72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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José Luis López-Linares
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Opening Film
Montxo Armendáriz
Spain 
96 min.
Tasio has been working as a charcoal maker since the age of 14 in a small village in the Urbasa mountain range, in Navarre. Life changes, but the mountain is the same as ever: rugged and beautiful. It provides the setting for his games as a child, but it is also the place where he can find sustenance for his family. By adulthood he has added poaching to his charcoal making. These are times of rural exode, but Tasio would rather stay and live in the hills, completely alone, as long as he can keep his freedom.
Closing Film
Bigas Luna
Spain 
85 min.
A man's body turns up on a Barcelona beach with a message tattooed on his arm: "I was born to revolutionize hell". Detective Pepe Carvalho is put in charge of the case, taking him from the back streets of Barcelona to the Amsterdam canals, with no effect whatsoever on his peculiar investigation methods.
Tseng Chuang-hsiang
Taiwan 
102 min.
Orphaned after her mother's suicide and later wed to a lustful butcher, Lin Shih endures a life of despair. Her dark journey leads to a harrowing act of vengeance - killing her husband with his own butchering knife.
Video Mercury Films
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José Antonio Nieves Conde
Spain 
103 min.
In the late 40s, a family leaves the countryside and moves to Madrid with the hope of coming up in the world. But life in the city is cruel, full of hardships and letdowns. Manuel, the father, finds work in a forge, but the hard work is too much for him. Pepe, the elder son, dabbles in murky black market affairs. Manolo, the younger son, gets a job as a delivery boy and Tonia, the daughter, starts work as a maid.
Jane Campion
Australia 
120 min.
1851. Ada has never spoken a word since the age of six and only communicates through music and her daughter, Flora. An arranged marriage forces her to leave her native Scotland with her daughter and her piano. Her destination is New Zealand, where she is awaited by Stewart, a farmer with whom she has nothing in common. Her suffering only gets worse when her husband sells the piano to his neighbour George. But Ada will find a way to continue playing in exchange for giving George lessons.
Niki de Saint Phalle
France 
82 min.
Young Princess Camélia, magically transformed into an adult, must traverse a phantasmagoric and surreal landscape filled with enchanted beings, fantastical goblins, and human-like ghouls. Throughout her journey to adulthood, she navigates a minefield of patriarchy, facing a series of frightful encounters in this whimsical and surreal new world.
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