FEATURE FILMSWINTER SLEEP (KIS UYKUSU)Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 201420 July 18:00 Nouveau;26 July 14:00 Suncoast 7Aydin (Haluk Bilginer), a wealthy, retired actor, lives in a mountain village in rural Turkey. Heowns a hotel where he lives with his wife Nihal, as well as a number of nearby houses andbusinesses. He also writes a weekly newspaper column. Nihal, who busies herself withphilanthropic enterprises, considers him unbearable – judgmental, stingy and misanthropic.She's so tired of him that she's considering divorce. For the sake of his marriage, Ayden decidesto retire to Istanbul for the winter and during this time, the decisions he and his wife make havehumorous and wrenching consequences. South African PremiereTurkish, English with English subtitles, 196 minWOLF TOTEM (3D)Jean-Jacques Annaud, China, France, 2015 20 July 20:00 Supernova;21 July 20:00 SupernovaChen Zhen, a young student from Beijing, is sent to Inner Mongolia so as to educate a tribeof nomadic shepherds. But it is in fact Chen who has a lot to learn – about life in this vast landand about the most feared and venerated creature of the steppes, the wolf. Seduced by thecomplex and almost mystical bond between these sacred creatures and the shepherds, hecaptures a wolf cub in order to tame it. But the burgeoning relationship between man andanimal is threatened when a regional representative of the central authority decides to dowhatever it takes to eliminate wolves from the region. South African PremiereMandarin, Mongolian with English subtitles, 120 minWOMAN IN GOLDSimon Curtis, United States, 2015, 19 July 20:00 Musgrave 5;26 July 17:00 Musgrave 5Woman in Gold is the remarkable true story of one woman's journey to reclaim her heritageand seek justice for what happened to her family. Sixty years after she fled Vienna duringWorld War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), starts her journey toretrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting 'The Ladyin Gold'. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer, Randy Schoenberg (RyanReynolds), she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of theAustrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court. South African PremiereEnglish, 109 min7236th Durban International Film Festival
YOU AND THE NIGHTYann Gonzales, France, 2013 25 July 17:00 Suncoast 6Around midnight, a stylish young couple and their exuberant transvestite maid prepare foran orgy. Their guests will be The Slut, The Star, The Stud and The Teen. Each comes with theirown dark and impassioned secrets, unravelled in sequences and flashbacks, in a night thatwill stay with you long afterwards. Writer-director Yann Gonzalez’ sensual and erotic debutplayed to critical acclaim during Critics’ Week at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and starsformer international footballer, Eric Cantona and cult legend, Beatrice Dalle (Betty Blue), inthis kitsch ode to love and lust with electrifying soundtrack by M83. South African PremiereFrench with English subtitles, 100 minYOU'RE SLEEPING NICOLE (TU DORS NICOLE)Stephane Lafleur, Canada, 2014 19 July 17:00 Suncoast 8;26 July 19:15 NouveauMaking the most of the family home while her parents are away, Nicole is enjoying a peacefulsummer with her best friend Véronique. When Nicole’s older brother shows up with his bandto record an album, the girls’ friendship is put to the test. Their vacation takes an unexpectedturn, punctuated by a heat wave, Nicole’s growing insomnia and the persistent courtship of a10-year-old boy. You're Sleeping Nicole takes a humorous look at the beginning of adulthoodand all its possibilities. South African PremiereFrench with English subtitles, DCP, 93 min36th Durban International Film Festival73
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