Exit Through the Gift Shop is the Kyiv Post's movie of choice in this week's selection of foreign films.
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles
Documentary/Comedy. UK (2010)
Directed by Banksy
Starring Banksy, Thierry Guetta, Space Invader
An eccentric French shopkeeper becomes a documentary filmmaker in Los Angeles. He wants to find a notorious British graffiti artist, Banksy, and befriend him. Banksy, however, is a tough cookie. His street art mocks politics, religion and social structures through witty visual images sprayed on the houses and pavements. He keeps his identity secret and doesn’t let camera capture his face. His real name is believed to be Robert or Robin Banks.
Dubbed as the world’s first street art disaster movie, the film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, and Invader, among many other famous graffiti artists at work.
SORRY, BUT I WANT TO MARRY YOU
Language: Italian with Ukrainian subtitles
Comedy/Drama/Romance. Italy (2010)
Directed by Federico Moccia
Starring Raoul Bova, MichelaQuattrociocche, Francesco Apolloni
The story is a sequel of the romantic comedy “Sorry, But I Love You.” Despite a big age difference, Alex and Niki decide to get married. She’s a bubbly teenager and he’s hitting his 40s working in the advertising agency. It’s all fireworks at the start, but with the wedding day around the corner, Niki starts doubting if she’s doing the right thing. The film seems like a fresh light comedy good to cure winter blues, if just for one evening.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Language: English with English subtitles
Comedy/Musical/Romance. USA (1954)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney
After the World War II, two soldiers, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis start a sing-and-dance duet. When they meet a sister act, they decide to go to the Vermont skiing resort to put a Christmas show together. The lodge owner happens to be the lads’ former general. A series of romantic exchanges ensues as you would expect from the good old days holiday classic. The music is written by Irving Berlin, the author of “God bless America”, the unofficial anthem of United States.
IF PARIS WERE TOLD TO US
Language: French with Ukrainian or Russian subtitles
History. France (1956)
Directed by Sacha Guitry
Starring Françoise Arnoul, Jeanne Boitel, Gilbert Bokanowski
This beautiful old classic tells the story of Paris from its early days. Director Guitry dresses up as the ghost of King Louis XI to tell his modern-day students about French royalty and people on the streets. There is Charles VII and Agnes Sorel, the establishment of a printing house, the Louvre at the time of Francois I, St. Bartholomew’s death, the murder of Henry III by a monk, the trial of Marie Antoinette, Paris Commune, the Dreyfus affair and many, many other events to recall.
LA PETITE JERUSALEM
Language: French with Ukrainian subtitles
Drama. France (2005)
Directed by Karin Albou
Starring Fanny Valette, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini
In Parisian suburbs, young and beautiful Jewish woman Laura has to choose between her heart’s desire and her family. She falls in love with a Muslim co-worker, which her strict Jewish family is unlikely to accept. Laura has to convince sister Mathilde, her Orthodox husband, their four children and their Tunisian mother that she’s got a good man. See how she gets on.
PHANTOM PAIN
Language: German with Ukrainian subtitles
Drama. Germany (2009)
Directed by Matthias Emcke
Starring Til Schweiger, Jana Pallaske, Stipe Erceg
Mark is an excellent storyteller and a handsome man. He spends all his free time traveling on a bicycle, surviving on odd jobs, boozing and accidentally breaking hearts.
Unreliable and constantly broke, he even evades parental duties with his daughter Sarah (played by Til Schweiger’s own daughter, Luna). His life changes dramatically after the accident where he loses his leg. In addition, Mark faces a new challenge : He falls in love.
ZHOVTEN
26 Konstyantynivska St., 205-5951
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Dec. 3-8 at 3:15 p.m., 8:10 p.m.
Dec. 5 at 12:05 p.m.
Sorry, but I Want to Marry You
Dec. 3-4, 6-8 at 2:10 p.m., 5:55 p.m.
Dec. 5 at 1:35 p.m., 5:55 p.m.
Phantom Pain
Dec. 3, 6-8 at 4:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m.
Dec. 4 at 12:20 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m.
Dec. 5 at 11:45 a.m., 9:40 p.m.
THE MASTER CLASS CINEMA CLUB
34 Mazepy St., 594-1063,
www.masterklass.org/eng
If Paris Were Told to Us
Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
White Christmas
Dec. 9 at 7 p.m.
BUDYNOK KINO
6 Saksaganskogo St., 287-7557
La Petite Jerusalem
Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.
