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Soda Pictures have been in touch with subtitledonline.com to reveal their foreign-language release schedule for 2011.
Norwegian Wood (a film by Tran Anh Hung)
Cinema Release: 18th March
Tokyo, the late-1960s. Students around the world are uniting to overthrow the establishment and Toru Watanabe’s personal life is similarly in tumult. At heart, he is deeply devoted to his first love, Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman. But their complex bond has been forged by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Watanabe lives with the influence of death everywhere. That is, until Midori, a girl who is everything that Naoko is not – outgoing, vivacious, supremely self-confident – marches into his life and Watanabe must choose between his past and his future.
Eleanor’s Secret (a film by Dominique Monfery)
Cinema Release: March (TBC)
Animated tale. When their beloved aunt Eleanor dies, Nathaniel and his family are left the house where they have spent every summer and Nathaniel has been bequeathed all the books in the library where he makes a startling discovery – after dark all the characters come to life! They tell him that to save them from extinction he must read the magic spell in the library. There is only one problem – Nathaniel can’t read. In a race against time, Nathaniel must battle against all the odds, including a wily antique dealer who wants to buy all the books from his parents, to save Alice in Wonderland, Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan, and all the other fairytale characters before they vanish forever.
The Referees (a film by Yves Hidant March)
Cinema Release: March (TBC)
For the first time, filmmakers have been given unfettered access to go behind the scenes at an international tournament, following the refereeing teams on and off the pitch as they compete for the prize to referee the final. Revealing the mic'ed conversations between referees, players and their assistants, this film delves into the referees' world as they face abuse from managers, death threats from fans, and their every decision to be scrutinized around the world.
Armadillo (a film by Janus Metz)
Cinema Release: April (TBC)
Mads and Daniel are serving their first mission in Helmand, Afghanistan. Their platoon is stationed in Camp Armadillo, right on the frontline, fighting tough battles against the Taliban. The soldiers are there to help the Afghans, but as fighting gets tougher and operations increasingly hairy, Mads, Daniel and their friends becomes cynical, widening the gap between themselves and the Afghan civilisation. Mistrust and paranoia set in causing alienation and disillusion.
R (a film by Tobias Lindholm & Michael Noer)
Cinema Release: May (TBC)
Starring | Johan Philip Asbæk
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honour, and obligations.
A Screaming Man (a film by Mahamet Saleh Haroun)
Cinema Release: 13th May (TBC)
In present-day war-torn Chad, Adam, a former swimming champion, is a pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. His grown-up son Abdel helps him out, but when the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son. Hurt and resentful, he feels socially humiliated. Meantime, with the country in the throes of civil war and rebel forces attacking the government, the authorities are demanding that citizens contribute money or volunteer for the war effort. Adam is penniless, and, harassed by the District Chief, he commits a terrible act of betrayal.
Dancing Dream (a film by Anne Linsel & Rainer Hoffman)
Cinema Release: June (TBC)
Before her unexpected and sudden passing in 2009, world-famous dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch selected 40 teenagers who had never heard her name to be part of the dance performance Kontakthof’. This film follows the year of their rehearsals until the opening night, charting the young dancers as they discover Bausch’s genius and their own bodies.
The Light Thief (a film by Aktan Arym Kubat)
Cinema Release: July (TBC)
They call him Mr Light: a local electrician who uses his position as the last link in the energy supply chain to usurp the state and enrichen the lives of the town’s inhabitants in a remote region in the south of the Kyrgyz Republic. When opportunistic local politician eyes the chance to sell the villagers’ land to the Chinese, Mr Light makes it his mission to uncover the corruption he witnesses in this irresistible underdog story.
Keep checking back with subtitledonline.com for more information on all the above titles, and confirmed releases dates, in the New Year.
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