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Golden Globe winner actress, producer and director Robin Wright tells HFPA journalist Anke Hofmann that she was nervous when she got the opportunity to direct her first feature film, Land. The story is about Edee Mathis, played by Wright, who in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of uncertainty retreats to the wilderness.

In the drama I’m No Longer Here (Ya no estoy aqui), writer and director Fernando Frias delves into the complex arena of human identity and how our cultural surroundings can shape who we can become. Our protagonist is 17-year-old Ulises (Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño) and his journey in the film begins as he crosses the Mexican/U.

Natasha (Natalya Paylenko) travels to Moscow on the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attack in the Dubrovka Theatre, in which more than 170 hostages and a number of Chechen terrorists were killed. She wants to organize a memorial evening, but not before reuniting with her daughter Galya (Kseniya Zueva).

Set in the late Summer of 2011, over six months after the Jasmine Revolution and the fall of Ben Ali, A Son centers on an upper-class young Tunisian family, who are blessed with a perfect life. The husband, Fares, is CEO of a sales business, the wife, Meriem, is an HR manager for a big company in the Middle East, and their son, Aziz, is a bright 11-year-old kid.

When a boy is killed in a village in Kazakhstan, the investigating detective, Bekzat (played by Daniyar Alshinov), is told to wrap up the case as fast as he can. His lazy superior officer is a coward who orders him to kill a supposed suspect that local police officers have conveniently found for him.

The British director Michael Apted, who passed away on January 7, 2021, was interviewed by HFPA journalists several times. This is what he said in 1988 about Gorillas in the Mist where Sigourney Weaver portrayed naturalist Dian Fossey.

When Jane Fonda spoke at last year’s HFPA Restoration Summit, she described herself as “a newbie at this whole film restoration thing. ” That may have been partially true (in fact it was the second year that she had done us the honor of speaking at our Summit), but Ms.

On January 9, 1936, the Reading Eagle’s front page headline blared: “Fight to Save Life of ‘Great Lover’ Futile. ” Actor John Gilbert, who “thrilled millions,” had died of a heart attack.

Not only did Soul debut at number one in both Russia and Korea, but director Pete Docter’s latest movie for Pixar also became the first feature film to top Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart. Soul, which was not released theatrically in the United States but was streamed on Disney Plus, set the historic first on the week of December 21 to 27 (Nielsen lags in its reporting).

The setting is Mumbai, India and as the old, wise lady in the film states: “There is a reason why Indian classical music is considered an eternal quest. Through this music we are shown the path to the divine.