Movie Screenings

Film buffs, who've been moaning about nothing to watch over the weekends, can now 'Experience Cannes'

Film buffs, who've been moaning about nothing to watch over the weekends, can now 'Experience Cannes'u00a0

May 8th Tulpan
The traditional lifestyle of nomadic shepherds on the harsh Kazakh steppes provides sensational drama in Tulpan, the feature film debut of Sergey Dvortsevoy.

May 9th Three Monkeys
This is the story of a politician who is involved in a hit-and-run accident. Fearing that the accident will harm his political career, he convinces his driver, who wasn't even in the car when his boss ran over the victim, to take the rap in return for a hefty financial reward. But, to nobody's surprise, things don't work out as planned.

May 10th The Edge of Heaven
There are six principal characters in The Edge of Heaven: two mothers, two daughters, a father and a son, all arranged in symmetrical pairs. In the course of this extraordinary film by the German writer-director, Fatih Akin, children are lost, lost parents are never found, and generational and geographical distances keep growing.

May 11th The Mourning Forest
In the mountainous region west of Nara, Machiko (Machiko Ono) is adjusting to her new role as caregiver at an old folks' home. Burdened by the death of her young son, Machiko is drawn to dementia-affected patient Shigeki (Shigeki Uda). With only a syllable separating the name of the caregiver and Shigeki's dead wife of 33 years, Mako, the unruly patient is attracted to the new staff member.

May 12th Persepolis
Persepolis is a simple story told by simple means.It consists essentially of a series of monochrome drawings, their bold black lines washed with nuances of gray. The pictures are arranged into the chronicle of a young girl's coming of age in difficult times, a tale that unfolds with such grace, intelligence and charm that youu00a0 take the wondrous aspects of its execution for granted.

May 13th Days of Glory
Days of Glory, the English title of Rachid Bouchareb's new film called Indigu00e8nes, or Natives, in French has a rousing, somewhat generic war-movie ring.

May 14th The Class
The Class unfolds over the course of a term at a secondary school in Paris. Begaudeau plays Francois Begaudeau, a language and literature teacher who tries to foster an atmosphere of respect and diligence in his multiethnic class of lively, opinionated teenagers.

At: PVR Cinemas, Forum Mall Koramangala
Presented by: Peroni Nastro Azzurro and NDTV Lumiere
On: May 8 to May 14, 1 pm