MEDAL OF HONOR at Palm Springs Festival |
MEDAL OF HONOR, the second feature film of Peter Calin Netzer will first reach American audiences in Palms Springs, part of the World Cinema Now selection of the prestigious international film festival, in the presence of the director, whose participation to the festival is supported by RCINY.
"Six years after his impressive feature debut, MARIA, Romanian-born, German-raised helmer Calin Peter Netzer returns with a less stygian riff on his native country's post-Ceausescu woes. Buoyed, like 'Maria,' by strong lead performances - here, theater vet Victor Rebengiuc and actress Camelia Zorlescu - 'Medal of Honor' recalls typical Central Euro yarns, as a pensioner finds he's suddenly awarded a decoration for a WWII act of heroism he hardly remembers. Drily humorous pic takes a while to work its spell but, as the ironies mount, becomes thoroughly engaging. Further fest kudos and smallscreen tributes loom." - Derek Elley, VARIETY
[Photo: actor Victor Rebengiuc, who won the acting prize at the Thessaloniki festival for the part in MEDAL OF HONOR]
| January 11-13, 2010
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Palm Springs Regal 9
Palm Springs, CA
MON, January 11, 6:30 pm
TUE, January 12, 9:30 am
WED, January 13, 1:30 pm
Tickets at http://www.psfilmfest.org/ |
