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DUBAI
— The best Russian film of the last several years,
the most successful Chinese martial arts movie in
history, one of two acclaimed Iranian films and a
groundbreaking German-Mongolian film will open at
the Dubai International Film Festival today,
organisers said yesterday.
The Return, a mysterious, intense Russian drama, won
the top prizes at the Venice Film Festival last
year, will be making its Middle East premiere in
Dubai at 2.15pm at the Madinat Theatre.
The English-subtitled film revolves around two young
brothers and their father, who makes an unexpected
and unexplained return into their lives after a
12-year absence. Father and sons immediately set off
on a fishing trip to a mysterious, bleak island, and
eventually the expectant sons and fierce father
clash.
Hero, the most successful film ever released in
China, is also making its Middle East premiere
today. The spectacular martial arts epic stars some
of the biggest names in the industry — Jet Li,
Maggie Cheung of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon fame,
Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhang Yiyi — and is directed
by the acclaimed Zhang Yimou, whose previous works
include Raise the Red Lantern and Shanghai Triad. It
will be shown at 12.30pm and 7pm at the Mercato 3
Cinema.
The Tear of the Cold, one of the most celebrated
Iranian films of the year, will have its second and
last screening at 6pm at Mercato Cinema 4. A tense,
romantic epic set on the snowy border between Iran
and Kurdistan, the film follows the love-hate story
of a Kurdish shepherdess involved in the guerrilla
resistance and a sensitive, skilled bomb-disposal
expert from the Iranian military.
The Story of the Weeping Camel, a German documentary
that grew out of a student project, follows a family
of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi desert of Southern
Mongolia and the extent they will go to care for
their herd of camels. A darling of the critics, this
is widely acclaimed to be a unique and surprisingly
moving tale. It will make its Middle east premiere
at 3.30pm at Mercato Cinema 3 and again at 12.30pm
on December 11.
Also in the international film line-up for today are
award-winning French film Comme Une Image (Look at
Me), Filipino film Milan, Pakistani drama Silent
Waters (Khamosh Pani), Bollywood cult classic Mr
India, and Omar Sharif-starrer Doctor Zhivago. All
the international films shown during the Festival
are subtitled in English.
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