First seven European releases of 2010
European cinema is well represented among the first new releases of 2010, with seven (co-)productions in the line-up, including four German films, alongside three US titles.
Among the local productions, Fox is releasing Frieder Wittich’s comedy 13 Semester, in which Max Riemelt (The Wave [+see also:
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The film was produced by Munich-based production company Claussen + Wöbke + Putz Filmproduktion (Krabat<7a>).
MFA is taking a completely different path with the release of Rudi Gaul’s The Room in the Mirror, produced by Munich-based Schattengewächs Filmproduktion. Kirstin Fischer plays a Jewish woman who is forced to hide in an empty apartment to avoid capture by the Nazis, her only human contact being her husband (Maximilian Berger), who soon disappears, and an actress-resistance fighter, who helps her to mentally escape.
Piffl is launching Martin Hoffmann’s documentary Dolpo Tulku, about some Nepalese Buddhist monks, while Concorde is distributing Caroline Bottaro’s French/German co-production (between Paris-based Mon Voisin and Munich’s Blueprint Film) Queen To Play [+see also:
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Salzgeber is launching Lucía Puenzo’s French/Spanish/Argentinean co-production The Fish Child [+see also:
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Finally, also hitting screens is Terry Gilliam’s UK/French/Canadian co-production The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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