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Days before we find out who’ll compete for the Golden Bear, we’ve got programmes such as Panorama and Berlinale Special that have been filled-up. Bong Joon Ho‘s Mickey 17 has been confirmed, Justin Kurzel‘s series The Narrow Road to the Deep North is included and Brazilian filmmaker Anna Muylaert returns to the fest with A melhor mãe do mundo (The Best Mother in the World) – which tells the story of an escape from an abusive relationship, Gal puts her two young children into the recycling cart she uses to collect trash on the city’s streets and runs away.… Read the rest

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Back in May we had learned that Ryusuke Hamaguchi was revisiting with a feature film project that would bring us to Paris and it looks like we can now pencil this in as his next feature. titled Our Apprenticeship, with producer Teruhisa Yamamoto steering it, according to World of Reel, production we are currently in pre-production mode on what could be a L’Auberge espagnole type film of young adults with an international language twist. Don’t be surprised if casting announcements are made during EFM for pre-sales. Here is the logline and plus long synopsis:

Once an idol, a Japanese girl studies abroad at a theatre school in Paris where she gains new values and energy for her future through meeting people from different backgrounds.… Read the rest

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