Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival

76 FILMS A – Z [F] The 37th Cleveland International Film Festival
GEORGE GUND III MEMORIAL
CENTRAL AND EASTERN
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION
UNITED AIRLINES WORLD TOUR
Flower Square
(Cvjetni trg)
Directed by Krsto Papi ć
CROATIA 2012
103 minutes
Thursday, April 11 Saturday, April 13
2:00 PM I Code SQUA11 1:10 PM I Code SQUA13
Sunday, April 14
6:35 PM I Code SQUA14
Where do you turn when the cops, the Mafia, and the Church
are all breathing down your neck? Filip Kapic is a Zagreb children’s
performer. A policeman calls to say Filip’s son has been
caught with marijuana. He cuts Filip a deal: he won’t press
charges if Filip will pose as a priest, visit a dying Mafioso,
and get him to confess to a murder. A sad-eyed agnostic, Filip
takes on the persona of “Father Lovo” and gets past “Macko”
Mackovic’s thugs standing guard in the hospital. Macko is
an enthusiastic, family-loving murderer who feels no remorse
about the bodies his construction firm has planted in Zagreb
buildings. When he finds out he’s not going to die after all, an
elated Macko calls on his Church pals to promote “Father Lovo”
for performing a miracle. It’s finally getting too hot under Filip’s
priestly collar, and he makes a run for it. FLOWER SQUARE
pits one hapless man against all the Powers That Be.
(In Croatian with subtitles) —B.B.
Producer~Krsto Papić Screenwriting~Mate Matišić Cinematography~
Branko Cahun Editing~Robert Lisjak Principal Cast~Dražen Kuehn, Dragan
Despot, Mladen Vulić, Anja Sovagovic Despot
Print Source~Ozana Film / ozana.film@zg.t-com.hr
About the Director~Krsto Papić was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today
Montenegro). He is a Croatian screenwriter/director whose career spans several
decades. In 2006 he was awarded with Croatia’s highest honor for cinema achievement.
Filmography~“Illusion” (1967), “Handcuffs” (1969), “Acting Hamlet in
the Village of Mrdusa Donja” (1973), “The Secret of Nikola Tesla” (1980), “The Rat
Savior” (1981), “My Uncle’s Legacy” (1988), “Story from Croatia” (1991), “When
the Dead Start Singing” (1999), “Infection” (2003), FLOWER SQUARE (2012)
The Foster Boy
(Der Verdingbub)
Directed by Markus Imboden
SWITZERLAND, GERMANY 2011
108 minutes
Wednesday, April 10 Friday, April 12
2:00 PM I Code FOST10 8:45 PM I Code FOST12
For 150 years, Swiss authorities took disadvantaged children
from their homes and forced them to labor on farms. THE
FOSTER BOY is set in 1950 in an Alpine village of breathtaking
beauty that belies the cruelty of its inhabitants. Max, an
orphaned teenager, is brought by a pastor to work for the
Bösinger family. A miserable lot, they take his shoes away while
he does chores. Bösinger is a drunkard; his wife is a bitter
woman who makes Max sleep in the pigsty. A girl named Berteli
arrives to work, and soon she and Max are plotting their escape.
The kindly village schoolteacher encourages Max’s talent as
an accordionist, fueling his dreams of a brighter tomorrow. But
before he can imagine a future, he has to survive. Based on
100,000 true stories, THE FOSTER BOY is the most successful
Swiss film in years, a gripping reminder that the nation was
not always a land of milk and honey. (In Swiss-German with
subtitles) —B.B.
Producers~Peter Reichenbach, Claudia Schröder Screenwriting~Plinio Bachmann
Cinematography~Peter von Haller Editing~Ursula Hoef Principal Cast~
Katja Riemann, Stefan Kurt, Max Simonischek, Max Hubacher, Lisa Brand
Print Source~Global Screen GmbH / info@globalscreen.de / www.globalscreen.de
About the Director~Markus Imboden studied German and History at the University
of Zurich, then worked as a directing assistant at theaters in Switzerland and
Germany. He is a member of the German and Swiss Film Academies and has
directed many TV movies. Filmography~“Moviestar” (1986), “Bingo” (1990),
“Katzendiebe” (1996), “Mrs. Rettich, Czerni and I” (1998), “Comedian” (2000),
“Heidi” (2001), THE FOSTER BOY (2011)
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