Tag: The Wound
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‘Home Front’ Director Lucas Belvaux on Tackling Trauma Head On
With 2017’s “This Is Our Land,” director Lucas Belvaux examined the ways in which far right movements attract, recruit and reformat new converts, curdling contemporary anxieties for acrid political goals. With his follow-up, “Home Front,” the Franco-Belgian auteur explores the roots of those prejudices.Adapted by Belvaux from Laurent Mauvignier 2009 novel “The Wound,” the film…
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Will One of Africa’s Eight Submitted Films Bring Home Its Third Oscar in Nearly 50 Years?
For the second straight year, a record eight African films were submitted to the Academy for consideration, vying for a chance to bring home just the third statue for the continent in the nearly 50 years since Costa-Gavras won for the Algerian-French political thriller “Z.”This year’s submissions aren’t likely to get the buzz of 2017…
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Lgbt Drama ‘The Wound’ Back In South African Court To Battle Controversial Porn Classification
Three days after scooping six prizes at the South African Film And Television Awards, the backers of Oscar short-listed festival hit The Wound were back in court yesterday to argue against the film’s adult rating. After its initial release in South Africa on February 2 with a 16Ls rating, the movie was pulled from some…
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Lgbt-Themed ‘The Wound’ Back in South African Theaters After Court Ruling
Oscar short-listed Lgbt drama “The Wound” returned to South African theaters Friday, weeks after its local release was cut short when the country’s film board slapped it with an adult rating.A high court ruling Tuesday overturned the earlier decision by the Film and Publication Board’s Appeal Tribunal, giving the controversial film a pending 18-and-over restriction…