January 2009 IndieSource

January 2009
New Releases from Facets
Erendira Ikikunari • Notorious Nobodies • Between the Cup and the Lip • Tambourine
The Father • Johan van der Keuken, Volume 5: The Complete Collection • The New Americans
Demons of War • Workers for the Good Lord • The Indomitable Leni Peickert
SAN SEBASTIAN
FILM FESTIVAL
Jury Prize
TORINO INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
CICAE Award, Holden Award,
Special Jury Prize
THESSALONIKI
FILM FESTIVAL
Golden Alexander
From the Oscar®-Nominated Director of Children of Heaven
THE
FATHER
“Characters are observed with honesty and humanity, and the story is never less than engrossing . . . .”
–VARIETY
“. . . an extraordinarily moving film . . . .” – THE JAKARTA POST
From award-winning director Majid Majidi (Children of Heaven) comes this sensitive
drama about a teenage boy who struggles to fit into his new family.
After his father’s death, young Mehrollah leaves home to make money to support his
mother and sisters. At age 14, he returns home a success, bearing money for his mother
and gifts for his siblings. He is shocked to learn that his mother has remarried in his
absence and moved to a larger house. Mehrollah rejects his
new stepfather, but eventually he is forced to face him in
a harrowing adventure that leads to mutual respect.
THE FATHER. Pedar. Directed by Majid
Majidi. With Mohammad Kasebi, Hassan
Sadeghi, and Parivash Nazarieh. Written
by Majid Majidi and Mehdi Shojai.
Cinematography by Mohsen Zolnavar.
Edited by Hassan Hassandoost.
Produced by The Center of Documentary &
Experimental Cinema.
Iran/1996/Color/Widescreen/96
mins. In Farsi with English
subtitles.
THESSALONIKI
FILM FESTIVAL
Golden Alexander
FATHER
®-Nominated
From the Oscar of Heaven
Director of Children
SAN SEBASTIAN
FILM FESTIVAL
Jury Prize
FESTIVAL
TORINO INT’L FILM Award,
CICAE Award, Holden
Special Jury Prize
THE
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“K luge’s work [is like] a crazy erector set
of the mind . . . . “ —CINEMASCOPE
Kluge’s pendant to Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed,
THE INDOMITABLE LENI PEICKERT picks up Leni’s tale
as she struggles on the fringes of show business.
This time the progression of her career is reversed in
that it begins with her work on television. But, when
she is fired for smuggling in an uncensored film, she
returns to the circus.
Originally made for German television, this small-scale
film offers a second look at the complex character of
Leni Peickert, another of Kluge’s restless, impatient
heroines. Not actually a sequel, this curious film
consists of material originally shot for Big Top and
represents the director’s ongoing exploration of
storytelling conventions and cinematic ideas.
THE INDOMITABLE
LENI PEICKERT
Special Feature
• R
eformzirkus (2-hour TV program featuring
an extensive Kluge interview)
THE INDOMITABLE LENI PEICKERT. Die Unbezahmbare Leni Peickert.
Directed by Alexander Kluge. With Hannelore Hoger, Bernd Hoeltz, and
Nils von der Heyde. Cinematography by Gunter Hormann and Thomas
Mauch. Edited by Beata Mainka-Jellinghaus. Produced by Kairos Film.
Germany/1970/ Black & White/Fullscreen/33 mins.
In German with English subtitles.
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“...A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE....” – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
thE new americans
The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group
of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they start new lives in
America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the
dot-com boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his
family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the
sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa) escape government
persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big
dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian
woman marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover that in the
wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her
homeland’s conflict.
Kartemquin assembled a team of talented directors including the
creators of Hoop Dreams, Who Killed Vincent Chin, and Vietnam,
Long Time Coming. The detailed portraits that resulted were woven
into a seven-hour miniseries that presents a kaleidoscopic picture of
immigrant life and a first impression of the U.S. that few born in America
can imagine.
“The New Americans has the richness and
density of a Dickens novel.”
– LOS ANGELES TIMES
“The moments we’re privileged to share
can be bitter or sweet, bittersweet or
simply enlightening. The film exquisitely
charts a rainbow of fates for its rainbow
of immigrants.”
