Back on the silver screen at National Gallery Singapore for its 29th edition, the foreign film festival showcases the best of contemporary European cinema with Romania as this year’s featured country. From May 10 to 19, 27 films from comedy musicals to historical dramas take centre stage. Here are six of our top picks.
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Country Romania
The festival opens with the inspirational directorial debut of Tedy Necula. Toying with the idea of human connectivity within a tight space, Beside Me (or Coborâm la Prima) revolves around strangers locked in a subway with different destinations and various problems. The plot thickens when they’re forced to interact.
Country Denmark
Directed by Palme d’Or, Academy Award and Golden Globe recipient Bille August, the Danish drama draws from Henrik Pontoppidan’s coming-of-age novel Lykke Per, which follows an ambitious young man from a pious family who defies his father.
Country Spain
An adaptation of the acclaimed Spanish play Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) which was penned in 1933, the film tells of a runaway bride, her secret lover, and the devastating consequences that follow.
Country Turkey
The 2011 Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner trails after a group of men including a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect combing the Anatolian countryside for the victim of a brutal murder only to find secrets brewing instead.
Country Ireland
This highly-raved, coming-of-age musical comedy takes you back to Dublin in the 1980s where a teen boy forms a band to win a girl over. Rumour has it that this is a semi-autobiography of U2, but we’ll let you decide on how true that is.
Country Finland
Helmed by Oscar-nominated director Klaus Härö, One Last Deal tells the tale of an elderly art dealer who goes on a quest to find the ultimate piece of art in order to prove himself.
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