German sales agent The Match Factory has turned up at the Cannes Film Festival clutching a strong line-up that includes two films in competition, three movies that will premiere in Un Certain Regard and three pictures in the Directors’ Fortnight. Among the Palme d’Or contenders is Alice Rohrwacher’s (The Wonders [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alice Rohrwacher
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entrevista: Sergey Dvortsevoy
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In the German Un Certain Regard flick In My Room [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ulrich Köhler
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entrevista: Ulrich Kohler
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entrevista: Lukas Dhont
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Another Argentinian title is being presented in the Directors’ Fortnight. The drama The Snatch Thief [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Italian writer-director Gianni Zanasi (Nella mischia), a working mother has trouble striking the right balance between her daughter, a complicated romance and work until a mysterious woman appears in her life. Also, Italian writer-director Marco Bellocchio (Sweet Dreams [+lee también:
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Furthermore, The Match Factory is presenting the Cannes Classics movie Bergman – A Year in a Life [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jane Magnusson
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