Screeningstitles in Bold; Competition Films in Black Monday, February 15, 2010 “A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop”

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Q&AS From the Arctic to L.A., Alexei Popogrebsky, left, and Noah Baumbach’s films had long roads the to the Berlinale. Berlin

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Monday dailyFebruary 15, 2010 THR.com/berlin 5 ARRIzoomsinon Market’s got rhythm prod’n,salesbiz Musicthemes By Scott Roxborough makecomeback ilm services giant ARRI is focusing on co-financing at2010EFM Fmore German and international titles and boosting its By Borys Kit and world sales business. The Scott Roxborough company has brought on Tele- pool veteran Wolfram FM is hearing the Skowronnek as a consultant to music. facilitate contacts to national This year a and international producers number of Something and distributors. musical- about Ben ARRI is counting on its mar- themed movies are E Ben Stiller turns his ket might as the world’s lead- playing, and selling, in head to respond to a ing supplier of film cameras Berlin, though in ways fanonhiswaytothe and postproduction services to you might not expect. “Greenberg” presser on give it leverage as it expands In the time since the Sunday, while his

co-star Greta Gerwig STILLER PHOTO: SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/GETTY IMAGESPASCAL LE SEGRETAIN/GETTY IMAGES into production. “High School Musical” just turned heads. “In film services we are phenomenon swept the already No. 1, there’s no room to U.S.and the world,with grow there,”said Antonio Exa- the third movie,“High coustos, head of ARRI Media School Musical 3: Senior World Sales. “We want to move Year,”making $252 million ‘Greenberg’ more strongly into all other worldwide,you’dthink areas of the business, particu- that a marching band continued on page 31 parade worth of movies REVIEW By Kirk Honeycutt with singing and dancing WHAT’S INSIDE high schoolers would have oah Baumbach seems intent on laying his own distinc- flooded the market. tive claim to a territory already overcrowded with That didn’t happen. developers, that of adults swamped in disabling neu- >Reviews PAGES6,8,25,26,27 N The U.K. did try to repli- roses, bad behavior and self-absorption. You can add Jewish >Festival Screening Guide cate something similar with angst as well in the case of “Greenberg.” PAGE 10 ITV’s “Britannia High,”but While winning no points for originality,Baumbach and his that show was quickly axed. co-conspirator in the script, Jennifer Jason Leigh — whom he >Market Screening Guide continued on page 30 continued on page 31 PAGE 19 SPECIAL FEATURES bounty hunter. APULIA ‘Wolf’men:Santanasmakedebut Viitala plays a New facilities, kidnapped prosti- incentives luring By Scott Roxborough Finnish actor Pihla Viitala, one tute on the run. filmmakers. PAGE 13 of the Shooting Stars at this German actor he British director/produc- year’s Berlinale. Vinzenz Kiefer SHOOTING STARS er team of brothers Based on true events, the film Viitala (“The Baader Berlin’s young star TDominic and Lee Santana is set in French Guyana in 1934. Meinhof Com- showcase’s profile will make their feature film A group of foreign prisoners plex”) will star as a prison “hus- grows. PAGE 17 debut with the action thriller escape from a penal colony only tler” also on the run from the “Man Is Wolf to Man” starring to be tracked down by a ruthless continued on page 31 day5_p2,30 n2 b:002THRD5_n2 2/14/10 11:08 AM Page 1

THR.com/berlin news Monday, February 15, 2010 Patience a virtue with studios shooting stars U.S.involvementkeyifsometimesfrustrating,panelistssay

By Karsten Kastelan EFM Industry Debates. A view, one might add, not General consensus was that completely shared by his busi- he vagaries of the studio patience and a thick skin are a ness partner Ole Sondberg, system were at the fore- necessity for Europeans working who quipped about the planned Tfront of “Transatlantic with or within the studio system collaboration: “We’ll scream Drawl: Accents for Filmmak- since, as Constantin Films’ and shout and maybe they will ing,”a panel hosted by The Hol- Robert Kulzer pointed out: “It listen sometimes.” lywood Reporter as part of the takes them 10 years to not make Another important theme a film, and when they decide to was the impact of the worldwide Zrinka Cvitesic make one, they write the script recession on the interaction Nationality: Croatian during pre-production.” between American and Euro- A more optimistic tone was pean partners, most succinctly Who is the actor/actress ‘Sky’captains adopted by Yellow Bird Prods.’ put by German director Chris- you most admire and why? Soren Staermose, who is cur- tian Alvert, who said that, of the MerylStreep,becauseofher rently negotiating with Sony three projects he’s currently cir- Pictures on a U.S. version of the cling,“All three are asking: Can outstandingwork,thechoic- neartake-off Swedish company’s hugely we do it in Germany?” esshe’smadethroughouther successful Millennium trilogy. continued on page 30 career,provingthatanactress By Scott Roxborough canstaytruetoherself.

After two years of Inter- What do you consider your net and guerilla marketing snapshot breakthrough role? stunts that Theroleof Lejla,inthe2003 included the 1930s-style film“Konjanik”(Horseman) newsboys by Branko Ivanda. shouting outside the Euro- What part do you wish you Kier pean Film could have played (past market, Fin- or present)? land’sBlind Spot pictures is Edith Piaf –“La môme” about to close financing on “Iron Sky,”the “Nazis on (2007);Poppy –“Happy Go the moon” film that Lucky”(2008); ErikaKohut became an online sensation –“LaPianiste”(2001). continued on page 30 “Stammheim” Which director would you FEB. 25, 1986: Jury president Gina Lollobrigida attacks Golden Bear most like to work with? winner “Stammheim” Jim Sheridan,MikeLeigh, Everyone knew Reinhard Hauff’s “Stammheim” was going to be an explosive Pedro Almodovar,Clint Triowingway film. The docudrama, based on the trial of the notorious Baader Meinhof terrorists, touched a nerve. Half of Germany, probably half of Europe, saw Andreas Baader Eastwood. and Ulrike Meinhof as brutal murderers. Nearly as many viewed them as freedom to‘Flutter’cast fighters allegedly murdered in prison by the German police. Describe your next project. Security was tight ahead of the festival screening. Several members of the jury By Scott Roxborough had received anonymous death threats. A biographicalfilm,directed But the real drama was to come later. “Stammheim” split the jury much as it did by Branko Ivanda,basedon Brit director Giles Borg has the audience: right down the center. Five in favor, five against. The tie was finally broken when British director Lindsay Anderson, who had initially abstained from atruestory of LeaDauth and lined up acting talents Ricky the vote, cast his ballot for “Stammheim.” DarijaGasteiger,thetalented Tomlinson, Laura Fraser and At the press conference announcing the Golden Bear, jury president Gina stars of afamous childrens’ Mark Williams to star along- Lollobrigida, broke with protocol and condemned the film: “Myself, I was against side Joe Anderson in Borg’s this picture.” Later, it emerged that Lollobrigida had threatened to resign over showof theCroatian giving the Golden Bear to what she considered a “banal, vacuous and NationalTheatre (HNK) dur- sophomore effort “Flutter.” unimaginative” film. Anna Anissimova, in Berlin It would be nearly 20 years before another German film would win the top prize ingWWII.Thestory oftheir promoting Kevin Spacey star- in Berlin. And even longer before the “Stammheim” source material would be friendshipand rivalry isdes- rer “Father of Invention,”a reworked in Uli Edel’s Oscar-nominated “The Baader-Meinhof Complex.” — Scott Roxborough tinedtoendintragedy. continued on page 30

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THR.com/berlin news Monday, February 15, 2010 Estevez shows ‘The Way’ shooting stars Pilgrimagetalehaditsownlongjourneytocompletion

By Borys Kit people to step up together to sell internationally. initially,”Alexan- Shot in the Pyrenees and t’salmost like Emilio Estevez ian said. Galicia with a small cast and wants to make his life hard. “Way,”which almost all outdoors, the pic was I In 2008, Estevez was in the Estevez wrote, a far cry from his political drama middle of casting his follow-up directed and “Bobby,”with its sprawling all- to “Bobby,”a drama titled “The appears in,fol- star cast set inside the Ambas- Public,”when a company financ- Estevez lows Sheen as a sador Hotel in Los Angeles. ing the movie went bankrupt, father who,after “I felt freer,”Estevez said. Anders causing the project to fall apart. his son dies trying to make “There were certain constraints Christiansen Though heartbroken, he Spain’sCamino de Santiago pil- with ‘Bobby’ in terms of actors’ Nationality: Norwegian quickly teamed with his father, grimage,takes his son’sashes and schedules, and keeping all those Martin Sheen, and producer goes on the journey by himself. balls in the air was extremely Who is the actor/actress you David Alexanian for “The Way,” The movie, with sales han- consuming.” most admire and why? knowing that 2009 was not a dled by Icon, made its market Estevez hopes to have a cut I admire a lot of actors. There kind year for the economy and debut Thursday and stands in done for the market in Cannes are very many who have moved me and inspired me; Robert De raising money would be tough. contrast to the abundant action and would like to see it premiere Niro, Peter Sellers, Meryl Streep, “It was very difficult to get fare on offer or star vehicles put at Venice or Toronto. ∂ Klaus Kinski, Philip Seymour Hoffman to mention some. But like very many people around sical music composer,Nicklas the world, I think that Marlon Schmidt. He studied at the Saint Brando is the king. Petersburg Conservatory,and so he lived in Russia for five years. What do you consider your Daneri Gudiel from Guatemala breakthrough role? Breakthrough for myself: Mozart made instant connection with in“Amadeus,”on stagein2001. the other Campus Talents, start- Public breakthrough: My rolein ing to sing in the metro on the 2003 feature“Buddy.”Widely way to HAU 2. He even taught Norwegian breakthrough: me some Japanese words that he HenrikIbsen intheTV drama“A learned at his karate lessons. Man Immortal —YoungIbsen.” Radiating with energy,this auto- didactic actor and stand-up What part do you wish you comedian saw snow today for could play (past or present)? THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: The Berlinale Talent Campus brings together a world of students. Hard to answer, a lot of parts of the very first time in his life. course. But I’ve always been Nations,cultures and identi- facinated by Quisling. The man ties blend so beautifully together who supported Hitler and ruled TalentCampusinsession even in quick encounters that,for Norway during WWII. I also a moment,you might believe have a little dream of playing > The Reporter has enlisted know who you’re going to meet. you’ve met the entire world in all the guy who is called “the third participants at the Talent Press to The wonders of these encoun- its colors and flavors.Then you man” in Norwegian polar histo- provide their own impressions of life ters however, unfold when tal- realize,you’ve only just smelled ry; Hjalmar Johansen. He went at the Berlinale Talent Campus. ents you are talking to turn out it,tasted it and you want more, to the north pole with Nansen and to the south pole with to be from far away places. because it is amazing.These Amundsen, but he himself By Erzsébet Plájás A dog chasing its tail is indeed young Talents are linked together never reached the poles. the beginning of a beautiful not only by this event,their fully What is the connection friendship — at least in the short packed Campus bags or by feel- What director would you most between Guatemala,the Japanese animation of Milen Vitanov,a ing confused about the variety of like to work with? language and snow? Or between Bulgarian director who has been programmes at the Campus and Tarantino and the Coen Denmark,music and Russia? Or living in Germany for nine years the festival,but mostly because brothers. That would be cool even a dog and its tale? and who is experimenting with their openness and willingness to 350 talents from all over the the blending of 2D and 3D ani- learn and make new connections. What are your next projects? Thiswinter andspringI’m world have come to meet each mation techniques. Erzsébet Plájás is from Roma- shooting atelevisiondrama other at the first day of the 8th The master of animation, nia and is a participant of Talent series.Adark comedy called Berlinale Talent Campus, a huge Hayao Miyazaki is one of the Press, a part of the Berlinale Tal- “Dag.”Extremely funto do. box of surprises. You never favorite directors of Danish clas- ent Campus.

