Chennai film fest 2011
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- DirectorDominique MailletStarsSergio Peris-MenchetaFéodor AtkineDiana Palazón15 years after exile from his own country, Tomas returns home to Spain to bury his father, a Republican who was imprisoned under Franco's regime. Coming home, Tomas finds an unsettled world, venturing on a journey of revenge.
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsJulie SokolowskiKarl SarafidisYassine SalimeA young nun is expelled from a convent because of her extreme devoutness and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
- DirectorJean-Jacques JauffretStarsAdèle HaenelSylvie LachatUlysse GrosjeanOn a sweltering day in the south of France; an alluring girl; her troubled boyfriend; her mysterious mother and a gruff neighbor collide in tragedy as their secrets lead to a series of shocking events.
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsNoémie LvovskyHafsia HerziCéline SalletteAt an elegant Parisian bordello at the dawn of the 20th century exists a cloistered world of pleasure, pain, hope, rivalries--and, most of all, slavery.
- DirectorJacques DoillonStarsPascal GreggoryJulie DepardieuLouis GarrelA play writer entertains the actors of his next play, including his ex-wife and her new lover. Everyone is finding his new place.
- DirectorEva IonescoStarsIsabelle HuppertAnamaria VartolomeiGeorgetta LeahuWhen Hanah re-emerges in the life of her pre-pubescent daughter, she comes with a strange, yet attractive proposition: she needs her own girl to pose for her in ways that would later take by surprise the Parisian art world of the 1970s.
- DirectorPhilippe Le GuayStarsFabrice LuchiniSandrine KiberlainNatalia VerbekeIn 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.
- DirectorXavier DurringerStarsDenis PodalydèsFlorence PernelBernard Le CoqA look at French president Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power.
- DirectorPaula MarkovitchStarsPaula Galinelli HertzogLaura AgorrecaViviana SuranitiCeci, a seven year old girl, has to keep a huge secret, but she doesn't completely understand what is the secret about. The life of her family depends on her silence. But what exactly must she keep silent about? Ceci and her mom live hidden from military repression in Argentina. Ceci asks herself: what must she say? What should she really believe and do in order to deserve the love of her mother and others?
- DirectorRobert GuédiguianStarsAriane AscarideJean-Pierre DarroussinGérard MeylanA union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne DissonA family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
- DirectorKatell QuillévéréStarsClara AugardeLioMichel GalabruAnna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul... but doesn't know if it is to God, or something else?
- DirectorMarc DugainStarsAndré DussollierMarina HandsEdouard BaerMoscow, 1952. Anna is taken to the Kremlin where she has to cure Stanlin himself. She needs to keep the secret at all costs and as her relationship with the URSS leader grows, her couple with Vassilli tumbles.
- DirectorAndreas ArnstedtStarsPaul ArnstedtAnnekathrin BachMarc BischoffJacob (11) tries to hide the suicide of his father because he is afraid to have to live in an orphanage.
- DirectorUlrich KöhlerStarsPierre BokmaJean-Christophe FollyJenny SchilyA German doctor (Pierre Bokma) battling Sleeping Sickness in rural Cameroon fears that he will be a stranger in his own country as the end of his post draws near, and he prepares to move back home with his wistful wife, and their teenage daughter.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsPina BauschRegina AdventoMalou AiraudoA tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
- DirectorMarkus GollerStarsMatthias SchweighöferFriedrich MückeAlicja BachledaA young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago.
- DirectorCarsten UngerStarsMartina GedeckMarkus KrojerAntonia LingemannNine-year-old Nikolas has been missing for days. Criminal psychologist Claudia notices contradictions in her conversation with the parents of the missing child, in particular Nikolas' mother, who appears to be hiding something.
