50. BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEST / 6.3.2022. /
50. BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEST
Sunday, March 6
FEST FOCUS
10.00 COMMITMENT HASAN / BAĞLILIK HASAN
Turkey, 2021 / 147’
Drama
Director: Semih Kaplanoğlu
Cast: Umut Karadağ, Filiz Bozok, Gökhan Azlağ, Ayşe Günyüz Demirci, Mahir Günşiray
Making his living from gardening and farming in the land he inherited from his father, Hasan tries to get rid of the electric power pole that is going to be installed in the midst of his land. In the meantime, his impending voyage to Mecca for pilgrimage leads to soul searching into his past.
Festivals:
Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Jerusalem, Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Chicago, Cottbus, São Paulo, Gothenburg
Awards:
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival: Golden Orange for Best Cinematography
São Paulo: Critics Award for Best Foreign Film
GALA
12.30 THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN
UK, 2021 / 111’
Biographical drama
Director: Will Sharpe
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sharon Rooney, Taika Waititi, Nick Cave, Olivia Colman
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public’s perception of cats forever. Moving from the late 1800s through to the 1930s, we follow the incredible adventures of this inspiring, unsung hero, as he seeks to unlock the “electrical” mysteries of the world and, in so doing, to better understand his own life and the profound love he shared with his wife Emily. Festivals:
Toronto, Zurich, Vancouver, Woodstock, Gent, Philadelphia
GALA
14.30 EVERYTHING WENT FINE / TOUT S’EST BIEN PASSÉ
France, 2021 / 113’
Drama
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Hanna Schygulla, Eric Caravaca, Grégory Gadebois, Laëtitia Clément
When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father’s bedside. Sick and half-paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life. But how can you honor such a request when it’s your own father?
Festivals:
Cannes, San Sebastián, Zurich, Vancouver, Busan, El Gouna, Vienna, Moscow Message to Man International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
OUT OF COMPETITION
17.00 WAITING FOR HANDKE
Serbia, 2021 / 74’
Documentary
Director: Goran Radovanović
Participate: Srđan Petrović, Luka Petrović, Ljubomir Filijović, Velja Stojković, Gavrilo Kujundžić, Živana Pavlović
Peter Handke received the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 2019 in Stockholm. Having heard about it, Srdjan Petrović – a winemaker from the Serbian village of Velika Hoča in Kosovo decided to place a commemorative plaque with an embossed portrait of Handke in his wine shop, that the famous writer had visited on a number of occasions. But is the winemaker aware that Handke’s controversial attitude and opinions might prevent him from attending the plaque unveiling ceremony?
Festivals:
Message to Man International Film Festival St. Petersburg
GALA
19.30 THE CARD COUNTER
USA, UK, China, 2021 / 121’
Crime
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babra…
William is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. Tell’s meticulous life is thrown into disarray when he encounters Cirk, a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy. With backing from mysterious financier, Tell takes Cirk on the casino circuit. However, he finds that the ghosts of the past will not release him so easily.
Festivals:
Venice, Zurich, Gent, Vienna, Valladolid, Sydney
Awards:
Valladoli: Best Screenplay
MAIN COMPETITION
22.00 THE LINE / LA LIGNE
France, Belgium, Switzerland, 2022 / 102’
Drama
Director: Ursula Meier
Cast: Stephanie Blanchoud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Elli Spagnolo, Dali Benssalah, India Hair, Eric Ruf, Benjamin Biolay
Margaret, charged with a three-month restraining order for having hit her mother. But the 200 meters that now separate her from her home only exacerbate her desire to come closer to her family.
Festivals:
Berlin Film Festival