Kino Lorber acquires Venice Film Fest winner “The Woman Who Left”February 25, 2017 - 14:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kino Lorber has acquired all North American rights to a pair of Venice Film Festival prize winners — Lav Diaz’s “The Woman Who Left” and Stéphane Brizé’s “A Woman’s Life”, Variety reports. Both films are set for theatrical runs starting in May in New York City before expanding to other markets nationwide. They were both screened recently in New York at the Film Comment Selects series, organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. “The Woman Who Left” won the Golden Lion award at the 2016 Venice Film Festival and “A Woman’s Life” came away with the festival’s Fipresci Prize. Judith Chemla, the lead in “A Woman’s Life, was also nominated for a 2016 César Award in the Best Actress category. “The Woman Who Left,” directed by Lav Diaz and starring Charo Santos-Concio, is shot in black and white and set in 1997 in the Philippines and centers on a woman released from jail after being imprisoned for a crime she did not commit. Guy Lodge said in his Variety review of “The Woman Who Left”: “Its personal and political concerns converge powerfully in the story of one woman, reacquainting herself with her socially ravaged homeland after unjustly spending 30 years in the slammer.” “A Woman’s Life,” starring Judith Chemla, is a French-Belgian costume drama based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant. Jay Weissberg, in his review for Variety, said, “This deeply moving tale of a minor noblewoman betrayed by her husband, her son, and in many ways, her idyllic youth, deserves widespread arthouse play. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |