Mongol (2007)

In Theatres: June 6th, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Drama, History
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast:
Tadanobu Asano
Khulan Chuluun
Honglei Sun


Plot:
Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, MONGOL. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, MONGOL delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162.

I Served the King of England (2008)

In Theatres: August 22nd, 2008
Genre: Comedy, Romance, War, Foreign
Director: Jirí Menzel
Cast:
Ivan Barnev
Oldrich Kaiser
Julia Jentsch
Martin Huba
Marián Labuda

Plot:
Jan Dítì (Ivan Barnev) is short in height, but high in ambition. To put it bluntly, the young provincial waiter wants to become a millionaire. And he knows just how to do it: by hearing everything, seeing everything, and creating opportunities at every turn. Armed with this knowledge and an irrepressible wish to please, he soon leaves his first place of employment, a pub, for a luxury brothel and, finally moving onto an elegant Art Nouveau Prague restaurant. But by the late 1930s, things are changing: Hitler has taken the Sudetenland region and is breaking apart Czechoslovakia. Jan falls in love with Líza (Julia Jentsch), a Sudeten German proud of her Aryan blood. They marry, and soon after Líza is sent to serve on the Polish front, while Jan remains behind to serve as a nurse in a Nazi SS Research Hospital, but when she returns, she has a fortune in rare stamps that Jews had ‘left behind’ … After Líza’s less than heroic death, Jan sells the stamps and becomes … a millionaire. But he only has three years to enjoy his fortune: the new Communist regime puts him behind bars for 15 years, one for each of his millions… Upon his release from jail, Jan is sent to live in a decrepit border town. Here Jan reflects on the events that have shaped his life – and to reflect on what might have happened if he had played a different role in these events.

The Last Mistress (2007)

In Theatres: June 27th, 2008
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast:
Asia Argento
Fu'ad Ait Aattou
Roxane Mesquida
Claude Sarraute
Yolande Moreau

Plot:
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.

The Edge of Heaven (2008)

In Theatres: May 21st, 2008
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Director: Fatih Akin
Cast:
Hanna Schygulla
Patrycia Ziolkowska
Baki Davrak
Nurgul Yesilçay

Plot:
In a Turkish enclave in Bremen, patriarchal widower Ali brings home Yeter, a local prostitute, to tend to his domestic needs. Yeter is saving money to finance her daughter Ayten’s college education in Turkey. When Yeter is accidentally killed, Ali’s son Nejat heads to Turkey to find Ayten, who unbeknownst to him, has embarked on her own rebellious journey to Germany. Multi-layered and poignant, THE EDGE OF HEAVEN delves into German-Turkish relations and age-old generational divide. Winner of the Best Screenplay in the Cannes Film Festival 2007. Directed by Fatih Akin (Head-On, Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul).

Romulus, My Father (2007)

In Theatres: February 29th, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Drama
Director: Richard Roxburgh
Cast:
Eric Bana
Franka Potente
Marton Csokas
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Jacek Koman

Plot:
Based on Raimond Gaita’s critically acclaimed memoir. It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is the tale of a boy trying to balance a universe described by his deeply moral father, against the experience of heartbreaking absence and neglect from a depressive mother. It is, ultimately, a story of impossible love that celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

City of Men (2007)

In Theatres: February 29th, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Crime, Drama
Director: Paulo Morelli
Cast:
Douglas Silva
Darlan Cunha
Jonathan Haagensen
Rodrigo dos Santos
Camila Monteiro

Plot:
With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past.

Roman De Gare (2007)

In Theatres: April 25th, 2008
Genre: Foreign
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast:
Fanny Ardant
Dominique Pinon
Audrey Dana

Plot:
In the still of the night, three lives are about to cross…a woman abandoned, a stranger awaiting his chance and, a best-selling author who imagines the thriller of the year. Deceptively layered and intriguingly misleading, this highly anticipated new film from Oscar-winning director Claude Lelouch (A MAN AND A WOMAN) stars Dominique Pinon and Fanny Ardant as an unlikely pair caught up in a game with high stakes - and deadly consequences.

Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

In Theatres: April 4th, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Drama
Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien
Cast:
uliette Binoche
Simon Iteanu
Fang Song
Hippolyte Girardot
Louise Margolin

Plot:
A precious young boy, Simon (Simon Iteanu) must deal with the increasing fragility of his mother, the loving yet preoccupied Suzanne (Academy Award Winner Juliette Binoche of THE ENGLISH PATIENT, CACHÉ). Completely immersed in her own tribulations, Suzanne hires Song (Song Fan), a Taiwanese film student, to help care for Simon. Together with Song, a unique extended family is formed, utterly interdependent yet lost in separate thoughts and dreams mirrored by a delicate, shiny red balloon.

The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (2006)

In Theatres: February 15th, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Drama
Director: Cao Hamburger
Cast:
Michel Joelsas
Germano Haiut
Paulo Autran
Simone Spoladore
Eduardo Moreira

Plot:
et in the turbulent year of 1970, this poignant and humorous coming of age story thrusts twelve year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval. When his left-wing militant parents are forced to go underground, Mauro is left in the care of his Jewish grandfather’s neighbor in Sao Paulo. Suddenly finding himself an exile in his own country, he is forced to create an ersatz family from the religiously diverse and colorful population of his new neighborhood.

Summer Palace (2006)

In Theatres: March 11th, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Drama, Romance
Director: Ye Lou
Cast:
Zhou Wei
Yu Hong
Wang Bo
Xiao Jun
Tang Caoshi

Plot:
China, 1989. Two young lovers play out their complex, erotic, love/hate relationship against a volatile backdrop of political unrest. Beautiful country girl Yu Hong (Hao Lei) leaves her village, family and lover to study at Beijing University, where she discovers a world of sexual freedom.

Priceless (2006)

In Theatres: March 28th, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Comedy
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Cast:
Audrey Tautou
Gad Elmaleh
Marie-Christine Adam
Vernon Dobtcheff
Jacques Spiesser

Plot:
Through a set of wacky circumstances, a young gold digger mistakenly woos a mild-mannered bartender thinking he's a wealthy suitor.

Love Songs (2007)

In Theatres: March 21st, 2008
Genre: Foreign, Musical
Director: Christophe Honore
Cast:
Louis Garrel
Ludivine Sagnier
Clotilde Hesme
Chiara Mastroianni
Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet

Plot:
In the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, Ismael (Louis Garrel of DANS PARIS, THE DREAMERS) and Julie (Ludivine Sagnier of SWIMMING POOL) enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice (Clotilde Hesme of REGULAR LOVERS). When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love.