THR.com/berlin reviews Monday, February 15, 2010 ‘Submarino’

By Neil Young presumably includes within its the death of their baby brother, ing demons. The time-frame pages an explanation of the pic- and for which both feel to some then rolls back a few weeks as h, brother!” is ture’senigmatic title. According extent responsible. little brother takes center stage, likely to be most to the press notes, submarino is Twenty years later, Nick is an before a curtailed final act in people’s reac- a form of torture involving sim- ex-con alcoholic with a violent which the duo meet again (sort tion to “Sub- ulated drowning, but there’sno temper; his brother, a junkie of) in jail. By this stage, only the marino,”an mention of this in the movie. whose extreme pallor and hol- most indulgent of audiences “Oexcessively dour Danish tale of Vinterberg also withholds the low eyes often make him look will be still be emotionally two siblings and their dysfunc- name of one of his two main like a refugee from a George invested in a chronicle of tional, tragedy-marbled lives. protagonists, who’slisted in the Romero set. “Little brother” despair that’s almost entirely Optimistically touted in cer- end credits only as ‘Martin’s has been left a single parent fol- unleavened by humor or tain quarters as a comeback for Father’ (and is played by Peter lowing the road-accident death changes of mood or pace. They director/co-writer Thomas Vin- Plaugborg.) Such gimmicky of his wife three years before, should really have called it terberg — still best known for structural touches give what and he struggles to juggle his “Monotono.” 1998’ssuperb and seminal“The should be grittily realistic pro- addiction and the responsibility Celebration”— the picture ceedings a distracting and of looking after little Martin would surely struggle for inter- cumulatively counterproductive (Kjaerulff.) The death of the >IN COMPETITION national exposure if hailing from air of arch self-consciousness. siblings’ alcoholic mother BOTTOM LINE Self-consciously a lesser-known source.As things The chosen subject matter is brings them together, briefly, downbeat and somber stand,it will need a prize or two so very dark and serious that it after years of estrangement, but journey into hopelessly from the ever-unpredictable requires particularly sensitive dire circumstances soon inter- damaged lives proves a tough, Berlinale jury if it’sto make a sig- handling, which Vinterberg only vene to keep them apart. unrewarding slog. nificantly greater splash than intermittently is able to provide. The first 45 minutes of “Sub- PRODUCTION: Nimbus, Hvidovre, Vinterberg’s2007“When a Man At times,“Submarino” teeters marino” are devoted to Nick, Denmark. DIRECTOR: Thomas Comes Home,”which was barely on the brink of parody,as and represent by far the most Vinterberg. CAST: Jakob Cedergren, shown outside his homeland. mishap after dire mishap befalls effective part of the movie – Peter Plaugborg, Patricia Schumann, The script – co-written by the beefy,laconic Nick (Jakob mainly thanks to Cedergren’s Gustav Fischer Kjaerulff, Morten Rose. Tobias Lindholm (who co-wrote Cedegren) and his hollow-eyed minimalist but highly effective SCREENWRITERS: Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg. and co-directed the recent Dan- younger brother.Neither is ever work as an outsize bruiser PRODUCER: Morten Kaufmann. ish release “R,”a far superior able to recover from a traumatic whose forbiddingly tough exte- Executive producers: Brigitte Hald, Bo drama of damaged masculinity) event which occurred in their rior (bristling beard, tattooed Ehrhardt. SALES: Match Factory, – is based on an acclaimed novel early teens — shown in an ethe- muscles) hides all manner of Cologne. No rating, 111 minutes. by Jonas T.Bengtsson, which real prologue — that resulted in insecurities, regrets and gnaw-

CAPITAL REGIONS FOR CINEMA

17th CRC Coproduction Meetings at the 60th Berlinale Tuesday 16th February 2010, Berlin

11.00am – 2.00pm "Vertretung des Landes Brandenburg" In den Ministergärten 1 - 10117 Berlin

CRC Capital Regions for Cinema, the network of European regional filmmaking capitals (Paris-Ile de France, Medienboard-Berlin Brandenburg, Rome and Lazio Film Commission and Madrid Film Commission) welcomes India as its guest of honour at this edition of the Coproduction Meetings.

A delegation of Indian producers will meet their European counterparts during the proceedings.

Comune di Roma Provincia di Roma Provincia di Frosinone Provincia di Rieti Provincia di Viterbo

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The Hollywood Reporter | Monday, February 15, 2010 | reviews FortheGood ofOthers

>BOTTOMLINE: Good-looking medical drama with supernatural overtones will require audiences willing to believe.

>CATEGORY: Panorama

By Ray Bennett

odern medicine and old- fashioned superstition Mclash in Oskar Santos’ well-constructed medical drama about a doctor who discovers that he holds the power to heal in his hands. But only those with a strong ability to suspend disbe- lief will find it credible. Good performances from an attractive cast led by Eduado Noriega,a slick depiction of a big-city emergency room and a surreal element that many might enjoy should take the film successfully to Spanish-lan- For more >FORUM guage markets reviews and a and internation- full list of cast ‘The Wolf’s Mouth’ BOTTOM LINE Absorbingly al art houses. and credits exquisite miniature introduces With a slight- By Neil Young Marcello may only be 33 but a bold new voice in Italian ly different “The Wolf’s Mouth” feels very cinema. approach, the film could have PRODUCTION: Indigo Film, Rome; here’s magic and mastery much like the work of an estab- L’Avventurosa Film, Milan. been a sharp satire on the way aplenty in “The Wolf’s lished, seasoned master. It can DIRECTOR-SCREENWRITER: Pietro some doctors come to believe TMouth,”a docu-fiction be compared with the likes of Marcello. PRODUCERS: Nicola they are God but Santos and hybrid that represents a Terence Davies’“Of Time and Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Dario screenwriter Daniel Sanchez breathtakingly impressive the City” and Peter Schreiner’s Zonta. DIRECTOR OF Arevalo play this particular debut from Pietro Marcello. “Toto” both in terms of subject PHOTOGRAPHY: Pietro Marcello. inexplicable power of healing Though running a bare-mini- matter and high artistic merit. SALES: MK2, Paris. straight down the middle. mum feature length of 70 min- Like them, Marcello is fasci- No rating, 70 minutes. Noriega plays a pain expert utes (six shorter than the press nated by the impact of envi- who is dedicated but detached notes and Berlinale catalog ronment upon his subjects’ framework for the romance of and in danger of losing his wife claim), it packs multiple layers lives, and he evokes the cosily tough guy Enzo and his and daughter because he and subjects into its densely scruffy world of the waterfront beloved Mary, related via devotes all his time to his work. intricate but enticingly accessi- with pungently colored, high- voiceover and interview. The professional, if night- ble structure. A highly unusual contrast images from a medi- Scattered with moments of marish, scene of doctors, love story between a macho ex- um-definition DVCam digital genuine transcendence, “The patients, blood, instruments and con and a transsexual former camera (transferred to 35mm), Wolf’s Mouth” steadily builds screaming becomes skewed drug-addict, it’s also an explo- complemented by an elegaic in emotional impact and never when the lover of one his ration and celebration of their orchestral score and poetic comes across as any kind of patients fires a gun at him before home city of Genoa, delicately voiceover (“The places we pass over-rarefied intellectual exer- killing himself, but there is no examining the past’s interac- through are an excavation of cise. That said, it’s regrettable bullet wound on the doctor. tions with the present. memory … the architecture of that the title is never men- When patients start to go into Already winner of the top a lost world.”) tioned or explained. (“La bocca remission and emerge from prize and the FIPRESCI award These modern-day scenes del lupo” — translated as “The comas,Diego comes to believe at the Turin Film Festival last are interspersed with archival Wolf’s Mouth” on the subtitles, that he can now heal the sick with November, this is must-have footage researched by editor though elsewhere given as “The the touch of his hands.Supersti- programming for any festival Sara Fgaier, who deserves par- Mouth of the Wolf” — is an tions,however,tend to come with worthy of the name, and with ticular praise for crafting an Italian saying roughly equating conditions and he discovers that suitable handling could justify outstanding example of the to “break a leg.”)Marcello his gift comes at a cost. theatrical distribution in selection and interpolation of clearly has no need for super- Tohis credit, Santos does not receptive locales. multisource material. These stitions. Whatever prizes and milk the supernatural elements Previously responsible for a poetic, impressionistic mon- acclaim this film attracts are and make the film overly melo- quintet of shorts, Genoa native tages serve as a beautiful eminently deserved. ∂ dramatic. ∂

