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The Class

Language: French

Drama, France (2008)

Directed by Laurent Cantet

Starring Francois Begaudeau, Nassim Amrabt, Laura Baquela and others

A winner of Palm D’Or at last year's Cannes festival as well as many other awards, “The Class” (Entre Le Murs) by Laurent Cantet is a powerful movie featuring real characters and true emotions. The screenplay was written by Francois Begaudeau, who adapted it from his own book based on his personal experiences as a teacher. Begaudeau also stars in the movie basically playing himself – a teacher named Francois who has to interact with difficult students in a school based in 20th arrondissement – one of the poorest and most multicultural districts of Paris.




Tokyo!

Language: Japanese, French

Drama, France, Japan, Germany, South Korea (2008)

Directed by Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax and Michel Gondry,

Starring Jean-Francois Balmer, Julie Dreyfus and Ayako Fujitani

The movie is made up of three stories shot by three famous directors – two French and one Korean. “Interior Design” by Michel Gondry tells about a girl who lost her way in life and goes through a gradual transformation. In Joon-ho Bong’s “Shaking Tokyo” a man who has spend 10 years indoors, has to go outside to meet a recluse woman. “Merde” by Leos Carax starts like an action movie but later on gets pensive and philosophical.




Gomorra

Language: Italian

Drama, Italy (2008)

Directed by Matteo Garrone

Starring Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino and Salvatore Ruocco




A drama about Neapolitan mob Camorra is told through the intertwining stories of five Italians whose lives are influenced by the criminal world. “Gomorra” which premiered at Cannes 2008 and received its Gran Prix, is based on the book by Roberto Saviano. The writer received death threats from the actual Camorra mafia for exposing them in the book, and still more after the movie was announced to be made. Therefore, he had to be put under police protection. Director Matteo Harrone, on the other hand, dared to live in the infamous Neapolitan quarter Scampia for two months before making the movie. The movie is scary with its realism. It’s not a stylish mafia story from Hollywood, but rather a cold-hearted news report.




Kyiv

19 Chevonoarmiyska (Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho metro), 251-2199, 234-7381, www.kievkino.com.ua


Disgrace – June 25-July 1 at 4:45 p.m., 7 p.m.


Zhovten

26 Konstyantynivska, 205-5951, www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua

Tokyo! – June 25 at 7:30 p.m., June 26, July 1 at 1:10 a.m., 5:20 p.m., 9:30 p.m., June 27 at 5:05 p.m., June 28, 30 at 11:10 a.m., 3:20 p.m., 7:30 p.m.


Gomorra – June 25 at 9:20 p.m., June 26 at 12:15 p.m., 4:50 p.m., June 27 at 10:40 p.m., 9:20 p.m., June 28, 30 at 2:30 p.m., 9:20 p.m., June 29, July 1 at 12:15 p.m., 4:50 p.m.




Class - June 25 at 7:05 p.m., June 26 at 2:35 p.m., 7:10 p.m., June 27 at 12:40 p.m., 7:05 p.m., June 28, 30 at `12:15, 4:50 p.m., 7:05 p.m., June 29, July 1 at 2:35 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 9:25 p.m.