The festival will run from October 27 to November 4.
BABYCALL will screen on October 31. The director, Pål Sletaune, and actors Noomi Rapace and Kristoffer Joner will attend the festival.
Noomi Rapace in "Babycall"
I will report from the festival for this blog and Norwegian media.
Link to the complete festival programme:
FROM THE FESTIVAL WEBSITE
http://www.romacinemafest.it/ecm/web/fcr/online/home
BABYCALL
DIRECTED BY PÅL SLETAUNE
Norway, Sweden, Germany, 2011 - 96’
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle
Qvenild Werring
BABYCALL
Official Selection | Competition
SCREENINGS
31 October, 22:00 - Sinopoli
1 November, 12:00 - Sinopoli
1 November, 22:30 - Embassy
Anna (new diva of Scandinavian cinema Noomi Rapace, who played hacker Lisbeth Salander in the film
versions of Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy) and her eight-year-old son Anders (Vetle
Qvenild Werring) flee Anders’ violent father to a secret location in an enormous apartment complex.
Fearing her ex-husband will find them, Anna buys a babycall to ensure Anders’ safety and listen for any
strange sounds emanating from his room. But troubling noises start coming through the monitor from
other parts of the building, and Anna overhears what might be the murder of a child. Meanwhile, Anders
meets a strange child that appears and disappears. Does he know anything about the sounds coming
through the babycall? Why is there blood in one of Anders’ drawings? Are mother and son still in danger?
This effective and disturbing horror film is set in a deceptively peaceful Oslo, where monsters exist
perhaps only in nightmares. Or perhaps not.
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ROME FILM FESTIVAL
The sixth edition of the International Rome Film Festival will be held from October 27 to November 4, 2011, at Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica, the spectacular arts complex designed by world-famous architect Renzo Piano.
The festival will be occupying every free inch of this prestigious venue: the five theatres – Santa Cecilia, Sinopoli, Petrassi, Teatro Studio, and Studio 3 – will be reserved for screenings and encounters, while the Foyer, Auditorium Arte, Spazio Risonanze and the Museo Archeologico will host an array of other events.
During the Festival, the 1,300-sqm walkway that leads to the striking Cavea outside the Auditorium will be transformed into one of the biggest red carpets in the world, a unique walkway not only for international celebrities but also for festivalgoers, the true protagonists of the event. Facing the Auditorium, the Cinema Village is a 6,000-sqm complex purpose-built for the occasion, with temporary screening facilities and steel-and glass pavilions and stands that welcome festivalgoers.
The Village offers info points, ticket offices and a large food area – featuring a cafeteria, refreshment areas, pizzerias, and restaurants – as well as shops and themed areas dedicated to the Festival’s sponsors.
And, as happens every year, the International Rome Film Festival’s unique atmosphere will be contagious. The entire Eternal City will get in the act with a series of exciting film-related events that will be held in some of Rome’s most iconic locations, hosted by its cultural institutions and various associations connected with the film industry.
The International Rome Film Festival is produced by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma: founding members are the City of Rome, Lazio Region, Province of Rome, Rome Chamber of Commerce and Fondazione Musica per Roma.
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The films of the sixth edition
OFFICIAL SELECTION - COMPETITION
Babycall
by Pål Sletaune, Norway – Sweden – Germany, 2011, 100’
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring
La kryptonite nella borsa / Kryptonite in Her Bag
by Ivan Cotroneo, Italy, 2011, 98’
Cast: Valeria Golino, Cristiana Capotondi, Luca Zingaretti, Libero De Rienzo, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Catani
Un cuento chino / Chinese Take-Away
by Sebastián Borensztein, Spain, 2011, 90’
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Huang Sheng Huang, Muriel Santa Ana
Il cuore grande delle ragazze / The Big Heart of Girls
by Pupi Avati, Italy, 2011, 85’
Cast: Cesare Cremonini, Micaela Ramazzotti, Gianni Cavina, Andrea Roncato, Erica Blanc, Manuela Morabito, Marcello Caroli, Sara Pastore
The Eye of the Storm
by Fred Schepisi, Australia, 2011, 118’
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis, John Gaden
La Femme du cinquième / The Woman in the Fifth
by Pawel Pawlikowski, France - Poland - UK, 2011, 83’
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi
