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LA GRAZIA
Paulo Sorrentino’s latest unfolds in the waning days of a fictional Italian presidency, where Toni Servillo (reuniting actor and director, who last collaborated in THE GREAT BEAUTY) delivers a quietly magnetic performance as the aging President Mariano De Santis. Known derisively as “Cemento armato” (“reinforced concrete”) for his steely resolve, he now confronts loneliness, grief
KY NAM INN
Set in 1985 post-war Vietnam, Khang moves to Saigon after securing a position to translate “The Little Prince.” Due to his family connections, Khang’s life under the new regime is secure. But everything changes when he meets Ky Nam, a reserved older widow who lives in Khang’s new community. A relic of the defeated South,
KOKUHO
An unexpected box office sensation in Japan, KOKUHO is the long-gestating passion project of director Lee Sang-il, whose previous work is familiar with HIFF audiences like HULA GIRLS and the Japanese remake of UNFORGIVEN. Born from his 15-year fascination with kabuki and the onnagata tradition—men playing women on stage—Lee adapts Shūichi Yoshida’s serialized novel into
KŌKĀ
KŌKĀ opens with a sequence of intertwined events. In a hospital room in Invercargill, a woman is slipping out of her life. Not too far away, in a trailer park being run as emergency housing, a gathering is underway, led by a troubled youth. We soon meet them as Maori elder Hamo (Hinetu Dell, prominently