01 Jul - Filmhouse Cinema Edinburgh

6 New releases
THE DEEP BLANCANIEVES WADJDA
NEWRELEASE
The Deep Djúpio
Fri 12 to Thu 18 Jul
Baltasar Kormákur • Iceland 2012 • 1h35m
DCP • Icelandic with English subtitles
12A – Contains infrequent strong language and moderate threat
Cast: Olafur Darri Olafsson, Jóhann G Jóhannsson, Thorbjörg
Helga Thorgilsdóttir, Theodór Júlíusson, María Sigurdardóttir.
Breathtaking seascapes frame this fascinating study of a
reluctant national hero.
When a fishing boat sinks in the stormy waters off the
coast of Iceland every member of the crew perishes...
except for one. What makes Gulli different and how did he
manage to endure almost nine hours in the frozen sea
Based on astonishing true facts, this is the story of how
one man’s innate survival instinct shocked an army of
medical professionals and came to symbolise the strength
and determination of a nation.
NEWRELEASE
Blancanieves Snow White
Fri 19 Jul to Thu 1 Aug
Pablo Berger • Spain/France 2012 • 1h44m • DCP
Spanish with English subtitles • 12A – Contains bullfighting
scenes and infrequent moderate sex references
Cast: Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Pere
Ponce, Macarene García.
A wildly imaginative reinvention of the Brothers Grimm
fairy tale Snow White, brought to life in the style of
classic silent cinema, shot in gorgeous monochrome and
featuring a stirring flamenco score. The film won 10 Goyas,
including Best Film and awards for both lead actresses.
Set in a romanticised 1920s Seville, director Pablo
Berger’s beautifully realised melodrama follows Carmen,
the daughter of a famous bullfighter, who lives under
the tyrannical rule of her monstrous, evil stepmother.
She escapes and joins a troupe of bullfighting dwarves,
and, due to her beauty and natural talent in the ring,
she becomes a star. But her stepmother, jealous of the
attention Carmen is receiving, plots her downfall...
NEWRELEASE
Wadjda
Fri 19 to Thu 25 Jul
Haifaa Al-Mansour • Saudi Arabia/Germany 2012 • 1h38m
DCP • Arabic with English subtitles • cert tbc
Cast: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al
Gohani, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf.
A groundbreaking drama, shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and
the first feature by a female Saudi filmmaker, Wadjda gives
us a rare glimpse of everyday life in Riyadh, and presents us
with a charming and inspiring young hero in the shape of
a smart, streetwise ten-year-old girl.
Wadjda, lives in Riyadh with her mother, a beautiful young
woman whose absentee husband is about to take a
second wife. Wadjda’s dearest wish is to own a beautiful
bicycle she’s spotted in a local shop – she wants be able
to race her friend Abdullah, a neighbourhood boy. To
raise the money she enters her school’s Koran recital
competition with her eye on the cash prize. But Saudi
society isn’t keen on strong-willed young girls who ride
bicycles, and Wadjda has to fight for what should be hers
by right.