R XMAS

Abel FERRARA
  • 2001
  • Un Certain Regard
  • Film d'ouverture

Between walks in Central Park, last minute shopping and visiting the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Centre, a family prepares to celebrate Christmas. She is of Porto Rican origin and he¿s Dominican. They came as immigrants in search of the American dream and in order to attain it, only one solution is at hand : drug-trafficking. They “cut” their heroin with a chemist¿s precision, manage their business with the skill of executives and work 7 days a week, twenty-four hours a day. During one of their “business meetings” the husband is kidnapped. She is approached by a black, racist gangster who demands a ransom. Having learnt when to resist and when to give in she turns to her colleagues, her employees and her husband¿s debtors. But it¿s Christmas and people are out of town. The determined

Directed by : Abel FERRARA
Country: United States
Duration: 90

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ARUKU-HITO

(THE MAN WALKING ON THE SNOW) Masahiro KOBAYASHI

CLEMENT

Emmanuelle BERCOT

DOMANI

(TOMORROW) Francesca ARCHIBUGI

FAH TALAI JONE

(TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER) Wisit SASANATIENG

GANHAR A VIDA

(GET A LIFE) Joao CANIJO

H STORY

Nobuhiro SUWA

HATOUNA MEHUHERET

(LATE MARRIAGE) Dover KOSASHVILI

JOL

(THE ROAD) Darejan OMIRBAEV

KAIRO

KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

LA LIBERTAD

Lisandro ALONSO

LAN YU

(LAN YU AND I) Stanley KWAN

LE PAROLE DI MIO PADRE

Francesca COMENCINI

LOVELY RITA

Jessica HAUSNER

MAIMIL

(THE CHIMP) Aktan ABDYKALYKOV

NO SUCH THING

Hal HARTLEY

PATTIYUDE DIVASAM

(A DOG'S DAY) Murali NAIR

STORYTELLING

Todd SOLONDZ

THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Jennifer Jason LEIGH, Alan CUMMING

TY DA IA DA MY S TOBO

(JUST THE TWO OF US) Alexandre VELEDINSKY