CHOPIN, CHOPIN! – Poland, 135 min, Biopic, Historical drama
directed by Michal Kwiecinski
Paris, 1835. Renowned composer Frédéric Chopin navigates high society, performing concerts, teaching for income while battling illness. He composes masterpieces, attends parties, pursues romance amid aristocratic and royal circles.
HEADS OR TAILS? – Italy, 116 min, Western, Comedy
directed by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis
Bill Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, has arrived in newly unified Italy as the star of the Wild West Show. And he may already have a new adventure ahead of him: the escape of Santino, a buttero who has just defeated Buffalo Bill’s own team in an improvised rodeo, together with Rosa, the wife of the local landowner.
KNEECAP – Ireland, 122 min, Comedy, Drama, Biopic
directed by Rich Pepiatt
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed “low life scum” Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
THE BLUE TRAIL – Brazil, 85 min, Distopic, Drama
directed by Gabriel Mascaro
To maximize economic productivity, the Brazilian government orders elderly people to move to remote housing colonies. A 77-year-old woman refuses and embarks on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.