Subtitles – Page 18 – Wimbledon Film Club

If Only I Could Hibernate

A Mongolian-set drama about a teenager who must balance the demands of his dysfunctional family and the possibilities opened up by academic success.

Hirayama, played by Koji Yakusho, a middle-aged toilet cleaner in Tokyo, enjoys a rich interior life through reading, photography and classic rock cassette tapes. Wim Wenders’ film artfully mixes the simple enjoyment of the world with the tribulations of human engagement.

The Damned Don’t Cry

A rootless mother and teenage son struggle to get by in an inhospitable society, drifting from one Moroccan town to another, bound by a shameful secret and forced by circumstance into selling themselves.

The Teachers’ Lounge

A petty theft in a secondary school leads to a chain-reaction of events in this nail-biting thriller. Writer-director Ilker Catak’s drama won four German Film Awards and was nominated for the Best International Feature Film Oscar.

Tótem

This tender, lyrical and often joyous film follows a family gathering over the course of one day, to celebrate the birthday of a terminally ill family member.

La Chimera

A haunting film, with a strong vein of anarchic comedy, about our connections to the past and how the living feed off the dead, financially and emotionally. It combines Italian neorealism and the Gothic in a manner distinctive of Alice Rohrwacher’s cinema.

Rose

Two Danish sisters take a coach trip to Paris – one of whom, Rose (Scandi icon Sofie Grabol), has schizophrenia. This compassionate and often very funny comedy-drama, based on the experiences of writer-director Niels Arden Oplev’s sister, was a big hit at the Danish box office.

My Favourite Cake

A septuagenarian widow, living a lonely and humdrum life in Tehran, seeks another chance at romance. Filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s tender, humane romantic comedy won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Vermiglio

Everyday life in a remote Alpine village during WW2 is profoundly disrupted by the arrival of a Sicilian stranger. This painterly rural drama from Maura Delpero won the Venice Silver Lion, and was Italy’s submission to the Academy Awards.

The Marching Band

An internationally renowned orchestra conductor discovers he has unexpected ties in a French mining community and its marching band. Emmanuel Courcol’s engaging, entertaining underdog drama was a big box office hit in France, where it was released as En Fanfare, and received seven Cesar nominations.

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