It may be an economic crisis, the excesses of politicians and judges, the disgrace of banks, the unfair eviction of gaztetxes, the failure of the favorite football team… But people want to laugh, leave the cheerful movie theater. It has been seen in the projections, where the public has enjoyed ridiculous moments, and it has felt in the vote, with the Public Prize to the humorous and optimistic The Artist of French Michel Hazanavicius. And rightly so. The Artist is a nice film about a silent film actor who hasn’t been able to adapt to face-to-face cinema in the late 1920s. It's a black-and-white, black-and-white film, but the prejudices don't fool you -- I also had before I got into the room -- recovering and adapting the style and the mute movie gestures, it's a magical, fresh story told at a good pace.
When it comes to choosing Europe’s best film, the public has awarded a non-Baladan humor capable of telling deep stories with grace: The Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, for his part, has released Et maintenant on va où? Work. Labaki has been able to speak from the beginning about the difficult coexistence between two communities. Along the same lines, Telmo ESNAL added to the usual black humor drama, tragedy and thriller, Urte berri on, AMONA! in an original, surprising and savage proposal.
In general, Zabaltegi has reaped very well: The award for the best novel director has been for the German The river used to be a man and the Youth award for the British Wild Bill, although they also deserve special mention Nader and Simin, the excellent Iranian film separation, the wild British drama Tyrannosaur and Le Havre, with a look typical of the Finnish Aki Kaurismaki.
Edurne Azkarate said from the micro stage that the Basque film has little Basque in the celebration of the San Sebastian Film Festival. The phrase echoes for its truthfulness. In the architecture scene you can repeat the same motto and I am sure that in so many other cultural... [+]
Bound in Heaven
Address: Xin Huo
Country: China
Duration: 109 minutes
Premiere: Not implemented
Run away from death, forward. The man who suffers a terminal illness will do so, along with his lover, friend and travel partner. A hard but positive film, with good image... [+]
The ninth and final day, at a special festival that will remember me with great affection. Leaving two films risky for the last day, I'm writing this first chronicle with the music of a bar, because I didn't like the movie I saw before.
I've seen Ulysses in the program of the... [+]
And that was Saturday and not Sunday. It was hard for him to clear up the day, because there were far fewer people on the street and there was no hurry. Some soon approached Kursaal and Victoria Eugenia Theatre, where they projected the closing movie of the night, We Live in... [+]
The Gasteiztarra Patricia López de Arnaiz has been made with the Goya the best lead actor at the 72 San Sebastian Festival. In the Zinemaldia, for his work in the film 'The Flashes', directed by Pilar Palomero.
The film is based on the first narrative of Eider Rodríguez's book... [+]
I never cry with movies. I've seen hard films, sad stories, full of death, showing the worst of the human being, without asking for forgiveness. I've seen beautiful, elegant, monumental movies that talk about miracles, deep. And yet, I don't cry with movies. Those of us who... [+]
Although outside the Concha de Oro competition and other awards, other – usually good – works are premiered in the Official Section. In particular, there are sixteen competing films and 22 films – twenty films and two telescopes – are in projection.
One of the series... [+]
When I made the Festival calendar, the first film I chose was Parthenope. Not knowing what it was, before I read the synopsis, I knew I had to see it, because it was from director Paolo Sorrentino. My roommate and roommate always tells me that I’m an “excited” with that... [+]
On Wednesday, the Greek Costa-Gavras was at Donostia-San Sebastian, at 91, presenting his new work and giving him the level with Le dernier souffle; and on Thursday the British Mike Leigh, with an elegant black cane and an 81 year old luggage.
New old ones? No. And I'm not... [+]
Family dynamics that have been worsening for too long tend to become chronic and cannot be easily cured. In the feature film written and directed by Sandra Romero, where the silence passes (The place that passes the silence), Antonio (Antonio Araque) returns to Ecija (Andalusia)... [+]
There is sometimes a feeling that everything is tied. It will be possible to see everything, even in the Official Section, always under a framework. We have seen some touches of humor, weeping dramas, suspenses, documentaries, even a horror film – which we will analyze at the... [+]
On June 28 of this year, Casa in Flames (Etxea Sutan), a dramatic comedy directed by Dani de la Orden, premiered. I told him I thought I would see him a month before the festival, when I was talking to a friend, and he recommended it to me. Although we do not always agree, the... [+]