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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYTWO LIVESZWEI LEBENJuliane Köhler (Downfall) stars in this heartrendingthriller about a Norwegian woman leading adangerous double life in the chaotic final days of theCold War. She plays Katrine, a Norwegian womanraised in an East German orphanage after the Nazisstole her from her mother. Years later, so it seems, shemanaged to escape and track down her mother andnow, in 1990, Katrine finds herself at the heart of ahappy, bustling Norwegian family. But when a younglawyer calls, determined to recruit her in a claim forcompensation from the new German state, Katrine isforced into a desperate struggle to conceal the lies onwhich her whole life is based.Sun 16 Feb / Light House 1 / 3.30pm / 97 minutesWriter-director: Georg Maas 2012 Germany/NorwayCast: Juliane Köhler, Liv Ullmann, Sven NordinOfficial German submission for Best Foreign Film, 2014 Academy Awards®Presented in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut IrlandTwo Lives is a gripping story of deception basedon a real unsolved case. Köhler delivers a movingperformance as Katrine, a woman torn betweenconflicting loyalties, while screen legend LivUllmann makes a rare appearance as Åse, the proudgrandmother whose daughter is not what she seems.Shot through with nerve-jangling suspense, Two Livesshines a light on a forgotten corner of the Cold Warand asks how much is real when a life is built on lies.Alistair DanielWith special guest Juliane KöhlerTHE SWIMMERThe Swimmer is the story of a man (Burt Lancaster)who begins at the dawn of a new day to swim in thebackyard pool of some friends. It occurs to him thata string of other backyard pools reaches to his ownhome. Why not swim all the way? Some of the poolowners are happy to see him. Others hate him. One isa bitter young woman who loved him once. We learnsomething about this man’s life at every poolside,until finally we are able to piece together a story ofhis disgrace and failure.‘enigmatic, poetic, disturbing’Empire MagazineSun 16 Feb / Light House 3 / 4pm / 95 minutesDirectors: Frank Perry, Sydney Pollack 1968 USWriter: Eleanor PerryCast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice RuleThe Swimmer begins as a perfectly realistic film.But somewhere along the way we realize it is anallegory. At every moment, we have the feeling thatsomething tragic has already happened to thesepeople. And, of course, something has.Burt Lancaster is superb in his finest performance.There are also fine performances by Janice Rule asthe mistress, by Janet Landgard as the young girl,and by a host of character actors. The Swimmer is astrange, stylized work, a brilliant and disturbing one.Roger EbertBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 45