Jonathan Demme's musical dramedy RICKI AND THE FLASH, starring Meryl Streep, will open the 68th Locarno Film Festival. The film was written by Diablo Cody (Juno) will have its world premiere on August 5 at the Festival's Piazza Grande.
Meryl Streep (INTO THE WOODS) takes on a whole new gig - a hard-rocking singer/guitarist in the film which co-stars Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, 6-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, Sebastian Stan and Rick Springfield.
The full line up is as follows:
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RICKI AND THE FLASH by Jonathan Demme - USA - 2015 - 100'
Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Edward Norton
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LA BELLE SAISON by Catherine Corsini - France - 2015 - 105'
LE DERNIER PASSAGE by Pascal Magontier - France - 2015 - 28'
Pardo alla carriera to Marlen Khutsiev
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DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER by Lars Kraume - Germany - 2015 - 105'
SOUTHPAW by Antoine Fuqua - USA - 2015 - 123'
Leopard Club Award to Andy Garcia
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TRAINWRECK by Judd Apatow - USA - 2015 - 125'
JACK by Elisabeth Scharang - Austria - 2015 - 95'
Presentation Retrospettiva Sam Peckinpah
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FLORIDE by Philippe Le Guay - France - 2015 - 110'
THE DEER HUNTER by Michael Cimino - United Kingdom/USA - 1978 - 182'
Pardo d'onore Swisscom to Michael Cimino
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ERLKÖNIG by Georges Schwizgebel - Switzerland - 2015 - 5'
GUIBORD S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE by Philippe Falardeau - Canada - 2015 - 108'
Pardo alla carriera to Bulle Ogier
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BOMBAY VELVET by Anurag Kashyap - India - 2015 - 148'
Open Doors presentation
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PASTORALE CILENTANA by Mario Martone - Italy - 2015 - 19'
AMNESIA by Barbet Schroeder - Switzerland/France - 2015 - 96'
Premio Cinema Ticino to Teco Celio
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LA VANITÉ by Lionel Baier - Switzerland/France - 2015 - 75'
QING TIAN JIE YI HAO (The Laundryman) by LEE Chung - Taiwan - 2015 - 110'
Vision Award Nescens to Walter Murch
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ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - USA - 2014 - 105' I PUGNI IN TASCA by Marco Bellocchio - Italy - 1965 - 107'
Pardo d'onore Swisscom to Marco Bellocchio
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HELIOPOLIS by Sérgio Machado - Brazil - 2015 - 98'
Award Ceremony
Source: Festival del Film Locarno
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