2012 Munich Filmfest
by Athee | created - 16 Jun 2012 | updated - 18 Apr 2015 | PublicFilms I saw or hoped to see at the 2012 International Filmfest in Munich.
The films I loved the most so far:
Mourning
La voz dormida (The Sleeping Voice)
Shun Li and the Poet
The Orator
When Pigs Have Wings
Policeman
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1. The Ambassador (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a Liberian Ambassador to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood diamond trade in Africa.
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Heather Schmid
Votes: 4,248 | Gross: $0.03M
2. Alois Nebel (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Animation, Drama
A train dispatcher encounters a mute stranger who appears out of nowhere, and finds himself mysteriously involved with a murder in Poland.
Director: Tomás Lunák | Stars: Miroslav Krobot, Marie Ludvíková, Karel Roden, Leos Noha
Votes: 1,620
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes
Votes: 85,091 | Gross: $12.80M
4. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
R | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel.
Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni
Votes: 130,871 | Gross: $4.01M
5. Lena (2011)
119 min | Drama
Lena is a lonely, plump adolescent girl. Much to her surprise she gets a relationship with the popular but unreliable Daan. Lena moves in with Daan and his strange father Tom and is willing to do a lot for his love. More than a lot.
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey | Stars: Emma Levie, Niels Gomperts, Jeroen Willems, Agata Buzek
Votes: 592
6. Land of Oblivion (2011)
108 min | Drama
Chernobyl, 1986: a few hours before the disaster, Piotr and Anya's wedding is interrupted by a fire at the power station.
Director: Michale Boganim | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Andrzej Chyra, Ilya Iosifov, Sergey Strelnikov
Votes: 920
7. Starbuck (2011)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father.
Director: Ken Scott | Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie
Votes: 17,034 | Gross: $3.79M
8. 11 Flowers (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, History
11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in China. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school's daily ... See full summary »
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Jingchun Wang, Wenqing Liu, Guo Liuxing Zhong, Kexuan Zhang
Votes: 759
9. Tahrir: Liberation Square (2011)
91 min | Documentary, News
From Facebook thumbs up to the battle of stones, a history of hope, fear, despair, anger, pride and elation, the film is the real-time chronicle of the two most exciting weeks in the ... See full summary »
Director: Stefano Savona
Votes: 90
10. Policeman (2011)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
A member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Yiftach Klein, Yaara Pelzig, Michael Moshonov, Menashe Noy
Votes: 1,108 | Gross: $0.01M
11. The Orator (2011)
110 min | Drama
Saili, a little person and taro farmer, has his life turned upside-down when he is denied his father's chiefly status and his family plantation is threatened.
Director: Tusi Tamasese | Stars: Fa'afiaula Sanote, Tausili Pushparaj, Salamasina Mataia, Ioata Tanielu
Votes: 448
12. Holy Motors (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy
A man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue
Votes: 48,936
13. Rebellion (2011)
136 min | Action, Drama, History
Dissidents in a French overseas territory attack a police station and take hostages.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger
Votes: 2,878
14. Shapito-shou: Lyubov i druzhba (2011)
TV-MA | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
A Cyberwanderer, a deaf baker, hipsters and Crimea is the first part of Sergei Loban's absurdist dilogy.
Director: Sergey Loban | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Vera Strokova, Aleksey Podolskiy, Yuliya Govor
Votes: 1,556
15. El Gusto (2011)
88 min | Documentary, Musical
El Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Muslim and Jewish musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. These musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaâbi music.
Director: Safinez Bousbia | Stars: Rachid Berkani, Ahmed Bernaoui, Robert Castel, Abdelkader Chercham
Votes: 171
16. When Pigs Have Wings (2011)
98 min | Comedy
After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting : imagine... See full summary »
Director: Sylvain Estibal | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa, Gassan Abbas
Votes: 3,518
17. Shun Li and the Poet (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.
Director: Andrea Segre | Stars: Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija, Marco Paolini, Roberto Citran
Votes: 1,961
18. The Sleeping Voice (2011)
128 min | Drama, War
Just after the Spanish war, Pepita leaves her village for the capital to be near her sister, who is in prison and pregnant. There she falls for a bourgeois who is keeping the fight alive in the hills.
Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: Inma Cuesta, María León, Marc Clotet, Daniel Holguín
Votes: 2,608
19. Black's Game (2012)
R | 104 min | Crime, Thriller
After being reacquainted with a childhood friend Stebbi joins the drug trade world in order to pay off his debt. Inspired by actual events.
Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson | Stars: Thorvaldur Kristjansson, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Damon Younger, María Birta
Votes: 4,360
20. A Simple Life (2011)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Andy Lau, Deannie Ip, Hailu Qin, Fuli Wang
Votes: 6,310 | Gross: $0.19M
21. Swirl (2011)
90 min | Drama, Music
In Minas Gerais hinterland Bastú has just lost her husband Feliciano. Without crying, she seeks shelter in everyday life and in her memories. But it is in the freedom of dreams and the news... See full summary »
Directors: Clarissa Campolina, Helvécio Marins Jr. | Stars: Maria Sebastian Martins Alvaro, Luciene Soares da Silva, Wanderson Soares da Silva, Maria da Conceição Gomes de Moura
Votes: 143
22. Mourning (2011)
85 min | Drama
A violent quarrel breaks out between a couple at midnight. Being at a relative,s house in the north of Iran, they depart for Tehran in the middle of the night, but they do not bring along ... See full summary »
Director: Morteza Farshbaf | Stars: Kiomars Giti, Sharareh Pasha, Amir Hossein Maleki, Sahar Dolatshahi
Votes: 402
23. Rust and Bone (2012)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Céline Sallette
Votes: 70,324 | Gross: $2.06M
24. Unconditional (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
An unconventional romance about teenage twins Owen and Kristen who both fall under the sway of a charismatic young loan shark offering money - on one condition.
