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THE MONK AND THE GUN
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by Pawo Choyning Dorji
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2023 - Bhutan/France/USA/Taiwan - Comedy/Drama - 107 min
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with Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam, Harry Einhorn
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Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has finally arrived. Bhutan becomes the last country in the world to connect to the internet and television, and now the biggest change of all: democracy. To teach the people how to vote, the authorities organize a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced. Travelling to rural Bhutan where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for the election day.
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Screenings:
MON 9 OCT 16:30 LOTTE CINEMA 6
WED 11 OCT 20:00 LOTTE CINEMA 4
THU 12 OCT 20:30 LOTTE CINEMA 5
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GREEN BORDER
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by Agnieszka Holland
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2023 - Poland/France/Czech Republic/Belgium - Drama - 147 min
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with Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Tomasz Włosok
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In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called "green border" between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.
30 years after EUROPA EUROPA, three-time Oscar Nominee Agnieszka Holland's poignant new feature GREEN BORDER opens our eyes, speaks to the heart, and challenges us to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day.
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Screenings:
SAT 7 OCT 9:30 Busan Cinema Center 1
MON 9 OCT 12:30 CGV Centum City 6
THU 12 OCT 15:30 Busan Cinema Center 1
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EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING
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by Gábor Reisz
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2023 - Hungary/Slovakia - Drama - 152 min
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with Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh, István Znamenák, András Rusznák, Rebeka Hatházi, Lilla Kizlinger
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It's summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab - who had a previous confrontation with Abel's conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel's history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.
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Screenings:
THU 5 OCT 12:00 LOTTE CINEMA 5
TUE 10 OCT 12:30 CGV Centum City 5
THU 12 OCT 20:00 CGV Centum City 5
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THE RYE HORN
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by Jaione Camborda
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2023 - Spain/Portugal/Belgium - Drama - 105 min
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with Janet Novás, Siobhan Fernandes, Carla Rivas, Daniela Hernán Marchán, Diego Anido
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1971, Francoist Spain. In the Galician countryside María assists women in childbirth. After an attempt to help a young woman in trouble, she suddenly has to hide from the authorities, leave everything behind and flee the country.
On her perilous journey to Portugal, María encounters female solidarity and realizes that she is not alone and that, thanks to the help of others, she might finally find her freedom.
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Screenings:
SUN 8 OCT 9:00 CGV Centum City 6
MON 9 OCT 13:00 Busan Cinema Center
WED 11 OCT 20:30 LOTTE CINEMA 5
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ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE LAKE
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by Lav Diaz
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2023 - Philippines/France/Portugal/Singapore/Italy/Switzerland/UK - Drama - 1.67 - 215 min
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with John Lloyd Cruz, Hazel Orencio, Shaina Magdayao, Bart Guingona, Agot Isidro
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When asked what drives a man to search for the truth, Lieutenant Papauran says dejectedly that maybe he just wants to keep inflicting pain on himself. Faced with President Duterte's bloody murders and brazen lies, he continues his struggle to solve a fifteen-year-old case around an ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake. It has become a cross he can barely carry but keeps dragging it anyway.
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Screenings:
THU 5 OCT 18:00 LOTTE CINEMA 10
FRI 6 OCT 18:00 LOTTE CINEMA 7
TUE 10 OCT 19:00 LOTTE CINEMA 10
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THE SHADOWLESS TOWER
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by Zhang Lu
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2023 - China - Drama - 1.85 - 144 min
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with Xin Baiqing, Huang Yao, Tian Zhuangzhuang
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Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new perspective on life while reconsidering his failings as a father, a son, and a lover.
While the seasons come and go, people get together and move apart. Only one thing will remain the same: The White Pagoda where they all meet sooner or later...
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Screenings:
SUN 8 OCT 09:20 LOTTE CINEMA 4
MON 9 OCT 20:30 CGV Centum City 3
WED 11 OCT 12:00 Busan Cinema Center
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BITTEN
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by Romain de Saint-Blanquat
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2023 - France - Thriller/Giallo - 1.85 - 90 min
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with Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Lilith Grasmug, Cyril Metzger, Maxime Rohart
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1967, Mardi Gras. Françoise is a seventeen-year-old boarder in an all-girls Catholic high school. Convinced that she has only one night left before her death, she sneaks out with her friend Delphine to attend a costume party and live the night as if it was her last.
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