Calvi Comedy Festival

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Roger Michell

Cast

Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Gina McKee

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano

Ricky, Walter and Edmund, 3 not very successful and chaotic Daydreamer, meet after all of them get fired from the set of the new Winnetou production. On their way to the next town they meet Rosi and all 3 of them fall immediately in love with her. After an intimate party with just the four of them Rosi finds out that she's pregnant and...

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Franz Josef Gottlieb, Harald Leipnitz

Cast

Thomas Gottschalk, Ottfried Fischer, Helmut Fischer

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Andrew Niccol

Cast

Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener

The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the ...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Woody Allen, Greg Mottola

Cast

Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna