I forward this message from list member Klaus Eder concerning
the films in competition at the upcoming Venice FilmFest
(http://www.labiennaledivenezia.net/).
        Anybody going?

        Gloria Monti


FIPRESCI informs

VENEZIA 59 - THE COMPETITION
(August 29 - September 8, 2002)

Sergej Bodrov, Bear's Kiss
        Rebecka Liljeberg, Joachim KrÛl, Maurizio Donadoni
        Germany/France/Spain/Italy/Sweden - 92'

Winfried Bonengel, F¸hrer Ex
        Christian Bl¸mel, Aaron Hildebrand
        Germany - 105'

Chang Tso-Chi, Meili Shiguang (The Best of Times)
        Wing Fan, Gao Meng-Jie, Yu Wan-Mei
        Taiwan - 112'

Stephen Daldry, The Hours
        Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Ed Harris
        USA - 120'

Michel Deville, Un monde presque paisible
        Simon Abkarian, Lubna Azabal, Clotilde Courau
        France - 93'

Doris D–rrie, Nackt (Naked)
        Heike Makatsch, Benno F¸rmann, Alexandra Maria Lara,
        Mehmet Kurtulus
        Germany - 100'

Stephen Frears, Dirty Pretty Things
        Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sergi Lopez
        UK - 98'

Piergiorgio Gay, La forza del passato
        Sergio Rubini, Bruno Ganz, Sandra Ceccarelli
        Italy - 98'

Flora Gomes, Nha Fala (La mia voce - My Voice)
        Fatou N'Diaye, Jean-Christophe DollÈ, Angelo Torres
        Portogallo/Francia/Lussemburgo - 90'

Rolf de Heer, The Tracker
        David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau
        Australia - 98'

Agnieszka Holland, Julie Walking Home
        Miranda Otto, Lothaire Bluteau, William Fichtner
        Germany/Canada/Poland - 118'

Takeshi Kitano, Dolls
        Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi
        Japan - 113'

Andrej Kontchalovskij, Dom Durakov (La maison de fous)
        Julia Vysotsky, Eugenj Mironov, Sultan Islamov
        Russia/France - 104'

Patrice Leconte, L'homme du train
        Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday
        France - 90'

Lee Chang-Dong, Oasis
        Sol Kyung-ku, Moon So-ri
        Korea - 132'

Tonie Marshall, Au plus prËs du paradis
        Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Lecoq, HÈlËne Fillieres
        France/Spain/Canada - 129'

Sam Mendes, Road to Perdition
        Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh
        USA - 119'

Peter Mullan The Magdalene Sisters
        Geraldine McEwan, Nora Jane Noon
        UK - 119'

Michele Placido, Un viaggio chiamato amore
        Laura Morante, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Haber
        Italy - 96'

Julie Taymor, Frida
        Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush,
        Ashley Judd, Edward Norton, Antonio Banderas
        USA - 119'

Daniele Vicari, Velocitý massima
        Valerio Mastandrea, Cristiano Morroni, Alessia Barela
        Italy - 111'


Klaus Eder
FÈdÈration Internationale
de la Presse CinÈmatographique
(FIPRESCI)
Schleissheimer Str. 83
D-80797 Munich
T +49 (89) 18 23 03
Cell +49 (172) 850 53 02
F +49 (89) 18 47 66
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Gloria Monti, Ph.D.
Research Associate
University of California, Santa Cruz
Film and Digital Media Department
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