Cycle
From 20.03. To 12.06.2004.
Distributors program on Saturday
Films in cycle
Ratnik
(Musa, 2001)
Directed by: Sung-su Kim
Synopsis:
In 1375, China was in state of chaos due to the wars between Yuan and Ming dynasties. Korean dynasty Koryo sent its delegation of diplomats, soldiers and slaves as emissaries of peace with the newly established Ming dynasty. However, the delegation was accused of spying and was banished to the desert. On the way, they were attacked by Yuan’s troops who killed all of the Ming soldiers but left the Koryo warriors alive. The Representative of the Royal Guard, General Choi Jung, decided the delegati...
color, 110 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 20.03.2004 AT 17:00
The Man Who Wasn t There
(The Man Who Wasn't There, USA, UK, 2001)
Directed by: Joel & Ethan Coen
PHOTOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins
Synopsis:
The story takes place in the summer of 1949 in a small town in north California. The main character is Ed Crane, a local barber. He is unhappy with his life, and uses his wife Doris’s infidelity as an opportunity for blackmail, hoping to improve his situation. However, nothing goes according to plan… This film won many awards, such as Palme d’Or in Cannes for the best director. It was nominated for an Oscar in the category of the best cinematographer.
b/w, 116'
PROJECTION:
Saturday 27.03.2004 AT 16:00
Istok je istočno
(East is East, 1999)
Directed by: Damien O'Donnell
Synopsis:
Iznimno zabavno ostvarenje smješteno je u 1971. godinu, u engleski grad Manchester. U središtu je priče velika obitelj Khan. Glava obitelji George Kahn, ponosni Pakistanac oženjen za Engleskinju i vlasnik restorana, odlikuje se strogoćom i uvjeren je da odgaja svoje sedmero djece da budu ugledni Pakistanci. No, djeca jednostavno žele biti dio moderna svijeta. Mali filmski dragulj, nagrađen mnogim priznanjima među kojima su i nagrada BAFTA u kategoriji najboljeg filma, nagrada udružen...
color, 94 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 03.04.2004 AT 17:00
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
(2002)
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Synopsis:
The whole Portokalos family is worried about Toula. She is in her thirties, unmarried and working in her parents’ Greek restaurant. However, she is determined to change her job because she does not plan to spend the rest of her life in the family’s restaurant. Unfortunately, her family is not ready for such a change. Soon she gets a job in her aunt’s travel agency and falls in love with Ian Miller, an English professor. Toula’s father and the rest of the family become very upset because Ian is n...
color, 96 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 10.04.2004 AT 17:00
Bread and Tulips
(Pane e tulipani, 2000)
Directed by: Silvio Soldini
Synopsis:
Rosalba, a small town housewife, is taking a vacation with her family. While stopping for a break in a roadside restaurant, the tour bus leaves without her and nobody notices that Rosalba is missing. Hurt and sad because she was forgotten and left behind, Rosalba decides to return home on her own. However, before she even notices, she is on her way to Venice and makes a change of plans to extend her vacation. In the meantime, her furious husband hires a private detective, Constantin, to find his...
color, 105 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 17.04.2004 AT 17:00
The 13th Warrior
(1999)
Directed by: John McTiernan
PHOTOGRAPHY: Peter Menzies Jr.
Synopsis:
The story takes place in the 10th century, when Ahmed Ibn Fahldan (Banderas), a respectable Arabian scholar, falls from the caliph of Baghdad’s favor. Namely, the caliph’s wife fancies Ahmed and as a punishment, together with the translator Melhizedek, he is sent as an emissary to the Nomadic tribes. On one of his trips, he runs into a group of wandering Northerners led by Herger. By a combination of circumstances, Ahmed is forced to join them. Namely the mysterious enemy, the Wendol...
color, 102 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 08.05.2004 AT 19:00
La comunidad
(2000)
Directed by: Álex de la Iglesia
Synopsis:
Julia is in real estate business and is quite energetic in her job. She decides to use a very attractive apartment in a house in order to bring a little life into her marriage. While she amuses herself on a water bed with her husband Ricardo, a rain of cockroaches fall on them from a hole in the ceiling. Soon, firemen break into the apartment above them and find a decomposing body of an old man. Later that night, Julia breaks into the apartment of the old man. There she finds 15 mill...
color, 106 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 15.05.2004 AT 19:00
I Kina spiser de hunde
(1999)
Directed by: Olsen, Spang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Morten Soborg
Synopsis:
The influential film magazine Variety called this film an action comedy that astounds you with the same mix of eccentric and colorful characters, casual violence, and bloody comedy as Pulp Fiction. This is the story of Arvid, an ordinary decent man, whose sense of right and wrong suddenly changes when he accidentally prevents a bank robbery and becomes a hero against his will…
color, 91 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 22.05.2004 AT 19:00
I Kina spiser de hunde 2
(2002)
Directed by: Olsen, Spang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Henrik Kristensen
Synopsis:
Harald is released from prison and visits his stepfather who is seriously ill. Harald makes a promise to him that he will find his real son, Ludvig. Soon he finds out that Ludvig is a serial killer of women and is currently in the most secure prison in Sweden. Following this is a bank robbery, a liver transplant, a suicidal hostage, the unavoidable Montenegro mafia, and much more… This is sort of a prequel to the film I Kina spiser de hunde. The director Lasse Spang Olsen made this fil...
color, 95 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 29.05.2004 AT 19:00
Three colors: Blue
(Trois couleurs: bleu, France, Poland, Švicarska, 1993 | Mjesto prikazivanja filma: Centar za kulturu i informacije Maksimir (ul. Lavoslava Švarca 18))
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieślowski
PHOTOGRAPHY: Slawomir Idziak
Synopsis:
Julie is happily married to an esteemed composer, Patrice, with whom she has a daughter. The happiness disappears when Patrice and the little girl die in a car accident and Julie is severely hurt. Because of her pain, Julie is obsessed with committing a suicide. Instead, she decides to break all connection with her previous life – she puts her old mother in a retirement home, destroys all of the photographs that remind her of her lost happiness, burns all of Patrice’s scores, and mov...
color, 98'
PROJECTION:
Saturday 29.05.2004 AT 21:00
Brotherhood of the Wolf
(Le Pacte des loups, 2001)
Directed by: Christophe Gans
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dan Laustsen
Synopsis:
The story takes place in 1766, when the inhabitants of Gevaudan are frightened by unusual events. Their hilly land is often wrapped in fog and at late hours, desperate cries that chill the blood fill the air. A beast is on the loose! It kills women and children, tearing them up. Local men organize many searches, but the beast always gets away. The king sends his trustworthy emissary, Gregoire de Fronsac, a famous and esteemed scientist… This film is based on real events that took place...
color, 143 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 05.06.2004 AT 19:00
The Muse
()
Directed by: Albert Brooks
Synopsis:
Steven Phillips is experiencing a creative crisis. He was once an esteemed Hollywood screenwriter who now has to make do with degrading humanitarian awards. Steven asks his friend and successful colleague Jack Warrick for advice. Warrick confides in Steven and reveals to him that the secret of his success lies in the mysterious woman Sarah. Sarah claims to be one of the Zeus’s daughters, a muse. After begging Sarah for inspiration, Steven realizes that he will have to pay a high pric...