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SALVOFabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza, Italy, 22 July 17:30 Suncoast 7France, 2013A henchman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. When he sneaks into ahouse to eliminate someone from a rival Mafia clan, he discovers Rita, a young blind girl whopowerlessly stands by while her brother is assassinated. When Salvo decides to spare her life,something extraordinary happens. From then on, these two beings both haunted by theworld they belong to are linked together forever. African PremiereItalian with English subtitles, 110 minSHE COMES BACK ON THURSDAY (ELA VOLTA NA QUINTA)André Novais Oliveira, Brazil, 2014 21 July 17:00 Suncoast 6; 23 July 17:30Suncoast 8; 25 July 16:30 Suncoast 8A fictional story wrested from reality. Maria José and Norberto have seen enough of eachother after 35 years of marriage. Maria José goes on a journey to find herself; Norbertois having an affair that isn’t going well. Their sons André and Nato watch all of this withdisappointment, and meanwhile have their own relationship problems. Just as he did in hisprevious short films Ghosts and About a Month, André Novais Oliveira asked people from hisdirect surroundings to play themselves, more or less. In this case: his parents and brother.Maria José, Norberto, André and Nato are their real names, as are the names of the actors inmost of the secondary roles. South African PremierePortuguese with English subtitles, 108 minSTRANGERLANDKim Farrant Australia, Ireland, 201520 July 21:30 Suncoast1;25 July 19:15 Suncoast 8Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and MatthewParker's lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily,have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerilysmothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk join the search led by local cop, DavidRae. It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened to Tommy andLily. With temperatures rising and the chances of survival plummeting with each passingday, Catherine and Matthew find themselves pushed to the brink as they struggle to survivethe mystery of their children’s fate. South African PremiereEnglish, 112 min36th Durban International Film Festival65