spirited concoction full of surprises and dry rewards. &amp;hellip; both observant and laugh-out-loud funny. (NOH&amp;rsquo;s) debut film demonstrates a sure touch that will no doubt be seen again.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;The music, written by the director, consists of a jazzy guitar riff that is used very sparingly throughout the film.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Jon Pais, Twitchfilm. </description>
    <description-fr>Au cours d&amp;rsquo;une soir&amp;eacute;e bien arros&amp;eacute;e entre amis, un jeune homme au c&amp;oelig;ur bris&amp;eacute; se fait imposer une escapade &amp;agrave; la campagne. Mais lorsqu&amp;rsquo;il y arrive, il s&amp;rsquo;av&amp;egrave;re non seulement qu&amp;rsquo;aucun de ses amis n&amp;rsquo;est venu au rendez-vous, mais aussi que la minuscule ville baln&amp;eacute;aire est d&amp;eacute;serte : aucun magasin n&amp;#39;est ouvert, aucun touriste aux alentours, la plage est frigorifiante et aucun signal de cellulaire n&amp;rsquo;est disponible. Incapable (et r&amp;eacute;ticent) de retourner &amp;agrave; S&amp;eacute;oul, il se retrouve en compagnie de quelques gens du pays peu communs et, sujet aux r&amp;egrave;gles rigides de la culture cor&amp;eacute;enne concernant la boisson, sur une odyss&amp;eacute;e de plus en plus &amp;eacute;trange provoquant une gueule de bois interminable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JJ-Star Award / Audience Critics&amp;#39; Award - Festival international du film de Jeonju &lt;br /&gt;Mention Sp&amp;eacute;ciale du Jury / Prix NETPAC - Festival international du film de Locarno &lt;br /&gt;2008 INALCO Prix du Jury - Festival du film asiatique de Vessoul 2009 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Jeonju 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Locarno  2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Toronto 2008&lt;br /&gt;Festival international de Thessaloniki 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Stockholm 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique de Vessoul 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Asian Hot Shots de Berlin 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Rotterdam 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival de films SXSW 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Hong Kong 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film du Wisconsin 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Singapour 2009 &lt;br /&gt;FilmFest DC 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film de L&amp;#39;asie-Pacifique de Los Angeles 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film du Maryland 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film de Little Rock 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Seattle 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival de films CineSol 2009 (Texas, USA) &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film d&amp;#39;Indianapolis 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international e films Fantasia 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lsquo;&amp;lsquo; R&amp;eacute;aliser un premier film de la trempe de Daytime Drinking, avec aussi peu de moyens, rel&amp;egrave;ve quant &amp;agrave; lui du prodige.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Mathieu Li-Goyette, Panorama Cinema  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Un film qui va droit au c&amp;oelig;ur et au sein duquel, comme son titre l&amp;#39;indique, on boit &amp;agrave; toute heure du jour. (...) &amp;Agrave; voir absolument&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Natalia Wysocka, Ici.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lsquo;&amp;lsquo;[&amp;hellip;] le formidable Daytime Drinking, du Cor&amp;eacute;en Noh Young-seok, un premier long m&amp;eacute;trage r&amp;eacute;alis&amp;eacute; avec 10 000 dollars qui pr&amp;eacute;sente de grandes qualit&amp;eacute;s d&amp;#39;&amp;eacute;criture et de mise en sc&amp;egrave;ne au service d&amp;#39;un humour d&amp;eacute;lectable. [&amp;hellip;] Daytime Drinking, pied de nez cor&amp;eacute;en &amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;utilitarisme mondialis&amp;eacute;, est d&amp;#39;ores et d&amp;eacute;j&amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;une des plus joyeuses gueules de bois de l&amp;#39;histoire du cin&amp;eacute;ma.