A Drill-Down on 10 Outstanding Films at Monterrey from Kore-eda to Rodriguez and Paramount-backed Argentine thriller ‘The Rescue’
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente “Monster,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan Described by Variety critic Peter Debruge as a “convoluted portrait of a pre-teen in turmoil,” Kore-eda ‘s Palme d’Or best script and Queer Palm winner stars Sakura Andō as a mother who confronts a teacher after noticing odd changes in her son’s demeanor.
Written by Yuji Sakamoto, it’s scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto. “Peafowl,” Byun Sungbin, South Korea Myung, a transgender, is estranged from her family because of who she is.
She competes in a dance to earn some money for her sex-change surgery but it does not go well. One day, she is told that her father has died and that his will stipulates she could inherit his estate if she performed the Drum Dance during his memorial.
Left with no other options, she returns to her hometown to do her father’s bidding. “Waiting for Dali,” David Pujol, Spain Fernando, a brilliant chef, arrives at the coastal village of Cadaqués during the ‘70s where renowned artist Salvador Dali resides.
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