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Dir: Jose Luis Cuerda. Spain. 1998-99. 95mins. Prod co: Sogetel, Las Producciones Del Escorpion. Domestic dist Sp : Warner Sogefilms. Int l sales: Good Machine International, tel: 1 212 343 9230. Exec prods: Fernando Bovaira, Jose Luis Cuerda. Scr: Rafael Azcona based on three stories by Manuel Rivas. DoP: Javier Salmones. Prod des: Emiliano Otegui. Main cast: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Manuel Lozano, Uxia Blanco, Gonzalo Martin Uriarte, Alexis de Los Santos, Guillermo Toledo.Butterfly s Tongue La Lengua De Las Mariposas is a beautifully shot, perfectly paced film set in the months leading up to the Spanish Civil
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stanley website erous year during which Franco s fascist forces begin their assault on Spain. By the time the school year comes to an end, and Franco s troops roll into town, Moncho s carefree, eight-year-old s life -- along with his teenage brother s, his hardworking parents and especially his liberal professor s -- will be irrevocably altered. Lovers of Spanish cinema may find it difficult not to draw parallels between Butterfly and myriad other coming-of-age period picture Zfqc Ferrell McKay bring in King Dork to Paramount
Tsui Harks Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate scooped the highest number of nominations for this years Asian Film Awards AFAs , with seven nods in all, including best film, best director and best actor Chen Kun .Zhang Yimous Flowers Of War and Taiwanese director Wei Te-shengs Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale followed closely behind wi
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stanley cup se-language 鈥?Flowers Of War is mixed English and Chinese, while Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale was filmed mostly in Japanese and an aboriginal language.Golden Globe winner Nader And Simin: A Separation, from Irans Asghar Farhadi, came in next with five nods including best film and best director. Rounding out the best film category are Postcard from Japans Shindo Kaneto and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara You Dont Get Life A Second Time from Indias Zoya Akhtar.Best director nominees also include Indonesias Teddy Soeriaatmadja for Lovely Ma
stanley cup n and Japans Sono Sion for Guilty Of Romance see full list below .Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo has been appointed president of this years 12-person jury, marking the first time that somebody from outside Hong Kong has held the post.Meanwhile Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Her latest film, Venice best actress winner A Simple Life, is also nominated at the AFAs for best actor Andy Lau and actress Deanie Ip .Organised by the Hon
