17/12/2013 - The new film by Wes Anderson has already five other European titles to measure up to as part of the Berlinale competition, including new films by Alain Resnais and Claudia Llosa

Life of Riley by Alain Resnais

After the announcement that the Anglo-German title Grand Budapest Hotel [+see also:
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These five contenders for the Golden Lion are: Life of Riley by Alain Resnais, a film notably played by Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Kiberlain and André Dussolier, which was indeed expected to be present in Berlin (read the article); the British film '71 by Yann Demange; the Franco-Spanish-Canadian co-production Aloft by Claudia Llosa (who already won the Golden Bear in 2009 for Fausta [+see also:
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The first four selections in the Berlinale Special section were also unveiled: A Long Way Down by Pascal Chaumeil, with Pierce Brosnan (United States), Franco-Austrian documentary Entente Cordiale [+see also:
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(Translated from French)