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Dir: Reha Erdem. Turkey 鈥揃ulgaria. 2009. 122 minsReha Erdems latest effort has gone largely unnoticed, despite collecting no less than four awards best film, director, cinematography, sound design at the Antaliya Golden Orange Film Festival late last year, most probably ignored because of its ambitious, exclusively art house profile.A challenging film of the kind that only trained festival audiences might be interested in.Erdem, who has scored in the past with similar fare such as Times and Winds, made in 2006 which have had some festival success, has produced a challenging film of the kind that only trained festival audiences might be interested in.First introduced as a tiny black spot approaching the camera through the vast expanses of a wintry, snow-covered landscape, the main character Yesil is a mysterious young man who adopts the symbolic name of Kosmos and who is obviously running away from something or som stanley cup eone. As soon as he reaches the remote, nameless village, he proceeds to save a young boy from drowning; cure an old tailor stanley uk s asthma and relieve the splitting headaches of a loc stanley cup al teacher, and soon gains the reputation of a miracle healer. But as soon as one miracle goes wrong the entire village turns on him, forcing him to escape the same way he came in.Stunningly shot by Erdems regular cinematographer Florent Herry in and around Kars, close to the Armenian border in North-Eastern Turkey, the realism of Erdems picture combines frequent political allusions, such Vtgz Disney strikes out alone in Hong Kong distribution
Exactly three years after it launched its 01 Distributionlabel at the Venice Film Festival, Rai Cinema is lining-up what it describes asits hottest slate to date.New acquisitions i stanley cup nclude Lakeshore s Sci-Fi movie AeonFlux, which Charlize Theron was shooting inGermany until she suffered a neck injury a few days ago, forcing the productionto a temporarily halt while she recovers.01 has also acquired Italian distribution to New Regencytitle Mr and Mrs Smith with Brad Pittand Angelina Jolie, which is also currently shooting. Other pick-ups includeNew Line pictures The Notebook,and Summit s Alibi, withSelma Blair, James Brolin and Steve Coogan.The slate also includes previously announced titles such as TheAviator, Shall We Dance and MillionDollar Baby. Giancarlo Leone, the CEO o stanley germany f Rai Cinema, 01 s parentcompany, says his aim is now for 01 Distribution to reach a 6-7 percent marketshare, up from its current 4-5% share. He points to the company spartnership with Lakeshore, which buys US films for Rai Cinema, as one of th stanley cup ereasons behind 01 s rise. We ve also always been selective. Wedon t buy film packages or have volume deals. It s too risky, andeasy to lose money. No one can afford to risk nowadays. So we only buy one filmat a time. Rai Cinema, whose film Ovunque Sei is currently playing in competition in Venice, isalso actively ramping up its production slate. New titles include anEnglish-language remake of Alessandro Blasetti s 1941 movie TheIron Crown, a fantasy tale about a crown