50. BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEST / 1.3.2022. /
50. BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEST
Tuesday, March 1
FEST FOCUS
10.00 THE WORLD AFTER US / LE MONDE APRÈS NOUS
France, 2021 / 85’
Drama
Director: Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas
Cast: Saadia Bentaïeb, Jacques Nolot, Léon Cunha Da Costa, Mikaël Chirinian, Hyacinthe Blanc, Noémie Schmidt, Isabelle Prim, Grégoire Lagrange
Labidi is a young writer who, after a small hit with a short story, is trying to publish his first novel. While he lives in a small room with his roommate and best friend Aleksei, delivering food on his bike to survive, he meets Elisa, a student. Caught up in a whirlwind romance, he doesn’t always make the right choices.
Festivals:
Berlin, Crossing Europe Linz Film Festival, Jerusalem, Brussels, Mostra de València – Cinema del Mediterrani, Philadelphia, Torino
GALA
12.00 LOST ILLUSIONS / ILLUSIONS PERDUES
France, 2021 / 149’
Drama
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Cast: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Vincent Lacoste, Jeanne Balibar, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Xavier Dolan, André Marcon, Jean-François Stévenin, Alexis Barbosa
An adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel Lost Illusions. Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet and journalist, is madly in love with the baroness de Bargeton. The risk of scandal forces them to flee to Paris where they hope to live and love freely. Lucien soon finds rejection and loses the baroness’s support. He finds himself alone, penniless, hungry, and humiliated until the day he seeks revenge by writing controversial – yet banal – articles.
Festivals:
Venice, San Sebastián, Zurich
GALA
14.30 A HERO / GHAHREMAN
Iran, France, 2021 / 127’
Drama
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sarina Farhadi
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don’t go as planned…
Festivals:
Cannes, Toronto, Zurich, Busan, Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, BFI London, Chicago, Valladolid, Philadelphia, Sydney, Miami, Rio de Janeiro
Awards:
Cannes: Grand Prix
Golden Globes, Nominee: Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language (Iran)
MAIN COMPETITION
17.00 BLUE MOON / CRAI NOU
Romania, 2021 / 85’
Drama
Director: Alina Grigore
Cast: Ioana Chițu, Mircea Postelnicu, Mircea Silaghi, Vlad Ivanov, Emil Măndănac, Ilinca Neacșu, Ioana Flora, Robi Urs, Mihaela Perianu
Irina struggles to achieve higher education and escape of her dysfunctional family. An ambiguous sexual experience with an artist will spur her intention to fight the violence in her family…
Festivals:
San Sebastián, Haifa, Vienna, Thessaloniki, Mannheim-Heidelberg
Awards:
San Sebastián: Golden Shell for Best Film
MAIN COMPETITION
19.30 NITRAM
Australia, 2021 / 112’
Thriller
Director: Justin Kurzel
Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Phoebe Taylor, Sean Keenan, Conrad Brandt, Jessie Ward, Zaidee Ward, Ethan Cook, Kyan Hugh Mana Walters, Essie Davis, Lucas Friend
Nitram lives with his mother and father in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration, never being able to fit in. That is until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heiress, Helen. However, when that relationship meets a tragic end and Nitram’s loneliness and anger grow, he begins a slow descent that leads to disaster.
Nitram is based on the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, which is one of the worst crimes in Australian history that saw a mass shooter kill 35 people and injure another 23.
Festivals:
Cannes, Busan, BFI London, El Gouna, Thessaloniki
Awards:
Cannes: Best Actor (Caleb Landry Jones)
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) 2021: Best Film, Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Lead Actor (Caleb Landry Jones), Best Lead Actress (Judy Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Anthony LaPaglia), Best Supporting Actress (Essie Davis), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing
MAIN COMPETITION
22.00 AMERICA LATINA
Italy, France, 2021 / 90’
Thriller
Director: Damiano D’Innocenzo, Fabio D’Innocenzo
Cast: Elio Germano, Astrid Casali, Sara Ciocca, Maurizio Lastrico, Carlotta Gamba, Federica Pala, Filippo Dini, Massimo Wertmüller
Massimo Sisti is the proprietor of a dental surgery. Professional, courteous and calm, he has attained everything he could have desired: a villa in a peaceful setting and a family he loves. His wife Alessandra and daughters Laura and Ilenia are his happiness. However, in a calm springtime, on a day like any other, Massimo goes down to the cellar…
Festivals:
Venice, Toronto