International
channel CinemaWorld has reached its one-month mark in the Philippines, and
continues to feature only the best of movie entertainment for its viewers.
CinemaWorld, the first and only pan-Asia international
movie channel, brings award-winning hits and box office successes to Philippine
television. First launched in Singapore early this year, the Philippines is the
third country in the region to launch its local availability.
For the month of November, movies from
around the globe will be featured and highlighted on CinemaWorld for viewers to
enjoy.
A VIEW OF LOVE
Happily
married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in
Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman. A few hours
later, Marc finally puts a name to her face – Cathy, the girl he was in love
with growing up in Oran, Algeria, in the last days of the French colonial
regime. They spend the night together. Then she is gone again. But Marc's mother
tells him Cathy never left Algeria. Starring Oscar winning actor Jean Dujardin,
watch out for this 2010 French Romantic Thriller, “A View of Love.”
CHOCOLATE KISSES
Kamal's and Mattia's lives went in
different directions after having won a competition: Mattia's gone back to
construction but with little work, and Kamal has opened a chocolate shop but
with no customers. These two former friends' paths cross again. Kamal has a new
ambitious plan for making chocolates, and Mattia wants in. But Kamal still does
not trust him especially now that his beautiful daughter Nawal has returned
from studying abroad. It will not be long before things get complicated, and
once again, among all the misunderstandings and plot twists, only chocolate can
bring everyone together. Catch Luca Argentero of “Eat, Pray, Love,” and
Isabella Adriani of “The American” and “The First Beautiful Thing” in this 2011
Italian Romance movie.
THE DANCER AND THE THIEF
A Goya Awards
2012 Best Film Nominee, this adaptation of Antonio Skármeta’s novel tells of an
ageing ex-con who teams up with a small-time crook to pull off one last heist
to steal a fortune. Their plans are complicated by the young man’s romance with
a mute ballerina. Made by Oscar-winning
director Fernando Trueba, be sure to watch this 2009 Spanish Thriller “The
Dancer and The Thief” on CinemaWorld.
JACKPOT
This movie is set in the border
country between Norway and Sweden, where we meet a bunch of scruffy guys;
Oscar, Thor, Billy and Tresko (The Clog), who share a criminal past. They are
working in a strange factory in the middle of nowhere producing plastic
Christmas trees. But they are also gamblers. Like most people they had never won
anything – until now! Find out what happens to them in “Jackpot”, as
CinemaWorld features this 2011 Norwegian Comedy this November.
ROUGH HANDS
In Casablanca,
where the system can be bought, Zakia, a teacher uses forged documents to get a
job as a strawberry picker in Spain to be with her fiancé. Her neighbor,
Mustapha, a 40-year old barber, helps her through his side job of
“facilitating” paperwork. But Zakia’s smooth hands betray her. “Rough Hands” is
a 2011 Moroccan Drama, showing how destiny can lead us down an unexpected path.
SALVADOR
A true
account of Salvador Puig Antich, a young militant in the Iberian Liberation
Movement, who is the last political prisoner to be executed by the Spanish in
1974. “Salvador,” a 2006 Spanish drama, shows the story of his family,
colleagues and lawyers’ desperate attempts to save him from the garrote. This
movie won Best Screenplay in the 2007 Goya Awards, and stars leading man Daniel
Bruhl of “Inglourious Basterds”.
Enjoy only the best of international
entertainment. Catch these movies and
more this November. CinemaWorld has been available in
Metro Manila on Cable Link. Starting
November 1, CinemaWorld can also be watched in Metro Manila on a la carte
subscription or the HD Movie Package of SkyCable.
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