72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Nick Park
 
29 min.
Our friends Wallace and Gromit aren't short on enterprising ideas. They've decided to start a window-cleaning business; but it only takes a brief encounter with the charming Wendolene, owner of the village wool shop, for Wallace's heart to falter with emotion and throw the pair of them into an avalanche of adventures. The disappearance of some sheep causes a wool shortage. Preston, Wendolene's evil dog, is the main suspect. Since Wallace is lost in love, it's up to Gromit to lead the investigation. Preston succeeds in having Gromit accused of the sheep's disappearance and being given a long prison sentence.
Pilar Miró
Spain - Portugal 
119 min.
Diana, Countess of Belflor, is young, attractive and intelligent. Her secretary, Teodoro, is engaged to Marcela, her lady-in-waiting. Jealous of Teodore's love for Marcela, Diana punishes the lovers with separation and manipulates Teodoro, exciting and frustrating his desires at will. The heroine pulls the threads of the action, based on amorous and social conflict, with continuous ploys and tricks, false identities and a sexual anxiety restrained by hierarchical position and social respect.
HENRY SELICK , TIM BURTON
 
80 min.
CLAUDE NURIDSANY , Marie Pérennou
France - Switzerland - Italy 
75 min.
Is an extremely unusual cinematographic look at a strange world governed by different physical laws. The spectator forgets his or her condition as a human being and penetrates deep into fantastic reality: the microworld of insects. The everyday life of ants, butterflies, spiders, worms, bettles and bees are shown to us from the insects' point of view.
GENE KELLY , STANLEY DONEN
 
102 min.
Two film stars, Don Lockwood and Linda Lamont, are applauded by their fans on arrival at the premiere of one of their Hollywood films. Times are changing, these are the late 20s, the introduction of talking films is inevitable. Don and Linda have to adapt themselves, but she has a serious defect: her voice is terrible. The problem is solved in the shape of dubbing by newly-arrived Kathy Selden. While Linda gets all the praise, Kathy has to take stay in the background, until Don falls in love with her and ends up unmasking Linda.
MICHAEL CURTIZ, WILLIAM KEIGHLEY
 
102 min.
King Richard the Lion Heart has been taken prisoner and his brother John seizes the throne with the help of Sir Guy. Saxon knight Robin de Locksley stays loyal to Richard against John and the Norman noblemen of the court. Together with his faithful followers, he takes over Sherwood Forest and steals from the stagecoaches who venture through, sharing the loot among the poor. One of these stagecoaches is carrying Marian, a young Norman girl who, after her initial hatred, ends up loving Robin. Meanwhile, wicked John and Sir Guy set a trap for Robin in the shape of an archery contest.
DANNY BOYLE
 
93 min.
Clever, funny, sick and sometimes simply unwitting, Mark Renton lives on the outskirts of Edinburgh together with his friends: a group of losers, thugs, psychopaths, petty thieves and drug addicts. Begbie is a violent alcoholic; Spud is an incurable heroine addict; Sick Boy is perverted... They are all set on self-destruct; the only one who seems to have any sense at all and the chance to get away from this destiny is Mark. But even he asks himself if he really wants to live normally and if it's worth saying "yes to life"
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