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France s Wild Bunch hasadded a crop of high-profile pictures to its slate including a $35m warriorepic from famed Czech director Ivan Passer, and Danis Tanovic s Hell,the second part of a trilogy originally written for late-director KrzysztofKieslowski.Other additions include thefirst English-language film from cult French director Leos Carax and a stylishpenguin documentary co-produced with Buena Vista France.First up is Nomad,produced by Milos Forman and Ram Bergman and financed 70% by the Kazakgovernment. Wild Bunch s Vincent Maraval says the film is so amazing it shallucinatory! It s like Braveheart meets The Brotherhood Of The Wolfmeets Gladiator. The story of a young warriorin 18th century Kazakhstan who must
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In a year of stunning visual-effects work, Ex Machinas bewitching robot stands out as a peerless use of VFX.Mark Salisbury speaks to the team that created her.While androids have a rich cinematic history dating back to Maria in Metropolis, writer-director Alex GarlandsEx Machina required a new kind of robot 鈥?one that was wholly plausible as a mechanical creation but feminine enough for Domhnall Gleesons coder Caleb to fall in love with.As played by Alic
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