The First Feature competition begins today with the world premiere of the Argentinian film "Vera And The Pleasure Of Others". This film will playfully take us back to the time, when forbidden thoughts became real actions. A hero from Argentina will also quietly cross the border in the film "The Delinquents", where he decides to free himself from the shackles of slaving away at work and claim his pension by robbing a bank.
Passion will be plenty in today’s recommendations. "Waiting for Dali" is a real treat for all our foodies out there. This movie is strongly influenced by the origin story of one of the greatest restaurants in the world, El Bull, which might have had dishes so genius they could even coax Salvador Dali himself to visit. "Past Lives" with its cozy romance shows that true love can exist.
But all of the passion is dull next to the passion between Paul Keres and chess. Director Toomas Lepp has come out with a fresh documentary opening the unforgettable genius of this master.
Check out Wednesday’s screenings here.
Vera And The Pleasure Of Others
Director: Romina Tamburello, Federico Actis; country: Argentina
8th of November, Wednesday at 20:30 Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
World premiere with film crew
This hilarious, energetic and a little bit naughty debut shows becoming an adult and sexual awakening from the viewpoint of a 17-year old girl, offering an alternative to the usual story of a teenage boy’s sexual awakening. Something totally unexpected and new from Argentina presents new persons to keep an eye out for. The film is memorable, frees every watcher’s inner teen and brightens the mood in these dark November nights.
Director: David Pujol, country: Spain
8th of November, Wednesday at 20:15, Apollo Kino Solaris
Barcelona, 1975. The city is bubbling with resistance to Franco’s dictatorship. When aspiring chef Fernando’s brother gets in trouble with the authorities, he must escape with Fernando to a small town called Cadaqués, where Salvador Dalí also happens to live. The movie is inspired by the origin story of one of the best restaurants in the world, El Bull. PS! Don’t watch this film while you're hungry.
Director: Celine Song; countries: USA, South Korea
8th of November, Wednesday at 20:45, Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Past Lives is a moving romance movie in three pictures, which tells us the story of two childhood friends, who were forced to separate. The backbone of this story is a Korean concept of in-yun, which is a belief that fate always brings together people, who have met countless times in past lives, even if it were for a mere second. Past Lives premiered this year at Sundance film festival.
Director: Rodrigo Moreno; countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg
8th of November, Wednesday at 17:30, Kino Sõprus
What is the price of freedom? What does it look like? Award-winning Argentinian director Rodrigo Moreno comes out with his seventh film, a comedy-soaked crime thriller The Delinquents, which follows the aspirations of two men to free themselves from the chains of capitalism and find longed-for freedom. This film premiered at Cannes festival this year and has found its way to most major film festivals in the world, including getting a grand prize from the Polish New Horizons film festival.
Director: Ninna Pálmadóttir; countries: France, Iceland, Slovakia
8th of November, Wednesday at 21:15, Kino Artis
If we paid more attention to our friends and loved ones, the world would be a much nicer place. Icelandic director Ninna Pálmadóttir brings together an old and socially awkward lifelong farmer, who has to move to town and a ten year old boy, who doesn’t get enough attention thanks to his parents' divorce for the sole reason of requiring warmth and human connection.
Director: Toomas Lepp, country: Estonia
8th of November, Wednesday at 18:45, Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
When this film reached the editing table, the British newspaper The Guardian, which reaches thirty million readers, featured an article by renowned chess writer Leonard Barden, “Pride of Estonia: Paul Keres, one of the best to never hold chess world crown”. The film crew went to Amsterdam and New York so that the great masters and chess writers Genna Sosonko and Andy Soltis could explain the mystery of Keres, who excites the chess world to this day.
Director: Andrew Haigh, countries: USA, UK
8th of November, Wednesday at 18:00, Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
When one of the most interesting British film creators, Andrew Haigh, and two Irish national treasures Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott come together in a project, you know it deserves your full attention. The center of this story is lonely Adam, who revisits his childhood. He finds his mom and dad, who died when he was just 12 years old, but still live at their old house and look like they looked in Adam’s childhood.