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Mandelbaum, Le Monde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lsquo;&amp;lsquo;Ce premier long m&amp;eacute;trage (de) Noh Young-seok constitue la preuve par mille qu&amp;#39;il est possible de r&amp;eacute;aliser un tr&amp;egrave;s bon film en d&amp;eacute;pit de contraintes financi&amp;egrave;res et techniques&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Blogue Travelling avant &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lsquo;&amp;lsquo;[&amp;hellip;]le traitement des cadres et de la dur&amp;eacute;e ainsi que la direction d&amp;#39;acteurs (qui) m&amp;eacute;ritent qu&amp;#39;on garde un &amp;oelig;il curieux et bienveillant sur l&amp;#39;imp&amp;eacute;trant Noh, et que l&amp;#39;on surveille &amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;avenir son originalit&amp;eacute; certaine parmi la g&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;ration d&amp;eacute;cid&amp;eacute;ment foisonnante du cin&amp;eacute;ma sud-cor&amp;eacute;en contemporain.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Olivier SEGURET, Lib&amp;eacute;ration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lsquo;&amp;lsquo;Road-Movie comique et l&amp;eacute;ger, Daytime Drinking s&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;loigne tr&amp;egrave;s rapidement des clich&amp;eacute;s rattach&amp;eacute;s au cin&amp;eacute;ma Cor&amp;eacute;en. Les sujets s&amp;eacute;rieux et pesant sont d&amp;eacute;lib&amp;eacute;r&amp;eacute;ment laiss&amp;eacute;s de c&amp;ocirc;t&amp;eacute; au profit d&amp;rsquo;un humour quasi moqueur sur la jeunesse Cor&amp;eacute;enne.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Blog Cinema.ch </description-fr>
    <director>NOH Young-seok</director>
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    <name>Daytime Drinking</name>
    <name-fr>Daytime Drinking</name-fr>
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    <slug>daytime-drinking</slug>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-02-02T20:23:30-08:00</updated-at>
    <writer>NOH Young-seok</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-08-12T15:28:05-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Young-goon is a girl who&#8217;s a bit mentally deranged: she firmly believes she&#8217;s a cyborg, see. Refusing to eat &#8220;human food&#8221; that would bog down her system, she frequently electro-charges herself with a transistor radio thinking that&#8217;s the only way to keep her going. That lands her in a mental institution, where she catches the eye of Il-soon, another in-patient who thinks he can steal other people&#8217;s soul. But Young-goon&#8217;s health is rapidly deteriorating, so Il-soon will have to make her accept her humanity and convince her to eat before she gets a system breakdown. An absolutely original romantic comedy, I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK marked a departure from the style of PARK Chan-wook's Vengeance trilogy.</description>
    <description-fr>Young-goon is a girl who&amp;rsquo;s a bit mentally deranged: she firmly believes she&amp;rsquo;s a cyborg, see. Refusing to eat &amp;ldquo;human food&amp;rdquo; that would bog down her system, she frequently electro-charges herself with a transistor radio thinking that&amp;rsquo;s the only way to keep her going. That lands her in a mental institution, where she catches the eye of Il-soon, another in-patient who thinks he can steal other people&amp;rsquo;s soul. But Young-goon&amp;rsquo;s health is rapidly deteriorating, so Il-soon will have to make her accept her humanity and convince her to eat before she gets a system breakdown. An absolutely original romantic comedy, I&amp;#39;M A CYBORG, BUT THAT&amp;#39;S OK marked a departure from the style of PARK Chan-wook&amp;#39;s Vengeance trilogy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prix Alfred Bauer &amp;ndash; Festival international du film de Berlin 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Prix du public Z T&amp;eacute;l&amp;eacute; - Festival du Nouveau Cin&amp;eacute;ma &amp;agrave; Montr&amp;eacute;al 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Meilleur sc&amp;eacute;nario &amp;ndash; Sitges 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Mention sp&amp;eacute;ciale du jury, International Fantasy Film Award &amp;ndash; Festival International Fantasporto 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Prix du Public, Festival du film de Belfast 2008  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Berlin 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Festival de films SXSW 2007 &amp;ndash; Film de cl&amp;ocirc;ture&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Hong Kong 2007 &amp;ndash; Film d&amp;#39;ouverture&lt;br /&gt;Festival du film asiatique de New York 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du Nouveau Cin&amp;eacute;ma de Montr&amp;eacute;al 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Sitges 