- DirectorLukas SchmidCorinna WichmannNowadays, the majority of people live in cities. Poverty, crime and chaos pose major problems for the often helpless administrations. Finding a secure, distinguished and independent neighborhood presents a growing challenge for the urban middle class. Surprisingly, the solution for all sorts of menaces appears to be the same worldwide: electric fences, high walls, armed security guards and CCTV. The higher income class draws back into private residential enclaves that evolve all over the world. If you belong to those who can afford it, Gated Communities seem to offer a life 'ON THE SAFE SIDE'. The gates of three secluded, high end Gated Communities swung open for this film. We meet Brenda, a real estate agent in Johannesburg, a city that's shaken by crime. R.K. takes us beyond the walls surrounding his home, on a tour through Indian politics, fighting for the improvement of Bangalore's chaotic infrastructure. And we accompany Stacy, who is looking for genuine friends in a glamorous, but lonesome Las Vegas neighborhood.
- DirectorJan SchomburgStarsSandra HüllerGeorg FriedrichFelix Schmidt-KnoppMartha is in a happy relationship, she has a home and knows just where she belongs. But then one day, two policewomen appear at her door and all at once everything changes.
- DirectorMajid MajidiStarsParviz ParastuiRoya TeymourianSoghra ObeisiYoussef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
- DirectorAzizollah HamidnezhadStarsGolshifteh FarahaniNooreddin GoodarziMehrshad KarkhaniDuring the Iran-Iraq war,a soldier and a Kurdish girl come to a new understanding of the notion of animosity despite their supposedly opposite circumstances.
- DirectorReza MirkarimiStarsAlireza PhoenixMasoud RayeganAfshin HashemiDr. Alam, a very profiled specialist in neurology and a successful surgeon, is drowned in his professional and social work, in a way that he has totally forgotten all about his son Saman. Samantha the beautiful nights of desert with it starfull sky attracts Saman to itself and the young boy falls in love with night sky and observation of stars. Due to an event the doctor leaves his profession and work behind and goes through the desert to find his son.
- DirectorMohammad Reza ArabStarsGhorban NajafiAsghar HemmatAli AzadniaLeaving his family in Afghanistan to find work in Iran, Ali Bakhsh returns home to Afghanistan in search of his family in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the following U.S. invasion.
- DirectorMehdi NaderiStarsMazdak MirabediniPantea BahramMostafa ZamaniThe Polish-American boxer Daniel Dalca (Mazdak Mirabedini) escapes his problems by enlisting in the army. After four years when his mission is over, he is sent back home where he would have to face his past problems. So he decides to desert the army. In the middle of a desert he gets bitten by a scorpion. On the very day of her marriage, 29 March 2003 Rebecca (Pantea Bahram) lost her husband during the British-American attack on Iraq. Today she is managing a little restaurant on the Iraqi borderline where she hosts Iraqi and American soldiers. She goes to the landmines to clear mines in order to plant trees and palms at the very same places. Saleh Al Marzouk (Mostafa Zamani) is an Iraqi math teacher who lost his family on the 29 March Baghdad bombings. Meanwhile, he detained and later imprisoned at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison for three years. Disguised as a woman, he plans to blow himself up at a restaurant on Christmas Day in 2009. There, he suddenly discovers a picture of himself on the wall, when Rebecca enters the restaurant. Shocked, Saleh runs away.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsMichel PiccoliNanni MorettiJerzy StuhrA story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist.
- DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsStefano AccorsiVittoria PucciniPierfrancesco FavinoA look at the lives of Carlo, Giulia, and their friends some 10 years after the events of L'Ultimo bacio.
- DirectorAureliano AmadeiStarsVinicio MarchioniCarolina CrescentiniGiorgio ColangeliAutobiographical story about an assistant director who receives an offer to shoot a film in Iraq.
- DirectorTakahisa ZezeStarsMasaki OkadaNana EikuraTakuro AtsukiTwo young lonely people form a bond as they go through the homes of the recently departed people.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsShôta SometaniFumi NikaidôTetsu WatanabeAfter two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
- DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsTakako MatsuYoshino KimuraMasaki OkadaA psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
- DirectorHun JangStarsShin Ha-kyunGo SooRyu Seung-suA drama centered on the Korean War's final battle that will determine the border between north and south.
- DirectorVentura PonsStarsJordi BoschAleix AlbaredaMar UlldemolinsFifteen stories, some contemporary and some historical, where through humor, sarcasm and bravery accounts pain, old age, death and love but above all the human stupidity.