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Jena Malone – Actress – Angelica

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets actress Jena Malone, protagonist of the film ANGELICA by Mitchell Lichtenstein where she plays both the role of Constance and that of her daughter Angelica.

Jena Malone talks about the physical challenges she had to face in playing this role, considering that she went through depression and weight loss as she embraced totally her character, a young, intense and innocent woman in Victorian England.

As the film deals with a tricky topic at the time, female sexuality, when talking about the way women experience and talk about sex and their sexuality now, Jena Malone says that, even though we’ve gone far from that moment of history and we can talk and get every information we want, there’s still a mistery in how women feel and experience things. This is why we should embrace the mistery of being a woman.

Plot: In Victorian England, innocent shopgirl Constance falls in love with Dr. Joseph Barton, a medical researcher. They soon marry, but their intense passion is cut short. After the life-threatening birth of daughter Angelica, puritanical doctors order abstinence, condemning Constance for lascivious appetites. Sexual repression opens a rift between the young couple. Frustration leads to obsession, and Constance becomes more and more protective of Angelica. Joseph’s secrets fuel the growing conflicts. Then, late at night, the household begins to be disrupted by what appears to be a paranormal predator. The eerie nocturnal visits multiply, evermore menacing and vividly evoking Constance’s deepest fears. With the help of staunch maid Nora, Constance reaches out to a spiritualist to cleanse the home of its terrors. But the arrival of charismatic Anne Montague brings even more complexities to the deteriorating Barton household. Constance places her deepest trust in Anne, and together they fight against a force that may be more sinisterly human than supernatural.

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Laurent Crouzeix – programmer – Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

This is an extract from the 2015 Berlinale Talents master class “Short Cuts” from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

In this extract Laurent Crouzeix talks about the evolution of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which he is programmer of and which is in fact regarded today as the most important short film festival in the world. In the process, he also talks a little bit about how the role of festival has evolved in the promotion of short films.

Laurent Crouzeix is the film programmer for Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where he also coordinates the short film co-production forum Euro Connection, and various industry events during the Short Film Market. He also manages the Shortfilmdepot.com online platform that connects thousands of filmmakers with some 40 festivals around the world.

Click here to listen to the full Berlinale Talents panel discussion “Short Cuts” on our FRED Extra channel.

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Ada Solomon – producer – Aferim!

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets Ada Solomon, producer of Radu Jude’s film Aferim! from the main competition of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Ada Solomon talks with us about her production choices and this very special film by Radu Jude, Aferim!. As Head of Distribution at Parada Film the Golden Bear winner ( 2013 Child’s Pose) Solomon talks about the challenging but unique opportunity of producing a film so new and refreshing as it portrays with self irony tales and happenings of 19th century Romania.

Plot: In 19th century Romania, Costandin, a policeman of the time and his son travel through the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave.

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Teodor Corban – actor – Aferim!

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets Teodor Corban, actor in Radu Jude’s film Aferim!, from the main competition of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Teodor Corban plays Costandin, a policeman of 19th Century Romania who travels through the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave. Teodor Corban explains that at first he was reluctant about auditioning for this role because he wasn’t happy about having to ride a horse for the whole film. When thinking about the future response of Romanian audience to the film, since they often complain about the films being too sad and realistic, Teodor Corban hopes that the ironic way in which the film deals with issues of Romanian past could be a useful tool to deliver some powerful messages.

Plot: In 19th century Romania, Costandin, a policeman of the time and his son travel through the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave.

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Toma Cuzin – actor – Aferim!

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti interviews Cuzin Toma, actor of the film Aferim! by Radu Jude, from the main competition of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

In Aferim!, Toma Cuzin plays the part of the gypsy who the policeman Constandin is chasing. Carfin (Toma Cuzin) is a gypsy slave who dares to court his owner’s wife, the lady of the village and for this reason he has to run away.

Plot: In 19th century Romania, Costandin, a policeman of the time and his son travel through the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave.

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Janet McTeer – actress – Angelica

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Janet McTeer, actress in the film Angelica by Mitchell Lichtenstein, presented in the Panorama Special section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Janet McTeer plays the role of Anne Montague in Angelica, a woman that masters the art of clearing houses from spirits and ghosts but basically her skills and tasks can be easily compared to what a therapist does nowadays. Thanks to her presence, Constance (Jena Malone) , mother of Angelica, will be able to fight against the difficulties of being a young woman in a close and conservative society and will eventually find a companion destined to last for all her life.

Plot: In Victorian England, innocent shopgirl Constance falls in love with Dr. Joseph Barton, a medical researcher. They soon marry, but their intense passion is cut short. After the life-threatening birth of daughter Angelica, puritanical doctors order abstinence, condemning Constance for lascivious appetites. Sexual repression opens a rift between the young couple. Frustration leads to obsession, and Constance becomes more and more protective of Angelica. Joseph’s secrets fuel the growing conflicts. Then, late at night, the household begins to be disrupted by what appears to be a paranormal predator. The eerie nocturnal visits multiply, evermore menacing and vividly evoking Constance’s deepest fears. With the help of staunch maid Nora, Constance reaches out to a spiritualist to cleanse the home of its terrors. But the arrival of charismatic Anne Montague brings even more complexities to the deteriorating Barton household. Constance places her deepest trust in Anne, and together they fight against a force that may be more sinisterly human than supernatural.