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasy Filmfest 2007 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film d&amp;#39;&amp;Eacute;dimbourg&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Stockholm 2007&lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film d&amp;#39;Oslo 2007&lt;br /&gt;Festival international&amp;nbsp; de films Fantasporto, Official Fantasy Section 2008&lt;br /&gt;San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film de Belfast 2008 &lt;br /&gt;Vilnius Film Festival 2008  &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films Jameson de Dublin 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Apr&amp;egrave;s sa remarquable trilogie sur la vengeance, Park Chan-wook renouvelle sa grammaire cin&amp;eacute;matographique avec une histoire de fou romantique et originale.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Romain Le Vern, avoir-alire.com  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Entre douce folie et folie furieuse, ce film, &amp;agrave; la fois violent dans ses propos et dr&amp;ocirc;le dans ses situations, aborde les th&amp;egrave;mes de la famille, de l&amp;#39;amour et de l&amp;#39;amiti&amp;eacute;, le tout noy&amp;eacute; par une musique guillerette et des couleurs &amp;eacute;clatantes.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Benzedrine, Brazil.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Le Sud-Cor&amp;eacute;em Park Chan-wook se frotte &amp;agrave; la com&amp;eacute;die romantique avec brio.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;J&amp;eacute;r&amp;ocirc;me Vermelin, M&amp;eacute;tro.</description-fr>
    <director>PARK Chan-wook</director>
    <id type="integer">11</id>
    <name>I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK</name>
    <name-fr>Je suis un cyborg</name-fr>
    <position type="integer">9</position>
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    <runtime type="integer" nil="true"></runtime>
    <slug>je-suis-un-cyborg</slug>
    <tags></tags>
    <tags-fr></tags-fr>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-01-12T06:39:16-08:00</updated-at>
    <writer>PARK Chan-wook</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-08-12T15:28:39-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Gang-pae is a mobster who dreams of becoming an actor. Soo-ta is a star actor who tends to have a bit of a bad attitude, especially with his co-stars, who keep getting beaten up on the set. Now nobody wants to work with him and it&amp;#39;s threatening his current film&amp;#39;s production. A chance encounter brings the two together and Soo-ta convinces Gang-pae to come and play the role of, well, a mobster. Gang-pae agrees with the condition that the film&amp;#39;s fight scenes have to be real, no pretend bullshit. The table is set for a movie-within-a-movie that gets reality and fiction muddled-up, delivers great characters and packs the punches.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NYAFF 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasia Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009 </description>
    <description-fr>Gang-pae est un gangster qui r&amp;ecirc;ve de devenir acteur. Soo-ta est une star avec un mauvais caract&amp;egrave;re et une tendance &amp;agrave; envoyer ses coll&amp;egrave;gues &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;h&amp;ocirc;pital. En r&amp;eacute;sulte que plus personne ne veut travailler avec lui et la production du film en cours est menac&amp;eacute;e. Une rencontre fortuite entre les deux hommes m&amp;egrave;ne Soo-ta &amp;agrave; proposer &amp;agrave; Gang-pae de prendre le r&amp;ocirc;le d&amp;rsquo;un&amp;hellip; gangster. Il accepte avec la condition que les sc&amp;egrave;nes de combat soient jou&amp;eacute;es pour vrai, pas de faire-semblant.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prix S&amp;eacute;quences - Fantasia 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival du film Asiatique &amp;agrave; New-York 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Fantasia Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Plus &amp;agrave; venir...  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Les cin&amp;eacute;philes amateurs de mises en abyme cin&amp;eacute;matographiques voudront voir Rough Cut, premier long m&amp;eacute;trage de Jang Hun. Satire grin&amp;ccedil;ante du merveilleux monde du cin&amp;eacute;ma, ce film aux accents parfois tragiques vilipende le culte de la star made in Cor&amp;eacute;e.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Fran&amp;ccedil;ois L&amp;eacute;vesque, Le Devoir &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Un film punch&amp;eacute; se promenant all&amp;egrave;grement entre fiction et r&amp;eacute;alit&amp;eacute;.