Hotel Lux
by Leander Haussmann, Germany - Russia, 2011, 110’
Cast: Michael Bully Herbig, Jürgen Vogel, Thekla Reuten, Valery Grishko, Alexander Senderovich, Juraj Kukura
Hysteria
by Tanya Wexler, UK – Luxembourg, 2010, 95’
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones
Magic Valley
by Jaffe Zinn, USA, 2011, 80’
Cast: Scott Glenn, Kyle Gallner, Alison Elliott, Matthew Gray Gubler, Brad William Henke, Will Estes
Il mio domani / My Tomorrow
by Marina Spada, Italy, 2011, 88’
Cast: Claudia Gerini, Raffaele Pisu, Claudia Coli, Paolo Pierobon, Lino Guanciale, Enrico Bosco
Il paese delle spose infelici / Annalisa
by Pippo Mezzapesa, Italy, 2011, 82’
Cast: Nicolas Orzella, Luca Schipani, Cosimo Villani, Vincenzo Leggieri, Gennaro Albano, Aylin Prandi, Antonio Gerardi
Poongsan
by Juhn Jaihong, South Korea, 2011, 121’
Cast: Yoon Kye-Sang, Kim Gyu-Ri
Une vie meilleure / A Better Life
by Cédric Kahn, France – Canada, 2011, 112’
Cast: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi
Voyez comme ils dansent / See How They Dance
by Claude Miller, France – Canada – Switzerland, 2010, 99’
Cast: Marina Hands, James Thiérrée, Maya Sansa, Yves Jacques, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Aubert Pallascio
Zui Ai / Love for Life
by Gu Changwei, China, 2011, 100’
Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Aaron Kwok
OFFICIAL SELECTION - OUT OF COMPETITION
Too Big to Fail
by Curtis Hanson, USA, 2011, 110’
Cast: William Hurt, Edward Asner, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Topher Grace, Cynthia Nixon, Bill Pullman, Tony Shalhoub, James Woods
A Few Best Men
by Stephan Elliott, Australia, 2011, 97’
Cast: Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Laura Brent, Olivia Newton-John
L’industriale / The Industrialist
by Giuliano Montaldo, Italy, 2011, 94’
Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Carolina Crescentini, Eduard Gabia, Francesco Scianna
The Lady
by Luc Besson, France, 2011, 145’
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis
Like Crazy
by Drake Doremus, USA, 2010, 90’
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley, Alex Kingston, Oliver Muirhead, Finola Hughes, Chris Messina
Mon pire cauchemar / My Worst Nightmare
by Anne Fontaine, France – Belgium, 2011, 99’
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier
My Week with Marilyn
by Simon Curtis, UK, 2011, 96'
Cast: Michelle Williams, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You / Un giorno questo dolore ti sarà utile
by Roberto Faenza, Italy, 2011, 99’
Cast: Toby Regbo, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter Gallagher, Lucy Liu, Stephen Lang, Deborah Ann Woll, Ellen Burstyn
OFFICIAL SELECTION | ALICE NELLA CITTÀ
The Adventures of Tintin
by Steven Spielberg, USA – New Zealand, 2011, 107’
Cast: Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig
Butter
by Jim Field Smith, USA, 2011, 85'
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Garner, Ashley Greene
Hugo Cabret
by Martin Scorsese, USA, 2011, 15’
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloe Moretz
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parte 1
by Bill Condon, USA, 2011, 15’
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Red, Jackson Rathbone
On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the theatrical release of the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s and of the exhibition “Audrey a Roma. Esterno Giorno”, the Festival, thanks to Nexo Digital, will screen the restored digital 4k version of the Masterpiece
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Blake Edwards, 1961, USA, 115’
SPECIAL EVENTS
Encounter with Wim Wenders
Followed by
Pina
by Wim Wenders, Germany – France – UK, 2011, 103’
Toto’ in 3d – Il più comico spettacolo del mondo
by Mario Mattoli, Italy, 1953, 70’
Tormenti - Film disegnato
by Filiberto Scarpelli, Italy, 2011, 80’
L’illazione
by Lelio Luttazzi, Italy, 1972, 63’
e incontro sul rapporto tra Luttazzi e il cinema
Noi di settembre
by Stefano Veneruso, Italy, 2011, 85’
e incontro con Franco Califano
La passione di Laura
by Paolo Petrucci, Italy, 2011, 54’
La meravigliosa avventura di Antonio Franconi
by Luca Verdone, Italy, 2011, 91’
11 metri
by Francesco del Grosso, Italy, 2011, 90’
148 Stefano. Mostri dell’inerzia
by Maurizio Cartolano, Italy, 2011, 65’
La Guerre des boutons / War of Buttons
by Christophe Barratier, France, 2011, 100’
I primi della lista
by Roan Johnson, Italy, 2011, 85’
Evento Halloween – Lezione di horror
TRIBUTE - 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITALY'S UNIFICATION: A JOURNEY THROUGH ITALIAN IDENTITY
Rotaie
by Mario Camerini, Italy, 1929, 74’
