My personal Berlinale Ranking - 2010
A ranking from films I saw at the Berlinale 2010.
Average Vote for the Festival: 6,56
Average Vote for the Festival: 6,56
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- DirectorAlexei PopogrebskyStarsGrigoriy DobryginSergey PuskepalisIgor ChernevichOne place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he daren't communicate.Competition - 10/10
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsEwan McGregorPierce BrosnanOlivia WilliamsA ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.Competition - 10/10
- DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsAnnette BeningJulianne MooreMark RuffaloTwo children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.Competition (Out of Competition) - 9/10
- DirectorPernille Fischer ChristensenStarsJesper ChristensenLene Maria ChristensenPilou AsbækA successful Danish family faces agonizing choices when its charismatic patriarch falls ill.Competition - 9/10
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsGustav Fischer KjærulffSebastian BullMads Broe AndersenTwo brothers meet at their mother's funeral, each in his way on a path of self-destruction, both haunted by a tragedy in their youth.Competition - 9/10
- DirectorJake ScottStarsJames GandolfiniKristen StewartMelissa LeoOn a business trip to New Orleans, a damaged man seeks salvation by caring for a wayward young woman.Section Panorama - 8/10
- DirectorDev BenegalStarsAbhay DeolSatish KaushikTannishtha ChatterjeeA young man's journey across the mythic Indian landscape becomes a life-changing odyssey.14plus - 8/10
- DirectorAnahí BerneriStarsErica RivasNicasio GalánZenón GalánAre we what others see, or are we what we allow others to see? Most likely it is the view of others which delimits our own identity, as a young divorced mother named Julieta convinces herself. This evening is like any other: her two young sons are roughhousing in their cramped apartment. They whoop and shout while their mother makes desperately futile attempts at the computer to concentrate on writing a report for work. Feeling intense pressure, Julieta tries to quiet the conflict but finds it difficult without a partner to help. The tense situation changes unexpectedly when her two-year-old falls and hurts himself. In this story of a mother suspected of hurting her own child, the movie investigates themes of motherhood, guilt, duty, the role of men and women, fathers and mothers....Section Panorama - 8/10
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsSayuri YoshinagaTsurube ShôfukuteiYû AoiGinko seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighborhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Koharu is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's wedding day also brings homes Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed actor and a hard drinker who shows up causing trouble. Having covered for him all her life, Ginko is ready to disown her burdensome younger brother, but some things are easier said than done...Competition (Out of Competition) - 8/10
- DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsStellan SkarsgårdBjørn FlobergJorunn KjellsbyUlrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.Competition - 8/10
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsDaniel Day-LewisMarion CotillardPenélope CruzFamous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.Berlinale Special - 8/10
- DirectorOskar SantosStarsEduardo NoriegaBelén RuedaAngie CepedaDiego is a doctor who is immune to the pain of others, but after being shot his reality changes.Section Panorama - 8/10
- DirectorAleksi SalmenperäStarsVille VirtanenLauri TilkanenPihla ViitalaAfter a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. When the mother dies, the brother and sister finally meet again.Section Panorama - 7/10
- DirectorQuan'an WangStarsLisa LuFeng LingCaigen XuLiu returns to his native city Shanghai after 50 years spent in Taiwan. He has come to find the first love of his life, Qiao, who he left behind pregnant. In the meantime, Qiao has married and formed a family. But Liu is determined to get the family's approval to take her away with him.Competition - 7/10
- DirectorNicole HolofcenerStarsCatherine KeenerOliver PlattRebecca HallIn New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.Competition (Out of Competition) - 7/10
- DirectorAnusha RizviMahmood FarooquiStarsOnkar Das ManikpuriRaghubir YadavShalini VatsaAn impoverished farmer's threat to end his life invites attention from politicians and media.Berlinale Special - 7/10
- DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsHye-rang BaeJae-ho BaekGo Hyun-jungWhen six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue photo shoot, egos collide as stars, who are used to being the center of attention must now share the limelight. Director Je-yong Lee dissects the Korean entertainment in this mockumentary by letting real actresses playing fictional versions of themselves.Section Panorama - 7/10
- DirectorSilvio SoldiniStarsAlba RohrwacherPierfrancesco FavinoTeresa SaponangeloOne day at a colleague's going away party, Anna meets Domenico, a virile, slightly older chap who's married with two small kids. Passion's flames are rapidly kindled and result in steamy encounters.Berlinale Special - 7/10
- DirectorSafy NebbouStarsGérard DepardieuBenoît PoelvoordeDominique BlancWhen Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, his ghostwriter, are at the summit of their collaboration, Auguste decides to pass himself off as Alexandre in order to seduce Charlotte, a fervent admirer of the great man.Berlinale Special - 7/10
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsBora AltasErdal BesikçiogluTülin ÖzenThe quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.Competition - 6/10
- DirectorJan HrebejkStarsLenka VlasákováMilan MikulcíkMartin HubaRenowned psychiatrist Pavel Josek is singled out to receive a "Memory of the Nation" medal, however, it transpires that this reputedly morally irreproachable dissident once collaborated with state security agencies, informing on a former friend of his wife, Borek, and ultimately being responsible for the latter's forced emigration. Josek's family and close friends try to come to terms with these new facts.Section Panorama - 6/10
- DirectorNatalia SmirnoffStarsMaría OnettoGabriel GoityArturo GoetzAn older housewife discovers she has a knack for solving puzzles.Competition - 6/10
- DirectorBenoît DelépineGustave KervernStarsGérard DepardieuYolande MoreauIsabelle AdjaniA retiree battles to obtain his rightfully due pension.Competition - 6/10
- DirectorAnna FenchenkoStarsAndrey FilippakRasim DzhafarovYulia KamaninaIn a Kafkaesque story about identity and free will, a well-to-do man finds himself suddenly struggling for his place in society in the face of authoritarian corporate and state interference. (Russian with English subtitles).Section Panorama - 6/10
- DirectorRafi PittsStarsRafi PittsJavad NazariMitra HajjarIn an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted are difficult to perceive.Competition - 5/10
- DirectorFlorin SerbanStarsGeorge PistereanuAda CondeescuMihai ConstantinTwo weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.Competition - 5/10
- DirectorRita HorstStarsStefan de WalleTies DekkerDiederik EbbingeA bird watcher finds a tiny bird-like creature with no parent to claim her. His wife insists on raising "Beedie" as their child and we follow her growth into maturity as she follows her instinct to flock with other birds.Children Section - 5/10
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsDahong NiNi YanShenyang XiaoThe owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.Competition - 5/10
- DirectorLu ZhangStarsJian CuiLan YinJin-Long LinChang-ho, 12, becomes friend with a North-Korean immigrant about the same age who just crossed the Dooman river, border between North-Korea and China. His mute sister and his wise grand-father will get along with him in a series of misfortunes.14plus - 4/10
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsSermet YesilTürkü TuranSerkan KeskinA strange man with otherworldly talents becomes both a friend and a pariah in a small Turkish town in this drama from writer and director Reha Erdem. Yahya is nearly in a panic when his young son falls into the river on a wintry day and looks lifeless when he's pulled from the water.Section Panorama - 2/10
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsBen StillerGreta GerwigJennifer Jason LeighA man from Los Angeles, who moved to New York years ago, returns to L.A. to figure out his life while he house-sits for his brother. He soon sparks with his brother's assistant.Competition - 1/10
- DirectorOskar RoehlerStarsTobias MorettiMartina GedeckMoritz BleibtreuRise and fall of actor Ferdinand Marian, who takes the chance and stars in the anti-semitic movie Jud Süß (1940).Competition - 1/10