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Manon Dumais, Voir &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Rough Cut se d&amp;eacute;guste, au premier degr&amp;eacute;, comme une excellente combinaison de com&amp;eacute;die, de film de bastonnades (une sp&amp;eacute;cialit&amp;eacute; sud-cor&amp;eacute;enne notoire) et d&amp;rsquo;intrigues li&amp;eacute;es au monde des jo-pok, l&amp;rsquo;univers tr&amp;egrave;s typ&amp;eacute; des gangsters du pays.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Travelling avant  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Rough Cut est un bon m&amp;eacute;lange d&amp;#39;action-drame-com&amp;eacute;die qui raconte &amp;agrave; la fois le cin&amp;eacute;ma qui ressemble &amp;agrave; la vie et la vie qui ressemble au cin&amp;eacute;ma.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Le Lien Multim&amp;eacute;dia</description-fr>
    <director>JANG Hoon</director>
    <id type="integer">10</id>
    <name>Rough Cut</name>
    <name-fr>Rough Cut</name-fr>
    <position type="integer">10</position>
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    <slug>rough-cut</slug>
    <tags></tags>
    <tags-fr></tags-fr>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2009-08-31T13:26:32-07:00</updated-at>
    <writer>KIM Ki-duk</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-09-15T09:29:54-07:00</created-at>
    <description>Lars and Johannes are brothers with very little in common. Johannes is a high-powered lawyer with a beautiful wife and two children; Lars is a truck driver and a drunken brute who beats his girlfriend. Having returned to his hometown in the country, Johannes hopes for a less hectic, more genuine lifestyle. But trouble is underfoot when Lars runs over a woman with his truck. He sees only one way out: put the blame on Alain, a Bosnian refugee with impaired mental functions. But when Lars, the God-fearing husband of the victim, and his friends close in on the Bosnian, Johannes stands up for the man and shelters him. Undeterred, the violent, drunken horde makes their way to Johannes&amp;acute; secluded house, where the family and Alain fear for their lives. When words no longer suffice to contain the madness, a siege begins, in which unchained anarchy dictates a scenario of terror&amp;hellip; &lt;br /&gt;DELIVER US FROM EVIL (FRI OS FRA DET ONDE) is a piercing insight into human nature driven berserk. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awards &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Film Award in the Noves Vision section of the Sitges Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Germany Fantasy Filmfest &lt;br /&gt;Toronto International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Halifax Atlantic Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Lund International Fantastic Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalunya &lt;br /&gt;Hamptons International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Pusan International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Ravenna Nightmare&amp;nbsp;Film Festival&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;AFI Washington&amp;nbsp;European Union Film Showcase&lt;br /&gt;Gdansk All About Freedom Festival&lt;br /&gt;Tallin Black Nights Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;Cin&amp;eacute; Nordica Paris&lt;br /&gt;Istanbul International Film Festival &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Do I think Canada&amp;#39;s Evokative Films made a wise choice yesterday by picking up rights to Ole Bornedal&amp;#39;s DELIVER US FROM EVIL? Oh, yes indeed ... this isn&amp;#39;t just a good film, it&amp;#39;s a bloody well great one and one that is quite comfortably my favorite picture of the year so far.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Todd Brown, Twitch Film / Showcase.ca &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;DELIVER US FROM EVIL is one of the best films I&amp;#39;ve seen at TIFF this year.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;Brian McKechnie and Suzanne Ellis, CityNews.ca &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Awesome, with a sneaky left hook. A confident film of escalating tension. I&amp;rsquo;d highly recommend it.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Ain&amp;#39;t it cool news &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;The situation is entirely believable, the characters sharply drawn and allowed some level of complexity, and (...) the violence is served up with equal measures of brutality and wit. (...) you&amp;#39;ll be on the edge of your seat.