THR.com/berlin q&a Monday, February 15, 2010

TheresurgenceofRussiancinemaisbeingfueledbyanewgeneration enceofmylife. offilmmakerswhoarefindingtheirownfilmlanguageinsimplestorytelling vital stats steepedinrealism.AlexeiPopogrebsky,sonofscreenwriterPyotrPopogrebsky, What governed your choice of the Alexei Popogrebsky technical means to shoot the graduatedfromMoscowStateUniversitywithadegreeinpsychologyin1995 Nationality: Russian film, i.e. a digital camera and Born: Aug. 7, 1972 andhasworkedasanEnglish-Russiantranslator.Hemethiscontemporary synch sound, which is something Festival entry: “How I Ended This BorisKhlebnikov intheearly1990s.Togethertheywroteanddirected“The of a rarity in Russian cinema? Summer” (In Competition) RoadstoKoktebel,”(BerlinaleForum2004),which,alongwithAndreiZvyag- Popogrebsky: Unlikeourprevi- Selected Filmography: “Roads ousfilm,“SimpleThings,”an intsev’s“TheReturn”putRussiancinemabackonthemapin2003.Popogreb- to Koktebel” (2003) [co-directed urbanstoryshotwithahand- skybrokeoutonhisownwith2007’s“SimpleThings,”adramaaboutadown- with Boris Khlebnikov], “Simple heldcamera,thenewfilm Things” (2007) on-his-luckanesthesiologistinSt.Petersburg.Popogrebskynextspentthree demandeddifferentstylistic Notable Awards: Sochi Film monthsinChukotka,themostnortheasterlyregionofRussia,shootingthe$2.5 means.Therearemanywide Festival’s best director, screenplay million“HowIEndedThisSummer,”ataleoftwomenthatclashinaremote shotsestablishingtherelationof and Grand Prize of the Festival humanstothevastnessofspace, corneroftheArcticwhilerunningapolarweatherstation.ItisthefirstRussian awards and Karlovy Vary’s Ecu- andthecamerawasalwaysfixed filminyearstobefeaturedinthemaincompetitionattheBerlinale.Popogreb- menical Jury Award and FIPRESCI onatripod.Asforsound,thegoal prize for “Simple Things.” skyrecentlyspokewithTHR’sKirillGaletski aboutshootingintheArctic, wastorecordasmuchaspossible breakingnewtechnologicalgroundandwhatBerlinmeanstohim. onlocation,sincetheambience andconditionsareunique. dailiesinanyreasonabletime.We How did you start writing the worked at a nuclear plant in Almostallofthedialoguewas investigatedtheexistingdigital script? What were the origins of Chukotka. Sergei, who plays the recordedonlocation.Itwasobvi- options,andsettledontheRed the story? seasoned polar meteorologist, fit ousthatshootingfilmstock Onecamera.Wewerethefirst Alexei Popogrebsky: When I in completely with the local wouldposeamajorrisk.There featurefilminRussiatousethis was a kid, I was fascinated with workers from the very start. aretwoflightspermonthto equipment,andinthethree polar explorers and probably Moscowfromthenearestairport, weeksprecedingtheactualshoot, read every polar explorer’s What difficulties did you sotherewasnochancetoget thecameracrewwasdoingdaily memoir published in Russia. So encounter on the shoot? drillstolearnthenewtechnology. I can say that I was moving Popogrebsky: Wearrivedat Despitetheconditions,therewas toward this script for years. One ValkarkaiPolarStationonJuly littletonodowntimeduetotech- thing was clear: It could not be 8.Theshootingstartedinlate nicalissues,nousefulfootage my first or even second film. In Julyandthelastshotwas waslost,andnounpleasant order to make a story built completedaroundOct.5, surprisesawaitedusinpost.I around only two characters, I whenthewinterstartedset- thinkIwillcontinuetoshoot needed much more experience tingin.Sincewestayedata digital,asitgivesanewdegree as a filmmaker. I could only workingweatherstation, ofartisticfreedomtomeasa start writing when the story wehadaccesstostatis- director. was very clear, so it took tics.Thesummerwe months of walking around and spenttherewasprobably How does it feel to have “How whining “I need a co-writer” thecoldestindecades, I Ended This Summer” in the before I actually sat down and withanaveragetempera- main competition at Berlin? started typing myself. The most tureofabout+3°Celsius. Popogrebsky: Whatever the painful thing is reading what Theconditionsinthefilmare result of our participation — you wrote the next day. nodifferentfromwhatwe and every competition is actuallyexperienced.Sincewe always, in part, a lottery — I Why did you choose to film on stucktothechronologicalorder can frankly say that I have a location in Chukotka? ofshootingasmuchaspossible good feeling from Popogrebsky: Wedid some forthesakeoftheorganicevolu- having done the research and found the Valkarkai tionofthecharacters,wehadto honest labor. polar station on the northern- adapttochangingweathercon- Berlin was my For more Q&A most tip of Chukotka. If you look ditions.Thebiggestdifficulty first film festival. with Alexei at the map, it is literally at the wasprobablytransportation. In 2001, I pre- Popogrebsky end of the world. Wewent loca- Toreachsomelocations,the sented the “Kok- go to tion scouting in 2007 and fell in crewhadtorideontopofa tebel” screenplay THR.com/berlin love with the place. Back home, I caterpillartransporterfor there. Participat- got a big surprise. I was proudly hours,sometimesthrough ing in a competi- showing this place on the map to rainorsnow....Polarbears tion where Jean-Luc Godard (Sergei) Puskepalis, for whom I areafactoflifethere.InSep- debuted with his film “Breath- wrote one of the two parts in the tember,polarbearsbecamean less” 50 years ago and rub- new script. He looked at it and almostdailyoccurrence,andI bing shoulders with Roman then stated matter-of-factly: “I hadaone-to-oneencounter Polanski and Martin lived near there for nine years.” withabearthatIfondlyremem- Scorsese this year — that’s

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THR.com/berlin screeningsTitles in bold; competition films in black Monday, February 15, 2010 “A woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop”

> Germany, 124 mins, German Expanded Talk, Kino Arsenal 2 Century, S. Korea, 83 mins, TODAY Cinema, CinemaxX 1 (E) Forum, Kino Arsenal 1 (E); 13:30 Same Same But Head Cold, 9:00 Bran Nue Dae, 11:30 Yuki & Ninat, Different, Germany, 99 mins,, Germany/Hungary, 93 mins, Australia, 88 mins, Babylon France/Japan, 92 mins, German Cinema, CinemaxX 1 Forum, Cubix 7 (D); Exit (Mitte) Generation Kplus, CinemaxX 3 (E) Through the Gift Shop, (E); Youth in Revolt, U.S., 89 U.K./U.S., 86 mins, 9:30 Bestevenner, Norway, mins, Generation 14plus, 14:00 Echoes of the Competition, out of compe- 79 mins, Zoo Palast 1 (E); A Babylon (Mitte) Rainbow, Hong Kong/China, tition, Friedrichstadtpalast Woman, a Gun and a Noodle 120 mins, Generation Kplus, (D); Europa Film Treasures, Shop, China, 90 mins, 12:00 Greenberg, U.S., 107 CinemaxX 3 (E); Loose screening followed by a round Competition, mins, Competition, Cannons, Italy, 110 mins, table, Retrospective, Deutsche Friedrichstadtpalast Friedrichstadtpalast (D); Panorama Special, Kinemathek Eep!, Netherlands/Belgium, 81 International (E); Golden 10:30 It’s Your Fault, mins, Generation Kplus, Zoo Slumber, Japan, 139 mins, 15:30 The Well, India, 120 Argentina/France, 90 mins, Palast 1 (E); Last Address, Panorama Special, Cubix 9 mins, Generation 14plus, Cubix Panorama Special, CinemaxX U.S., 9 mins, Panorama (E); 4 Decades of the 8 (E); Superbrother, 7 (E) Supporting Film, and New Forum: Baara, Mali 1978, 90 Denmark, 89 mins, Generation York Memories, Germany, 89 mins, Forum, Delphi Kplus, Zoo Palast 1 (E); 13 11:00 La Pivellina, mins, Panorama Dokumente, Filmpalast (D, F); Berlinale Semesters - The Early Bird Austria/Italy, 100 mins, CineStar 7 Talent Campus events, Catches the Worm, Generation Kplus, Filmtheater Pencils, Puppets and Germany, 102 mins, German am Friedrichshain (E); 12:30 Crab Trap, Pixels, Hebbel am Ufer - HAU Cinema, CinemaxX 1 (E); I Genealogies of a Crime, Colombia/France, 96 mins, 1, and the Indie Filmmakers’ Shot My Love, Israel, France/Portugal, 113 mins, Forum, Kino Arsenal 1 (E), Guide to Cross Media I, Germany, 70 mins, Panorama Retrospective PLAY IT AGAIN Black Bus, Israel, 76 mins, Hebbel am Ufer - HAU 2 Dokumente, Colosseum 1 (E) ...!, CinemaxX 8 (E); 4 Forum, Cubix 7 (E) 3 mins, Decades of the Forum, 14:15 Nenette, France, 70 Play it ... short!, Retrospective Sauve qui peut (la vie), 13:00 The Ascent, UDSSR mins, Forum, CineStar 8 (E) PLAY IT AGAIN ...!, CinemaxX Switzerland, France 1980, 1976/77, 110 mins, 8 (E) Forum, CineStar 8 (E); Retrospective PLAY IT AGAIN 14:30 A Film Unfinished, Berlinale Talent Campus ...!, CinemaxX 8 (E); Silver Israel, 89 mins, Panorama, 16:00 The Robber, events, Cinema Unlimited: Girls, Germany, 74 mins, CineStar 7 (E); Neukolln Austria/Germany, 96 mins, Intercontinental Connections, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Unlimited, Germany, 96 Competition, Berlinale Hebbel am Ufer - HAU 1, and Colosseum 1 (E); Red Hill, mins, Generation 14plus, Palast (E); Kanikosen, StreetDance 3D, Cubix 7 Australia, 95 mins, Panorama Babylon (Mitte) (E) Japan, 109 mins, Forum, Special, CinemaxX 7; The Delphi Filmpalast (E); 11:15 Rabbit Without Ears 2, Formative Years, Forum 15:00 Our Fantastic 21st Alamar, Mexico, 73 mins,

