Monika’s Pensieve

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33 sceny z życia (Poland/Germany, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 3rd January 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 100′
Polish Distributor: Kino Świat (7th November 2008)
Director: Małgorzata Szumowska
Cast: Julia Jentsch, Peter Gantzler, Maciej Stuhr, Małgorzata Hajewska, Andrzej Hudziak, Izabela Kuna
Production House: Shot - Szumowski, Pandora Filmproduktion, STI Studio Filmowe
Plot: A slightly autobiographical film. It’s mostly about what death does to a family, [...]

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Dev D (India, 2009)
Polish Distributor: I doubt one exists or that one will exist in the near future :]
Release Date (worldwide): 9th January 2009
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill
Production House: UTV Motion Pictures (UTV Spot Boy)
Plot: This is a modern interpretation of Devdas, one of India’s most famous novels (it’s been adapted for [...]

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New York (India, 2009)
Polish Distributor: I have no idea if there will be one or not
Release Date (worldwide): sometime early in 2009
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irfan Khan
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: (from nowrunning.com)
“New York” is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of [...]

I’m doing really badly with the film spotting posts :] (loads to write, but nothing written ;-P)
So I figured that maybe I should try doing some regular “which cinema releases sound interesting this month” kind of updates :) Hopefully there’ll be more film spotting coming from me this way. Treat these posts as invitations to [...]

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The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Language: English
What It’s About
It’s a novel about a boy (Aamir) who grows up in Afghanistan and moves to America with his father when the Soviet war breaks out. He has a very guilty secret that he has to eventually atone for by going back to Afghanistan during the Taliban [...]

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The Duchess (UK/Italy/France/USA, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 29th December 2008 (cinema, pre-release screening)
Runtime: 110′
Polish Distributor: Best Film (9th January 2008)
Director: Saul Dibb
Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper
Production House: Paramount Vantage, Pathé, BBC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Qwerty Films
Plot: The true (or, er… sort of true - it’s been meddled with a bit [...]

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Happy-Go-Lucky (UK, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 27th December 2008 (cinema)
Runtime: 118′
Polish Distributor: Monolith Films (28th November 2008)
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin
Production House: Ingenious Film Partners, Thin Man Films
Plot: Poppy is a primary school teacher in London and she always tries to stay happy ;)
Sally Hawkins interview
I already put the trailer [...]

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Aitraaz (India, 2004)
Seen: Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 (DVD - a magazine edition)
Runtime: 163′
Polish Distributor: doesn’t seem to be one - the one on the box is American…
Director: Abbas-Mustan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal
Production House: Mukta Arts Ltd.
Plot: The story of a guy who is sexually harassed at his workplace [...]

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The Neverending Story (West Germany/USA, 1984)
Seen: repeatedly, but most recently on Friday, 19th December 2008 (on a 1988 released VHS tape - which is how I’ve always watched it *grin*)
Runtime: 90′
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Alan Oppenheimer
Production House: Neue Constantin Film, WDR, Warner Bros
Plot: What if you had a book [...]

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Murder (India, 2004)
Seen: Tuesday, 16th December 2008 (DVD)
Runtime: 130′
Polish Distributor: I’m not sure if it has one…
Director: Anurag Basu
Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel
Production House: Bhatt Productions
Plot: A murder, an extra-marital affair and generally a combination of a lot of sex and violence :]
Interview Clip Mentioning the Film
For me the main reason to [...]