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Miral by Julian Schnabel, Venice Film Festival 2010
Another movie selected In Competition at 67th Venice Film Festival is movie titled Miral, directed by Julian Schnabel.
Freida Pinto as Miral
The movie is based on Rita Jebreal novel, and is already being described as one “dedicated to all those, on both sides, who believe peace is possible, is noble and sincere, a real ode to tolerance, which shows us that you can teach pacifism while all around is falling apart….”
Miral is “a chronicle of Hind Husseini’s effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
Brand New THE LIMITS OF CONTROL Images
Focus Features recently premiered a “Meet the Characters” feature for their upcoming dramatic thriller “The Limits of Control“. Director Jim Jarmusch once again re-teaming him with Isaach De Bankole for the fourth time after “Night on Earth,” “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” and “Coffee and Cigarettes.”
Jim Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control Trailer
Focus Features has just released the trailer for their upcoming dramatic thriller “The Limits of Control,” the latest flick from indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch.
The Limits of Control is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise). The location shoot there united the writer/director with acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Paranoid Park).
‘The Visitor’ New Trailer
In The Visitor, the great Richard Jenkins stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor named Walter Vale, whose life is change by a chance encounter in New York City.
In its best moments, the film is a celebration of the transformative power of music, as elderly, worn down Walter learns the drums from an energetic and likable illegal immigrant, and the trailer does its best to highlight that. It’s also a meditation on the issue of immigration, and though that’s only lightly touched on in the trailer.