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Mitchell Lichtenstein – director – Angelica

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti interviews Mitchell Lichtenstein, the director of the film Angelica, which premiered in the Panorama Special section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Lichtenstein deals with sexual repression and female sexuality once again and in order to do that, this time, he decides to set the story in the Victorian age. Big houses, corsets, tale of spirits and conservative habits to be the background of two love stories with only one protagonist, the young and innocent Constance (Jena Malone) and one reference point around which everything happens – the titular Angelica.

Plot: In Victorian England, innocent shopgirl Constance falls in love with Dr. Joseph Barton, a medical researcher. They soon marry, but their intense passion is cut short. After the life-threatening birth of daughter Angelica, puritanical doctors order abstinence, condemning Constance for lascivious appetites. Sexual repression opens a rift between the young couple. Frustration leads to obsession, and Constance becomes more and more protective of Angelica. Joseph’s secrets fuel the growing conflicts. Then, late at night, the household begins to be disrupted by what appears to be a paranormal predator. The eerie nocturnal visits multiply, evermore menacing and vividly evoking Constance’s deepest fears. With the help of staunch maid Nora, Constance reaches out to a spiritualist to cleanse the home of its terrors. But the arrival of charismatic Anne Montague brings even more complexities to the deteriorating Barton household. Constance places her deepest trust in Anne, and together they fight against a force that may be more sinisterly human than supernatural.

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Ole Giaever – Filmmaker and actor – Out of Nature (Mot Naturen)

FRED’s Angelo Acerbi meets Ole Giaver, filmmaker and actor of the film Out of Nature (Mot Naturen) from the 65th International Film Festival.

Ole Giaver’s film was also this year’s winner of the Europa Cinemas award at the Berlinale. This one -man film director did all by himself. He tells us the story of a mid-thirties crisis and he has such a nice, and smart way to do it that we are simply compelled to go with it. Besides, the film is a small gem. and, hearing what he has to say, we understand why.

Plot: In a small Norwegian town the working week comes to an end. Thirtysomething Martin imagines the monotonous lives of strangers behind the windows of neighbouring offices. Then he takes a look at himself. His stream of thought makes him begin to have doubts about his own life. Embarking on a journey inside his head, he feels the need to be alone in nature. After asking his son about his day and sleeping with his wife, he packs a rucksack and jogs away from his family, into the mountains. Whether it is an unexpected confrontation with a hunter at an inopportune moment, an involuntary dip in an icy lake or turning into an eagle: Martin’s imaginary expedition constantly provides him with new ways to confront – relentlessly but with humour – his anxieties, dreams, neuroses and sexual desires. How is it supposed to work? How can he participate in his own life as son, partner and father? As with his directorial debut Fjellet (Panorama 2011) Ole Giæver once again allows the mountains to become a physical and emotional force field for naked existence that provides new ways of seeing life. He himself plays the role of Martin – his performance is both charming and disarmingly funny.

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Radu Jude – Filmmaker – AFERIM!

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets Romanian director Radu Jude in Berlin to present his third feature film Aferim! which is in competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Jude sets his third film in a wider space and in a past time, 19th century Romania, using Western genre elements to turn the film into an Eastern tale of Gypsy slavery. This vintage touch, the use of B&W and the ironic way in which historical facts and dialogues are build make the film a unique experiment in the New Wave of Romanian cinema.

Plot: In 19th century Romania, Costandin, a policeman of the time and his son travel through the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave.

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Matthew Weiner – Creator – Mad Men

This is an extract from the 2015 Berlinale Talents master class “Drama Series: Land of Endless Opportunities” from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

In this extract, creator, writer and executive producer of the celebrated and acclaimed series Mad Men talks about whether or not the auteur theory still holds up to this day, especially in the world of television series.

Since 2007, Matthew Weiner has been the creator, executive producer and writer of the critically acclaimed television series MAD MEN. To date, he has received nine Emmys, two BAFTAS, three Golden Globes, numerous WGA awards and many other distinctions recognising his work on the series. As a director, he has been nominated twice by the DGA for his work behind the camera. ARE YOU HERE, starring Owen Wilson and Amy Poehler, marks his feature film debut as a writer, director and producer. Metthew’s other credits as a writer include the television series BECKER, THE NAKED TRUTH, and THE SOPRANOS, for which he was also an executive producer. He is a member of this year’s Berlinale International Jury.

Click here to listen to the full 2015 Berlinale Talents master class “Drama Series: Land of Endless Opportunities” on FRED Extra.

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