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PROUDLY ANNOUNCES
OUR FOUR FILMS IN OFFICIAL SELECTION
AT VENICE 2010
***IN COMPETITION***
NORWEGIAN WOOD
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY HARUKI MURAKAMI
Directed by Tran Anh Hung
Starring Kenichi Matsuyama (DEATH NOTE; L: CHANGE THE WORLD; DETROIT METEL CITY; KAMUI), Rinko Kikuchi (BABEL; MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO) and Kiko Mizuhara
WORLD PREMIERE: Thursday 2nd September – evening
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Synopsis: Published in 1987 and subsequently translated into 33 languages in 36 countries, NORWEGIAN WOOD is a story of loss and heartbreak in a time of global instability. Set in Tokyo, during the late 60s, at a time when students throughout the world were united in protest against the establishment, Watanabe is similarly uncertain as to how he should deal with his future and his relationships. At heart, he is deeply devoted to his first love, Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman. But their complex bond is forged by the tragic death of their best friend years before…
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***OUT OF COMPETITION***
THE NEW JOHN WOO/TERENCE CHANG ACTION FILM
REIGN OF ASSASSINS
Directed by Su Chao-Pin
Co-directed by John Woo
Starring
Michelle Yeoh (TOMORROW NEVER DIES; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON), Jung Woo-sung (THE WARRIOR), Kelly Lin (AFTER THIS OUR EXILE), Barbie Hsu (SILK),
Wang Xueqi (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS) and Shawn Yue (INFERNAL AFFAIRS)
WORLD PREMIERE: Friday 3rd September - evening
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| Synopsis: Produced by John Woo and Terence Chang, this 12 million dollar martial arts action thriller promises to be FACE/OFF meets MR AND MRS SMITH. Set in 428AD, the film stars Yeoh as a skilled assassin who falls in love with the son of a man who was killed by her gang. Unaware that he also is a trained martial artist, their love blossoms and then tensions rise as the past comes back to haunt them. |
***GALA OUT OF COMPETITION***
Vallanzasca
The true story of Italy’s most notorious gangster
Produced by Twenty-First Century Fox Italy in Collaboration with Fox International Productions
Directed by Michele Placido
Starring Kim Rossi Stuart (ROMANZO CRIMINALE, Roberto Benigni's PINOCCHIO),
Paz Vega (SPANGLISH, SEX & LUCIA), Moriz Bleibtreu (RUN LOLA RUN)
WORLD PREMIERE: Monday 6th September - evening
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Synopsis : Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by the age of 9, Renato Vallanzasca would grow up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. While Vallanzasca lived by his own professional code of honor – he claimed that he never ‘shot anyone in the back’ –he and his gang took out their enemies and wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders. In the process, he captivated a celebrity starved public and earned the nickname ‘il bel Renè’ –for his devilish charm and handsome face. Arrested multiple times, his daring escapes from prison enraged the government, angered his rivals and fed his legend.
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***3D SPECIAL PRESENTATION***
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE GRUDGE & THE GRUDGE 2
JAPAN’S FIRST 3D LIVE-ACTION FILM
THE SHOCK LABYRINTH: EXTREME
DIRECTED BY TAKASHI SHIMIZU
Friday 10th September - evening
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Synopsis: THE SHOCK LABYRINTH:EXTREME follows a group of teenagers dealing with the disappearance of one of them, Yuki, at an amusement park’s ghost house. On a rainy day 10 years later, Yuki inexplicably returns. However, no sooner is she united with her former friends than she collapses, and the group rushes Yuki to a nearby hospital. But after checking in, they discover that things are not quite as they seem at the medical center. As the night wears on, the group sinks deeper and deeper into the events from a decade ago that led to Yuki’s disappearance.
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