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This Must Be the Place

Sean Penn fans get ready!

This Must Be the Place

This is Sean Penn like you've never seen him before. In his latest metamorphosis Penn plays Cheyenne, a retired and bored American goth rock star. This role is unlike anything else Penn has done before, his performance reminds us why he is one of the greatest actors alive today. Featuring the music of David Byrne of Talking Heads fame, This Must Be the Place is an unforgettable cinematic experience.

Cheyenne lives in Dublin, bumbles around town with friends and lives in an enormous mansion with his down-to-earth wife of 35 years, Jane (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand). When he learns of his father's death, who he has been estranged from for 30 years, he returns to America to embark on a road trip that will change him forever. His quest is driven by the revelation that his father was humiliated in Auschwitz at the hands of an SS officer, who may still be alive today and living in America.

Directed by the Italian director Paulo Sorrentino This Must Be the Place entertains, questions and spellbounds its audience from beginning 'til end. This is a rare film that is able to mix stunning originality and elegance with real humanity. If you are a fan of Sean Penn you won't want to miss this gem of a film. We will be releasing it on April 26.

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Film Festivals' Favourite

Film Festivals' Favourite

Where Do We Go Now?

Written and directed by Nadine Labaki (Caramel), Where Do We Go Now? is a heart-warming modern fable about a group of Muslim and Christian women who band together to defuse mounting inter-religious tensions between local manfolk. As occupants of a small and isolated Lebanese village, the women gather together and come up with an ingenious plan, which they hope will protect the town from the distant war. Where Do We Go Now? received a five-minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere last May. It was also the winner of the People's Choice Award at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Comical, inventive and above all important, we cannot wait to share this crowd-pleasing film with you. For more information please see the link below. We will be announcing its release date soon.

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Bel Ami

This is definitely one of the most anticipated films of 2012. Based on the classic French novel by Guy de Maupassant, Bel Ami stars Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas. Bel Ami is a story of the exceptionally handsome, smart and charismatic George Duroy (Pattinson) who through a series of intriguing scandals (and what seems like an endless string of sexual encounters) claims his way to the very top of 1880's French society. Seduction, manipulation and blackmail (with a solid dose of charm) are George's weapons and he will stop at nothing to get to the very top of Parisian high society. But what will his success cost those around him? Bel Ami marks Robert Pattinson's new direction in, what so far has proven to be, a phenomenal acting career thanks to the Twilight series. We will be announcing the Australian release date soon, so stay tuned for more details.

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Meet Albert Nobbs

Three Oscar nominations

Meet Albert Nobbs

Decades after starring in Albert Nobbs in an Off-Broadway play, Glenn Close finally brings her passion project to the silver screen! "I became very busy in my career, but the story was always something that I believed would make a wonderful movie," Glenn stated in one of her interviews. She recently won the Best Actress award for portraying Albert at the Tokyo International Film Festival last October. Based on a 19th century play by Irish author, George Moore, we are delighted to be releasing Albert Nobbs in both Australia and New Zealand.

Nobbs is a shy butler who keeps to himself hiding a deep secret for some thirty years that 'he' is really a woman. Albert has to dress and behave as a man in order to escape a life of poverty and loneliness. Finally, 'he' begins to question the world she has created for herself and thinks she maybe have found a soul-mate and dares to hope that she might one day live a life free of secrets.

Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child) directs from the script by Glenn Close, Gabriella Prekop and Man Booker prize-winning novelist John Banville. Albert Nobbs also stars Australia's own Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson and Janet McTeer. Both Glenn Close and Janet McTeer received Academy Awards nominations for their remarkable performances in Albert Nobbs, topping it with additional nomination in the Makeup category.

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