Wednesday 18th – Archivio RIFF

The Job

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:40:37 +0000

Ten job-seekers. Two days to distinguish themselves and rise to the top. What starts as a simple job interview quickly becomes a brutal test of both professional skills and mental fortitude. The questions are never random. The recruiters lay traps, and the applicants try to dance around them. These people are spared nothing : role play, aptitude tests, provocations. But what is expected from people under such a pressure? Ability to adapt or willingness to submit?

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Angel Express – Director’s Cut

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:20:09 +0000

Angel Express is a film about people restlessly seeking the ultimate experience. Set in late nineties Berlin, it shows images of radical change: Young urban heroes in the glare of flashing lights, an environment in which coldness and affection, lust for power and friendship go hand in hand. There are types like the hooker, Liv, or the top photographer Iris von Than, with her cool and calculating manner and a tendency to go too far. They zig-zag like pinballs through the neon jungle on an aimless search for identity and social contact. There is the striking character of N.K., a respectable businessman of slick and unscrupulous means, a gunrunner on the side who finally unveils himself as a corrupt policeman, and the hauntingly eccentric and insecure Patrick, Iris von Than’s young business associate who constantly is in pursuit of something and whose motto is to survive by luxury. The protagonists, united by their common mood, feelings, and attitude to life, are sucked into a deadly whirlpool of events.

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Babylon Fast Food

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:20:05 +0000

Mamadu, a boy born in Italy to Senagalese parents, fights daily with his own personal battle to be recognized as an Italian citizen. Neither first generation immigrants nor his old landlady want to help him.

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Meet the Fokkens

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:40:34 +0000

Louise and Martine Fokkens are identical twins. For over 40 years they were prostitutes. They freed themselves from the control of their pimps, ran their own brothel, and set up the first informal trade union for prostitutes. Now they bid their farewells. A portrait of these remarkable women, as well as a history of the Red Light District in Amsterdam over the past fifty years.

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Tsuyako

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:20:14 +0000

In Post-War Japan, Tsuyako lives a demanding life as a factory worker, obedient wife and loving mother. An old lover, Yoshie, visits her and reignites their passion. Yoshie begs Tsuyako to leave with her to live the life of which they dreamt. Tsuyako must choose between her duties and the promise of freedom, while struggling to maintain the traditions of culture and respect of her family.

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The Silent Thief

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:10:31 +0000

The Silent Thief is the chilling story of Brennan Marley, an outcast adolescent who threatens to destroy a family’s unity by systematically displacing their absent son, Mike Henderson. Hungry for acceptance and exceptionally cunning, Brennan rents a room from the Henderson family under false pretenses. During his stay, Brennan uses his manipulative prowess to ingratiate himself with each individual family member before Mike returns from college. As Brennan’s tactics become increasingly pernicious, psyches are driven to the breaking point and violence ensues.

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My Sweetheart (Mon Amoureux)

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:20:46 +0000

Romain is my sweetheart. We kiss with tongue. We gonna get married and have kids.
We even gonna have sex. But that is forbidden at the center. So, on Saturday, my little sister is gonna take us by car for a weekend in the countryside.

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Shanghai Love Market

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:20:41 +0000

Every weekend in Shanghai’s famous Peoples’ Park, parents hang posters to match-make their unwed children. This is the story of an overly ambitious mother trying too hard to find the perfect wife for her son. But, when true love is at stake, sometimes even the best-laid plans have a funny way of coming undone.

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Soul (Alma)

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:20:27 +0000

Chilean countryside. After a night of drinking, Andrés, a 40-year-old farmer, will strive to come to terms with his son Camilo (10-years-old) after having inflicted a severe beating. Without success, the distance between them increases reaching a final fracture. Andrés, as a last resort, will face his son in the middle of a place full of memories for both of them with a painful revelation.

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Ghost

riff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:20:02 +0000

A mysterious man is hiding out in an empty house. The man, who is wanted by the police, is caught up in a fantasy world brought on by extreme hunger and anxiety. What he faces in the end is the darkest side of himself in this austere, deceptive short with an unnerving undercurrent of menace.

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