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;Norman Wilner, Now &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39; This film is quite simply exciting, as well as challenging and explosive. ... Ole Bornedal was the perfect choice for director this film. ... Do you like thrillers? If you do, you can look forward to 100 minutes of entertainment.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;berlinien.de&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;With DELIVER US FROM EVIL, the Danish director hasn&amp;#39;t just made a film about violence, which we all are capable of, but has also looked into the deepest and darkest places of human nature.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;kino-tv-und-co.blogspot.com &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;DELIVER US FROM EVIL is simply terrifying as it builds towards its violent climax. (...) It&amp;rsquo;s a theme that has been tackled before but rarely so masterfully... without doubt one of the very best European thrillers in recent years and shows a filmmaker working at the top of his craft.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;EatMyBrains </description>
    <description-fr>Lars et Johannes sont deux fr&amp;egrave;res avec peu de choses en commun. Johannes est un avocat, mari&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; une belle femme avec qui il a deux enfants; Lars est un chauffeur de camion, une brute alcoolique qui bat sa copine. Johannes a quitt&amp;eacute; la ville pour retourner dans son village natal, esp&amp;eacute;rant une vie plus calme et plus authentique. Mais les probl&amp;egrave;mes font vite surface lorsque son fr&amp;egrave;re renverse une vieille dame avec son camion sur la route. Il ne voit qu&amp;#39;une solution: placer le bl&amp;acirc;me sur Alain, un r&amp;eacute;fugi&amp;eacute; bosniaque avec un l&amp;eacute;ger d&amp;eacute;ficit mental. Lorsque Lars, le mari tr&amp;egrave;s religieux de la victime, et ses amis se rassemblent contre le bosniaque, Johannes le prot&amp;egrave;ge et l&amp;#39;abrite sous son toit. La horde de villageois ivres et violents prend alors la maison isol&amp;eacute;e de Johannes en otage, menant la famille et Alain &amp;agrave; craindre pour leur vie. Quand les mots ne suffisent plus pour contenir la folie, une anarchie d&amp;eacute;cha&amp;icirc;n&amp;eacute;e prends place et dicte un sc&amp;eacute;nario terrifiant... &lt;br /&gt;D&amp;Eacute;LIVREZ-NOUS DU MAL (DELIVER US FROM EVIL / FRI OS FRA DET ONDE) est un aper&amp;ccedil;u saisissant du potentiel d&amp;eacute;mentiel de la nature humaine.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meilleur Film dans la section the Noves Vision du Festival de Film Fantastique de Sitges   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Germany Fantasy Filmfest 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Toronto 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film atlantique d'Halifax 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film fantastique de Lund 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film fantastique de Sitges 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film d'Hamptons 2009  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reviews  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Do I think Canada&amp;#39;s Evokative Films made a wise choice yesterday by picking up rights to Ole Bornedal&amp;#39;s Deliver Us From Evil? Oh, yes indeed ... this isn&amp;#39;t just a good film, it&amp;#39;s a bloody well great one and one that is quite comfortably my favorite picture of the year so far.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Todd Brown, Twitch Film / Showcase.ca  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Deliver Us From Evil is one of the best films I&amp;#39;ve seen at TIFF this year.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;Brian McKechnie and Suzanne Ellis, CityNews.ca &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Awesome, with a sneaky left hook. A confident film of escalating tension. I&amp;rsquo;d highly recommend it.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Ain&amp;#39;t it cool news  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;The situation is entirely believable, the characters sharply drawn and allowed some level of complexity, and (...) the violence is served up with equal measures of brutality and wit. (...) you&amp;#39;ll be on the edge of your seat.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Norman Wilner, Now  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;This film is quite simply exciting, as well as challenging and explosive. ... Ole Bornedal was the perfect choice for director this film. ... Do you like thrillers? If you do, you can look forward to 100 minutes of entertainment.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;berlinien.de  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;With &amp;#39;&amp;#39;Deliver us from evil&amp;#39;&amp;#39;, the Danish director hasn&amp;#39;t just made a film about violence, which we all are capable of, but has also looked into the deepest and darkest places of human nature.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;kino-tv-und-co.blogspot.com</description-fr>