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“Exit Through the Gift Shop” “Greenberg”

Generation Kplus, Filmtheater Korea, 104 mins, Panorama, mins, Forum, Colosseum 1 (D); 21:45 Moloch Tropical, am Friedrichshain (E); Michel CineStar 3 (E) Portrait of the Fighter as a France/Haiti, 107 mins, Ciment, The Art of Sharing Young Man, Romania, Forum, Berlinale Special, Cinema Movies, France, 52 mins, 18:00 Greenberg, U.S., Kino Arsenal 1 (E); Revolución, Paris (E) Berlinale Special, Cinema Competition, Mexico, 105 mins, Berlinale Paris (E); Berlinale Shorts Friedrichstadtpalast (D); Special Gala, International (E); 22:00 Breathless, France IV, Berlinale Shorts How Much Does Your Budrus, U.S. 78 mins, 1959-60, 90 mins, Competition, CinemaxX 6 (E); Building Weigh, Mr. Panorama Dokumente, Retrospective PLAY IT AGAIN Kanikosen, Japan, Forum, Foster?, U.K./Spain, 72 mins, CineStar 7 (E); Exit Through ...!, CineStar 8 (E); Wages of Delphi Filmpalast (E) Berlinale Special, Cubix 8 (D); the Gift Shop, U.K./U.S., 86 Fear, France/Italy 1951-53, The Story of Piera, Italy/ mins, Competition, out of 155 mins, Retrospective PLAY 16:15 World On A Wire, France/ competition, Urania (D); Au IT AGAIN ...!, Zeughauskino Federal Rep. Germany 1973, Federal Rep. Germany 1982/ revoir Taipei, Taiwan/U.S./ (E); The Mouth of the Wolf, 185 mins, Berlinale Special 83, 105 mins, Homage, Germany, 85 mins, Forum, Italy, 75 mins, Forum, Gala, Urania (E) CinemaxX 8 (E); Hommage Cubix 9 (D); True Legend, CinemaxX 4 (E); Culinary an Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Hong Kong/China/People’s Cinema, Man of the Soil, 16:30 Double Tide, Homage Events, Deutsche Republic of China/U.S., 111 mins, France, 7 mins, and U.S./Austria, 99 mins, Kinemathek; Pauline At the Berlinale Special, Zoo Palast 4 Bananas!, Sweden, 87 mins, Forum, CineStar 8; Beach, France 1983, 94 mins, (D); Be Kind, Rewind: Culinary Cinema, MGB-Kino Gentlemen Broncos, U.S., Berlinale Special Homage, Directors Comment Live (in (E); Berlinale Shorts I, 89 mins, Generation 14plus, Cinema Paris (D) English), Berlinale Talent Berlinale Shorts Competition, CinemaxX 3 Campus Event, Hebbel am Ufer CinemaxX 3 (E) 18:30 The Hairdresser, - HAU 17:00 When We Leave, Germany, 106 mins, Berlinale 22:30 Greenberg, U.S., 107 Germany, 119 mins, Panorama Goes Kiez, Adria (E) 20:15 Initiation, Austria, 92 mins, Competition, Special, Cubix 9 (E); Sister mins, Panorama, Cubix 7 & 8 International (D); Blank Welsh’s Nights, France, 78 19:00 Besouro, Brazil, 95 Interlock (E); The Man Who City, U.S., 94 mins, Panorama mins, Generation 14plus, mins, Panorama Special, Zoo Sold the World, Morocco, Dokumente, CineStar 7; For Babylon (Mitte) (E); Fresh Palast 1 (E); A Somewhat 108 mins, Panorama, the Good of the Others, Bait, France 1994/95, 113 Gentle Man, Norway, 109 CineStar 3 (E) Spain, 107 mins, Panorama mins, Retrospective PLAY IT mins, Competition, Berlinale Special, Cubix 7 & 8 Interlock AGAIN ...!, Zeughauskino (E); Palast (D); One Day, Taiwan, 20:30 Red Sorghum, China (E); A Crowd of Three, Father of Invention, U.S., 94 93 mins, Forum, Delphi 1987-88, 90 mins, Japan, 131 mins, Forum, Cubix mins, Panorama Special, Filmpalast (E) Retrospective PLAY IT AGAIN 9 (D); A Woman, a Gun and International; Death By ...!, CinemaxX 8 (E); Silver a Noodle Shop, China, 90 Installments, Germany, 110 19:15 I’m in Trouble!, S. Girls, Germany, 74 mins, mins, Competition, Urania mins, Panorama Dokumente, Korea, 98 mins, Forum, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, (D); Caterpillar, Japan, 85 CineStar 7 (E); Berlinale CineStar 8 (E) CinemaxX 1 (E); Embargo mins, Competition, Talent Campus events, Collective, Canada, 67 mins, Berlinale Palast (D); Shorts Have More to Say, 19:30 The Botany of Desire, Forum Expanded Talk and Herbert White, U.S., 14 mins, Hebbel am Ufer - HAU 2, and U.S., 120 mins, Culinary Cinema, Screen, Kino Arsenal 2 (E) Panorama Supporting Film, In the Limelight: Claire MGB Kinosaal/ The Feast of Stephen, U.S., Denis, Hebbel am Ufer - HAU Spiegelzelt (D); The Oath, U.S., 21:00 What More Do I Want, 4 mins, Panorama 96 mins, Forum, CinemaxX 4 Italy/Switzerland, 126 mins, Supporting Film, Open, U.S., 17:30 Lullaby, Germany, 198 (E); Cindy Does Not Love Me, Berlinale Special Gala, 88 mins, Panorama, mins, Panorama Dokumente, Germany, 95 mins, Perspektive Friedrichstadtpalast (E); CinemaxX 7; Miss Julie, Cubix 7 (E); The White Deutsches Kino, CinemaxX 3 Sweden 1950-51, Ribbon, Germany/Austria/ (E); The Legends of Rita, 21:30 The Boy Who Wouldn’t Retrospective PLAY IT AGAIN France/Italy, 145 mins, Germany, 102 mins, Homage, Kill, Germany, 25 mins, ...!, CinemaxX 8 (E); Parade, German Cinema, CinemaxX 1 Zeughauskino (E) Berlinale Goes Kiez, Adria (E); Japan, 118 mins, Panorama, (E); Reforming the Past, In the Shadows, Germany, Colosseum 1 (E) U.S., 80 mins, Forum 20:00 Amphetamine, Hong Forum, Delphi Filmpalast (E); Expanded, Kino Arsenal 1 Kong/China, 97 mins, Welcome To the Rileys, U.S., 22:45 Going South, France, Panorama, CinemaxX 7 (E); 110 mins, Panorama Special, 90 mins, Panorama, CineStar 17:45 The Actresses, S. 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SPECIAL REPORT: Apulia THR.com/berlin world Monday, February 15, 2010

“Fine pena mai”

ROME– Apulia, tucked away in the southeastern most corner of Italy,is taking steps aimed at placing it right in the sights of filmmakers looking to make a The movie in Italy. The region that makes up the heel of Italy’s boot- shaped peninsula has taken steps in the last three years that leapfrog into many discussions about filming locations in Italy,ranging from the estab- lishment of a film commission, the development of ItalianJob two “Cineporto” film labs, and a wide-ranging pro- gram with local cinemas aimed at creating a genera- Versatilelocations,modernstudio tion of sophisticated moviegoers. “The region has always had great natural gifts, facilitiesandstrongincentiveshave whether the beauty of its mountains or beaches or transformedtheApuliaregionofItaly its historic buildings,”says Oscar Iarussi, the president of the Apulia Film Commission. “All we’ve intoaworld-classshootingdestination done is taken a few steps to give people another reason to take a look.” The effort to transform sleepy Apulia into a world-class location for making films began in 2007 when a tiny film fund operat- By Eric J. Lyman ed by the city of Lecce was folded into a region-wide alternative, creating the Apulia Film Commission. The commission’s budget draws on funds from the regional government, all of the region’s provincial governments, and most of its cities. It is worth a modest €1.6 million ($2.25 million), but organizers take steps to lever-

