Endlich mal wieder ein ordentlicher Agententhriller ohne High-Tech Spielzeug und Emo Tom Cruise im Kaputzenpulli. Und dann auch noch mit so einer Schauspielerriege bestehend aus Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy und John Hurt unter Tomas Alfredson, der schon bei der schwedischen Wiedergeburt des Vampiregenres, Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In/So finster die Nacht) Regie geführt hat.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Dame, König, As, Spion) kommt im Februar 2012 in die deutschen Kinos.

Synopsis:

The time is 1973. The Cold War of the mid-20th Century continues to damage international relations. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, is striving to keep pace with other countries’ espionage efforts and to keep the U.K. secure. The head of the Circus, known as Control, personally sends dedicated operative Jim Prideaux into Hungary. But Jim’s mission goes bloodily awry, and Control is forced out of the Circus – as is his top lieutenant, George Smiley, a career spy with razor-sharp senses.

Estranged from his absent wife Ann, Smiley is soon called in to see undersecretary Oliver Lacon; he is to be rehired in secret at the government’s behest, as there is a gnawing fear that the Circus has long been compromised by a double agent, or mole, working for the Soviets and jeopardizing England. Supported by younger agent Peter Guillam, Smiley parses Circus activities past and present. In trying to track and identify the mole, Smiley is haunted by his decades-earlier interaction with the shadowy Russian spy master Karla.

[via Yahoo! Movies]

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Erster Teaser Trailer zu Xu Haofengs Regiedebut The Sword Identity, der eine etwas andere Art von Martial Arts Filmen abseits von schnellen Schnitten, hektischen Massenschlachten und massiven Einsatz von Seilen verspricht. Xu Haofeng ist der Autor von Wong Kar-Wais Ip Man Biopic The Grandmasters, es dürfte also interessant werden…

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Zwei weitere Clips gibt es drüben bei Wildgrounds zu bewundern…
Synopsis:

In a martial arts event during the Ming Dynasty, a young swordsman must use not only his exquisite swordplay technique, but also his wits, when competing against the masters of four different philosophies of combat…

[via Wildgrounds & Film Press Plus]

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Internationaler (d.h. englisch untertitelter) Trailer zu Headshot vom thailändischen Regisseur Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, der uns 2003 bereits mit Last Life in the Universe beglückt hat.
Der Film basiert auf dem Roman Rain Falling Up the Sky von Win Lyovarin und wird auf dem Toronto International Film Festival gezeigt.

Synopsis:

Present-day Thailand is rife with corruption. Tul, a straight-laced cop, is blackmailed by a powerful politician and framed from a crime he did not commit. Disillusioned and vengeful, he is soon recruited to become a hitman for a shadowy group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law. But one day, Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. He wakes up after a three-month coma to find that he sees everything upside down, literally.
Unaware of whether the condition is medical or a result of karmic retribution, Tul begins to have second thoughts about his profession. But when he tries to quit, roles are reversed and the hunter becomes the hunted. Then he meets a girl that turns his world even more upside down. Can Tul find redemption from the violence that continues to haunt him?

[via Twitch]

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Teaser Trailer zur Animeumsetzung von Yuki Midorikawas Manga Hotarubi no Mori e (Into the Forest of Fireflies’ Light). Regisseur Takahiro Omori war unter anderen bei Haibane Renmei und Baccano! maßgeblich beteiligt. Der Film startet am 16. September in Japan.

[via ANN]

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Sehr schöner Trailer zum taiwanesischen Drama Starry Starry Night von Regisseur Tom Lin und Autor Jimmy Liao über zwei Teenager, die gemeinsam von Zuhause abhauen. Der Film feiert im Oktober seine Premiere auf dem Busan International Film Festival.

Synopsis:

12-year-old Mei grew up with her grandparents in the mountains, but now lives with her parents in the city. Her parents constantly fight and she is ignored at home. Mei withdraws into her own world and imagination.
One day Mei meets transfer student Lee. Mei takes a liking to Lee who seems as withdrawn to the world as Mei. After Mei saves Lee from bullies their friendship becomes real. As Mei home life worsens and her parents announce their announce, Mei turns to Lee and plan their escape …

[via Asian Media Wiki]

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Erster Trailer zu Huhn mit Pflaumen (Poulet aux prunes) von Vincent Paronnaud und Marjane Satrapi, die beide bereits beim französisch/iranischen Animationsfilm Persepolis Regie geführt haben. Satrapis Comicvorlage über das Leben und Sterben des iranischen Musikers Nasser Ali Khan (der Großonkel der Autorin) ist in Deutschland bereits erhältlich.
Der Film wird bei den Internationale Filmfestspiele von Venedig seine Premiere feiern und Frankreichs Kinos ab Oktober beehren. In Deutschland muss man sich dank Prokino bis Januar 2012 gedulden.

Synopsis:

Tehran, 1958. Nasser Ali Khan (Mathieu Amalric), a most celebrated violin player, has his beloved instrument broken by his wife. Unable to find another to replace it, life without music seems intolerable. He stays in bed and slips further and further into his reveries from his youth to his own children’s futures. Over the course of the week that follows, and as the pieces of the story fall into place, an understanding is reached as to why he would give up life for music and love.

[via Rope of Silicon]

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Erster Teaser Trailer zu Luc Bessons The Lady, in der Michelle Yeoh die birmische Demokratin Aung San Suu Kyi spielt.

Synopsis:

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the woman who is at the core of Burma’s democracy movement, and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end.

[via Yahoo! Movies]

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