Sundance 2012 (1/19-1/29/2012) World Cinema Dramatic Films

Sundance has announced the films to be shown in 2012.

World Cinema Dramatic

• 4 Suns • (Czech Republic) A new husband and father tries to change his irresponsible ways, but ends up falling into old habits. Written and directed by Bohdan Sláma.
• About the Pink Sky • (Japan) A high-school girl finds a wallet full of money and returns it to its owner, which leads to unexpected consequences for the girl and her friends. Directed and written by Keiichi Kobayashi.
• Can • (Turkey) A young married couple’s happy life is threatened when they decide to illegally procure a child. Written and directed by Rasit Celikezer.
• Father’s Chair (A Cadieri do Pai) • (Brazil) Theo (Wagner Moura) searches for his runaway teen son, and confronts his own life as a son, father and man. Directed by Luciano Moura, who co-wrote with by Elena Soarez.
• L • (Greece) A man living in his car ends up embroiled in the undeclared war between car drivers and motorcycle riders. Directed by Babis Makridis, who co-wrote with Efthymis Filippou.
• The Last Elvis (El Ultimo Elvis) • (Argentina) An Elvis impersonator in Buenos Aires aims to live his musical dream, shaking free of reality. Directed by Armando Bo (who co-wrote “Biutiful”), written by Bo and Nicolás Giacobone.
• Madrid, 1987 • (Spain) An aging journalist and a young student meet, with the balance of power and desire constantly shifting. Written and directed by David Trueba.
• My Brother the Devil • (United Kingdom) Sally El Hosaini wrote and directs this tale of two British Arab brothers facing life in gangland London.
• Teddy Bear • (Denmark) A painfully shy bodybuilder leaves his mom’s house for Thailand in search of love. Directed by Mads Matthiesen, who co-wrote with Martin Pieter Zandvliet.
• Valley of Saints • (India) A boatman on a dying lake in Kashmir plots with a friend to escape — untl he meets a beautiful young woman researching the lake. Directed and written by Musa Syeed.
• Violeta Went to Heaven (Violeta se Fue a Los Cielos) • (Chile/Argentina/Brazil/Spain) A portrait of Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra. Directed by Andrés Wood, written by Eliseo Altunaga, Rodriguo Bazaes, Guillermo Calderón and Wood.
• Wish You Were Here • (Australia) Four friends leave for a holiday, but only three come home. Joel Edgerton (“The Thing,” “Warrior”) and Teresa Palmer (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”) star. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith, who co-wrote with Felicity Price (who’s also in the cast).
• Wrong • (France) Writer-director Quentin Dupieux (who made the bizarre tire-based horror film “Rubber”) tells the story of Dolph (Jack Plotnick), whose search for a lost dog leads to a nympho pizza-delivery girl, a jogging neighbor and a mysterious righter of wrongs.
• Young & Wild • (Chile) Daniela, 17, seeks her own path to spiritual harmony after her strict Evangelical parents unmask her as a fornicator. Directed by Marialy Rivas, who co-wrote with Camila Gutiérrez and Pedro Peirano.