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“Mine Vaganti”

age those funds for maximum impact. The Cineportos in Bari and Lecce are date their efforts and resources into one For example, they cap backing for a single designed to serve a variety of purposes, because of geography.Apulia is Italy’s feature-length film or television project at ranging from high-definition film screen- longest region from top to bottom, and €150,000 ($210,000), and at least 150% of ings, to help with makeup and costumes, to between Bari and Lecce the facilities cover the amount awarded must be spent during casting studios, to production offices, plus two of the most significant and picturesque shooting in Apulia. The fund’sorganizers exhibition areas and a coffee bar and cities in the region that are separated by require that at least two weeks of filming restaurant. Those working on films in the nearly 100 miles of roads. must take place in Apulia, and that at least region have free access to the facilities. “Some people will use one facility or the 30% of the staff used for the local shooting “These facilities are really a strong part other, and some will use both, depending be local. But they also provide an array of in- of Apulia’s cinema heritage,”says Silvio on the project,”Maselli says. “Both parts of kind support options not included in the Maselli, the film commission director and the region have their own particular €150,000-cap, including discounted hotel one of the supervisors of the Cineporto strengths.” rooms and meals, experienced location projects.“The region has a young and Using funds from the European Union’s scouts, and access to the region’stwo creative population, and a these facilities budget for underdeveloped parts of the 27- “Cineporto” facilities more on that later. canbeafocalpointforthemaswellasa nation bloc, Apulia is helping to fund an Iarussi boasts about the nimbleness of new reason for filmmakers to be drawn to initiative at 20 local cinemas in the region, the commission’s decision-making the region.” around a tenth of the regions total and lim- process, which he says has no political Maselli adds that the region opted to cre- ited to smaller cinemas with no more than agenda. And decisions come fast: Requests ate two Cineportos rather than to consoli- four screens. The idea is to make high- for access to the region’s many cultural quality films accessible and available to a sites are fast-tracked, and applications for curious public in Apulia. “Focaccia Blues” funding are processed within 60 days of the Those factors, combined with its natural region’s three annual deadlines at the end and historical attractions, mean Apulia cer- of January,May,and October. tainly seems to have attracted more than its “We think it all adds up to making Apulia share of fans. Recent projects shot in the a very attractive location for making films,” region include Ferzan Ozpeteck’s “Mine Iarussi says. Vaganti” (Loose Cannons), Davide Barletti The two Cineporto facilities are the crown and Lorenzo Conte’s “Fine pena mai” and jewels of the region’scinema sector.As with Nico Cirasola’s “Focaccia Blues.” the film fund,they were developed on a mod- “I first came to Apulia nine years ago and est budget spent well.The 1,200-square fell in love with it as a location,”says meter (13,000 square feet) facility in the city Ozpeteck, who is finishing his latest project of Bari opened Jan.16,with the 600-squre “Mine Vaganti,”which was shot entirely in meter (6,500 square feet) Lecce facility slated Apulia. The film will screen in Berlin. to open in late February.They were built with “Ever since I came to Apulia I thought a combined €800,000 ($1.1 million) in that the next time I make a film with the regional funding,plus another €350,000 right kind of atmosphere, the beach, food, ($490,000) from other sources. and so on, that I would make it in Apulia,”he Once the location in Lecce opens it will says.“The commission has done everything make Apulia the only region in Italy with it can to make the project a success.”∂ more than one Cineporto-type facility.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Shooting Stars THR.com/berlin world Monday, February 15, 2010 BraveNewWorld Searchingforthenextbigthingininternationalfilm talent?LooknofurtherthantheShootingStars

By Scott Roxborough

“There’sbeenarealquantumleap in the Shooting Stars, both in quality and relevance, it’s become a real platform for the best young European talent out there.” Karin Dix, project director for the Shooting Stars event — the showcase of young European acting talent the runs annually alongside the Berlin International Film Festival — can be excused for her ebullient pitch. Now celebrating its 13th year, the Shooting Stars has come of age. Last year’s Shooting Star lineup included Brit Carey Mulligan — now better known as Oscar-nominated Carey Mulligan of “An Education” — and Germany’s David Kross, a fast-riser thanks to his starring turn in “The Reader.”

STAR TREATMENT: From top left, Croatia’s Zrinka Cvitesic, the Czech Republic’s Krystof Hadek, the U.K.’s Edward Hogg, France’s Anais Demoustier, Italy’s Michele Riondino, the Netherlands’ Lotte Verbeek, Norway’s Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Poland’s Agata Buzek, Romania’s Dragos Bucur and Finland’s Pihla Viitala

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The 2010 lineup boasts such soon-to- event. France would have been snubbed and contact details, for every talent picked be-known names as Edward Hogg, the too, but Irish actor Robert Sheehan, origi- for the Shooting Stars is stored on acaption database English actor attached to star in Roland nally picked to be among the final ten that the European Film Promotion (EFP) Emmerich's Shakespearian-set thriller Stars, pulled out to take the lead in Nick make available to producers and casting “Anonymous”; Croatia’s Zrinka Cvitesic, Hamm’s feature “Killing Bono.”He was agents. EFP works closely with the Interna- the lead in Berlin competition entry “On replaced by Anais Demoustier, who last tional Casting Directors Network, which the Path”; and Norwegian Anders Baasmo year was Cesar nominated as the one of the meet every during the Berlin Film Festival, to Christiansen, who stared in last year’s country’s most promising actresses for her exchange information on new projects and Berlin sleeper “Nord” and can be seen this performance in Anne Novion’s comedy trends in the international business. year both in competition title “A Some- “Grown Ups.” EFP doesn’t drop its Stars after Berlin, what Gentle Man” from Hans Petter Christian Dorsch of national film pro- but keeps in contact with them through- Moland and Christian Lo’s “Rafiki,”which motion body German Films says he regrets out the year, organizing mini-Shooting screens in Berlin’s Generation section. the decision by the Shooting Stars jury, Stars events at selected festivals, such as “The idea of the Shooting Stars is to pointing out that Germany has had one of the Hamptons last year, where EFP set up allow them to go to the next level,”Dix the best records when it comes to picking a meeting between the Stars and a group says. “If you look at the nominees, they are future talents. of New York casting directors. all actors who have been in co-produc- “We had Franke Potente (Shooting Star But Berlin is the main event.After a tions, whose films were at international 1998) before ‘Run Lola Run,’” Dorsch says, marathon photo shoot Saturday in front festivals. These aren’t kids straight out of “we had Daniel Bruhl (Shooting Star 2003) of Berlin’s landmark Schlosshotel film school. They’ve already been noticed, before ‘Goodbye Lenin!’.” Grunewald, the 2010 Shooting Stars are we just are giving them a platform to move Karen Dix acknowledges the lack of a scheduled to meet the media at today’s into the international business.” German talent means the Shooting Stars Berlinale press conference. It is still rare that one of the Stars gets may not get quite the level of coverage in On Monday, following an industry cast for an international project right out the local media as they have in past years, breakfast and follow-up pitching session of Berlin — as happened in when Stephen though she points out that both the Dutch with international casting directors and Frears spotted Danish Shooting Star Iben and Polish Stars speak fluent German. lunch with veteran producers, the Shoot- Hjejle in 1999 and grabbed her for a lead “We are in Germany so of course it ing Stars will be honored by Berlin Festival role alongside John Cusack in “High would have been great to have a German director Dieter Kosslick in a ceremony at Fidelity.”But the Shooting Stars event has Shooting Star but it shows the independ- the Berlinale Palast. a strong track record for picking the faces ence of our jury,”Dix says.“And this year “An actors’ career is dependant on so about to break the international scene. we have a really strong showing from many factors and we aren’t managers or Previous Shooting Stars include “Inglo- Eastern Europe, which I think is super.” agents, we can’t guarantee them any- rious Basterds” star Melanie Laurent Dix rejects the argument that actors thing,”Karen Dix says.“But we are spe- (Shooting Star 2007), Oscar-winner Rachel from larger European countries are more cialists in networking and what we can Weisz (Shooting Star 1998) and James Bond desirable for international productions offer the Shooting Stars is the opportunity himself, Daniel Craig, who took part as the since they can be better used to secure to make wider contacts outside their home British Shooting Star in 2000. financing and pre-sales. territories. To give them possibilities they To keep up their hit rate, the Shooting “That’s only true for the bankable stars might not otherwise have had.” ∂ Stars have become more selective. Since in each territory and everyone in the busi- 2008, a jury of film professionals has ness knows who they are,”Dix says. “The selected the final ten Stars, judging based Shooting Stars is about making new dis- on criteria that include, along with talent, coveries. It’s also about building a data- national or international recognition in base of names and faces.A good actor the form of awards and, crucially, English- language skills. In fact, all of this year’s nominees — from Lastyear’sShootingStarlineup Finland’s Phila Viitala to Michele Riondino of Italy,Lotte Verbeeck of the Netherlands and Romanian actor Dragos Bucur — are includedBritCareyMulligan— linguistic as well as thespian talents. Polish actress Agata Buzek, for example, nowbetterknownasOscar- speaks four languages — Polish, English, German and French — while Krystof nominatedCareyMulligan Hadek of the Czech Republic can converse in English, Spanish and Swedish, in addi- of“AnEducation.” tion to his native Czech. “The language talent can be a huge help when it comes to finding work on interna- stays a good actor.” tional co-productions,”says British casting Take Anamaria Marinca of agent Leo Davis, who was on the Shooting Romania for example. A Shooting Stars jury this year.“I often recommend Star in 2008, the actress, best German actress Hannah Herzsprung known for Palme d’Or winner “4 (Shooting Star 2008) to British producers Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” and tell them, ‘her English is fluent, it’s has continued to find work in amazing, she could pass for English.’ international projects, includ- Because they only know her German work.” ing Julie Delpy’s “The Count- If there is a surprise in the jury’s deci- ess,”Hans-Christian Schmid’s sion this year, it’s that the 2010 lineup “Storm” and the upcoming doesn’t include a German or Spanish actor. English-language feature It’s the first time these two countries — “Look, Stranger” from director home to two of Europe’s largest film indus- Arielle Javitch. tries — were shut out of the Shooting Stars Information, including agents

