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Radu Muntean – Director – One floor below (Un etaj mai jos)

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets Radu Muntean,at the 68th edition of Festival de Cannes to present his new film ONE FLOOR BELOW in the Un Certain Regard section.

This is the second film to be selected in one of the Festival’s official selections ( Boogie/Summer Holidays in the Directors’ Fortnight 2008).

In the beginning of the film, Sandu Patrascu, an average man in his 50’s , witnesses a domestic fight that “might” have turned into a murder. For the rest of the film, we try to understand the many reasons why Patrascu decides not to tell the police what he saw, what he thinks happened.

Radu Muntean leads us into Patrascu’s guilty coscience as it is shown to us in various forms: the neighbour (suspected murderer) invading his private life and pushing him to the limits, his son talking in his sleep, his friends commenting on the victim’s life. The director’s intention is to force us to the inevitable question: What would we do in Patrascu’situation?

ONE FLOOR BELOW (UN ETAJ MAI JOS): After being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience.

One Floor Below – official trailer from Andu Radu on Vimeo.

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Adam Awni – Director – Bunny

FRED meets the young and promising director Adam Awni, here at Cannes with his short film BUNNY.

Plot: Stephen meets Abbie through Doctor-Date, a dating website. A romantic meal at Abbie’s house soon unleashes a painful memory of a disturbed past. Stephen’s date rapidly unfolds into his worst nightmare.

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Go Kyung-Pyo – Actor – Coin Locker Girl.

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews Go Kyung-Pyo, who stars in Coin Locker Girl by Han Jun-hee, presented in the programme of the Semaine de la Critique of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Go Kyung Pyo tells us about what attracted him to the role he plays in it, and how he collaborated with the director to achieve the final performance.

He also talks about making a big transition from comedy to noir, and what type of challenges he likes to take on as an actor as well as possible future challenges he would like to pursue.

COIN LOCKER GIRL: As a just-born-baby, ‘Il-young’ gets abandoned in the coin-locker #10 of a subway station. Eight years later, she is sold off to the godmother of a Chinatown ring known as ‘Mom’, and becomes a member of her family.

Only the useful ones can survive in this family of Chinatown. Coin Locker Girl is a story of two women who have found their own ways to survive in a cruel, harsh world.

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Teodor Corban – Actor – One Floor Below (Un etaj mai jos)

After meeting him in Berlin for AFERIM, Chiara Nicoletti is joined again by Teodor Corban, protagonist of ONE FLOOR BELOW, the new film by Radu Muntean, presented at the 68th edition of Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section.

Corban plays the role of Sandu Patrascu, an average man in his 50’s who, one day, witness a domestic fight that might have turned into a murder. For the whole film, the audience follows Patrascu, gets to know him and tries to understand the reasons behind his actions or in this case, his inability to act.

Patrascu is a man made up of weaknesses rather than strenghts, a man like many others. The film focuses on Teodor Corban‘s performance as everything is portrayed from Patrascu’s point of view.

ONE FLOOR BELOW (UN ETAJ MAI JOS): After being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience.

One Floor Below – official trailer from Andu Radu on Vimeo.

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Erica Fae – Director and Writer – To Keep the Light

FRED has the chance to meet Erica Fae, American director, actress and writer, here in Cannes to spread the word about her first feature: TO KEEP THE LIGHT

TO KEEP THE LIGHT: Maine, 1876. Tending the light on a remote island for her ailing husband, a woman confronts secrets buried in deep waters and navigates a hostile, new world.

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Han Jun-hee – Director – Coin Locker Girl.

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews Han Jun-hee, whose feature directorial debut “Coin Locker Girl” was featured in the programme of the Semaine de la Critique at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

He talks with us about the influence the film noir genre has on his film. He also talks with us about his choice of having the female characters in this particular film as female, and the different types of sensibilities this particular choice can bring to a project.

Han Jun-hee also talks about the themes that he deals with in this film, such as the theme of family and “being useful” and reveals to us what it feels like to have his feature directorial debut screening in Cannes.

COIN LOCKER GIRL: As a just-born-baby, ‘Il-young’ gets abandoned in the coin-locker #10 of a subway station. Eight years later, she is sold off to the godmother of a Chinatown ring known as ‘Mom’, and becomes a member of her family.

