96m; U.S.
Director: Jill Sprecher
Cast: Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette and Alanna Ubach
Synopsis: Four temporary office workers; shy Iris, brash Margaret, wannabe starlet Paula and pampered Jane become fast friends while temping at a big company where looking busy is a full time occupation. But when their boss hires a new assistant, their jobs — and their friendship — are suddenly in danger.
93m; Czechoslovakia
Director: Jirí Menzel
Cast: Václav Neckár, Josef Somr and Vlastimil Brodský
Synopsis: An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.
125m; U.S.
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones and Levon Helm
Synopsis: Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
95m
Director: Lionel Rogosin
Cast: Zachria Makeba, Miriam Makeba, Vinah Makeba, Molly Parkin
Synopsis: New print of what is now a classic ‘docu-fictie’ provides a unique picture of South Africa in the 1950s, made at that time under great pressure of time with non-professional actors and without permission from the authorities. Zacharia is a worker without a work permit and therefore falls victim to exploitation, sudden dismissal and arrest.
Contact: International Film Festival Rotterdam Production Department: production@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
110m; France
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand and Patrick Bruel
Synopsis: Inspired by the Elf Aquitaine scandal of the 1990s, which exposed extensive corruption in France’s giant gas company
118m; Ireland
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne and Angeline Ball
Synopsis (IMDB): The travails of Jimmy Rabbitte to form the “World’s Hardest Working Band,” The Commitments, and bring soul music to the people of Dublin, Ireland.
104m; U.K.
Director: John Baxter
Synopsis: Youth inherits business and poses as a tramp to save hostel from demolition.
345m; France
Director: Peter Watkins
Cast: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux and Bernard Bombeau
Synopsis: A miniseries following children, women, shopkeepers & nuns reveal fascinating historical detail of the 1871 Paris Commune by sharing their opinions of the political climate.
104m; U.S.
Director: John Wells
Cast: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner
Synopsis (IMDB): The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company – and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.
183m; U.K.
Director: Bill Douglas
Cast: Keith Allen, Dave Atkins and Stephen Bateman
Synopsis: The story of “The Tolpuddle Martyrs”. A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
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