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First Batch of Toronto Film Festival Films Announced (FirstShowing.net)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:22:30 GMT

... Monkeys , Jean-Pierre Dardenne's and Luc Dardenne's Le Silence de Lorna , Steve McQueen's Hunger , Walter Salles' and Daniela Thomas' Linha de Passe . Additional films from Cannes include: Atom Egoyan's Adoration , Terence Davies' Of Time and the City , Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir , Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan , Bent Hamer's O'Horten , and Pablo Trapero's...

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Toronto film festival follows Cannes’ lead (TO411 Daily)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:14:48 GMT

... Alonso’s “Liverpool” and “Service,” by Brillante Mendoza. Cannes Competition titles from Brazil — Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas’ “Linha de Passe” and Pablo Trapero’s “Lion’s Den” — headline a Contemporary World Cinema sidebar that includes Federico Veiroj’s “Acne,” Bent Hamer’s “O’Horten,” Amos Kollek’s “Restless” and Gotz Spielmann’s “Revanche.” The...

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WOMEN AT CANNES 2008 - Kim Voynar comments exclusively for AWFJ (Alliance of Women Film Journalists)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:57:25 GMT

... Girl”) in play with her newest film, “La Mujer sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman)”; Brazilian helmer Daniela Thomas co-directed “Linha de Passe,”, which also played in competition, with Walter Salles, while Un Certain Regard offered Kelly Reichardt’s “Wendy and Lucy,” starring Michelle Williams, and Annemarie Jacir’s “Salt of this Sea.” “La Mujer sin Cabeza”...

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Cannes Festival: Politics on the Croisette (Al Ahram Weekly)

Fri, 30 May 2008 16:36:42 GMT

... Che Guevara in the American film Che, and to Sandra Corveloni for her role in the Brazilian film Linha de Passe (Line of Passage), which depicts a poor mother of four youngsters trying to pursue impossible dreams in the slums of Sao Paulo. Corveloni's performance in Linha de Passe, directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, was indeed powerful,...

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CAN: Winners! (JoBlo)

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:35:34 GMT

... dans / for CHE de / by Steven SODERBERGHBest Performance for an ActressSandra Corveloni dans / for LINHA DE PASSE de / by Walter SALLES, Daniela THOMASAward for the Best ScreenplayLE SILENCE DE LORNA de / by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNEPalme D'Or presenter Robert De Niro and winner Laurent Cantet!IN COMPETITION - SHORT FILMSPalme d'OrMEGATRON de / by Marian CrisanJury...

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The "Class" of 2008 (FilmStew.com)

Tue, 27 May 2008 17:17:02 GMT

... was trumped by surprise winner Sandra Corveloni, who played a poverty stricken mother of four in Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas’ Linha de Passe, 2000 Best Supporting Actor winner Benicio Del Toro walked away with Best Actor honors for Che. Now all that's missing is a U.S. distributor for the latter film, so that Steven Soderbergh’s epic can be put out...

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Cannes 2008 Winners (FilmoFilia)

Mon, 26 May 2008 20:42:13 GMT

As we already wrote “Entre les Murs” (”The Class“) directed by Laurent Cantet won the Golden Palm (Palme d'Or) at 2008 Cannes Film festival.Other winners included Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, two-time Palme d'Or recipients, who took the screenplay award for “The Silence of Lorna.” Sandra Corveloni, who played a working-class mother in São Paulo in Walter [...]

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61st Festival de Cannes Award Winners (YubaNet.com)

Mon, 26 May 2008 16:00:24 GMT

... dans / for CHE de / by Steven SODERBERGHBest Performance for an ActressSandra Corveloni dans / for LINHA DE PASSE de / by Walter SALLES, Daniela THOMASAward for the Best ScreenplayLE SILENCE DE LORNA de / by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNEIN COMPETTION - SHORT FILMSPalme d'OrMEGATRON de / by Marian CrisanJury PrizeJERRYCAN de / by Julius AveryCAMERA D'ORHUNGER de...

