Dear friends,

We would be happy to meet you at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, and present you our most recent acquisitions!

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Attending TIFF from the 7th to the 11th of September:

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The Reel Suspects Team

PORTUGAL, 2017 // 90 MINUTES // THRILLER

DIRECTED BY : Justin Amorim

CAST : Diana Marquês Guerra, Anabela Teixeira, Alba Baptista, Mikaela Lupu

SYNOPSIS : Adelaide, Carolina and Julia Paixão are three sisters whose life is turned upside down after their mother Anita mysteriously goes missing during her 50th birthday party. They join forces with the new brothers in town - Eduardo and Lucas - after discovering their brother also went missing on that same night and embark on a journey of self-discovery towards the unknown. The relationships between these teenagers will be in continuous shift until they find what they are looking for, where they least expect it. The consequences will be tragic, in what will become one of the most controversial crimes ever committed in Portugal.

PRODUCED BY : Promenade Productions

ITALY, 2016 // 85 MINUTES // THRILLER - GOSTH

DIRECTED BY : Andrea De Sica

CAST : Vincenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Fabrizio Rongione, Yuliia Sobol, Luigi Bignone, Pietro Monfreda, Michael Plattner, Dario Cantarelli

SYNOPSIS : Giulio, a seventeen-year-old from a well-to-do family, is sent to a boarding school. In this isolated place in the Alps, where iron-clad rules limit all contact with the outside, he makes friends with Edoardo, who is rather odd. Their friendship is sealed by frequent escapes at night, when the surveillance of the students seems to lapse. They begin to frequent a nightclub hidden in the forest, which becomes a refuge for the two young men. This is where they meet Elena, a prostitute, and become fond of her. Suddenly, they discover that the transgressions they have kept hidden are actually part of the school’s educational program. And yet there must be a way for them to become truly free…

PRODUCED BY : Vivo Film / Rai Cinema / Tarantula

ITALIAN RELEASE : 01 DISTRIBUTION // 25 May 2017

FESTIVALS: In Competition - Torino IFF // In Competition - Brussels International Fantastic FF // Official Selection - Burgas IFF

AWARDS: Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director @ 72nd Nastri d'Argento Ceremony

LATVIA, 2017 // 90 MINUTES // THRILLER

DIRECTED BY : Aik Karapetian

CAST : Kaspars Znotiņš, Maija Doveika, Kaspars Zāle

SYNOPSIS : A middle-aged intellectual commits an act of unintentional homicide whilst trying to regain his dignity in the eyes of his wife, but soon after it occurs to him there is a strange connection between the victim, the sudden pregnancy of his wife and the mysterious blackmailer, who tries to force him to commit yet another awful thing.

PRODUCED BY : Locomotive Productions

SPAIN, 2017 // 105 MINUTES // SCIENCE-FICTION - THRILLER

DIRECTED BY : Sadrac González-Perellón

CAST : Lowena Mcdonell, Julian Nicholson

SYNOPSIS : Alice, a thirteen year old girl, lives with her father, Adam, in a huge house in the woods, following a car accident in which the girl lost her mother and part of her right arm. Alice hates her father and blames him for the accident, she hates rehabilitation and she hates the new electronic arm that she has to carry and can barely handle. In addition, she has a strong bond with Beatrice, a dog that talks through an electronic translation device, whom she calls Mom. One day, Alice and Beatrice find a mysterious cubic artifact among the trees near the house. Through the cube Alice receives messages from who seems to be her future self, warning her of dire events that she must stop. In this context, Adam also carries a very different game: he finds Erika and Paul, two young brothers wounded and helpless that he hosts and protects from a mysterious pursuer, David. Alice is then prey to suspicion and mistrust; she and Beatrice are wary of the new inhabitants of the house and the unhealthy atmosphere that seems to have engulfed them all. After a terrible event, Alice, shattered and confused, wants to go back and change what happened. This time the cube could help her to alter the past.

PRODUCED BY : Asallam Films

FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Neuchatel IFF // In Competition - BIFAN // Official Selection - Fantasy FilmFest // In Competition - Sitges IFF

AWARDS : Jury's Choice @ BIFAN International Film Festival

THAILAND, 2017 // 96 MINUTES // ROMANCE - DRAMA

DIRECTED BY : Anucha Boonyawatana

CAST : TBA

SYNOPSIS : A visual poetry of life of a couple combined with a traditional Thai Bai Sri art and Buddhist philosophy. Pitch and Shane, who once were lovers, are trying to heal the pain of their contemporary lives by reviving their old romance through the fabricating of the traditional Thai ornament which is made of leaves and flowers and symbolizes love and virtue. When Shane finds out that Pich is dying, he decides to be a monk forever.

PRODUCED BY : G Village Co-Creation Hub

TAIWAN, 2017 // 95 MINUTES // DRAMA - LGBT

DIRECTED BY : Yu-Lin Wang

CAST : Utjon Tjakivalid, Zhao YiLan, Wu PengFeng, Chen ZhuSheng, Zheng RenShuo

SYNOPSIS : Alifu is an aboriginal boy who works at a salon in the city. He has a dream - to become a woman. As the only son of the tribal chief, Alifu is under the pressure of succeeding to the chief. Peizhan, a lesbian and also Alifu’s roommate and colleague, is always on his side. However, she gradually found out her feeling to Alifu is not only just as a friend but also as a lover…

PRODUCED BY : Magnifique Creative Media Production Ltd. Co.

INDIA, 2017 // 85 MINUTES // DRAMA - THRILLER

DIRECTED BY : Sanal Kumar Sasidharan

CAST : Rajshree Deshpandey, Kannan Nayar

SYNOPSIS : Durga, a north Indian migrant and a Keralite youth named Kabeer are running away on a midnight. They are waiting for a transport to the nearest railway station to catch a train to a distant place. Two small time gangsters, transporting arms, offer assistance to the couple. The hapless “Durga” encounters a cross section of the society through the rest of the night. Parallel to the journey of Durga another mysterious event intercuts in the film. In a Kerala village, devotees perform ‘Garudan Thookkam, a ritual art form submitted as a reward for the problems solved in the abode of Goddess Kali, who represents Goddess Durga’s personified wrath & embodied fury.

PRODUCED BY : Niv Art Movies

FESTIVALS:

In Competition - International Film Festival of Rotterdam // Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles // Pesaro International Film Festival // Tarkovsky International Film Festival // Edinburgh International Film Festival // Cinema Jove Film Festival // Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival // Guanajuato IFF

Official Selection - New Directors/New Films // Vilnius International Film Festival // Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival // Hong Kong IFF // Sydney Film Festival // Art Film Fest // London Indian Film Festival // Taipei International Film Festival // Lima Independiente Film Festival // FIRST IFF // T-Mobile New Horizons IFF // Brisbane IFF

AWARDS: Hivos Tiger Award @ International Film Festival of Rotterdam // Best Director @ Cinema Jove IFF // Best Sound @ Cinema Jove IFF // Young Jury Award @ Pesaro Film Festival // Special Jury Mention @ Pesaro Film Festival // Award for Professional Achievement: Excellence in Cinematography @ Tarkovsky Film Festival // Golden Apricot Award for Best Feature Film @ Goden Apricot Yerevan IFF // Best Feature Film @ Guanajuato IFF

PHILIPPINES, 2016 // 85 MINUTES // DRAMA - CRIME

DIRECTED BY : Derick Cabrido

CAST : Bernardo Bernardo, Kristofer King, Jess Mendoza

SYNOPSIS : "Purgatoryo" tells the story of Ilyong, a recently-dead man killed by the police, after he was caught stealing. This is the beginning of his story - his death. Soon after, he is brought into a sleazy funeral home, run by Violet, a greedy homosexual who has learned to survive by renting out the dead bodies in his funeral home to Simon. Along for the ride is Jojo, a police officer who is under the payroll of Simon and who supplies the dead bodies for Violet to take care of and make money from. Violet has two workers, On-on and Dyograd, who clean the cadavers and prepare them for the wake. On-on, for all his good looks, no longer feels alive except when he is gambling. Dyograd, on the other hand, only feels alive when he is having sex. Shortly after the arrival of Ilyong, misfortune and mayhem ensue.

PRODUCED BY : Purple Pig Inc. / Waning Crescent Arts Inc. / One Big Fight Productions

SLOVAKIA // 2017 // PREPRODUCTION // DRAME

DIRECTED BY : Ivo Trajkov

CAST : Judith Bárdos, Attila Mokoš, Marián Geišberg, Ivan Martinka, Jana Kvantíková

SYNOPSIS : The Bishop in Banská Bystrica finds out that in the village of Piargy, which had been buried by an avalanche a few days ago, the Antichrist was born. The bishop calls on priest Baláž to know exactly what happened in Piargy.

PRODUCED BY : ARINA FILM

FRANCE, 1996 // 90 MINUTES // CULT - DRAMA

DIRECTED BY : Sandrine Veysset

CAST : Dominique Reymond, Daniel Duval

SYNOPSIS : At a farm in Provence, a protective and devoted mother raises her seven children while struggling at work. The father, a real old-style patriarch, frequently absent, leads a double life. The difficult daily life at the farm is punctuated by the rhythm of the seasons and through microevents in the family which tend to bring the children closer to their mother. One day, while going to pick up his daughter at the bus stop, the father is taken by an incestuous temptation…

PRODUCED BY : Ognon Pictures

FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Cinema in France @ Cannes Film Festival 1996

AWARDS : César award for Best First Film @ Césars1997 // Special Jury Award and Best Feminine Performance Award @ the 11th Paris Film Festival // Price Louis-Delluc

FRANCE-ITALY // 1964 // 95 MINUTES // COMEDY

DIRECTED BY : Ettore Scola

CAST : Vittorio Gassman, Sylva Koscina, Antonella Lualdi, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Giovanna Ralli

SYNOPSIS : "Se permettete parliamo di donne" (internationally released as "Let's Talk About Women") is a 1964 Italian comedy. It represents the debut of Ettore Scola as a director. The film consists of nine sketches, in which Vittorio Gassmann plays the main parts, next to some of the most famous Italian beauties at the time. Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general, as referred to by the title.

PRODUCED BY : Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica / Fair Film / Films Régent