Jul 25th  
A Private Life** (15)   
(Vie Privee)
(King Street Cinema, Ipswich)    

(Fra 2025)
Les Films/France 3 Cinema/others. 104m.

An American psychiatrist living in Paris suspects her absent patient's suicide is actually murder, but slightly drives herself crazy trying to find out.
Psychological mystery which promises to go in various directions (with Foster resembling her character from The Silence of the Lambs), but ultimately goes down a rather ordinary route with the psychiatrist coming to terms with her own humanity. 

Written by: Rebecca Zlotowski, Anne Berest, Gaelle Mace.
Producer: Frederic Jouve.
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Matthieu Amalric, Virginie Efira, Noam Morgensztern, Sophie Guillermin, Luana Bajrami, Vincent Lacoste, Aurore Clement, Irene Jacob.
Photography: George Lechaptou.
Music: Rob.
Editing: Goaldine Mangenot.

Jul 8th   
City of God**        
(Brazil/Fra/Ger/US 2002)         
O2 Films/Hank Levine Film/Globofilmes/Studio Canal/Wild Bunch. 130m. ws

In the slums of Rio de Janeiero, a young boy grows up among drug-fuelled young hoodlums, and photographs the oncoming gang war.
Stylishly brutal but compelling crime drama, in some ways a Mean Streets for Brazilian ghetto survivors, also based on true events. When released in cinemas, the English subtitles had the good sense to be displayed at the top of the screen, to keep focus on the action.

Written by: Braulia Montavani, from the novel by Paulo Lins.
Producers: Andrea Barato Ribeiro.
Director: Fernando Meirelles.
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Seu Jorge, Renato de Souza, Alice Braga, Phellipe Haagensen, Mattheu Nachtergaele.
Photography: Cesar Cgarlone. 
Music: Antonio Pinto, Ed Cortes.
Editing: Daniel Rezende.