AFI FEST 06 - Friday Evening Picks
by Andre Soares
Friday evening at the AFI FEST 06:
At 4:15pm, Roger Michell’s Venus, starring Peter O’Toole — who has been touted for an Oscar win — as an elderly actor (married to Vanessa Redgrave) who befriends the grandniece (Jodie Whittaker) of a fellow veteran actor (Leslie Phillips). Venus was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards: Best Actor (O’Toole), Best Supporting Performance (Redgrave, Phillips), Best Newcomer (Whittaker), and Best Screenplay (Hanif Kureishi).
At 7pm, Argentina’s submission for the 2006 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, Derecho de familia / Family Law. Directed by Daniel Burman, Derecho de familia is a dramatic comedy starring Daniel Hendler as thirty-something attorney who must come to terms with his role as both father and son.
At 7:15pm, Tony Gatlif’s Transylvania, a road movie of sorts, starring Asia Argento as a woman who travels to Romania to meet with one man, but ends up hooking up with another, played by Birol Unel of Head-On.
At 9:30pm, Jens Lien’s quirky comedy Den brysomme mannen / The Bothersome Man, winner of the Best Director, Best Actor (Trond Fausa Aurvaag), and Best Screenwriting awards at this year’s Norwegian Film Institute Amanda Awards.
Jean-Daniel Lafond’s Controversial Documentary AMERICAN FUGITIVE
European Film Awards 2006 Nominations
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