    <director>Ole Bornedal</director>
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    <name>Deliver Us From Evil</name>
    <name-fr>D&#233;livrez-nous du mal</name-fr>
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    <slug>dlivrez-nous-du-mal</slug>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-01-12T06:38:54-08:00</updated-at>
    <writer>Ole Bornedal</writer>
  </film>
  <film>
    <created-at type="datetime">2010-01-18T11:54:33-08:00</created-at>
    <description>Gunther Strobbe is a 13 years old boy who lives in his grandmother&amp;#39;s house in a small Belgian town with his alcoholic father and three uncles. Life in the household is clearly dysfunctional, yet it&amp;#39;s hard to condemn the Strobbes. Their hearts are in the right place &amp;ndash; it&amp;#39;s just that they can&amp;#39;t seem to help turning everything around them into an unmitigated disaster. The Strobbes enter drinking contests, ride bicycles naked, teach vulgar songs to little girls and end up in hospital, then head right back to the bar the next day. Gunther is an observer in this broken home that reeks of cigarette smoke, spilled beer and sweat-stained clothes. He participates in his drunken uncles&amp;#39; shenanigans only to fit in, hiding his true passion for writing. The Strobbes will make you laugh your eyes out and cry out loud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Awards &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special Mention from the Art Cinema Award Jury - Cannes Director&amp;rsquo;s Fortnight&lt;br /&gt;Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography - 2009 Hamptons Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Audience Award in the Bratislava International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Selected to represent Belgium in the race for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the Oscars 2010 &lt;br /&gt;#1 box-office success of Belgium for 2009, with 426 000 tickets sold &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Director&amp;rsquo;s Fortnight - Cannes Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;Munchen Fim Festival&lt;br /&gt;Melbourne International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Toronto International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Bangkok International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Hamptons Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Ghent International Film Festival - Opening Film &lt;br /&gt;Warsaw International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Pusan International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montr&amp;eacute;al &lt;br /&gt;Warsaw International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Mar Del Plata Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Bergen International Film Festival &lt;br /&gt;Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Sao Paulo &lt;br /&gt;Bratislava International Film Festival   &lt;br /&gt;Portland International Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;Hong Kong International Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Van Groeningen has here created a story about family, about fatherhood and masculinity that is deeply troubling but alsovery honest and entertaining. (...) A very strong piece of work.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Todd Brown, Twitchfilm  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;...visually robust and often hilarious... ...another ravishing-looking tale of the ordinary lives of extraordinary Belgians.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Boyd Van Hoei, Variety  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Under filmmaker Van Groeningen&amp;#39;s adroit hand, the technical contributions are a riotous triumph.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The casting, mostly of unknowns outside Belgium, works perfectly.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Dan Fainaru, Screen Daily  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Deftly mixing the visual exuberance of Trainspotting with the familial pathos of Angela&amp;rsquo;s Ashes...&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Chuck Wilson, LA Weekly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;#39;s not often a movie can take you from sweet and charming to sad and depressing then to laugh out loud hilarious and then shift to something quite disturbing. It&amp;#39;s even rarer when the movie can do that all that within the span of 3-4 minutes...Repeatedly.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Bob Turnbull, Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind </description>