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>GENERATION 14+

‘RoadMovie’ BOTTOM LINE Arousingfable drenchedinIndian“magic By Kirk Honeycutt realism”paystributeto the enchantmentofmovies. ev Benegal’s“Road, Movie” DIRECTOR-SCREENWRITER:Dev takes you on a magical Benegal.CAST:Abhay Deol,Satish mystery tour into the heart Kaushik,Tannishtha Chatterjee, D MohammadFaizal.PRODUCERS:Susan of India and its robust cinema. It is, in fact, a road movie without B.Landau,Ross Katz.EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:VandanaMalik,Sanjay the comma, but it is also about Ray Chaudhuri.SALES:Fortissimo Film being on the road in a vast Indian Sales.Norating,97minutes. landscape and about the phenomenon of touring cinemas that still exist in rural India. Kops.Thefacesofenchantedvil- The film is specifically Indian, lagersstaringatflickeringimages yet designed for wider apprecia- onamakeshiftscreenrecallthe tion in festivals and, if all goes (12-year-old Mohammed projectors. Tokeep the highway laughinginmatesenjoyingacar- well at the European Film Mar- Faizal), a chatty old mechanic robbers at bay,he and the tooninPrestonSturges’“Sulli- ket, in cross-over releases in (veteran actor-director Satish mechanic get the cinema up and van’sTravels.” international territories. Kaushik) and a beautiful gypsy running to show classic movies. Benegal pays tribute not just Vishnu (Abhay Deol) wants woman (“Brick Lane’s” remark- Like Scheherazade’s 1001 night- to cinema, but the vanishing out of his family’s hair oil busi- able Tannishtha Chatterjee). time tales, the movies may keep open spaces and farms of India. ness badly enough to offer to The ragtag group encounters them alive in the outback. “Road, Movie” enjoys vibrant drive an antique Chevy truck a corrupt cop and a notorious Indeed,theentiremoviecanbe acting by all its actors, accom- across the desert to the sea, water lord, who steals the seenasatributetothemagicof panied by cinematographer where it has been sold to a desert’s water to sell back to its cinema.Thecharactersaretypes Michel Amathieu’s free-float- museum. dwellers at high prices. Vishnu longencounteredfromcinema’s ing camera, Michael Brook’s Along the way,he most reluc- soon realizes the truck was once earliestdays,whilethefilmis jaunty score and the hypnoti- tantly picks up three fellow trav- a traveling cinema that still con- dottedwithreferencesranging cally beautiful landscapes of the elers. These are a young runaway tains film cans and 40-year-old fromBollywoodtotheKeystone Rajasthani desert. ∂

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working with Alba, a beautiful young woman who unwisely falls in love with him, generating a wild card plot line that goes nowhere. Grandma, who didn't marry the man she really loved when she was young, finally teaches Tommaso to follow his own instincts in his search for happiness. The biggest problem with “Loose Cannons” is that virtually every plot point or character in it has been seen before and everything is endlessly repeated rather than developed. The comically obtuse father never varies from his shock and outrage about his son’ssexuality from beginning to end; the mother is a shrew and harshly demanding toward the servants; the horny aunt imagines lovers who come >PANORAMA SPECIAL to her secretly at night; Alba ‘Loose Cannons’ comically drives too fast every BOTTOM LINE Amiable coming- time she and Tommaso go any- out comedy is marred by a By Peter Brunette voters who will pride themselves where; the grandmother is wise clichéd script. on being more tolerant than the and represents tradition (appro- DIRECTOR:FerzanOzpetek. ay Turkish-Italian film- film’sstick-figure father,who SCREENWRITER: Ivan Cotroneo,Ferzan priate folk music is cued when maker Ferzan Ozpetek is up has a heart attack when his son Ozpetek.Producer: Domenico Procacci. she speaks); and so on. Gto his old tricks again, and announces that he’squeer.But SALES: Fandango Portobello Sales. Far worse though is Ozpetek’s boy are these tricks old. While it the film’shumor is just too thin Norating, 110 minutes. reliance on straight/gay,pre- has its moments, “Loose Can- and over-familiar to generate sumably humorous sexual con- nons” (Mine vaganti), clearly much interest elsewhere. fusions that go back at least as meant to be a funny tale with One day,Tommaso, the tents on top of him, a familiar far as Shakespeare. When Tom- self-help overtones about youngest son of a rich pasta- visual accompaniment to heart maso’sband of gay friends always being true to yourself, making family from southern attacks in comedies. arrives from Rome to rescue him, recycles every cliché of that Italy,tells his older brother Now Tommaso, who lives a an elaborate ruse is concocted to genre, then, for good measure, Antonio that he’s going to come secret life with his lover in Rome disguise the fact that they are piles on every cliché of the gay clean to the family about his and who really wants to be a homosexual. It’sa shame coming-out comedy as well. homosexuality,but Antonio writer,is stuck running the fac- Ozpetek feels he has to rely so The humor is very broad here, beats him to it, confessing first. tory because Antonio has been heavily for his humor on these and the film may find some suc- Papa Vincenzo collapses on kicked out of the house by Vin- old skits, because some of his cess in Italy among self-congrat- hearing the news, pulling the cenzo, who’s in the hospital scenes can be touching and well- ulating middle-class Berlusconi tablecloth and its entire con- recuperating. Tommaso starts acted, if rather predictable. ∂

‘AurevoirTaipei’ >FORUM BOTTOM LINE A perky urban dramedy that makes one smile By Maggie Lee rendezvous with some art house from ear to ear. cinemas in the West and more PRODUCTION: Atom Cinema, romantic comedy match- commercial releases in Asia. Greenskyfilms Inc. CAST: Jacky Yao, made with a crime caper, “Au revoir” follows the trend Amber Kuo, Lawrence Ko, Frankie Gao. A“Au revoir Taipei” is best of new Taiwan films (like “Park- DIRECTOR-SCREENWRITER: Arvin compared with Taiwan delicacy ing” and “Cape No. 7”) in weav- Chen. Produced by: In-Ah Lee, Wei-Jan “Pearl Milk Tea” — sweet, bub- ing a circus of zany figures into a Liu. PRODUCER: Oi Leng Lui. SALES: bly,with something tasty to tapestry of multistranded stories. Beta Cinema. No rating, 85 minutes. chew on. Directed with panache Unlike most, the characters actu- by American-Chinese first- ally connect on a narrative as well timer Arvin Chen, this delightful as heart-to-heart level. The story His break comes when Bao tale of fumbling love and day- also stays focused by sticking to (Frankie Gao),a gangster who fre- lovesick convenience store work- dreaming in the city has a sound one small, cozy neighborhood quents his parents’noodle shop, er; Susie; and two bungling cops script idea that can be trans- and climaxing in a single night. offers him a ticket to Paris in into two hours of adventure and a posed to any metropolis from The film begins with the exchange for“courier delivery.” farcical surprise resolution. Bangkok to Barcelona. departure of Kai (Jack Yao)’sgirl- The pot heats up the night The cast is chipper and like- The influence of executive friend Faye.He parks himself in a before Kai leaves,when Bao’s able across the board, conveying producer Wim Wenders, com- bookstore to learn French the nephew Hong (Lawrence Ko) tries the naivete of small-timers bined with upbeat critical stingy way,and catches the eye of to pull off a slick crime that drags dreaming big. Also lending the response could help the film shop assistant Susie (Amber Kuo). Kai; his friend Gao,a gawky, film charm are mouth-watering

The Hollywood Reporter | Monday, February 15, 2010 | reviews ‘The Hairdresser’ By Ray Bennett

he difficulty with Doris Dorrie’sjolly and colorful Tromp “The Hairdresser” is that when the fat lady sings, it still ain’t over.She doesn't so much sing, really,as chirp, but she keeps on chirping relentless- ly until you wish she’djust eat a wafer-thin mint and explode like a few men,may eat it up like a from Poland. What? so much makes love to Kathy as Monty Python’sMr.Creosote. double helping of ice cream. Screenwriter Laila Stieler gets in amongst her. But that’sjust me.Several at Schmeide plays a morbidly finds it highly amusing to have Schmeide throws herself into the packed press screening found overweight woman named an obese woman taking care of a everything with cheerful aban- considerable mirth in the consid- Kathy whose indomitable dozen or so Asian immigrants in don. We get to see Kathy from erable girth of star Gabriela Maria spirit the film celebrates even her cramped apartment. Not the back and below as she clam- Schmeide.It might be that as she has to pause at length only that, but one of them, a bers naked out of bed, Kathy there’san audience waiting to climbing the stairs to her genial chap named Tien (Ill- naked in the bathtub and Kathy applaud a woman whose com- apartment, requires a rope to Young Kim) takes a distinct lifting major parts of her naked plete denial of any potential haul herself out of bed, and fancy to Kathy’smonumental body in order to slather on skin health fears from being obese needs the assistance of a curves. There’sa fairly explicit cream. Some will find this comes with a very appealing grin. stranger in the metro to unzip scene in which skinny Tien not diverting, others not. ∂ Women of a certain size,and not the back of her dress because she won’t be able to reach it >BERLINALE SPECIAL when she gets home. Oh, and her husband has left BOTTOM LINE Celebration of her, she’s a single parent, she being vastly overweight not doesn’t have a job and she has guaranteed to satisfy multiple sclerosis. But none of everyone's appetite. that puts a dent in Kathy’s PRODUCTION: Collina Filmproduktion determination to be the best CAST: Gabriela Maria Schmeide hairdresser in Berlin, and the DIRECTOR: Doris Dorrie. Screenwriter: Laila Stieler. PRODUCER: Ulrich film follows her as she strives to Limmer. SALES: Constantin Film. Not follow her dream, even if it rated, 106 minutes involves smuggling Vietnamese immigrants across the border

that crop up in unexpected moments, or a Woody Allen- esque escape from chair bondage. These tricks have been done before, but Chen somehow gives it a fresh touch. The nocturnal yet jazzily lit cinematography is composed of peppy short cuts while the camera often remains stationary or slow moving before ending in a dazzling tracking shot with the rhythm of a dance. Music is well considered, food scenes, which make fun of especially a French violin score the Taiwanese habit of tending to spurring associations with their rumbling stomachs under “Amelie” that campily accom- ANY circumstance. Taipei siz- pany images of dusty,densely zles as a 24/7 snack haven. built-up Taipei at crack of dawn. Apart from deadpan colloqui- The Chinese title,“APage of al dialogue, Chen orchestrates Taipe,i”refers to Kai’sand Susie’s physical slapstick with spot-on biblio-romance while punning on timing, such as three dance acts “One Night in Taipei.”∂

The Hollywood Reporter | Monday, February 15, 2010 | reviews WhenWeLeave >BOTTOMLINE: Tense and moving drama about a young woman whose drive for independence runs afoul of hard- line tradition.