Only the useful ones can survive in this family of Chinatown. Coin Locker Girl is a story of two women who have found their own ways to survive in a cruel, harsh world.

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Marcia Tambutti Allende – Director – Allende Mi Abuelo Allende.

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews Marcia Tambutti Allende, granddaughter of Salvador Allende and director of the documentary “Allende Mi Abuelo Allende“, presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

A personal journey of discovery of her grandfather, Salvador Allende, the great Chilean political leader who became the first Marxist president of a Latin American country. Marcia tells us about her personal journey, and discusses with us her struggles in getting her family members to open up to her and tell her about him.

She also talks about how she shaped her production, and how long it took for her to gather together all the material she needed to make “Allende Mi Abuelo Allende“, as well as whether of not she felt the responsibility of not only making her first documentary about such an important figure in political history, but also the responsibility of revealing a secret and intimate side of her own family’s story to the wider public – not least of all through its premiere in Cannes.

ALLENDE MI ABUELO ALLENDE (BEYOND MY GRANDFATHER ALLENDE): Marcia wishes to change the family costume of not speaking about their tragic past. 35 years after the coup d’État that overthrew her grandfather, Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected socialist president, she believes that it’s time to recover the family memories and images of their daily life, snatched away during the coup. An intimate past unknown to her, buried under Allende’s political transcendence, exile and family pain. Using a warm yet sharp view, Marcia tries to decipher silence sustained during decades. An honest family portrait without grandiloquence that addresses the complexities of irreparable losses and the role of memory in three generations of a wounded family.

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Gabriel Clarke and John Mckenna – Directors – Steve McQueen the man and le mans

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna, who presented their documentary “Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans” in the Cannes Classics section of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

McKenna and Clarke talk with us about how they first realized that the 1971 production of the film “Le Mans” was such an intense production that marked the life of Hollywood icon Steve McQueen.

They also talk with us about how they were able top discover primary source material, some of which is seen and heard for the first time ever, and their aim in revealing and insightful look at the man Steve McQueen, rather than just the actor.

STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN AND LE MANS: ‘If we are going to do this, we are going to do it right. No bullshit, no clever twists. It has to be pure and about one race – Le Mans.’

By 1970, Steve McQueen ruled Hollywood. Hot off the back of classics like ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and ‘Bullitt’ he could do no wrong. Now the aspiring mogul and racing fanatic could do the movie that was his life’s passion. The making of the film changed his life forever.

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of how a cinema legend would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream.

Obsession. Betrayal. Vindication. ‘You must carry your film all the way through to the end. You can’t give up and you can’t let a thing go.’ Steve McQueen

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Chad McQueen – Son of Steve McQueen – Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans

FRED’s Matt Micucci meets Chad McQueen, son of the Hollywood legend and actor Steve McQueen, to mark the screening of the documentary Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans in the Cannes Classics section of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Chad talks with us about the intensity of the tumultuous production of the 1971 film Le Mans, and about the film’s legacy. He also shares with us his opinion on his father’s love for fast cars and motor racing and where it might have come from.

On top of that, he also tells us about his own journey in the production of the documentary, revisiting personal events that affected his life and the life of his family at the time, including his parents’ divorce and the birth of his love of motor racing right there on the Le Mans race track.

STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN AND LE MANS: ‘If we are going to do this, we are going to do it right. No bullshit, no clever twists. It has to be pure and about one race – Le Mans.’ By 1970, Steve McQueen ruled Hollywood.

Hot off the back of classics like ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and ‘Bullitt’ he could do no wrong. Now the aspiring mogul and racing fanatic could do the movie that was his life’s passion. The making of the film changed his life forever.

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of how a cinema legend would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream.

Obsession. Betrayal. Vindication. ‘You must carry your film all the way through to the end. You can’t give up and you can’t let a thing go.’ Steve McQueen

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Grìmur Hakonarson – Director – Rams.

A talk with the director to understand better the nature and its influence on the country life in Iceland, and find more about raising rams and liveing with them. And maske them act…. All of it with a good share of icelandic wit

RAMS: In a remote Icelandic valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in forty years will have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them : their rams.

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