– NEWSDAY
AS SEEN ON PBS’S INDEPENDENT LENS
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
AMSTERDAM - SPECIAL SCREENING
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION COMPETITION
GOLD HUGO, CHICAGO AWARD
THE NEW AMERICANS
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: STEVE JAMES & GORDON QUINN
SERIES PRODUCER: GITA SAEDI
USA/2004/COLOR/411 mins.
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THEIR ONLY CRIME WAS TO EXIST.
“. . . an original cinema of exceptional quality, a tragedy about human destiny.”—Costa-Gavras (Z; Missing)
“You come out of your house, you go back and you find your house is no longer there,
and your family has disappeared. You are entering the world of NOTORIOUS NOBODIES.”
—Dusan Makavejev (W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism; Montenegro)
“Freedom is the most exotic commodity of today’s world. Its long-suffering spirit illuminates
all Stanojevic’s images.”—Jean Rouch (Chronicle of a Summer; Jaguar)
Stanislav Stanojevic, Eastern Europe’s forgotten master of filmmaking, directed this award-winning political
drama that proved to be years ahead of its time. The narrative follows eight stories of human rights violations
occurring simultaneously in Prague, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Geneva, Montevideo, Zaire, and France during the
course of one day—November 10, 1983. Stanojevic sets these fictional stories of unfortunate individuals,
whose only crime is existing, in specific settings where historically these type of violations actually occurred.
A compelling blend of fact and fiction, history and drama.
With its eight-story structure, human rights theme, and multiple points of view,
Stanojevic prefigured such contemporary films as Crash, Traffic, and Babel.
NOTORIOUS NOBODIES. Illustres Inconnus. Written, produced, and directed by Stanislav Stanojevic. Cinematography by Georges Barsky.
Edited by Anne-France Lebrun. Music by Benito Merlino. Produced for Soleil Fertile.
France/1984/Color/Fullscreen/85 mins. In French with English subtitles.
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“. . . plays like a cross between The Wizard of Oz and It’s a Wonderful Life
if Karl Marx had had a hand in the script.”
—VARIETY
WORKERS
for the Good Lord
“. . . stunning
location photography
and alluring
performances . . . .”
—FILMSDEFRANCE.COM
“. . . there may be
no director more
eccentric working in
France than Jean-Claude
Brisseau. . . .”
—Dave Kehr,
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Special Feature
•
Preface by
actor-director
Andre S. Labarthe
An unsettling blend of black comedy and melodrama, WORKERS FOR
THE GOOD LORD, directed by French maverick Jean-Claude Brisseau,
was chosen as one of the top ten films of 2000 by Cahiers du Cinema.
The story follows the misadventures of Fred, whose wife leaves him
because he cannot support her and his children. Emotionally devastated,
he takes to the road with postal clerk Sandrine and a mysterious African
named Maguette. The trio rob banks across the South of France until they
amass a small fortune, but Fred can only think of winning back the affections of his wife.
Brisseau’s outrageous combination of tones and film genres is a throwback to the French New Wave
as are his hommages to the great French filmmakers. A cinephile’s dream, the film excited critics and
riled audiences across Europe.
France/2000/Color/4:3/106 mins. In French with English subtitles.
WORKERS FOR THE GOOD LORD. Les Savates du bon Dieu. Written and directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau. With Stanislas Merhar, Raphaele Godin, Emile
Abossolo M’bo, and Coralie Revel. Cinematography by Laurent Fleutot and Romain Winding. Editing, set design, and costumes by Maria Luisa Garcia.
Music by Jean Musy. Produced by Corinne Bertelot and others for Euripide Productions, La Sorciere Rouge, Rhone-Alpes Cinema, and Arte France Cinema.
WORKERS FOR THE GOOD LORD
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Demons of War
“. . . a high-budget affair, with impressive photography . . . .”
—Andrew Horton, CENTRAL EUROPE REVIEW
Three of Poland’s biggest stars assemble for this high-octane war
film that takes place near the end of the Bosnian conflict. Boguslaw
Linda—Poland’s answer to Bruce Willis—stars as the ultramasculine Major Kellner, who commands an IFOR peacekeeping
force in Bosnia near the end of the war. Under investigation for his
part in saving a Polish mercenary from a lynching, Kellner defies
orders again to rescue a band of Polish soldiers on the front. This
time his replacement tags along hoping to understand what makes
this highly effective but trouble-making commander tick. Zbigniew
Zamachowski (The Decalogue) and Olaf Lubaszenko (Schindler’s
List) round out the unholy trio of edgy heroes.
