Birds Without Names (2017)

[caption id="attachment_24801" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Hostiles[/caption] The 12th Rome Film Fest has unveiled its Official Selection Lineup, which includes some of the most buzzed about films.  The festival will open with Hostiles directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale; and close with The Place directed by Paolo Genovese. Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary army captain (Christian Bale) who reluctantly accepts escorting a Cheyenne warlord leader (Wes Studi) and his family to their lands. During the trip they will meet a young widow (Rosamund Pike) whose dear ones have been assassinated in those plains, and together they will have to survive that ruthless landscape and hostile Comanche tribes. In The Place, a mysterious man always sits at the same table as a restaurant, ready to meet the greatest wishes of eight visitors in exchange for tasks to be performed. How will they be willing to push the protagonists to achieve their desires?

2017 Rome Film Fest Official Selection

ABRACADABRA by Pablo Berger, Spain, France, Belgium, 2017, 96’ Cast: Maribel Verdú, Antonio de la Torre, José Mota, José María Pou, Quim Gutiérrez, Priscilla Delgado, Julián Villagrán, Javivi LOS ADIOSES | THE ETERNAL FEMININE by Natalia Beristain, Mexico, 2017, 85’ Cast: Karina Gidi, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Tessa Ia, Pedro de Tavira Egurrola IN BLUE by Jaap van Heusden, Netherlands, 2017, 102’ Cast: Maria Kraakman, Bogdan Iancu, Ellis van den Brink, Maria Rainea, Ada Gales, Patrick Vervueren BORG MCENROE by Janus Metz, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, 2017, 100’ Cast: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, Ian Blackman, Robert Emms, Scott Arthur CABROS DE MIERDA | THE YOUNG SHEPHERD by Gonzalo Justiniano, Chile, 2017, 118’ Cast: Nathalia Aragonese, Daniel Contesse, Elías Collado, Corina Posada de Gregorio, Luis Dubbó, Nicolás Rojas, Sara Becker Rodríguez C’EST LA VIE! (LE SENS DE LA FÊTE) by Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, France, 2017, 117’ Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Vincent Macaigne, Alban Ivanov, Eye Haidara, Suzanne Clément, Hélène Vincent, Benjamin Lavernhe CUERNAVACA by Alejandro Andrade Pease, Mexico, 2017, 90’ Cast: Carmen Maura, Emilio Puente, Moisés Arizmendi, Mariana Gajá, Diego Álvarez García, Dulce Domínguez, Aranza Beltrán DETROIT by Kathryn Bigelow, United States, 2017, 142’ Cast: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, Hannah Murray, Jack Reynor FERRARI: RACE TO IMMORTALITY by Daryl Goodrich, United Kingdom, 2017, 91’ | Doc | O FILME DA MINHA VIDA | THE MOVIE OF MY LIFE by Selton Mello, Brazil, 2017, 113’ Cast: Johnny Massaro, Vincent Cassel, Bruna Linzmeyer, Selton Mello, Ondina Clais, Bia Arantes, Martha Nowill, Rolando Boldrin, João Pedro Prates HIKARI | AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT by Tatsushi Omori, Japan, 2017, 138’ Cast: Arata Iura, Eita, Kyoko Hasegawa, Manami Hashimoto, Kaho Minami, Mitsuru Hirata, Masayo Umezawa, Nayuta Fukuzaki, Ama Gu, Atsuya Okada, Hirara Hayasaka OPENING FILM HOSTILES by Scott Cooper, United States, 2017, 127’ Cast: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Rory Cochrane, Ben Foster THE HUNGRY by Bornila Chatterjee, India, United Kingdom, 2017, 100’ Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Tisca Chopra, Neeraj Kabi, Arjun Gupta, Sayani, Antonio Aakeel, Suraj Sharma I, TONYA by Craig Gillespie, United States, 2017, 121’ Cast: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney KANOJO GA SONO NA WO SHIRANAI TORITACHI | BIRDS WITHOUT NAMES by Kazuya Shiraishi, Japan, 2017, 123’ Cast: Yu Aoi, Sadawo Abe, Tori Matsuzaka, Eri Murakawa, Masaaki Akahori, Muck Akazawa, Shû Nakajima, Yutaka Takenouchi KŘIŽÁČEK | LITTLE CRUSADER by Václav Kadrnka, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, 2017, 90’ Cast: Karel Roden, Aleš Bílík, Matouš John, Jana Semerádová, Jiří Soukup, Michal Legíň, Jana Ol’hová, Ivan Krúpa, Eliška Křenková, Jan Bednář, Tomáš Bambušek LAST FLAG FLYING by Richard Linklater, United States, 2017, 125’ Cast: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne LOGAN LUCKY by Steven Soderbergh, United States, 2017, 119’ Cast: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Hilary Swank, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan, Brian Gleeson, Jack Quaid LOVE MEANS ZERO by Jason Kohn, United States, 2017, 90’ | Doc | MADEMOISELLE PARADIS by Barbara Albert, Austria, Germany, 2017, 97’ Cast: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm, Maresi Riegner, Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Stefanie Reinsperger, Susanne Wuest, Christoph Luser MARIA BY CALLAS, IN HER OWN WORDS by Tom Volf, France, 2017, 95’ | Doc | MON GARÇON | MY SON by Christian Carion, France, 2017, 84’ Cast: Guillame Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Olivier De Benoist, Antoine Hamel, Mohamed Brikat, Lino Papa, Marc Robert, Pierre Langlois, Tristan Pagès, Christophe Rossignon, Pierre Desmaret MUDBOUND by Dee Rees, United States, 2017, 134’ Cast: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks, Garrett Hedlund NADIE NOS MIRA | NOBODY’S WATCHING by Julia Solomonoff, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, United States, 2017, 102’ Cast: Guillermo Pfening, Elena Roger, Rafael Ferro, Cristina Morrison, Kerry Sohn, Pascal Yen-P­ster, Paola Baldion, Marco Antonio Caponi, Mayte Montero, Petra Costa, Mirella Pascual, Moro Anghileri, Javana Mundi ONE OF THESE DAYS by Nadim Tabet, Lebanon, 2017, 80’ Cast: Manal Issa, Yumna Marwan, Reine Salameh, Panos Aprahamian, Nicolas Cardahi, Julien Farhat, Walid Feghali THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK by Marc Webb, United States, 2017, 89’ Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Kiersey Clemons, Tate Donovan, Cynthia Nixon, Callum Turner PRENDRE LE LARGE | CATCH THE WIND by Gaël Morel, France, 2017, 103’ Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Mouna Fettou, Kamal El Amri, Ilian Bergala, Lubna Azabal UNA QUESTIONE PRIVATA | RAINBOW: A PRIVATE AFFAIR by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Italy, France, 2017, 84’ Cast: Luca Marinelli, Valentina Bellè, Lorenzo Richelmy SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD by Matt Tyrnauer, United States, 2017, 98’ | Doc | SKYGGENES DAL | VALLEY OF SHADOWS by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen, Norway, 2017, 91’ Cast: Adam Ekeli, Katherine Fagerland, John Olav Nilsen STRONGER by David Gordon Green, United States, 2017, 119’ Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Clancy Brown, Carlos Sanz, Frankie Shaw, Danny McCarthy, Lenny Clarke TORMENTERO by Rubén Imaz, Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, 2017, 80’ Cast: José Carlos Ruiz, Gabino Rodríguez, Mónica Jiménez, Rosa Márquez, Waldo Facco, Nelly Valencia, Ausencio Valencia, Leonardo Verdejo TOUT NOUS SÉPARE by Thierry Klifa, France, 2017, 98’ Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Diane Kruger, Nekfeu, Nicolas Duvauchelle TROUBLE NO MORE by Jennifer Lebeau, United States, 2017, 59’ | Doc | LA VIDA Y NADA MÁS | LIFE & NOTHING MORE by Antonio Méndez Esparza, Spain, United States, 2017, 110’ Cast: Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams, Ry’nesia Chambers WHO WE ARE NOW by Matthew Newton, United States, 2017, 99’ Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Emma Roberts, Zachary Quinto, Jimmy Smits, Jess Weixler, Jason Biggs

