The Nanny
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Starring Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Maya Sansa
Synopsis: Rome, early 20th century: a wealthy psychiatrist, who runs an asylum for women and lacks imagination in his practice, must find a wet nurse for his infant when his wife panics after childbirth. He brings a peasant, Annette, to Rome, forcing her to leave her own baby behind. To the consternation and increasing anger of the wife, the nanny immediately bonds with the couple’s infant son – Annette’s a natural.
Showing at: Good News Cinema, 12 pm.
Chameleon
Director: Krisztina Goda
Starring: Ervin Nagy, Gabriella Hámori and Zsolt Trill
Synopsis: While cleaning offices at night, Zsolt Kovàcs learns a lot about his invisible employers by examining what they leave behind, carefully choosing his targets, often disillusioned women whom he seduces, methodically taking their money. An artist of manipulation, with a generous dose of humor and the ability to assume different personalities, Zsolt begins to work in a psychologist’s practice, where he meets Hanna, a 30 year-old dancer who is physically incapacitated and the daughter of a millionaire.
Showing at: Renaisance (Downtown), 9:30 pm.
A Wednesday
Director: Neeraj Pandey
Starring: Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah and Jimmy Shergill
Synopsis: On the verge of retiring as Commissioner of Police, Prakash Rathod, gets a telephone call from a man who informs him that he has placed several bombs all over Mumbai, until he arranges the release of four terrorists, with Al-Qaeda and Lashkar links. This man then warns Prakash that if his demands are not carried out, the bombs will explode, and one of them has been placed right across the Commissioner’s Colaba office.
Showing at: Cosmos 1 cinema, 4 pm.
Katia’s Sister
Directed by: Mijke de Jong
Starring: Ian Bok, Fred Goessens and Jennifer Jago
Synopsis: Some people find her removed from reality. Her older sister Katia even thinks she’s stupid. But this is only a first impression, perhaps the result of her subconscious desire to remain a child. Or perhaps, her strange behavior is a defense against the uninspiring life she leads, a cruel existence shared with her sister and mother. Having emigrated from Russia some years ago, her mother tries to build up a life in Amsterdam and is drawn into the world of prostitution.
Showing at: Nile City cinema, 1:30 pm.
