San Sebastian / Donostia 2010 : index page

Published on: November 1st, 2010


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[ two-part coverage for Tribune magazine ]
Part 1 : Spain & Latin America ….. Part 2 : Eastern Europe
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[ Reviews for The Hollywood Reporter ]
- Addicted To Love
- All the Night Long
- Black Bread
- The Christening
- The Colours of the Mountain
- Elisa K
- Father (Aita)
- Gesher
- It’s Your Fault
- Lucía
- Mount Bayo 
- Principles of Life
- Shelter 
- What I Love the Most
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[ Full alphabetical list]
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Addicted To Love   (LIU Hao, China) : 5/10   {14/28}
All the Night Long (Isaki Lacuesta, Spain) : 7/10   {18}
Amigo   (John Sayles, US/Philippines) : W/O
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu   (Andrei Ujica, Romania) : 7/10    {18}
Beautiful Boy   (Shawn Ku, USA) : 5/10   {14}
Black Bread (Agustí Villaronga, Spain) : 5/10   {13}
Carancho   (Pablo Trapero, Argentina) : 5/10   {13}
The Christening (Marcin Wrona, Poland) : 8/10   {21}
The Colours of the Mountain    (Carlos César Arbeláez, Colombia) : 6/10   {15}
Countdown To Zero   (Lucy Walker, USA) : 5/10   {13}
Crime in the Streets   (Don Siegel, US 1956) : 6/10   {15}
Elisa K (Cadena & Colell, Spain) : 4/10   {10}
Father aka Aita (José María de Orbe, Spain) : 6/10   {17}
Flaming Star   (Don Siegel, USA 1960) : 6/10   {16}
Genpin   (Naomi KAWASE, Japan) : W/O
Gesher (Vahid Vakilifar, Iran) : 6/10    {16}
The Invisible Eye   (Diego Lerman, Argentina) : 8/10   {21}
It’s Your Fault (Anahí Berneri, Argentina) : 7/10   {19}
Lucía (Niles Atallah, Chile) : 5/10   {13}
Marimbas From Hell   (Julio Hernández Cordón, Guatemala) : W/O
The Mosque   (Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Morocco) : 6/10   {16}
Mount Bayo   (Victoria Galardi, Argentina) : 6/10   {16}
October   (Vega & Vega, Peru) : 6/10   {15}
Post Mortem   (Pablo Larraín, Chile) : 6/10   {15}
Principles of Life (Constantin Popescu, Romania) : 6/10   {15}
Le Quattro volte   aka The Four Times   (Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy) : 2/10   {4}
To Remember Is Forbidden    (Larreategi & Martinez, Spain) : W/O
Shelter   (Dragomir Sholev, Bulgaria) : 7/10   {19}
Single Man   (HAO Jie, China) : W/O
A Useful Life   (Federico Veiroj, Uruguay) : 5/10   {14}
What I Love the Most   (Delfina Castagnino, Argentina) : 6/10   {15}

All  films are from 2010 unless otherwise stated.  
Seen at the 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival // Donostia Zinemaldia, September 2010
also seen (short) : Aral, the Lost Sea (Isabel Coixet, Spain) : **/5   {3/13}

Big in Poland : 6'5" director Marcin Wrona (THE CHRISTENING)

[ Rated 15+ ]
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21 The Christening (Wrona)   — upgraded to 23 after 2nd viewing one week later
21 The Invisible Eye (Lerman)
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19 It’s Your Fault (Berneri)
19 Shelter (Sholev)
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18 All the Night Long (Lacuesta)
18 The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu (Ujica)
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17 Father aka Aita (de Orbe)
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16 Flaming Star (Siegel 1960)
16 Gesher (Vakilifar)
16 The Mosque (Aoulad-Syad)
16 Mount Bayo (Galardi)
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15 The Colours of the Mountain (Arbeláez)
15 Crime in the Streets (Siegel 1956)
15 October (Vega & Vega)
15 Post Mortem (Larraín)
15 What I Love the Most (Castagnino)
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