IN COLLABORATION WITH ALICE NELLA CITTÀ

THE BREADWINNER by Nora Twomey, Ireland, Canada, Luxemburg, 2017, 93’ | Animation | MAZINGER Z INFINITY by Junji Shimizu, Japan, 2017, 95’ | Animation | SATURDAY CHURCH by Damon Cardasis, United States, 2017, 82’ Cast: Luka Kain, Margot Bingham, Regina Taylor, Marquis Rodriguez, MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Alexia Garcia, Kate Bornstein, Jaylin Fletcher

EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT IT

This section includes a selection of films to be screened at the Rome Film Fest after a remarkable international debut. BABYLON BERLIN by Tom Tykwer, Henk Handloegten, Achim von Borries, Germany, Episodes 1 and 2, 2×45’ | TV Series | Cast: Liv Lisa Fries, Volker Bruch, Peter Kurth, Leonie Benesch, Severija Janušauskaitė, Matthias Brandt, Lars Eidinger, Fritzi Haberlandt, Mišel Matičević INSYRIATED by Philippe Van Leeuw, Belgium, France, Lebanon, 2017, 85’ Cast: Hiam Abbass, Diamand Abou Abboud, Juliette Navis MZEVLEBI | HOSTAGES by Rezo Gigineishvili, Georgia, Poland, Russia, 2017, 104’ Cast: Irakli Kvirikadze, Tina Dalakishvili, Merab Ninidze, Darejan Kharshiladze, Avtandil Makharadze THE PARTY by Sally Potter, United Kingdom, 2017, 71’ Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall UNE PRIÈRE AVANT L’AUBE | A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, France, United Kingdom, 2017, 117’ Cast: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Nicolas Shake PROMISED LAND by Eugene Jarecki, United States, Germany, 2017, 117’ | Doc |

SPECIAL EVENTS

CLOSING FILM THE PLACE by Paolo Genovese, Italy, 2017, 105’ Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Sabrina Ferilli, Vinicio Marchioni, Silvia D’Amico, Giulia BETWEEN CINEMA AND MUSIC NYSFERATU – SYMPHONY OF A CENTURY by Andrea Mastrovito, United States, 2017, 67’ | Animation | SELECTED BY… BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI DA’WAH by Italo Spinelli, Indonesia, 2017, 64’ Cast: Wahyu Rafli, Muhammad Hasan Masduqi, Ahmad Yazid, Muhammad Shofi A TIMELESS DIRECTOR SPIELBERG by Susan Lacy, United States, 2017, 147’ | Doc |

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