We are celebrating two World Premieres in Locarno:
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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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:
FRI 4 AUG 18:30 Cinema Rialto 1 Industry Screening
SUN 6 AUG 16:45 Palexpo World Premiere
MON 7 AUG 10:45 L'altra Sala
TUE 8 AUG 21:00 PalaCinema 1
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CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE COMPETITION
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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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Screenings:
FRI 4 AUG 17:00 Cinema Rialto 3 Industry Screening
SAT 5 AUG 18:00 PalaCinema 1 World Premiere
SUN 6 AUG 15:00 L'altra Sala
MON 7 AUG 11:00 PalaCinema 3
MON 7 AUG 11:00 PalaCinema 2
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