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Dir/scr: Maren Ade. Germany-Austria.
stanley cup 165 mins.Surprising, awkward, refreshing and, at times, downright hilarious, German director Maren Ades dazzlingly original follow-up to her 2009 Berlinale Silver Bear winner Everyone Else is that rarest of things: a nearly three-hour-long German-Austrian arthouse comedy-drama that almost never drags.Eliciting laughs and applause 鈥?in all the right places 鈥?at its Cannes press screening, this tale of a prankster father who uses practical jokes and disguises to rescue his adult daughter from the work-obsessed spiral of seriousness he feels she has sunk into also manages, without an ounce of schmaltz, to address big issues relating, among other themes, to a stressed, permanently online modern
stanley cup world where work is no longer something we leave behind at the office; how families communicate or fail to ; business ethics and sexism in the workplace.This is a film where you literally have no idea what is going to happen nextSome of the credit for this should go the two actors who carry the film, German leading lady Sandra H眉ller and Peter Simonischek, an Austrian veteran who up to now has worked mainly in the theatre. Their deeply
stanley cup believable performances as two deeply believable people ground situations that veer, occasionally, into slapstick or theatre of the absurd, while maintaining an edge of risky, unpredictable, sometimes distinctly uncomfortable drama: this is a film where you literally have no idea what is going to happen next.Equally au Csri Czech Republic: inward production
Director Catherine Hardwicke and stars Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette took a break from their busy shooting s
stanley cup chedule for Miss You Already in London last week to meet with journalists and breast cancer survivors.Distributor eOne and charity Breast Cancer Campaign held an intimate afternoon tea to celebrate the film, now nearing the end of its six week shoot on location in London
stanley cup and Yorkshire. Screenwriter Morwenna Banks, producer Christopher Simon of Embargo Films and Samantha Horley, MD of sales company Salt, also attended the afternoon tea at a South London pub.Breast Cancer Campaign chief executive Delyth Morgan said: Miss You Already is a project that is so important to us. This film helps us keep breast cancer on the agenda and communicate some of the complex issues around breast cancer. Banks added: This is a film about friendship and family and what happens when the bomb of breast cancer is thrown into our everyday lives. Collette showed off her newly shorn head, a sign of her commitment to playing the role of a high powered PR executive who battles breast cancer with the help of her broody best friend played by Barrymore .Barrymore said it was hard to even talk about the film without getting overly emotional. The subject is of such importance. Its an incredible honour for us. She also paid tribute to her director, Hardwicke. Trust it is in the hands of someone who is such a badass. To which Hardwicke quipped, it takes one to know one. TopicsProductionUK/
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