36th Cairo International Film Festival
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1. Goodbye to Language (2014)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Fantasy
A silent, surreal parallel between a couple and a dog.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdelli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau
Votes: 6,291
2. The Beekeeper (1986)
122 min | Drama
A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Nadia Mourouzi, Serge Reggiani, Jenny Roussea
Votes: 2,915
3. Eternity and a Day (1998)
Unrated | 137 min | Drama
Famous writer Alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Ahilleas Skevis
Votes: 14,343 | Gross: $0.11M
4. Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou (2008)
125 min | Drama
To trace the fading past of his parents, a grizzled Greek-American filmmaker decides to shoot a movie. By recounting the painful efforts of his mother to reunite with his musician father, his film spans more than half of the 20th century.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz, Michel Piccoli, Irène Jacob
Votes: 2,057
5. Life of Riley (2014)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Kiberlain, Caroline Silhol, André Dussollier
Votes: 1,366
6. Queen & Country (2014)
TV-14 | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt, David Thewlis
Votes: 1,855 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Diplomacy (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, History, War
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Stadlober
Votes: 5,847 | Gross: $0.23M
8. Maps to the Stars (2014)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack
Votes: 42,786 | Gross: $0.35M
9. Little England (2013)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Romance
An epic tale of lost love and a beautiful story of the love between sisters, set in the Greek island of Andros at the beginning of the 20th century.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Penelope Tsilika, Sofia Kokkali, Aneza Papadopoulou, Andreas Konstantinou
Votes: 7,747
10. The Cut (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra
Votes: 7,992 | Gross: $0.03M
11. Eyes of a Thief (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A father with a dangerous secret searches for his daughter.
Director: Najwa Najjar | Stars: Kal Naga, Souad Massi, Suhail Haddad, Malak Ermileh
Votes: 504
12. Decor (2014)
105 min | Drama
Decor is about "choices" we make in life. Can one major choice haunt us to the extent of wishing to imagine or live our alternate options of such choice? Decor is an incredible journey down that rabbit hole.
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Kal Naga, Maged El-Kidwani, Houria Farghally, Samar Morsi
Votes: 666
13. El Ott (2014)
92 min | Mystery, Thriller
An Egyptian gangster, El Ott, divorced his wife, Salma, and left the family soon after his daughter, Amina, was mysteriously kidnapped and lost in Cairo. El Ott discovers that Fathi, a ... See full summary »
Director: Ibrahim El-Batout | Stars: Amr Waked, Farouk Al-Fishawy, Salah Alhanafy, Amr Farouk
Votes: 3,487
14. Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014)
90 min | Documentary, Family, History
A film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This epic tale poetically moves ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Allen Harris | Stars: Arthé Anthony, Anthony Barboza, Hugh Bell, David G. Berger
Votes: 189 | Gross: $0.07M
15. Diplomacy (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, History, War
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Stadlober
Votes: 5,847 | Gross: $0.23M
16. The Cut (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra
Votes: 7,992 | Gross: $0.03M
17. Theeb (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
Director: Naji Abu Nowar | Stars: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jack Fox
Votes: 11,498 | Gross: $0.28M
18. Life of Riley (2014)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Kiberlain, Caroline Silhol, André Dussollier
Votes: 1,366
19. Songs from the North (2014)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Interweaving footage from the director's three visits to North Korea with songs, spectacle, popular cinema and archival footage, Songs from the North takes a different look at this ... See full summary »
Director: Soon-Mi Yoo
Votes: 127
20. That Music (2013)
28 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A construction worker is determined to find out a song that reminds him of his family.
Stars: Julio Pachón, Ariel Sierra
Votes: 19
21. Colectia de arome (2013)
14 min | Short
To get the required daily medication for his mother, Victor and his father resort to the toughest and dangerous solution.
Director: Igor Cobileanski | Stars: Gheorghe Grau, Radu Marin Suceanu, Grigore Ciorici, Ion Curca
Votes: 29
22. Nechayanno (2014)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A couple of hours before the New Year a neighbor comes to an old lady for some salt. And quite suddenly kills her. And now his whole family, that gets together to celebrate the New Year, is to find out what to do now, and who is to blame.
Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov | Stars: Yuliya Aleksandrova, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Sergey Lavygin, Aleksandr Pal
Votes: 251
23. Through the Breaking Glass (2015)
PG | 15 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Alice, already a woman, wakes up in a foreign land. She does not remember her name neither how she got there. Evil forces are at work and Alice will have to fight to survive Wonderland and get back to her daughter.
Director: Ivan Mena | Stars: Ledicia Sola, Julia Sánchez, Maria Felices, Elena Corredera
Votes: 20
24. Souviens-moi (2013)
16 min | Short, Drama, Family
Thomas, thirties, returns to his childhood home for a strange head to head...
Director: Josephine Derobe | Stars: Mauricette Gourdon, Clément Sibony, Jules Vignerot
Votes: 5
25. Baal (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sigi Graue, Margarethe von Trotta, Günther Neutze
Votes: 857
26. Dancing with Maria (2014)
75 min | Documentary, Music
Maria Fux spends her life training dancers, particularly those with disabilities. But now, at 90, she finds her toughest student may be herself.
Director: Ivan Gergolet | Stars: María Fux, María Garrido
Votes: 112
27. We Come as Friends (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
A modern odyssey into the heart of Africa at the historic moment when Sudan, the continent's largest country, is being divided into two separate states.
Director: Hubert Sauper
Votes: 749
28. Queen & Country (2014)
TV-14 | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt, David Thewlis
Votes: 1,855 | Gross: $0.03M
29. Red Amnesia (2014)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Deng is a stubborn retired widow who spends her days caring about her two grown up sons and her elderly mother, despite her family efforts to stop her. But her daily routine starts derailing when she keeps receiving anonymous calls..
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Zhong Lü, Yuanzheng Feng, Hailu Qin, Hao Qin
Votes: 704
30. Le Challat de Tunis (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery
Tunisia, before the revolution. A man on a motorbike, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of Tunis slashing women's buttocks. They call him The Challat, aka "The Blade", and the mere ... See full summary »
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Mohamed Slim Bouchiha, Jallel Dridi, Moufida Dridi, Narimène Saidane
Votes: 175
31. Our Family (2014)
117 min | Drama
A family drama about a family's struggles as their mother's impending death when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor brings to light financial burdens that need to be shouldered by her sons.
Director: Yûya Ishii | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Mieko Harada
Votes: 306
32. The Light Shines Only There (2014)
120 min | Drama
Two troubled souls living on the fringes of a port town fall in love, but their trials are far from over.
Director: Mipo Oh | Stars: Gô Ayano, Chizuru Ikewaki, Masaki Suda, Kazuya Takahashi
Votes: 668
33. Sprout (2013)
20 min | Short, Drama
Director: Yoon Ga-eun | Stars: Kim Su-an, Kim So-jin, Dong-ju Oh, Ok-gwang Jeong
Votes: 55
34. Zinneke (2013)
19 min | Short, Drama
Nine year-old Thomas spends most of his days at the flea market closely observing the Wheeling's and dealings of the market's sellers . His desire to be one of them leads him to embark on a one-night adventure that overwhelms him.
Director: Rémi Allier | Stars: Nissim Renard, Sam Louwyck, Wim Willaert
Votes: 50
35. Santra ja puhuvat puut (2013)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
What does it feel like to be ethnically dead?
Director: Miia Tervo | Stars: Santra Remsujeva, Miia Tervo, Markku Nieminen
Votes: 32
37. The Grand Illusion (1937)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 38,781 | Gross: $0.17M
38. Brides (2014)
94 min | Drama
Nutsa lives with her two small children in suburb of Tblissi, Georgia. With her Goga, they would bee today a regular family if he hadn't been arrested. Between the wedding in prison and the... See full summary »
Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili | Stars: Sergo Buiglishvili, Anuka Grigolia, Levan Kajrishvili, Nita Kalichava
Votes: 153
39. Stella (1955)
90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Proud, independent Stella, an unconventional Rebetico singer who cherishes her freedom, finds herself in an intense whirlwind romance. Everything points to a tragic ending, and in the aftermath of passion, there can be no winners.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas, Alekos Alexandrakis, Hristina Kalogerikou
Votes: 2,955
40. The Ogre of Athens (1956)
103 min | Crime, Drama
A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 2,180
41. The Boy and the World (2013)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father.
Director: Alê Abreu | Stars: Vinicius Garcia, Marco Aurélio Campos, Lu Horta, Felipe Zilse
Votes: 7,574 | Gross: $0.13M
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