Autumn is coming and a new appointment with La Mostra, the Valencian festival dedicated to Mediterranean cinematography. The contest starts with The mud, second full-length work by Valencian director Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta, thriller set in the Albufera and starring Raúl Arévalo and Paz Vega. The Official Section continues with Souad by Egyptian director Ayten Amin, who addresses youth conflicts in his country; the french The world after us by Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas, y Playlist, comic artist's film debut, Nine Ancient; in Croatian The staffroom, first work by Sonja Tarokic, o Tailor by Sonia Liza Kenterman, comedy that deals with the consequences of the economic crisis in the life of a tailor who wants to continue his father's business. Follow the program with Pizzeria by Maltese Alex Camilleri, film that deals with the difficulties of a modest fisherman to continue his work, Streams by Tunisian Mehdi Hmili, The translator by Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf, that faces the Arab Spring movement in terms of thriller of action, So she doesn’t live de Faruk Lončarević, Life's losers of the Portuguese Eça of Quirós, y Heavens above de Srdjan Dragojevic, film that tells the curious story of a man to whom an accident gives him a halo of holiness. The Palm Tree of Honor this year will go to the Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of Delicatessen, The city of lost children y Amélie. G.LEON
John Cassavetes y Gena Rowlands
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John Cassavetes is synonymous with independence and renewal of forms in American cinema.
