Locarno Film Festival 2021

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Secret Name and Soul Of A Beast
Cop Secret (Country: Iceland; Year: 2021; Director: Hannes Þór Halldórsson; Writer: Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Nína Pedersen, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson; Stars: Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Júlíana Sara Gunnarsdóttir, Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Gunnar Hansson, Jón Gnarr, Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson)
Mismatched buddy cop spoof.
Secret Name (La Place d'une autre) (Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Aurélia Georges; Writer: Maud Ameline, Aurélia Georges; Stars: Maud Wyler, Laurent Poitrenaux, Sabine Azéma, Jacques Bachelier, Amélie Belohradsky, Agnès Bourgeois, Didier Brice, Olivier Broche, Jacques Bruckmann, Gautier Del Pia, Bruno Dreyfurst, Françoise Félicité, Ilario Gallo, Sarah Gendrot-Krauss, Naton Goetz)
Nelie escapes a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914 and goes on to discover emancipation can come with a price.
Soul Of A Beast (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2021; Director: Lorenz Merz; Writer: Lorenz Merz; Stars: Art Bllaca, Pablo Caprez, Lolita Chammah, Anastasija Fomina, Dagny Gioulami, Tonatiuh Radzi, Ella Rumpf, Luna Wedler, Art Bllaca, Pablo Caprez, Lolita Chammah, Anastasija Fomina, Dagny Gioulami, Tonatiuh Radzi, Ella Rumpf)
Fantasy and reality meet in the emotional world of a teenage father.
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Country: Singapore, Germany, Indonesia; Year: 2021; Director: Edwin; Writer: Edwin, Eka Kurniawan, Eka Kurniawan; Stars: Marthino Lio, Ladya Cheryl, Reza Rahadian, Ratu Felisha, Sal Priadi, Kevin Ardillova, Kiki Narendra, Djenar Maesa Ayu, Eduward Manalu, Lukman Sardi, Ayu Laksmi, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin, Piet Pagau, Elly D. Luthan, Cecep Arif Rahman)
The tale of an impotent man who tries to assert his masculinity through fighting but cannot come to terms with his past.
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