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First film recommendations released for Shanghai International Film Festival

2018-06-01 14:02

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Writer: Yorgos Lanthimos

Starring: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Raffey Cassidy and Sunny Suljic

Farrell and Kidman play Steven and Anna, a cardiac surgeon and his elegant wife who have been dealt a winning hand in life: stable employment, a beautiful house, and two children. But the story becomes uncanny after Martin, an odd teenage boy, bumps into their lives.

The film won the Best Screenplay award at the 70th Cannes Film Festival.

|The first list of film recommendations in the Official Recommendation Section for this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival has come out! [!--empirenews.page--]

|Among the list of the recommended films are Cold War, the best director award winner at the 71th Cannes Film Festival; JUSQU'À LA GARDE, the best director award winner and the Best First Long Film winner at the 74th Venice Film festival; Lady Bird, the Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, and the Best Actress winner at this year’s Golden Globes; Toivon tuolla puolen, the Silver Bear for Best Director at the last Berlin Festival; Hannah, the best actress award winner at the 74th Venice Film festival; The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the Best Screenplay winner at the 70th Cannes Film Festival; and The Disaster Artist, also a winner of many prizes. Let’s take a close look at these movies![!--empirenews.page--]

|Cold WarDirector: Pawel Pawlikowski Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, and Borys Szyc[!--empirenews.page--]

|Jusqu’a la GardeDirector: Xavier Legrand Write: Xavier LegrandStarring: Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Thomas Gioria[!--empirenews.page--]

|Lady BirdDirector: Greta GerwigWriter: Greta GerwigStarring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Timothée Chalamet[!--empirenews.page--]

| The movie is a version of the real-life story of Tommy Wiseau, an aspiring actor in San Francisco in the late nineties, who takes an acting-class friend, Greg Sestero, to Los Angeles in pursuit of stardom. The film chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 movie, The Room, widely considered one of the worst films ever made. The film won the award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.[!--empirenews.page--]

|The Other Side of Hope (Toivon Tuolla Puolen)Director：Aki KaurismäkiWriter：Aki Kaurismäki Starring： Sherman Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, and Niroz Haji.[!--empirenews.page--]

|The film won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival [!--empirenews.page--]

|The film won the best actress award at the 74th Venice Film festival.