From the Director of On the Banks of the River Niemen
Between the Cup
and the Lip
Director Zbigniew Kuzminski (On the Banks of the River
Niemen; Agent # 1) offers a romantic interpretation of Marii
Rodziewiczowny’s historical novel.
Young, charismatic Count Wentznel Croy-Dulmen falls in love with
an enigmatic stranger who turns out to be the beautiful cousin of
a relative living in Poland. His desire for the young woman forces
him to reconsider his ideas and thoughts about Poland.
A sweeping melodrama starring many of Poland’s most popular
actors, including Jacek Chmielnik (Kingsize; Vabank) and Henryk
Bista (On the Silver Globe; Vabank).
DEMONS OF WAR. Demony Wojny. Directed by Wladyslawa Pasikowskiego. With
Boguslaw Linda, Olaf Lubaszenko, Zbigniew Zamachowski, and Artur Zmijewski.
Cinematography by Pawel Edelman. Edited by Wanda Zeman. Music by Marcin
Pospieszalski. Produced by Wlodzimierz Otulak for Vision Film Production, with
Telewizji Polsat S.A., WFDiF, and Vision Lab.
BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP. Miedzy Ustami a Brzegiem Pucharu. Directed by
Zbigniew Kuzminski. With Jacek Chmielnik, Katarzyna Gniewkowska, and Henryk
Bista. Written by Kazimierz Radowicz. Cinematography by Tomasz Tarasin. Edited
by Maria Lebiedzik. Music by Piotr Marczewski. Produced by Zespol Filmowy
“Profil”.
Poland/1998/Color/Widescreen/97 mins. In Polish with English subtitles.
Poland/1987/Color/Fullscreen/112 mins. In Polish with English subtitles.
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BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP
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“[Van der Keuken’s films] show what a determined filmmaker can do with a camera
he operates himself.” –Gary Morris, THE PERSISTENCE OF EXPERIMENTALISM
Johan van der Keuken
THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, VOL. 5
Cogent, complex, and classically composed, the documentaries of Johan van
der Keuken stretch the boundaries of both documentary and narrative fiction,
resulting in a uniquely personal style that is as daring as it is compassionate.
In the fifth and final volume of this monumental, ground-breaking collection,
the focus is on death and dying as van der Keuken continues to make films
after learning he is terminally ill. THE LONG HOLIDAY follows the director and
his wife as they travel around the globe, spending their last years together
taking in the sights and sounds of the world. LAST WORDS: MY SISTER YOKA
is the director’s poignant tribute to his sister (“Joke” in Dutch), who speaks on
camera with her brother just days before she dies of cancer. As a pendant to
that film, the director’s stepson, Stijn van Santen, made LAST WORDS, a short
film about van der Keuken during his final days.
Despite the melancholy subject matter, this two-disc set serves as a summary
and final statement on van der Keuken’s philosophy about his life and his art.
Disc 1
The Long Holiday and For the Time Being
Disc 2 Last Words: My Sister Yoka and Last Words
The Long Holiday
Last Words: My Sister Yoka
Festival de Gentilly
Special Jury Mention
Berlin International Film Festival
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Nederlands Film Festival
Special Jury Prize
San Francisco International
Film Festival
Silver Spire
JOHAN VAN DER KEUKEN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 5.
Directed, shot, and edited by Johan van der Keuken. Last Words directed by Stijn van Santen.
Films produced by Pieter van Huystee Film.
Holland/1998-2002/Color/Fullscreen/234 mins. In English, French, and Dutch.
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Johan van der Keuken
THE COMPLETE COLLECTIONS, VOL. 1-4
JOHAN VAN DER KEUKEN:
THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 5
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JOHAN VAN DER KEUKEN:
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The Indomitable Leni
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Between the Cup
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Demons of War
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Erendira Ikikunari
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The Father
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The New Americans
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Notorious Nobodies
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Tambourine
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