JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY
JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
REACHING FOR THE MOON
FLORES RARAS
Bruno Barreto (Dona Flor and her Two Husbands)
brings to life 1950s Rio in this beautifully drawn tale
of poet Elizabeth Bishop and her love affair with
architect Lota de Macedo Soares, the designer of
Rio’s famed Flamengo Park. Based on the bestselling
Brazilian novel Rare and Commonplace Flowers, the
film follows Bishop as a creative block prompts her to
accept the invitation of a college friend to stay with
her and her partner, Lota, on a sprawling country
estate. Bishop is a fish out of water in her new lush
and bohemian setting, until the instant chemistry
between her and Lota boils over.
‘Pires is a vibrant and charismatic force of nature’
Screen International
Sat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 12pm / 118 minutes
Director: Bruno Barreto 2013 Brazil
Writers: Matthew Chapman, Julie Sayres, Carolina Kotscho
Cast: Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf
Miranda Otto gives an elegant and nuanced
performance as Bishop, while Glória Pires provides
a counterbalance with the Dionysian Lota. Bishop’s
closet alcoholism thickens the drama, but when she
returns to New York and the military coup d’état
forces change in Brazil, the relationship also faces a
downswing. This engaging and classical love story is
an intimate snapshot of the search for inspiration and
the lives of two remarkable artists.
Genna Terranova
Tribeca Film Festival
NEW WORLD
SIN-SE-GAE
Any film that opens with a snitch being force-fed a
cement smoothie deserves some latitude to make
its case, and the South Korean crime drama New
World is no exception. Set in the scheming heart of a
powerful crime syndicate, this stylish saga from Park
Hoon-jung conjures a world where hardly anyone is
who he seems.
Our fragile anchor is Ja-sung (Lee Jung-jae), an
impassive undercover cop who has spent eight
years infiltrating the syndicate and rising through
its ranks. Now, with the death of the chairman and a
succession war looming, Ja-sung’s handler, Captain
Kang (Choi Min-sik) sees an opportunity to destroy
the organization from within. If only Ja-sung can
remember where his loyalties lie.
Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 12.45pm / 134 minutes
Writer-director: Park Hoon-jung 2013 South Korea
Cast: Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-min
With the support of the Embassy of Korea Dublin and
the Korea Foundation
Cloaked in the politesse of the boardroom and
the golf course, New World is both less bloody
and more thoughtful than most of its genre, the
shifting-alliances plot becoming more engrossing as
it progresses. When not caressing razor-sharp lapels,
Chung Chung-hoon’s gleaming cinematography
captures the cold threat of airports and clubhouses,
his precision unfazed by an elevator jammed with
bloodied bodies.
Jeanette Catsoulis
The New York Times
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