    <description-fr>Gunther Strobbe est un gar&amp;ccedil;on de 13 ans qui vit dans la maison de sa grand-m&amp;egrave;re, situ&amp;eacute;e dans une petite ville de Belgique, avec son p&amp;egrave;re et ses trois oncles, tous alcooliques. Cette famille est clairement dysfonctionnelle, mais on peut difficilement condamner les hommes du clan Strobbe. Ils ont le c&amp;oelig;ur &amp;agrave; la bonne place, mais ont une propension irr&amp;eacute;m&amp;eacute;diable au d&amp;eacute;sastre. Les Strobbe participent &amp;agrave; des concours de beuverie, font du v&amp;eacute;lo &amp;agrave; poil, enseignent des chansons grivoises aux fillettes et retourneront au bar le lendemain, m&amp;ecirc;me si la soir&amp;eacute;e se termine &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;h&amp;ocirc;pital. Gunther observe ce qui se passe dans ce m&amp;eacute;nage pourri aux odeurs de tabac froid, de bi&amp;egrave;re renvers&amp;eacute;e et de v&amp;ecirc;tements impr&amp;eacute;gn&amp;eacute;s de sueur. Il ne participe aux combines familiales que pour s&amp;rsquo;int&amp;eacute;grer au groupe, cachant sa passion profonde pour l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;criture. Les Strobbe sauront vous faire rire &amp;agrave; chaudes larmes et pleurer aux &amp;eacute;clats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mention sp&amp;eacute;ciale du Jury du prix Art Cinema - Quinzaine des R&amp;eacute;alisateurs du Festival de Cannes &lt;br /&gt;Meilleur film, Meilleur sc&amp;eacute;nario, Meilleure photo - Festival du film des Hamptons &lt;br /&gt;S&amp;eacute;lectionn&amp;eacute; pour repr&amp;eacute;senter la Belgique dans la course &amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;Oscar 2010 du Meilleur film en langue &amp;eacute;trang&amp;egrave;re. &lt;br /&gt;Succ&amp;egrave;s #1 du box-office belge de 2009, avec 426 000 entr&amp;eacute;es  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quinzaine des R&amp;eacute;alisateurs au Festival de Cannes 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Munich &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Melbourne &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Toronto &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Bangkok  &lt;br /&gt;Festival du film des Hamptons &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Ghent - Film d&amp;#39;Ouverture &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Varsovie &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Pusan &lt;br /&gt;Festival du Nouveau Cinema &amp;agrave; Montr&amp;eacute;al &lt;br /&gt;Festival de Mar Del Plata &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Bergen  &lt;br /&gt;Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Sao Paulo &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Bratislava   &lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films de Portland&lt;br /&gt;Festival International de films de Hong Kong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Critiques &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;...le film est l&amp;#39;une des belles d&amp;eacute;couvertes du Festival du nouveau cin&amp;eacute;ma de 2009. Les personnages de Verhulst, vulgaires, color&amp;eacute;s, ces perdants de premi&amp;egrave;re classe rappellent un peu ceux d&amp;eacute;jant&amp;eacute;s de Wes Anderson, l&amp;#39;alcool en plus. Un film &amp;agrave; voir, absolument!&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Martin Morin, Cano&amp;euml;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Ce film tr&amp;egrave;s fort est une v&amp;eacute;ritable plong&amp;eacute;e dans une famille vulgaire de Flandre &amp;agrave; la fin des ann&amp;eacute;es 80. Un film &amp;agrave; la fois trash, cynique, grotesque et humain qui est tout aussi hilarant qu&amp;#39;&amp;eacute;mouvant.