>CATEGORY: Panorama By Ray Bennett

battered wife leaves her husband and takes her son Aback home, but their reception is not at all what she expected in Feo Aladag's “When We Leave,”a well-crafted examination of the blindness of hidebound tradition. Told calmly but with an esca- lating sense of dread, the story tackles a conflict that arises in many countries when modern thinking clashes with the strict patriarchal rules of ancient cultures. It’s a uni- versal story that will connect with audiences For more familiar with reviews and a the struggle of full list of cast expatriate fami- and credits lies to hold on to their sense of community while their daugh- ters aspire to independence. In an engaging performance that requires grace, thoughtful- ‘Crab Trap’ ness and outbursts of rage, Sibel Kekilli plays Umay,a young By Deborah Young opening a beach resort. >FORUM woman from a Turkish family in Into this troubled tropical Germany who has married a n atmospheric blend of paradise arrives Daniel (Rodri- BOTTOM LINE This sensitive, Turkish man and gone to live in documentary and a go Velez), a mysterious white whimsical look at a remote Istanbul. Having had a secret Aslight excuse for a story, interloper whose shaven head Colombian village in all its abortion because she can no “Crab Trap” succeeds in its and sensitive features recall a complexities is pure fest fare. longerbearherhusband’smis- delicate task of depicting life Buddhist monk or maybe a PRODUCTION: Indigo Film, Rome; treatment,shetakesherinfant in an isolated jungle village on street mime.A young man of L’Avventurosa Film, Milan. DIRECTOR- sonCemandgoeshometoBerlin. SCREENWRITER: Pietro Marcello. Colombia’s Pacific coast with few words, he has only enough PRODUCERS: Nicola Giuliano, Although she explains the ter- full respect for the indigenous money to hire a boat for an Francesca Cima, Dario Zonta. ror of her marriage,her working culture. This likable, mean- unknown destination. But the DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Pietro class father (Settar Tanriogen) dering, uneventful film, a first fishing boats aren’t due back Marcello. SALES: MK2, Paris. and older brother Mehmet feature by Colombian director for a week and,while he waits, No rating, 70 minutes. (Tamer Yigit) insist that she must Oscar Ruiz Navia, won the he arranges to sleep in a ham- return to her husband.Even her special jury prize in Havana mock offered by Cerebro In his first film, Ruiz Navia mother (Dertya Alabora) and and is launched on a busy (Arnobio Salazar Rivas), a shows a strongly personal younger siblings tell her she's career at festivals, like Berlin’s nature-loving community voice in the skillful way he uses wrong.Umay sets about estab- Forum, where it will find its leader and the bitter antagonist characters to describe a partic- lishing a new life but the perils of main audiences. of Paisa’s will to modernize. ular place. The sparse dialogue going against entrenched atti- The strongly foregrounded Most of the film takes place is just enough to push the story tudes that are more ingrained characters parachute viewers as a series of encounters forward and offer touches of that familial love soon become into the remote village of La between Daniel and an enter- gentle humor, thanks also to horrifyingly apparent. Barre, sandwiched between prising little girl, Lucia, who Velez’s understated perf as the Scenes between Umay and jungle and ocean. The inhabi- has a crab trap and wants him mysterious stranger in town. her son are managed with con- tants are all of African descent to “buy lunch” from her The washed-out colors and siderable authority so that their except for Paisa (Jaime Andres mother. Dire economic straits wide-open compositions of relationship grows increasingly Castano), a sinister figure of force the villagers to get by any the highly pictorial cinematog- meaningful as the hypocrisy of modernity who blasts dance way they can, bartering any- raphy give the humble fishing pious morality becomes ever music 24/7 over giant loud- thing available, including community a quasi-mythic more menacing and leads to a speakers in preparation for themselves. dimension. ∂ shattering outcome. ∂

THR.com/berlin q&a Monday, February 15, 2010

The Brooklyn born NoahBaumbachturnstoLosAngelesforthefirsttime of immediate; she was so good.I forthesettingofhisnewfilm,“Greenberg.”Usinganoriginalstoryhedevised felt like I wished we could have vital stats withhiswife,actressJenniferJasonLeigh,thefilmfollows forty-something shot the audition. Noah Baumbach RogerGreenberg,playedbyBenStiller,whoclaimstobe“doingnothing.”He’s Nationality: American When you’re filming, I understand Born: Sept. 3, 1969 givenuponhisearlydreamofacareerasamusicianwhenheagreestohouse- you don’t use any kind of video Festival entry: “Greenberg” sitathisbrother’sHollywoodHillshome,wherehemeetsayoung,aspiring playback, which has become (In Competition) singer,playedby GretaGerwig,whoworksasapersonalassistanttohisbroth- common these days. Selected Filmography: “Margot Baumbach: All of my movies er’sfamily.BaumbachtalkedwithTHR’sGreggKildayaboutcastingBen at the Wedding” (2007), “The have been made on a budget,and Stiller,thefilmshelookedatforinspirationandhisfirstvisittotheBerlinale. Squid and the Whale” (2005), “Mr. I’ve had to make every day count. Jealousy” (1997), “Kicking and Video playback takes more time Screaming” (1995). Where did the idea for the movie focus more on L.A. outside of out of the day because you are Notable Awards: San Francisco come from? Do you and Jennifer the industry.I feel Los Angeles watching things over.I just got Film Critics Circle adapted screen- sit down and toss ideas around? in the movies is either seen as a used to not using it.For me,you play award for “Fantastic Mr. Fox”; NoahBaumbach:It came about Hollywood town or a sort of kind of get the feeling of a scene. Sundance dramatic directing a little less directly than that. It generic city.I wanted to look at Obviously,it’shelpful on an award and Los Angeles Film Critics wasn’t really planned in any it as city that’s unique to itself. action movie where you have and National Society of Film Critics particular way.I had started some complicated shot that screenplay awards for “The Squid writing about this character, Did you write with specific actors needs to be recreated in some and the Whale.” and I showed Jennifer a very in mind? other way.But up until now,the early draft. It was partly formed, Baumbach: No, I generally movies that I’ve made,I haven’t but it had a lot of things that are don’t. But it came time to think felt the absence of it. Wedding,”youspendmuchofyour still in the movie. She had all about who was going to play timeinandaroundonehouse. these great ideas about it. She Roger Greenberg, and Ben Whatwasitlikeshootingall Baumbach: I really enjoyed it. was able to help me to see what (Stiller) seemed like one of the aroundthe Wedo have a house because the the story was in a way that was only people who could, but I city?Inyour character’shouse-sitting in the much more satisfying. This is didn’t write it with any particu- lastfilm, movie. But we moved around a something she does anyway.I lar person in mind. In fact ... I “Margot lot the first few weeks, and then always show her things I’m had originally written the char- atthe we were able to land at the working on. Her insights were acter as 10 years younger. house. Wealso stole a lot of so crucial that she became more (shots); we put Ben on streets for involved in a more formal way. Since this is such a character-driv- real. The character doesn’t drive, en movie, do you have any con- so there’sa lot of walking in Los Is this a character that could only cerns that Stiller brings with him Angeles. Weused a long lens and exist in Los Angeles or could you a fan base that will be looking a camera in a van and followed have set it in any city? for a broader comedy? him around. There’sa kind of Baumbach: I always wanted it to Baumbach: I didn’t worry energy I find on location and in be in Los Angeles. I do not have about it in casting him. But movies where the actors are a good answer why.But simul- it’ssomething that Focus shot on the real streets. That taneously,I had this character (the film’sdistributor) has was something that was who can’t get out of his own definitely thought a lot done in the ’70s a lot more. way,who makes everything in about, and I think that’san But sometimes you get an his life much more difficult for important challenge. But I energy in those shots that himself. At the same time I really just wanted to get the you don’t get when you plan wanted to shoot a story in Los best person for the part. out everything. Of course, you’re Angeles and shoot Los Angeles also leaving it up to chance — like a real city.It came together How did you come to you can have a car drive in front and it seemed like the right cast Greta Gerwig, who’s of the actor and drive you crazy character for the right city. not as well known? — but I think it’sworth it. Baumbach: I’dseen In L.A., you certainly see lots of Greta in a couple of For more Q&A Have you brought any of your people who come out to be part these smaller movies,a with Noah films to Berlin before? of the business, never quite make couple of these mum- Baumbach go to Baumbach: No, this is my first it and then just drift along. blecore movies.My only THR.com/berlin time there, but my sense is Baumbach: That’s certainly a concern was that those that this is a great place for common experience. There are movies are so largely this movie to play.I feel like a lot of people who find them- improvised,and I didn’t know if all my movies have a certain selves floating out there, but she could do the same kind of kind of European sensibility this story is not about the thing with something that’s to them even though I’ve movie business. He’s not look- entirely scripted.Jennifer and played more in American ing to get into the business or I had her over and audi- festivals. So I think this is anything. I really wanted to tioned her,and it was kind sort of great. ∂ ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MORRIS