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Cannes Awards (DaveKehr.com)

Sun, 25 May 2008 21:41:02 GMT

... actress award went to first-timer Sandra Corveloni for her portrayal of a working class mother in “Linha de passe” by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas. Do you get the feeling that Sean Penn was the president of the jury? The brothers Dardenne took home the screenplay award for “Le Silence de Lorna,” and Nuri Bilge Ceylan was named best director for his...

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French film, 'The Class,' wins at Cannes (International Herald Tribune)

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:35:37 GMT

... Albanian immigrant in Belgium. Sandra Corveloni, who played a working-class mother in São Paulo in Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas's "Linha de Passe," won the best actress award, which the directors accepted on her behalf.The directing award went to Nuri Bilge Ceylan for "Three Monkeys," a film about a disintegrating Turkish family. Both the jury prize...

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French school drama wins Palme d'Or (The Guardian)

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:23:50 GMT

... Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's diptych Che. Sandra Corveloni won best actress for her role in the Walter Salles's Brazilian drama Linha de Passe.There was nothing for the four US directors: Clint Eastwood for Changeling, Charlie Kaufman for the generally impenetrable Synecdoche, James Gray for Two Lovers and Soderbergh's Che. Instead the best director award was given...

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Eastwood, Jolie in Running for Cannes Prizes (ABC News)

Sun, 25 May 2008 15:33:58 GMT

... Cantet's "The Class," a classroom drama shot in a French school using real students and teachers;— Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas' "Linha de Passe," a tale of four brothers in a Brazilian slum;— Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir," an animated documentary about war in Lebanon in the early 1980s;Related— Matteo Garrone's "Gomorrah," a study of the criminal...

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Cannes prepares for prizes in festival finale (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sun, 25 May 2008 04:06:00 GMT

... Cantet's "The Class," a classroom drama shot in a French school using real students and teachers;- Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas' "Linha de Passe," a tale of four brothers in a crime-ridden Brazilian slum;- Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir," an animated documentary about war in Lebanon in the early 1980s;- Matteo Garrone's "Gomorra," a study of the criminal...

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Eastwood's 'Changeling' goes for gold at Cannes festival (kansascity.com)

Sat, 24 May 2008 20:14:00 GMT

... to gain Belgian citizenship, from two-time Palme d'Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne; and Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas' "Linha de Passe," a tale of four brothers in a crime-ridden Brazilian slum.Cannes critics say that while an obvious standout has not emerged, the competition features some solid entries, including Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir,"...

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Eastwood's 'Changeling' goes for gold at Cannes festival (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sat, 24 May 2008 13:42:00 GMT

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Eastwood in the running at Cannes (atHome Top Story)

Sat, 24 May 2008 13:30:39 GMT

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Cannes Nearly Wrapped (Film Experience Blog)

Sat, 24 May 2008 03:58:00 GMT

... win this year. Four wins would just be so extravagant. But as per usual, critics are impressed. Linha de Passe (Line of Passage) [Brazil] Walter Salles ( The Motorcycle Diaries ) and Daniela Thomas co-directed this film about a mother and her unruly amateur soccer playing sons. Reviews have ranged from mild thumbs up to very positive with comparisons to...

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Hot, hot, hot (The Guardian)

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:10:24 GMT

... position in the race for the Palme d'Or, with two Brazilian films (Fernando Meirelles' Blindness; Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas's Linha de Passe) and two Argentinean films (Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den; Lucrecia Martel's The Headless Woman) in competition for the prize. The Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón is sitting on the jury, and business is reportedly...

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Cannes Film Festival (Plastic: Most Recent)

Tue, 20 May 2008 17:58:15 GMT

... Changeling is in there, as are Er Shi Si Cheng Ji (Zhangke Jia), Gomorro (Matteo Garrone), and Linha de Passe (Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas) to name a few.

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Cannes Day 6: Soggy dollars, Woody and Wong! (Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch)

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:55:43 GMT

... a soggy Saturday night, when I got drenched running down the Croisette to the gala premiere of Walter Salles' (and Daniela Thomas') new film, Linha de Passe, things have been sunny -- both weather-wise and movie-wise. Yesterday was, of course, International Indiana Jones Day here in Cannes. I believe Dave and Lisa Schwarzbaum have sufficiently covered that...

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