Tykwer set to open Berlinale for second time
At 43, German director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [+see also:
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The 59th Berlin International Film Festival (February 5-15) will open with the international avant-première of his new title, German/UK co-production The International, to be presented out of competition.
After the dark, medieval atmosphere of Perfume, Tykwer has chosen an ultra-modern setting for the contemporary plot of The International. The film centres on an investigation by an Interpol agent (played by Clive Owen) and a magistrate (Naomi Watts) into the illegal activities of one of the world’s most powerful banks.
Owen and Watts are not the only big names in the cast: they star alongside Armin Mueller-Stahl (Eastern Promises [+see also:
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The film shoot was as international as the production and cast list, for it took place in the Babelsberg Studios, as well as Berlin, New York, Istanbul and Milan.
Sony Pictures Releasing will launch the film on German screens on February 12, 2009 and it will be released in the US by Columbia Pictures the following day.
(Translated from French)
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