From the director of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND comes a magical love story adapted from Boris Vian’s novel. The idyllic marriage of a young inventor turns to sorrow when his wife becomes ill, due to a water lilly growing in her lung. To pay for her medical care, Colin must work in increasingly absurd conditions. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN FRENCH, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
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Michel Gondry, 2013
France
131 minutes
French
Dutch premiere
A gripping tale of love, lust, and the power of friendship, TWO MOTHERS charts the unconventional and passionate affairs embarked upon by two lifelong friends, Lil and Roz, who fall in love with each other’s sons.
ticket Anne Fontaine, 2013
France, Australia
111 minutes
English
Dutch premiere
Ten-year-old Wadjda lives in the suburbs of Riyadh. She wants a new bike to be able to race against the boy next door, Abdullah, but in Saudi Arabia, bikes are seen as dangerous to a girl’s virtue, so the dream is hard to realize. Then one day, Wadjda's school offers a cash prize to the winner of a Qu'ran recitation competition… PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN ARABIC, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
ticket Haaifa Al Mansour, 2012
Saudi Arabia, Germany
97 minutes
Arabic
Dutch premiere
A fascinating portrait of the influential political theorist whose reporting on the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann led to her famous concept of the ‘banality of evil’.
ticket Margarethe von Trotta, 2012
Germany, Luxembourg, France
113 minutes
German, French, English, Hebrew, Latin
Dutch premiere
In the best documentary of 2013, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads are challenged to re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.
ticket Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Denmark, Norway, UK
121 minutes
Indonesian, English
Dutch premiere
Actor Dustin Hoffman makes his directing debut with this touching comedy about the eccentricities of age, art, professional rivalry, friendship, love and last chances. In a home for retired musicians, the preparations for Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday are disturbed by the arrival of an aged diva.
ticket Dustin Hoffman, 2012
UK
98 minutes
English
Dutch premiere
From the director of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND comes a magical love story adapted from Boris Vian’s novel. The idyllic marriage of a young inventor turns to sorrow when his wife becomes ill, due to a water lilly growing in her lung. To pay for her medical care, Colin must work in increasingly absurd conditions. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN FRENCH, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
ticket Michel Gondry, 2013
France
131 minutes
French
Dutch premiere
Exuberant comedy by Pedro Almodóvar (HABLE CON ELLA, VOLVER) follows the events on board of a stricken airliner battling to make it to Mexico City. The crew decide to do everything they can to make their last flight the best ever. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN SPANISH, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
ticket Pedro Almodóvar, 2013
Spain
91 minutes
Spanish
Dutch premiere
Helmer, a middle aged farmer, takes care of his old and bedridden father, but would like to start a new life without him. Based on the novel by Gerbrand Bakker, winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
ticket Nanouk Leopold, 2013
Netherlands, Germany
93 minutes
Dutch
Dutch premiere
Screen adaptation of Pascal Mercier’s best-selling novel about a Swiss professor who abandons his lectures to embark on a thrilling adventure in Portugal.
ticket Bille August, 2013
Germany, Switzerland, Portugal
111 minutes
English
Dutch premiere
THE GRANDMASTER by Wong Kar Wai (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, 2046) is the story of two kung fu masters. His name is Ip Man, hers is Gong Er. Their paths cross in the legendary brothel The Golden Pavilion, where the country’s best martial artists converge. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN MANDARIN, CANTONESE AND JAPANESE, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
ticket Wong Kar Wai, 2013
Hong Kong, China, France
123 minutes
Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese
Dutch premiere
This macabre thriller by Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook (OLDBOY) marks his first venture into English-language cinema. After India’s father dies in a car accident, her uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives.
ticket Chan-Wook Park, 2013
USA, UK
99 minutes
English
fascinating portrait of the influential political theorist whose reporting on the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann led to her famous concept of the ‘banality of evil’. German film, shown both in English and Dutch subtitled versions.
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