My top 10 films of 2015
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- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsMichael CaineHarvey KeitelRachel WeiszA retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.Winner of Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor (for Michael Caine) awards at the European film awards. Jane Fonda was unsuccessfully nominated for a Golden Globe for her acting. At the Oscars, "Youth" was unsuccessfully nominated for the best song. But the film offers much more! My detailed review is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/03/188-italian-director-paolo-sorrentinos.html
- DirectorCésar Augusto AcevedoStarsHaimer LealHilda RuizEdison RaigosaAfter having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.Winner of the Golden camera award and three other awards at the Cannes film festival; the best film award at the Bratislava International Film Festival (Slovakia); the special jury award, the audience award and the Human Values award at the Thessaloniki film festival. My detailed review can be read at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/03/189-colombian-director-cesar-augusto.html
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsMartín CalderónCristinaPatricio GuzmánDelving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.Silver Bear awardee for the best script and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury winner at the Berlin film festival and the jury award winner at the Philadelphia film festival, and an award winner at the Jerusalem film festival. My detailed appraisal of the film is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/04/192-chilean-director-patricio-guzmans.html
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsKirin KikiMasatoshi NagaseKyara UchidaBurdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?Best director awardee at the Valladolid film festival and Audience award winner at the Sao Paolo and Cork film festivals. Best actress award at Asia Pacific Screen Awards. My detailed review appears at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/04/191-japanese-director-naomi-kawases.html
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsLouis-Do de LencquesaingBenjamin UtzerathVincent NemethA history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.Winner of the Fedora award for the Best Euro-Mediterrenean film at the Venice film festival.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallPaul JessonDorothy AtkinsonAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.Won the Best Actor award and an award for Dick Pope's cinematography at Cannes film festival. Won Best Actor prize at the European Film Awards. My detailed review of this film is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2015/05/178-british-director-and-screenplay.html
- DirectorAleksey German Jr.StarsLouis FranckViktoriya KorotkovaMerab NinidzeEpisodic, spiritual and existentialistic look at the state the Russia is in in 2017, exactly one hundred years after the communist-led Russian Revolution. The future looks gloomy, since the world is on the brink of yet another world war.Silver Bear awardee for outstanding cinematography at the Berlin film festival. My first film of the director Alexei German, Jr., and he has impressed me.
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsVincent LindonKarine de MirbeckMatthieu SchallerAt the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?Best actor award and the Prize of the Ecumenical jury winner at the Cannes film festival, Best actor award at the International Film Festival of India, ensemble acting award at the Denver international film festival, and the audience award at the Brussels international film festival. My detailed review of this interesting film is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/03/190-french-director-stephane-brizes-la.html
- DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio BolívarThe story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.Winner of the Golden Peacock for the best film at the International Film Festival of India, CICAE award at Cannes film festival, and Best Film award at the Mar del Plata film festival. My detailed review appears at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/08/195-colombian-director-ciro-guerras-el.html
- DirectorGrímur HákonarsonStarsSigurður SigurjónssonTheodór JúlíussonCharlotte BøvingIn a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep.Winner of "Un Certain Regard" section's Best Film award at the Cannes film festival, the Silver Frog award at Camerige, Golden Starfish award for best narrative feature at Hamptons film festival, Best film awards at the Thessaloniki and the Valladolid film festivals, Special Jury Award and audience award at the Transilvania film festival, and the best feature film at the Zurich film festival. My detailed review appears at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/05/193-icelandic-director-grimur.html