Director: Bryn Higgins | Stars: Harry McEntire, Madeleine Clark, Stephanie Brockbank, Melanie Hill
Votes: 775
25. Z daleka widok jest piekny (2011)
77 min | Drama
It Looks Pretty From a Distance.
Directors: Anna Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Stars: Marcin Czarnik, Piotr Nowak, Elzbieta Okupska, Jerzy Lapinski
Votes: 140
26. Best Intentions (2011)
105 min | Drama
Alex, in his mid-thirties, is a quite neurotic character. When his mother is hospitalized with a stroke, the caring son's life gets out of track. At the hospital he finds himself in a ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Marian Râlea, Alina Grigore
Votes: 542
27. Villegas (2012)
99 min | Drama
After a long time without seeing each other, two cousins, Esteban and Pipa, have to drive together to their grand-father's funeral in Villegas, small inland town where they grew up together... See full summary »
Director: Gonzalo Tobal | Stars: Esteban Lamothe, Esteban Bigliardi, Mauricio Minetti, Paula Carruega
Votes: 151
28. Sentados frente al fuego (2011)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Daniel y Alejandra están cerca de sus cuarenta y ahora se embarcan en una aventura: probar suerte en el campo. Pero Alejandra sufre de una seria enfermedad que pondrá a prueba de fuego muchas cosas.
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras | Stars: Daniel Muñoz, Alejandra Yañez, Daniel Candia, Tichi Lobos
Votes: 38
29. Verano (2011)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
During one hot summer day, little things happen to the visitors and workers of an old thermal resort in southern Chile. Julieta, Francisco, Isa, Rodrigo, Ignacio, Mariana, Muriel, Gabriela,... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Torres Leiva | Stars: Rosario Bléfari, Julieta Figueroa, Francisco Ossa, Ignacio Agüero
Votes: 66
30. Jesus Hospital (2011)
91 min | Drama
A tough milk delivery woman, Hyun-soon has a secret that she doesn't want to reveal to others. Her unconscious old mother in a hospital and her pregnant daughter in her 20' s only know Hyun-soon's secret.
Directors: Lee Sang-cheol, Ah-ga Shin | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Mi-hyang Kim, Han Song-hee, Jong-Yoon Lee
Votes: 34
31. The Pirogue (2012)
87 min | Drama
A group of African men leave Senegal in a pirogue captained by a local fisherman to undertake the treacherous crossing of the Atlantic to Spain where they believe better lives and prospects are waiting for them.
Director: Moussa Touré | Stars: Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Laïty Fall, Malaminé 'Yalenguen' Dramé, Balla Diarra
Votes: 446
32. Rat Fever (2011)
110 min | Drama
Zizo (Irandhir Santos) é um poeta inconformado e anarquista, que banca a publicação de seu tablóide. Em seu mundo próprio, onde o sexo é algo tão corriqueiro quanto fumar maconha, ele ... See full synopsis »
Director: Cláudio Assis | Stars: Irandhir Santos, Juliano Cazarré, Matheus Nachtergaele, Tânia Granussi
Votes: 1,446
33. Southwest (2011)
128 min | Drama
In a Brazilian coastal village where everything seems motionless, Clarice grasps her life in a single day, unlike those she meets and who are living this day like any other. She tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Nunes | Stars: Julio Adrião, Regina Bastos, Raquel Bonfante, Mariana Lima
Votes: 321
34. P-047 (2011)
98 min | Drama
Lek and Kong work side by side at the shopping mall. Lek is a lonely locksmith, and Kong is an aspiring writer. When Kong comes up with a plan to put Leks lock picking skills to good use, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee | Stars: Margot Chung, Weerasak Glunrawd, Nastnathakit Intarasut, Kaneungnich Jaksamithanon
Votes: 216
35. In the Name of the Girl (2011)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
It's the summer of 1976. Manuela is a nine year old girl who's caught in between her communist and atheist father and her grandmother, a catholic and conservative woman. They both dispute ... See full summary »
Director: Tania Hermida | Stars: Eva Mayu Mecham Benavides, Markus Mecham Benavides, Martina León, Sebastián Hormachea
Votes: 142
36. Saudade (I) (2011)
167 min | Comedy, Drama
Seiji works on construction sites. He sympathizes with Hosaka just back from Thailand. Together, they spend their evenings in bars with Thai girls. On a construction site, they meet Takeru, a member of the hip-hop collective of the city.
Director: Katsuya Tomita | Stars: Ayano, Chie Kudô, Chika Kumada, Shinji Miyadai
Votes: 113
37. The Foster Boy (2011)
107 min | Drama
A Swiss-German rural peasant family takes Max, a crude 15-year-old boy, into a foster situation of constant bullying. Soon, a foster girl is added to the mix.
Director: Markus Imboden | Stars: Katja Riemann, Stefan Kurt, Maximilian Simonischek, Max Hubacher
Votes: 1,497
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