Cast: Käthe Von Nagy, Maurizio D’ancora, Daniele Crespi, Aldo Moschino, Mario Camerini
© 1930-31 SACIA/CINES; © 2003 RIPLEY’S FILM Srl. Tutti i diritti riservati. su gentile autorizzazione di RIPLEY’S
The Ladykillers
by Alexander Mackendrick, UK, 1955, 97’
Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
The Pumpkin Eater
by Jack Clayton, UK, 1964, 110’
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Janine Grey, Cedric Hardwicke
My Son the Fanatic
by Udayan Prasad, UK, 1997, 87’
Cast: Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Stellan Skarsgård, Akbar Kurtha, Gopi Desai
The Fallen Idol
by Carol Reed, UK, 1948, 95’
Cast: Michèle Morgan, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey, Denis O’Dea, Jack Hawkins
Sunday Bloody Sunday
by John Schlesinger, UK, 1971, 110’
Cast: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Britton
Persuasion
by Roger Michell, UK, 1995, 102’
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, John Woodvine, Phoebe Nicholls, Samuel West
My Beautiful Laundrette
by Stephen Frears, UK, 1985, 97’
Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf
Hard Day’s Night
by Richard Lester, UK – USA, 1964, 85’
Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Wilfrid Brambel
Hue and Cry
by Charles Crichton, UK, 1947, 82’
Cast: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Valerie White, Harry Fowler
A Matter of Life and Death
by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1946, 104’
Cast: David Niven, Roger Livesey, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey
The Last of England
by Derek Jarman, UK, 1988, 87’
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Spring, Gay Gaynor, Matthew Hawkins
A Canterbury Tale
by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1944, 125’
Cast: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergt. John Sweet , Esmond Knight
Babycall
by Pål Sletaune, Norway – Sweden – Germany, 2011, 100’
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring
La kryptonite nella borsa / Kryptonite in Her Bag
by Ivan Cotroneo, Italy, 2011, 98’
Cast: Valeria Golino, Cristiana Capotondi, Luca Zingaretti, Libero De Rienzo, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Catani
Un cuento chino / Chinese Take-Away
by Sebastián Borensztein, Spain, 2011, 90’
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Huang Sheng Huang, Muriel Santa Ana
Il cuore grande delle ragazze / The Big Heart of Girls
by Pupi Avati, Italy, 2011, 85’
Cast: Cesare Cremonini, Micaela Ramazzotti, Gianni Cavina, Andrea Roncato, Erica Blanc, Manuela Morabito, Marcello Caroli, Sara Pastore
The Eye of the Storm
by Fred Schepisi, Australia, 2011, 118’
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis, John Gaden
La Femme du cinquième / The Woman in the Fifth
by Pawel Pawlikowski, France - Poland - UK, 2011, 83’
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi
Hotel Lux
by Leander Haussmann, Germany - Russia, 2011, 110’
Cast: Michael Bully Herbig, Jürgen Vogel, Thekla Reuten, Valery Grishko, Alexander Senderovich, Juraj Kukura
Hysteria
by Tanya Wexler, UK – Luxembourg, 2010, 95’
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones
Magic Valley
by Jaffe Zinn, USA, 2011, 80’
Cast: Scott Glenn, Kyle Gallner, Alison Elliott, Matthew Gray Gubler, Brad William Henke, Will Estes
Il mio domani / My Tomorrow
by Marina Spada, Italy, 2011, 88’
Cast: Claudia Gerini, Raffaele Pisu, Claudia Coli, Paolo Pierobon, Lino Guanciale, Enrico Bosco
Il paese delle spose infelici / Annalisa
by Pippo Mezzapesa, Italy, 2011, 82’
Cast: Nicolas Orzella, Luca Schipani, Cosimo Villani, Vincenzo Leggieri, Gennaro Albano, Aylin Prandi, Antonio Gerardi
Poongsan
by Juhn Jaihong, South Korea, 2011, 121’
Cast: Yoon Kye-Sang, Kim Gyu-Ri
Une vie meilleure / A Better Life
by Cédric Kahn, France – Canada, 2011, 112’
Cast: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi
Voyez comme ils dansent / See How They Dance
by Claude Miller, France – Canada – Switzerland, 2010, 99’
Cast: Marina Hands, James Thiérrée, Maya Sansa, Yves Jacques, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Aubert Pallascio
Zui Ai / Love for Life
by Gu Changwei, China, 2011, 100’
Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Aaron Kwok
OFFICIAL SELECTION - OUT OF COMPETITION
Too Big to Fail
by Curtis Hanson, USA, 2011, 110’
Cast: William Hurt, Edward Asner, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Topher Grace, Cynthia Nixon, Bill Pullman, Tony Shalhoub, James Woods
A Few Best Men
by Stephan Elliott, Australia, 2011, 97’
Cast: Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Laura Brent, Olivia Newton-John
L’industriale / The Industrialist
by Giuliano Montaldo, Italy, 2011, 94’
Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Carolina Crescentini, Eduard Gabia, Francesco Scianna
The Lady
by Luc Besson, France, 2011, 145’
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis
Like Crazy
by Drake Doremus, USA, 2010, 90’
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley, Alex Kingston, Oliver Muirhead, Finola Hughes, Chris Messina
Mon pire cauchemar / My Worst Nightmare
by Anne Fontaine, France – Belgium, 2011, 99’
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier
My Week with Marilyn
by Simon Curtis, UK, 2011, 96'
Cast: Michelle Williams, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You / Un giorno questo dolore ti sarà utile
by Roberto Faenza, Italy, 2011, 99’
Cast: Toby Regbo, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter Gallagher, Lucy Liu, Stephen Lang, Deborah Ann Woll, Ellen Burstyn
OFFICIAL SELECTION | ALICE NELLA CITTÀ
The Adventures of Tintin
by Steven Spielberg, USA – New Zealand, 2011, 107’
Cast: Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig
Butter
by Jim Field Smith, USA, 2011, 85'
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Garner, Ashley Greene
Hugo Cabret
by Martin Scorsese, USA, 2011, 15’
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloe Moretz
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parte 1
by Bill Condon, USA, 2011, 15’
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Red, Jackson Rathbone
On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the theatrical release of the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s and of the exhibition “Audrey a Roma. Esterno Giorno”, the Festival, thanks to Nexo Digital, will screen the restored digital 4k version of the Masterpiece
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Blake Edwards, 1961, USA, 115’
SPECIAL EVENTS
Encounter with Wim Wenders
Followed by
Pina
by Wim Wenders, Germany – France – UK, 2011, 103’
Toto’ in 3d – Il più comico spettacolo del mondo
by Mario Mattoli, Italy, 1953, 70’
Tormenti - Film disegnato
by Filiberto Scarpelli, Italy, 2011, 80’
L’illazione
by Lelio Luttazzi, Italy, 1972, 63’
e incontro sul rapporto tra Luttazzi e il cinema
Noi di settembre
by Stefano Veneruso, Italy, 2011, 85’
e incontro con Franco Califano
La passione di Laura
by Paolo Petrucci, Italy, 2011, 54’
La meravigliosa avventura di Antonio Franconi
by Luca Verdone, Italy, 2011, 91’
11 metri
by Francesco del Grosso, Italy, 2011, 90’
148 Stefano. Mostri dell’inerzia
by Maurizio Cartolano, Italy, 2011, 65’
La Guerre des boutons / War of Buttons
by Christophe Barratier, France, 2011, 100’
I primi della lista
by Roan Johnson, Italy, 2011, 85’
Evento Halloween – Lezione di horror
TRIBUTE - 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITALY'S UNIFICATION: A JOURNEY THROUGH ITALIAN IDENTITY
Rotaie
by Mario Camerini, Italy, 1929, 74’
Cast: Käthe Von Nagy, Maurizio D’ancora, Daniele Crespi, Aldo Moschino, Mario Camerini
© 1930-31 SACIA/CINES; © 2003 RIPLEY’S FILM Srl. Tutti i diritti riservati. su gentile autorizzazione di RIPLEY’S
The Ladykillers
by Alexander Mackendrick, UK, 1955, 97’
Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
The Pumpkin Eater
by Jack Clayton, UK, 1964, 110’
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Janine Grey, Cedric Hardwicke
My Son the Fanatic
by Udayan Prasad, UK, 1997, 87’
Cast: Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Stellan Skarsgård, Akbar Kurtha, Gopi Desai
The Fallen Idol
by Carol Reed, UK, 1948, 95’
Cast: Michèle Morgan, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey, Denis O’Dea, Jack Hawkins
Sunday Bloody Sunday
by John Schlesinger, UK, 1971, 110’
Cast: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Britton
Persuasion
by Roger Michell, UK, 1995, 102’
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, John Woodvine, Phoebe Nicholls, Samuel West
My Beautiful Laundrette
by Stephen Frears, UK, 1985, 97’
Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf
Hard Day’s Night
by Richard Lester, UK – USA, 1964, 85’
Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Wilfrid Brambel
Hue and Cry
by Charles Crichton, UK, 1947, 82’
Cast: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Valerie White, Harry Fowler
A Matter of Life and Death
by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1946, 104’
Cast: David Niven, Roger Livesey, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey
The Last of England
by Derek Jarman, UK, 1988, 87’
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Spring, Gay Gaynor, Matthew Hawkins
A Canterbury Tale
by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1944, 125’
Cast: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergt. John Sweet , Esmond Knight
Audun Engh
