British Agent
80'
USA
IFFR 2019
Hitchcock's classic Technicolor thriller is a visionary metaphor for today’s espionage practices. Recuperating from a broken leg, professional photographer L. B. 'Jeff' Jefferies (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair while his girlfriend Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) visits him regularly. His apartment’s rear window looks out onto a courtyard and several other apartments. During a heatwave, he spies on his neighbors who keep their windows open to stay cool.
As Jeff watches his neighbors, he assigns them such roles and character names as 'Miss Torso' and 'Miss Lonelyhearts'. Of particular interest is seemingly mild-mannered travelling salesman Lars Thorwald, who is saddled with a nagging, invalid wife. One night, Jeff becomes convinced one of them has committed a murder. Lisa is less convinced, at first: "Tell me everything you saw, and what you think it means."Â
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
Spying as a way of filming, and the camera as an espionage tool. From more control to more confusion. Classics to contemporary highlights.
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USA
IFFR 2019
Three stories of espionage in the Middle East, with images shot on a trip to Cairo in 2016, another to Tehran in 2008 and never-seen-before footage from Sana'a, Yemen. A love story and a suspense tale, mixed in with a dash of comedy and paranoia.
25'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
Impressive docudrama set in Korea about interrogation techniques used on prisoners. Was not allowed to be screened for 45 years.
64'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019