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Musicals “Bran Nue Dae” continued from page 1 One problem is that the musical as a film genre is not embraced around the world. Japan, for example, has an incredible pop music industry but to marry that sensibility to film is another matter. “Weare not a musical people,” a member of UniJapan said.“We like music, we like film, but we don’t combine them.” Anotherproblemmayhave beenthespecificityoftheeduca- tionalsystem.TheU.S.systemis forces in a competition. runs away from his oppressive set to music from the 1950s uniqueand,whileittravels,other “Dance 3D” is emblematic of religious boarding school and (where the movie is set) as well countrieshavetroubleexporting the kinds of projects being pro- embarks on a epic musical as music from the 1990s. storiessetintheirhighschools. duced. The new movies take walkabout to find his way home. > “Dancing Ninja” is a brand “(The American high school elements such as young people, “WeAustralians have a certain new Korean offering from CJ experience) is a piece of Ameri- music and dancing and reor- tradition with musicals — from Entertainment combining, wait cana that exports very well but ganize them with local flavor. ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ to for it, dancing with ninjas. The it’svery hard to replicate because Australian film “Bran Nue ‘Happy Feet,’”“Bran Nue Dae” company isn’t sure how it will school life is different in other Dae,”which is screening in the producer Robyn Kershaw said. be received domestically but is countries,”said Ben Roberts, Generation 14plus section of “This film was an attempt to tell targeting the international mar- CEO of Protagonist Pictures. the Berlinale, also puts a local the history of Australia’saborig- ketplace. But what Roberts does see are spin on the youth musical ines in a way that doesn’t focus > Despite Japan not liking themes such as friendship, rival- genre. The title, which Bankside on the guilt. Weknew it was musicals, outfit NTV is riding ry,competition, romance. Those Films is selling in Berlin, is important to get past that if we high off its music-themed “Ban- will be on display in Protagonist’s based on the hit stage musical wanted to get white Australians dage,”a rock band drama starring “Street Dance 3D,”featuring by aboriginal songwriter Jimmy watching. Wehad to connect heartthrob Jim Akanishi, which young people from the worlds of Chi. The story follows an with them through the music opened theatrically in January. ballet and street dancing joining indigenous Australian boy who and make them laugh.” The movie has been sold for Other offerings include: Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, > “Stilyagi (Hipsters),”which with negotiations currently panel’s most vocal advocate for became a Russian hit in Decem- going to bring it to Thailand. Panel making “organic” independent ber, features swing and jitter- > Film Boutique on Sunday films, could not avoid pointing bugging youth in bright colors premiered its documentary continued from page 2 out a simple truth. When selling “Dancing Dreams,”about world- But all panelists seemed to foreign rights for English-lan- famous dancer and choreograher agree on one key approach guage films to European dis- Pina Bausch plucking teens and when trying to tackle the all- tributors, “The question is ‘Flutter’ training for a fancy performance. important North American always: Who is the star? Who is continued from page 2 The movie has already sold to market: Go with the studios and the director? Who is the U.S. France and Korea. try to secure one of the precious studio?” comedy which premieres Still, not everyone is ready to few slots in their distribution The panel was moderated by Monday in the Panorama Spe- knock off the knock offs. pipeline. Even H2O Motion Pic- THR German bureau chief Scott cial section, also is on board Walt Disney of all companies, tures’ Mark Horowitz, the Roxborough. ∂ “Flutter.” is trying to rekindle the “High Billy Zane has School Musical” magic in Ger- a supporting role many with “Rock It!” a teen in the picture. song-and-dance feature direct- ‘IronSky’ Vuorensola and Blind Spot Park Enter- ed by Mike Marzuk and featur- launched the “Iron Sky” project tainment is ing German songs written by continued from page 2 two years ago with a series of shopping the title music producer Tobias Kuhn. before a single frame was shot. viral campaigns online. One of to buyers in “It’sa very German take on the Williams Director Timo Vuorensola, in their schemes included selling Berlin. “Flutter,” ‘High School Musical’ genre,” Berlin to cast supporting roles “war bonds” to fans to help is described as a Walt Disney Germany managing for the film, told THR that Blind finance production — a move darkly comic director Thomas Menne said. Spot is still in talks for the final that Vuorensola says has gener- morality tale set “There aren’t any kids playing 15%-20% of the film’s $7 mil- ated “tens of thousands of dol- in the gambling basketball or anything like that.” lion-$8 million budget. lars” in funding. world. The script But Menne admits the Teu- Vuorensola expects to begin Stealth Media Group has is from British tonic take is “an experiment.” shooting this summer. German already pre-sold “Iron Sky” to TV scribe “We don’t know if German actors Udo Kier, Gotz Otto and Walt Disney in Finland, Fraser Stephen Leslie. teenagers will go for it,”he said. Julia Dietze are attached to play Revolver in the U.K., Euforia in Borg has begun “Will they embrace a German Nazis who, according to the Nowary and Kino Swiat for principle photography on the teen musical the way they have film’s high-concept premise, Poland. Blind Spot has set the film on locations in northeast the American ones?” set up a secret base on the moon project up as a Finnish-German England. Disney will find out when it in 1945 from which they plan to co-production with Germany’s Sarah Boote is producing bows “Rock It!” in Germany on reinvade the earth in 2018. 27 Films. ∂ with Alan Latham. ∂ Feb. 18. ∂

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postproduction and lab servic- to just take the servicing fees, ARRI es to international sales. butnowwewillsay,ifwegoin Virtually every production as a co-producer on these continued from page 1 that shoots in Germany uses projects, we want to sell them some services from ARRI. too,”Exacoustos said. “And we Berlin Daily Edition “In ﬁlm services we are already Roman Polanski’s“The Ghost have another big advantage The Hollywood Reporter No. 1, there’s no room to grow Writer,”which premiered in over many producers: ARRI is a there. We want to move more Eric Mika Berlin, went to the Munich- very solid company. You know Publisher strongly into all other areas of based group for post services as our checks will cash.” ∂ the business.” did Berlinale Special titles Elizabeth Guider Editor — AARRI’s Antonio Exacoustos “Henry of Navarre,”“Boxhagen- er Platz” and “The Hairdresser.” David Morgan “ARRI is already there in the Santana Deputy Editor larly production and sales.” productions.What we’ll be doing continued from page 1 EDITORIAL Skowronnek, who spent is expanding to be more co-pro- Stuart Kemp (U.K. bureau chief), more than 20 years as a sales duction partners,co-financing bounty hunter. Scott Roxborough (Germany bureau chief), Chad Williams (deputy editor, Berlin Daily), exec at Telepool and was for films in exchange for world sales The Santana Bros. are Borys Kit (reporter), Kevin Cassidy many years the head of the Ger- rights,”Skowronnek said. acclaimed short filmmakers, (international features editor) man film exporters association, ARRIhasalwayshadasmall having received two BAFTA REVIEWS sees ARRI as being in an unique salesarm,butitsnewstrategywill nominations for their work. Kirk Honeycutt (Chief Film Critic), position to function as a “one- see it bulk up its catalog as more No international sales Ray Bennett (UK Critic), Peter Farber, Maggie Lee, Deborah Young, Peter Brunette, stop shop” that can provide co-productions come on line. company is attached to the Neil Young (Film Critics) everything from financing to “Before, we’ve been willing project yet. ∂ CORRESPONDENTS Pip Bulbeck (Australia), Leo Cendrowicz (Belgium), Rebecca Leffler (France), greater appreciation of the root Nyay Bhushan (India), Eric J. Lyman (Italy), Gavin Blair (Japan), John Hecht (Mexico), cause of Roger’sdysfunctional Ab Zagt (Netherlands), Pamela Rolfe (Spain), behavior.But understanding is Joel Gershon (Thailand) one thing, sympathy another. ART Stiller has rather successfully Jackie Rubi (Senior Designer) created an off-putting character ADVERTISING of only slight charm and huge Tommaso Campione (International personality quirks. You’re only Executive Director), Alison Smith (International Sales Director), too happy the guy is up there on Ivy Lam (Hong Kong sales), the screen and not anywhere Lauren Marani (Sales Executive) near your own life. OPERATIONS + IT Meanwhile,Gerwig does much Gregg Edwards (Senior Production Manager), better on the empathy front.The Armen Sarkisian (Network Administrator) messiness of her character’slife THR.COM feels correctable and she seems Andrew Wallenstein(Editor-Online), where he once had something of capable of regaining control.You Karen Nicoletti (Senior News Editor) ‘Greenberg’ a career as a musician, from wish Florence luck with Roger New York. He is staying in his but hold no great expectations. Das Druckteam Berlin continued from page 1 Gustav-Holzmann-Straße 6 successful brother’s Hollywood Baumbach and Leigh observe 10317 Berlin, Germany directed in his previous exami- Hills home while the family is the L.A. scene with keen insights Tel.+49 (0)30.67 80 68 90 nation of psychological trauma, on vacation. So he meets his into the ways people can screw Fax +49 (0)30.61 87 045 “Margot at the Wedding” — have brother’s pretty assistant, Flo- up their lives and never think to created an all-too-convincing rence (Greta Gerwig). blame themselves. The city portrait of a 40-year-old man in Talk about two lost souls becomes an actual character but, e5 Global Media LLC emotional freefall. finding each other. Florence alas, one no more likable than What they are unable to fully aspires to be a singer despite any other in the movie. JAMES A. FINKELSTEIN achieve is a means to make minimal talent but she is really Tech credits shine in a movie Chairman

enough audience members care at loose ends. She is much that is talky yet somehow still RICHARD D. BECKMAN so that “Greenberg” might cross younger than Roger though so cinematic. Chief Executive Officer over to a wider viewership than a at least such confusions about HOWARD APPELBAUM psychiatrists convention. Criti- life don’t seem so pathetic. Chief Operating Officer cal acclaim in certain circles may The two struggle to start a >IN COMPETITION fuel modest boxoffice returns for romantic relationship yet Roger MARSHALL MORRIS BOTTOM LINE Noah Baumbach Chief Financial Officer Focus Features since the movie is fights it at every turn. It’s as if again investigates a brave one for both the film- he doesn’t trust happiness. He ANNE DOYLE psychologically screwed-up Vice President, Human Resources makers and their star,Ben Stiller. can be so ugly that it’s a wonder people although this time with The actor, of course, has she even talks to him. much less comedic impact. ANDREW MIN Vice President, Licensing made a comic career out of Roger does reach out to peo- CAST: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys playing neurotic though sym- ple in his past, former band mate Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Merritt LISA SULLIVAN-CROSS Vice President, Online pathetic protagonists, but here Ivan (Rhys Ifans) and ex-lover Wever, Brie Larson, Juno Temple, Chris the laughs peter out quickly. Beth (Leigh). Ivan is sympathet- Messina. DIRECTOR-SCREENWRITER: MADELINE KRAKOWSKY Noah Baumbach. STORY BY: Noah Vice President, Circulation Roger Greenberg is just out of ic but distracted by marital woes Bambach, Jennifer Jason Leigh. The Hollywood Reporter an extended stay in the hospital while Beth has simply moved on. PRODUCERS: Scott Rudin, Jennifer founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson. Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, Publisher Emerita following a nervous breakdown, Such is the repetitive nature of Jason Leigh. Executive producer: Lila so his aimlessness and whining the story that the characters go Yacoub. SALES: Focus Features have a rather sad resonance. in continual circles. Those circles International. Rated R, 107 minutes. Roger has returned to L.A., do widen though so you gain a