Deauville Festival of American Cinema 2015

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Life Life
Life and Knight Of Cups
Danny Collins (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Dan Fogelman; Writer: Dan Fogelman; Stars: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Melissa Benoist, Giselle Eisenberg, Josh Peck)
An ageing rock star decides to mend his decadent ways and seek out the son he has never met
Everest (Country: US, UK, Iceland; Year: 2015; Director: Baltasar Kormákur; Writer: William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy; Stars: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Emily Watson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Debicki, Martin Henderson, Clive Standen, Tom Goodman-Hill, Michael Kelly, Vanessa Kirby, Mia Goth)
A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm.
Experimenter (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Almereyda; Writer: Michael Almereyda; Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Tom Farrell, Winona Ryder, Kellan Lutz, Lori Singer, Anton Yelchin, John Leguizamo, Josh Hamilton, Ned Eisenberg, Dennis Haysbert, Anthony Edwards, Edoardo Ballerini, Donnie Keshawarz, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Emily Tremaine, Harold Takooshian)
A drama about the life of Stanley Milgram and his famous experiments on obedience.
The Green Inferno (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Eli Roth; Writer: Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolás López, Eli Roth; Stars: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Daryl Sabara, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Sky Ferreira, Magda Apanowicz, Nicolás Martínez, Aaron Burns, Ignacia Allamand, Ramón Llao, Richard Burgi, Eusebio Arenas, Mary Dunworth, Matías López, Antonieta Pari)
A group of college activists are taken hostage in the Peruvian jungle.
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (Country: US, Canada, Lebanon, Qatar; Year: 2014; Director: Roger Allers, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar, Michal Socha; Writer: Roger Allers, Kahlil Gibran, Douglas Wood; Stars: Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, John Krasinski, Alfred Molina, Quvenzhané Wallis, Frank Langella, Assaf Cohen, Leah Allers, Gunnar Sizemore)
Inspired by the beloved classic, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a young, mischievous girl and an imprisoned poet.
Experimenter Experimenter
Experimenter and Danny Collins
Knight Of Cups (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Terrence Malick; Writer: Terrence Malick; Stars: Joe Manganiello, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Imogen Poots, Natalie Portman, Teresa Palmer, Ben Kingsley, Nick Offerman, Wes Bentley, Joel Kinnaman, Nicky Whelan, Jason Clarke, Isabel Lucas, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto)
Targeting the world of showbusiness.
Knock Knock (Country: Chile, US; Year: 2015; Director: Eli Roth; Writer: Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolás López, Eli Roth; Stars: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Aaron Burns, Colleen Camp)
Two beautiful young girls walk into a married man's life and turn a wild fantasy into his worst nightmare.
Life (Country: Canada, Germany, Australia, US; Year: 2015; Director: Anton Corbijn; Writer: Luke Davies; Stars: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Joel Edgerton, Alessandra Mastronardi, Ben Kingsley, Kristen Hager, Kelly McCreary, Emma Pedersen, John Blackwell, Ron White, Eve Crawford, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher)
An ambitious young photographer takes pictures of an unknown actor in the hope of selling them to Life magazine. The actor's name is James Dean.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Guy Ritchie; Writer: Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram; Stars: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Christian Berkel, Misha Kuznetsov, Guy Williams, Marianna Di Martino, Julian Michael Deuster, Andrea Cagliesi, Riccardo Calvanese)
Napoleon Solo teams up with a KGB operative for a joint mission.
Mr. Holmes (Country: UK, US; Year: 2015; Director: Bill Condon; Writer: Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the book by Mitch Cullin using characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle.; Stars: Ian McKellen, Milo Parker, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Roger Allam, Colin Starkey, Philip Davis, Nicholas Rowe, Frances de la Tour, Madeleine Worrall, Sarah Crowden, Takako Akashi, Zak Shukor)
A retired Sherlock looks back on his life and an unsolved case.
Sicario Sicario
Sicario and Trainwreck
October Gale (Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Ruba Nadda; Writer: Ruba Nadda; Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman, Tim Roth, Callum Keith Rennie)
A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.
Pawn Sacrifice (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Edward Zwick; Writer: Steven Knight; Stars: Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Lily Rabe, Peter Sarsgaard, Robin Weigert)
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
Ruth And Alex (5 Flights Up) (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Richard Loncraine; Writer: Charlie Peters, Jill Ciment; Stars: Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Preston)
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
Sicario (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Denis Villeneuve; Writer: Taylor Sheridan; Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Benicio Del Toro, Jeffrey Donovan)
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Sleeping With Other People (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Leslye Headland; Writer: Leslye Headland; Stars: Alison Brie, Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Peet, Natasha Lyonne, Adam Scott, Marc Blucas, Jason Mantzoukas, Andrea Savage, Daniella Pineda, Remy Nozik, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Megan Guinan, Sawyer Shipman, Jordan Carlos, Jamil Mena), Trailer
A couple who lost their virginity to each other meet 12 years later and try to help one another find a lasting relationship.
Mr. Holmes Mr. Holmes
Mr. Holmes and Sleeping With Other People
Trainwreck (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Judd Apatow; Writer: Amy Schumer; Stars: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton, LeBron James)
A woman with a fear of commitment finds herself falling for a man who wants to settle down in a monogamous relationship.
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