How can someone become the incarnation of Verdi's masterpiece? Following world famous French soprano Natalie Dessay from the first repetitions until the premiere under the direction of Jean-François Sivadier, we meet a very special woman, a piece of art, a myth: LA TRAVIATA. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
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Philippe Béziat, 2012
France
113 minutes
English, French, Italian
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
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
111 minutes
Arabic
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
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
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
110 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
130 minutes
Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese
Dutch premiere
Gilderoy, a naïve British sound engineer, loses his grip on reality as he takes a job on an Italian horror film in the ‘70s. While knives and machetes repeatedly hack away at innocent vegetables during effects recordings, Gilderoy has to confront his own demons. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
ticket Peter Strickland, 2012
UK
92 minutes
English, Italian
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
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
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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