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Pascal Grenier, M&amp;eacute;tro  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Felix van Groeningen a trouv&amp;eacute; exactement le ton juste. La pr&amp;eacute;cision de la mise en sc&amp;egrave;ne, le beau travail de photographie, l&amp;rsquo;impulsion de la bande-son et le talent des acteurs font que La Merditude des choses ne d&amp;eacute;g&amp;eacute;n&amp;egrave;re jamais (&amp;hellip;) La Merditude des choses, adaptation exemplaire, est un film hilarant et d&amp;eacute;sesp&amp;eacute;rant, cynique et po&amp;eacute;tique, impitoyable et &amp;eacute;mouvant.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Jan Pieter Ekker, Courrier International  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;La Merditude des choses pourrait bien &amp;ecirc;tre le film d&amp;#39;&amp;eacute;ducation vibrant et id&amp;eacute;al qui, dans le sillage du Moscow, Belgium de Christophe Van Rompaey, sonnerait l&amp;#39;&amp;eacute;veil international du cin&amp;eacute;ma flamand.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Thierry M&amp;eacute;ranger, Les Cahiers du Cin&amp;eacute;ma &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;La Merditude des choses est le souvenir d&amp;rsquo;un jeune gar&amp;ccedil;on &amp;eacute;lev&amp;eacute; dans un village belge des ann&amp;eacute;es 80 par une famille dysfonctionnelle, oui. Mais c&amp;rsquo;est un souvenir imbib&amp;eacute; d&amp;rsquo;une profonde nostalgie, d&amp;rsquo;une affection douloureuse et pas tuable d&amp;rsquo;un adulte incapable de r&amp;eacute;concilier sa famille&amp;hellip;et de la perp&amp;eacute;tuer. Parce qu&amp;rsquo;on ne choisit pas sa famille.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; &lt;br /&gt;Val&amp;eacute;rie, &amp;Eacute;cran Total &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Bien loin des canons cin&amp;eacute;matographiques actuels, cet objet filmique non identifi&amp;eacute; fait du pied aux plus grands artistes &amp;quot; d&amp;eacute;viants &amp;quot; de notre d&amp;eacute;cennie tout en s&amp;#39;offrant une dimension populaire inimaginable. Exigeant mais accessible, terrifiant et po&amp;eacute;tique, violent et attachant, ce merdier fleure bon le tr&amp;egrave;s grand cin&amp;eacute;ma.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Excessif&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;L&amp;#39;humour ravageur, le r&amp;eacute;alisme saisissant des situations mais aussi l&amp;#39;interpr&amp;eacute;tation d&amp;eacute;complex&amp;eacute;e des com&amp;eacute;diens font de cette com&amp;eacute;die dramatique belge une exp&amp;eacute;rience surr&amp;eacute;aliste et attachante.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Elodie Leroy, Filmsactu &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Felix Van Groeningen n&amp;#39;est pas b&amp;eacute;gueule et sait bien que les gens bourr&amp;eacute;s peuvent faire de dr&amp;ocirc;les de choses, voire des choses tr&amp;egrave;s dr&amp;ocirc;les. Il les met en sc&amp;egrave;ne avec g&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;rosit&amp;eacute;, laissant les situations aller jusqu&amp;#39;&amp;agrave; leur paroxysme.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Sotinel, Le Monde&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Interpr&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute;s par des com&amp;eacute;diens &amp;eacute;poustouflants, ces &amp;quot; gens-l&amp;agrave; &amp;quot; (...) ont la tronche de l&amp;#39;emploi mais le r&amp;eacute;alisateur leur conf&amp;egrave;re aussi de la beaut&amp;eacute;, et m&amp;ecirc;me une ind&amp;eacute;niable grandeur.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Marie Sauvion, Le Parisien  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Avec ses personnages terriblement vrais, impardonnables et attachants, insupportables et hilarants, ce film &amp;quot;h&amp;eacute;naurme&amp;quot; vous serre soudain la gorge pour une &amp;eacute;treinte chaleureuse, un coup d&amp;#39;oeil complice ou l&amp;#39;incroyable force d&amp;#39;une grand-m&amp;egrave;re, fr&amp;ecirc;le brindille qui affronte des g&amp;eacute;ants par amour. On pense aux chansons de Jacques Brel ou aux films des fr&amp;egrave;res Dardenne, mais on est ailleurs, dans un univers poisseux, d&amp;eacute;rangeant, dr&amp;ocirc;le.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Isabelle Danel, Premi&amp;egrave;re</description-fr>
    <director>Felix Van Groeningen</director>
    <id type="integer">14</id>
    <name>The Misfortunates</name>
    <name-fr>La Merditude des choses</name-fr>
    <position type="integer">12</position>
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    <slug>la-merditude-des-choses</slug>
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    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-03-03T13:04:11-08:00</updated-at>
    <writer>Felix Van Groeningen &amp; Christophe Dirickx</writer>
  </film>
</films>
