Berlino 59

Niente Italia a Berlino 59. A poche settimane dalla delusione per l'Oscar mancato di Gomorra, ecco una nuova nota amara per il cinema italiano: nemmeno un film italiano sarà presente alla 59a edizione del Festival del Cinema di Berlino. La giuria internazionale chiamata ad assegnare l'Orso d'oro e d'argento sarà presieduta dall'attrice Tilda Swinton, la regista spagnola Isabel Coixet, il cineasta Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso), l'autrice svedese Henning Mankell, il regista Christoph Schlingensief (Germany), il regista Wayne Wang (USA) e l'autrice Alice Waters (USA).

L'Italia dovrà accontentarsi di co-produzioni: insieme a Francia e Grecia è stato realizzato Eden à l'ouest di Costa Gavras, con Riccardo Scamarcio protagonista, Ricky del francese Francois Ozon, co-prodotto con la Francia, e The Dust of Tim di Theo Angelopoulos, con Michel Piccoli, Willem Dafoe e Bruno Ganz, realizzato con la partecipazione di Germania, Grecia e Russia. Tra le pellicole più attese, Cheri di Stephen Frears, con Michelle Pfeiffer, In the Electric Mist del regista francese Bertrand Tavernier e la prima mondiale del polacco Tatarak di Andrzej Waida, con Krystyna Janda.

Non mancano gli americani: Happy Tears di Mitchell Lichtenstein, con Demi Moore protagonista, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee di Rebecca Miller, altra prima mondiale con Alan Arkin e Keanu Reeves, The Reader di Stephen Daldry, con Kate Winslet (vincitrice del Golden Globe come miglior attrice non protagonista) e Ralph Fiennes, oltre a La Pantera Rosa 2 di Harald Zwart con Steve Martin e Jean Reno. Di seguito i film più attesi, in programma e non, alla 59a edizione della berlinale.

Alle Anderen Germany by Maren Ade (The Forest for the Trees) with Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka World premiere

Rage Great Britain / USA by Sally Potter (The Tango Lesson, Orlando) with Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi, Simon Abkarian World premiere

The Dust of Time Greece / Germany / Italy / Russia by Theo Angelopoulos (Eternity and a Day, The Weeping Meadow) with Irene Jacob, Michel Piccoli, Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz Out of competition International premiere

Forever Enthralled(Mei Lanfang) People's Republic of China by Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, The Promise) with Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Chen Hong International premiere

The Messenger USA by Oren Moverman - directorial debut with Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton International premiere

London River Algeria / France / Great Britain by Rachid Bouchareb (Little Senegal, Days of Glory) with Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate World premiere

Mammoth Sweden / Germany / Denmark by Lukas Moodysson (Show me Love, Lilja 4-ever) with Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, Sophie Nyweide, Tom McCarthy International premiere

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee USA by Rebecca Miller (The Ballad of Jack and Rose) with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder - Out of competition World premiere

The Reader USA / Germany by Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot) with Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara - Out of competition

Pink Panther II USA by Harald Zwart (One Night at McCool's) with Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia - Out of competition International premiere

Cheri UK/Germany/France By Stephen Frears (The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons) With Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones - World premiere

Darbareye Elly (About Elly) Iran By Asghar Farhadi (Fireworks Wednesday) With Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidousti, Mani Haghighi - World premiere

Deutschland 09 - 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation Germany - Out of Competition Compilation film by Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker, Sylke Enders, Dominik Graf, Romuald Karmakar, Nicolette Krebitz, Isabelle Stever, Hans Steinbichler, Hans Weingartner, Christoph Hochhäusler, Dani Levy and Angela Schanelec - World premiere

Eden à l'ouest (Eden is West) France/Greece/Italy - Out of Competition By Costa-Gavras (Missing, Amen) With Riccardo Scamarcio, Juliane Köhler, Ulrich Tukur - International premiere

Gigante Uruguay/Germany/Argentina By Adrián Biniez (Total Disponibilidad) With Horacio Camandulle, Leonor Svarcas - World premiere

Happy Tears USA By Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth) With Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin - World premiere

In the Electric Mist France/USA By Bertrand Tavernier (Laissez-Passer, La Guerre Sans Nom) With Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard - World premiere

Katalin Varga Romania/UK/Hungary - debut film By Peter Strickland With Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, Tibor Pálfy, Sebastian Marina - World premiere

La Teta Asustada (The Milk of Sorrow) Spain/Peru By Claudia Llosa (Madeinusa) With Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solis - World premiere

Lille Soldat (Little Soldier) Denmark By Annette K. Olesen (Minor Mishaps) With Trine Dyrholm, Finn Nielsen, Lorna Brown - International premiere

Notorious USA - Out of Competition By George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor) With Angela Bassett, Jamal Woolard, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie - International premiere

Ricky France/Italy By François Ozon (8 Femmes, Swimming Pool) With Alexandra Lamy, Sergi Lopez, Mélusine Mayance, Arthur Peyret - World premiere

Storm (Sturm) Germany/Denmark/The Netherlands By Hans-Christian Schmid (Requiem, Distant Lights) With Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane, Rolf Lassgård - World premiere

Tatarak (Sweet Rush) Poland By Andrzej Wajda (Popiól i diament, Katyn) With Krystyna Janda, Pawel Szajda, Jan Englert - World premiere

(12:41 - 16 gen 2009)