London Film Festival Interest List 2019
These are the films I want to see from The London Film Festival 2019 in alphabetical order by title. Once I watch something, it moves to my London Film Festival 2019 list.
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- DirectorKang Hyo-jinStarsPark Sung-woongJung JinyoungRa Mi-ranA weak high school student and a mighty gangster exchange their bodies accidentally.
- DirectorChristophe HonoréStarsChiara MastroianniBenjamin BiolayVincent LacosteAfter 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave. She moves to the room 212 of the hotel opposite her marital home. From there, Maria can scrutinize her apartment, her husband, her wedding. She wonders if she has made the right decision.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsLeif EdlundYlva GallonKatarina JacobsonAs a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.
- DirectorHalina ReijnStarsCarice van HoutenMarwan KenzariMarie-Mae van ZuilenIn spite of her expertise and experience, a seasoned psychologist is completely infatuated by the sex offender she is treating in a penal institution.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsBeckyBengalMasayuki DeaiA young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
- DirectorGeorge PearsonStarsBetty BalfourHarry JonasFrank StanmoreA chorus girl, who dreams of being a music-hall star, falls for an impoverished author.
- DirectorBora KimStarsPark Ji-huKim Sae-byeokJeong In-giSeoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
- DirectorMariko MinoguchiStarsJeanette HainSaskia RosendahlHanns ZischlerHave you ever had a Déja Vu? Have you ever met a person you think you already know?
- DirectorMads BrüggerStarsMads BrüggerClarinah MfenguSaphir Wenzi MabanzaDanish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- DirectorCédric KahnStarsCatherine DeneuveEmmanuelle BercotVincent MacaigneA mother's birthday party is interrupted by her most unpredictable daughter.
- DirectorNathalie BiancheriStarsCosmo JarvisLauren CoeSadie FrostLaurie, a cynical schoolgirl, builds and nurtures a secret friendship with Pete, an older man who's apparently obsessed with her.
- DirectorShonali BoseStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasFarhan AkhtarZaira WasimBased on the love story of a couple spanning 25 years and told through the lens of their spunky teenage daughter Aisha Chaudhary, who was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsMikhail KhodorkovskyVladimir PutinLeonid NevzlinThe strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
- DirectorKantemir BalagovStarsViktoria MiroshnichenkoVasilisa PerelyginaAndrey Bykov1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
- DirectorVáclav MarhoulStarsPetr KotlárNina SunevicAlla SokolovaA young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsLouise LabèqueWislanda LouimatKatiana MilfortA man is brought back from the dead to work in the hell of sugar cane plantations. 55 years later, a Haitian teenager tells her friends her family secret - not suspecting that it will push one of them to commit the irreparable.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsLaysla De OliveiraLuke WilsonDavid ThewlisVeronica wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she's been wrongfully indicted for. She and her father, Jim, find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.
- DirectorGerard JohnsonStarsCraig FairbrassPolly MaberlySinead MatthewsBuild him up. Tear him apart.
- DirectorRodney AscherDavid LawrenceRyan SextonStarsSteve BroyEric CarlsonEl DuceBetween appearing in supporting roles in General Hospital and local TV commercials, Ryan Sexton spent the early 90s documenting the life and art of El Duce, lead singer of the notorious shock rock band The Mentors. Famous for taking the stage in black executioner hoods, the band spent a few moments in the national spotlight after some of their most offensive lyrics were denounced on the floor of the US Senate. 25 years later, David Lawrence and Rodney Ascher dive into the long unseen VHS footage searching for clues about who El Duce really was, how much of his disturbing persona was for real, and what an act built around a cartoonish sense of violent misogyny can tell us about our own time and place.
- DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsWilliam FriedkinHikaru BabaYuka NiwaA lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, exploring the depths of William Friedkin's mind's eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography.
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsJingchun WangMei YongXi QiTwo married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.