Frozen Land looks very interesting. I might pop along to that with ya.

Reza




--- In dukesfilmgroup@..., "Cliff Laine"
<yahoogroups@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone
>
> I've had a fwe e-mail problems lately so apologies in advance if
this
> duplicates information you already have or something that's already
> been discussed.
>
> I got an e-mail this afternoon from the Duke's about some foreign
> langauge films. I'm particularly interested in these two and was
> wondering if anyone else fancied coming along.
>
> ---------------------
> FINNISH
>
> Frozen Land (18)
> Sunday 17 December
>
> A brilliantly devised web of interconnecting fates, Frozen Land is
an
> intense, fast paced depiction of a gritty Helsinki, which bounces
> between stories and characters' lives, set into motion by the
printing
> of a forged 500 Euro note. Semi improvised dialogue and gripping
visuals
> form the backdrop for a powerful collection of performances, from a
pair
> of young computer hackers and a depressed policewoman, to a
> mullet-haired car thief and a vacuum salesman and recovering
alcoholic,
> who falls off the wagon with a vengeance.
>
> FRENCH/GERMAN
>
> Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (12A)
> Wednesday 20 December
>
> By Christmas Eve 1914 one of the bloodiest wars the world has ever
seen
> was well under way. Joyeux Noel is inspired by the surprising true
> events that happened along the battlefront that day as seen through
the
> amazed eyes of four people from different countries: a Scottish
> minister, a French lieutenant, a German tenor and a Danish soprano.
> These heroes find themselves at the centre of an unprecedented and
> unthinkable fraternization between German, French, and British
soldiers,
> who left rifles at the bottom of trenches to shake hands, exchange a
> cigarette and a piece of chocolate and wish each other ''Merry
> Christmas''.
> --
> Cliff
>