Following their Academy-Award winning film, "The Pianist," director Roman Polanski and writer Ronal Harwood re-imagine Charles Dickens' classic story of a young orphan boy who gets involved with a gang of pickpockets in 19th Century London. Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist (Barney Clark) is forced to live in a workhouse lorded over by the awful Mr. Bumble, who cheats the boys of their meager rations. Desperate yet determined, Oliver makes his escape to the streets of London. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the sinister Fagin (Sir Ben Kingsley) - the mastermind of a gang of pint-sized pickpockets. Oliver's rescue by the kindly Mr. Brownlow is only the beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to the promise of a better life.
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Jamie Foreman, Frank Finlay, Lewis Chase, Frances Cuka, Jake Curran, Harry Eden
English language with latvian and russian subtitles.
Attilio is a poet and like all poets, he is a dreamer. Each night, he has the same dream, where his perfect woman whispers him sweet nothings. To his surprise, he ends up meeting the woman of his dreams in flesh at a conference of an Iraqi friend! He doesn't have a minute to lose to seduce her. But Vittoria seems inaccessible and then suddenly disappears. Attilo decides to search for her in despair... The actor/director previously won an Oscar for the holocaust comedy Life is Beautiful.
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits, Emilia Fox, Gianfranco Varetto, Giuseppe Battiston
Directed by Roberto Benigni
Italian language with latvian and russian subtitles.
Set in 1933, the plot picks up where Dogville (previous film by Lars von Trier) ended, with Grace and her father (Willem Dafoe replacing James Caan) heading south. Reaching Alabama, they discover slavery still thrives at the Manderlay cotton plantation. Appalled, Grace decides to stay on, free the black residents and teach them about democracy. But replacing the old system isn't so simple, and Grace's good intentions eventually reap hellish consequences.
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Jeremy Davies, Lauren Bacall, Chloe Sevigny
Directed by Lars von Trier
English language with latvian and russian subtitles.
Could anyone ever imagine, that minister Vensan will loose everything someday? Services that Vensan provided to nation are very significant: in youth he was biologist and invented imperceptible, but effective mass killing weapon: genetically modified insects - they cause convulsions in fleas and wasp - killers. When he was thirty, he has already been a member of Academy of Sciences. To neutralize his inventor's talent, he was appointed minister of agriculture. He turned into old boring man, at this time he was 60 years old, and he rested on laurels.
Of course he had enemies that patiently have dug the grave for him. All began with well considered actions: yells, protests, furious speeches, restless mooing cows, sheep and ducks, scattered on the avenues dung, tractors… Crowd always thinks that next leader will better than the previous. Maybe they are right, because Teodorus, competitor of Vensan, is full of enthusiasm, energy and ideas. This rectilinear man is sitting in the garden under the tree surrounded with accomplices: he is not tall, with pot-belly and short extremities. He reads, rereads, corrects and signs proclamations, declarations, proposals, programs… Behind the fence of the garden he can hear shouts of revolting and determined crowd. It wants changes, it noise is similar to music of Wagner, Beethoven's ninth symphony!
Vensan is in his cabinet. Windows are closed, but he can hear crowd's noise. Their slogans are ruthless and categorical. Vensan signs his resignation
Cast: Severins Blanšē, Žasīna Žakē, Otars Joseliani, Mišelš Pikolī, Lili Lavina, Paskals Vinsents
Directed by Otars Joseliani
CASINO ROYALE, the 21st James Bond adventure in the most successful franchise in film history, stars Daniel Craig in his debut as 007, and is based on Ian Fleming's first novel to feature the ultimate secret agent, which was published in 1953.
CASINO ROYALE traces the early career of James Bond. His first "007" mission leads him to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world's terrorists. In order to stop him, and bring down the terrorist network, Bond must beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale. Bond is initially annoyed when a beautiful Treasury official, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), is assigned to deliver his stake for the game and watch over the government's money. But, as Bond and Vesper survive a series of lethal attacks by Le Chiffre and his henchmen, a mutual attraction develops leading them both into further danger and events that will shape Bond's life forever.
Casting Daniel Craig, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Judie Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Directed by Martin Campbell
Script Neal Purvis / Ian Fleming
Producer Barbara Broccoli
A child during WWII, Hannibal Lecter sees his parents and younger sister brutally killed right before his eyes. His uncle later finds Hannibal in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France. The youngster flourishes and becomes the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. But the demons of his tragic past torment and haunt him, unleashing a monster inside.
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Ivan Marevich, Aaron Thomas, Rhys Ifans Gong Li, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Directed by Peter Webber
Leo and Ale are brother and sister bound to each other with invisible ties since childhood. Accidentally Leo learns that his sister's fiancé is going to make her a special gift – a house in Sicily which is the same villa that the brother and sister once had to leave after a family tragedy.
Cast: Alessio Boni, Valeria Solarino, Emir Kusturica
Directed by Roberto Ando
Scriptwriter: Roberto Ando
Producer: Roberto Ando
Finally, Erik Nietzsche knows for sure– the art of film-making is his true calling. However, the dream of the young director– to shoot a film with falling tree leaves as the protagonist– is threatened from the very first minute he enters film school. Erik courageously faces the sharks of the Danish film industry.
Cast: Jonatan Spang, David Dencik
Directed by Jacob Thuesen
Scriptwriter: Lars fon Trier
Producer: Karen Bentzon
Thirteen year-old Marta has recently moved back to her native region of Italy with her mother and older sister and struggles to find her place on her own, restlessly testing the boundaries of the unfamiliar city. Marta’s only source of socialization is the local church, where she attends a series of catechism classes in preparation for her upcoming confirmation. A gritty exploration of a realistic coming-of-age tale that tackles questions of faith in impoverished southern Italy.
Cast: Yile Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia, Anita Caprioli, Renato Carpentieri
Directed by: Alice Rohrwacher
Habemus Papam is a traditional announcement in Latin, meaning “We Have a Pope!” The conclave of cardinals has spent several days in isolation, considering the candidates. The crowd of people in the St. Peter’s Square has also been waiting patiently. Everyone’s attention is suspended in tension until the moment the new pope appears on the balcony and greets all the believers. However, an unexpected problem occurs as the new pope has a panic attack. A famous psychoanalyst, an atheist, is called to help.
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa
Directed by: Nanni Moretti
A former actor is fascinated by an idea. He meets with a scientist, a speech therapist and a juggler and convinces them to stage Endgame by Samuel Beckett. An incurable disease – multiple sclerosis, unites them all. Although their bodies become weaker day after day, Beckett’s play about four people trapped in a world that is about to collapse gives them so much emotional fulfilment that no matter what happens to them physically they will continue to perform…
Directed by Līga Gaisa
Scriptwriter: Krista Vāvere, Līga Gaisa
Producer: Mistrus Media
The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius. Coriolanus and Aufidius march on Rome intending to destroy the city. Volumnia appeals to her son. He tries to reject her but eventually breaks. Aufidius, feeling bitterly betrayed, brutally murders Coriolanus.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes