Left the last two days write up until now.. might not remember anything.
Flanders (France) I think the audience hated this one. It's not a war story and it's not a love story, or it's both. One of those lack-of-emotion relationship movies that I rarely understand. You'll hate it too.
Beauty in Trouble (Czech Republic) Far too nice rich guy, goes around being far too nice. To a point. Nice movie.
Eye in the Sky (Hong Kong) Yay! HK police movie. Think Enemy of the State.. slowed down a bit, with an implausibly cute asian girl playing Wil Smith.
The Case of the Grinning Cat (France) a documentary about a graffiti cat. Would be the not-so-nice way to describe it. A light, lyrical look at Paris and it's people dealing with George Bush's start to the 21st Century might be nicer. Somewhere in between, is this movie. You won't feel like you would've missed much, but you'd like the cats.
Barakat! (Algeria) I liked this one. Life in Algeria sucks if you're female.
The Monastery: Mr Vig and the Nun (Holland) A quirky old man has a spare castle, and wants to give it away to the Russian catholic church to start a monastery. This documentary was, apparently, the festival audience favourite, we think it might be because the majority of the audience is ... old. Or the film is better than I thought. I did sleep through some of the fight scenes between the man and the head nun.
Don't Touch The Axe (France) Another one the audience didn't like. The story .. and the telling of the story .. were very .. rigid .. not my choice for a final day film. I can't remember the outcome. But I'm not bothered.
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (Brazil) Fast, interesting doco about living in Sao Paulo. And frogs. Contrasts commonplace kidnappings of the rich by the poor, with the criminal channelling of government funds intended for projects to aid the poor into the pocket of a single powerful politician. A good end to the fortnight.