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FAREWELL (L'AFFAIRE FAREWELL)
Directed by Christian Carion
rated N/R, 113 min
In French, English, Russian
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In 1981, Colonel Grigoriev of the KGB (real name - Vladimir Vetrov), disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev, decides he is going to change the world…
Discreetly, he makes contact with a French engineer working for Thomson in Moscow and little by little passes on documents to him - mainly concerning the United States - containing information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date.
During a period of two years, French President, François Mitterrand, was to personally vet the documents supplied by this source in Moscow, to whom the French Secret Service gave the codename « Farewell ».
Then master of the White House, Ronald Reagan, set aside his reluctance to work with a French Socialist to put this unhoped-for information from the very heart of the KGB to use. Farewell would in fact decapitate the network which enabled the KGB to gain in-depth knowledge of scientific, industrial and military research in the West.
Once the USSR had been deprived of these precious sources of information, Ronald Reagan’s announcement of the new « Star Wars » military programme sounded the death bell of the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall would fall before the end of the 80s…
In his own way, Farewell managed to change the world, by avoiding traditional espionage methods too well known to the KGB and by not asking for any financial compensation whatsoever – much too capitalist for his taste. He simply followed his destiny, so that a new world might dawn for all his fellow Russians, but especially for his son.
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THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Directed by Daniel Alfredson
rated R, 129 min
In Swedish with English subtitles
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In The Girl Who Plaed With Fire – the second installment in the “Millennium” trilogy following The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Mikael Blomkvist is about to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society. On the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander.
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GET LOW
Directed by Aaron Schneider
rated PG-13, 100 min
In English
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For years townsfolk have been terrified of the backwoods recluse known as Felix Bush (Duvall).
People say he's done all manner of unspeakable things -- that he's killed in cold blood; that he's in league with the Devil; that he has strange powers -- and they avoid him like the plague.
Then, one day, Felix rides to town with a shotgun and a wad of cash, saying he wants to buy a funeral. It's not your usual funeral for the dead Felix wants. On the contrary, he wants a "living funeral," in which anyone who ever had heard a story about him will come to tell it, while he takes it all in.
Sensing a big payday in the offing, fast-talking funeral home owner Frank Quinn (Murray) enlists his gentlemanly young apprentice, Buddy Robinson (Black), to win over Felix's business.
Buddy is no starnger to Felix's dark reputation, but what he discovers is that behind Felix's surreal plan lies a very real and long-held secret that must get out.
As the funeral approaches, the mystery - which involves the widow Maddie Darrow (Spacek), the only person in town who ever got close to Felix, and the Illinois preacher Charlie Jackon (Bill Cobbs), who refuses to speak at his former friend's funeral - only deepens.
But on the big day, Felix is in no mood to listen to other people spinning made-up anecdotes about him. This time, he's the one who is going to do the telling about why he has been hiding out in the woods.
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MAO'S LAST DANCER
Directed by Bruce Beresford
rated PG, 117 min
In English, Chinese
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From the Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies), comes the inspirational true story of Li Cunxin and his extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom.
Based on the best selling autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer is a moving story about the quest for freedom and the courage it takes to live your own life.
The film beautifully captures the struggles and trumphs, as well as the intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
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