The Easter weekend is coming up and you’ll probably spend it eating Romanian Easter goodies or visiting relatives or attending a party on the beach. If not, maybe a movie on the silver screen could be an option. So here are the premieres:
All Roads Lead to Rome
Director: Ella Lemhagen
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Day, Raoul Bova, Claudia Cardinale
Genre: comedy
Synopsis: Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a Tuscan village that she frequented in her younger days. Upon arrival, Maggie runs into Luca, a handsome former lover who is still a bachelor and lives with his eighty-year-old mother, Carmen. Summer (missing her “bad boy” boyfriend in NYC) and Carmen (secretly planning a wedding against Luca’s wishes to Marcelino, her one true love in Rome) impulsively steal Luca’s car and race off to Rome. Maggie and Luca quickly pursue allowing the two mismatched couples to spend some time together and develop a new understanding of each other. (provided by IMDB)
Bastille Day
Director: James Watkins
Starring: Richard Madden, Kelly Reilly, Idris Elba, Charlotte Le Bon
Genre: action
Synopsis: A young con artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France. (provided by IMDB)
Chic!
Director: Jérôme Cornuau
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Marina Hands, Eric Elmosnino
Genre: comedy
Synopsis: Alicia, a designer for a haute couture fashion house, lacks inspiration to create a new collection after a bitter breakup. To save the show, her bitter director quickly comes up with a solution to restore Alicia’s creative powers. (provided by IMDB)
Ma ma
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Àlex Brendemühl, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia
Genre: drama
Synopsis: In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends. (provided by IMDB)
Min lilla syster
Director: Sanna Lenken
Starring: Rebecka Josephson, Henrik Norlén, Amy Diamond
Genre: drama, family
Synopsis: Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal. (provided by IMDB)
Robinson Crusoe
Director: Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen
Starring: Matthias Schweighöfer
Genre: animation, adventure, comedy
Synopsis: On a tiny exotic island, Tuesday, an outgoing parrot lives with his quirky animal friends in paradise. However, Tuesday can’t stop dreaming about discovering the world. After a violent storm, Tuesday and his friends wake up to find a strange creature on the beach: Robinson Crusoe. Tuesday immediately views Crusoe as his ticket off the island to explore new lands. Likewise, Crusoe soon realizes that the key to surviving on the island is through the help of Tuesday and the other animals. It isn’t always easy at first, as the animals don’t speak “human.” Slowly but surely, they all start living together in harmony, until one day, when their comfortable life is overturned by two savage cats, who wish to take control of the island. A battle ensues between the cats and the group of friends but Crusoe and the animals soon discover the true power of friendship up against all odds (even savage cats). (provided by IMDB)
Oana Vasiliu