A film lover gains as much new appreciation for art as for life itself after a surprising visit to the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Rifkin's Festival
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Cinema devotee Mort Rifkin (Wallace Shawn) accompanies his publicist wife Sue (Gina Gershon) to the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, worried that her fascination with her young film director client, Philippe (Louis Garrel), might be more than professional. In addition, Mort hopes the change of scenery will provide a respite from his struggle to write a first novel that lives up to his impossibly exacting standards. Turned off by the lavish praise showered on Philippe’s film, which he considers banal, Mort becomes preoccupied with the cinema classics he once taught as a professor, by masters like Bergman, Fellini, Godard, Truffaut, and Buñuel. Mort’s relentlessly dismissive opinions of Philippe, Sue’s current focus as a professional and someone she greatly admires, strains their already frayed relationship. Mort’s mood lightens when he meets Dr. Jo Rojas (Elena Anaya), a kindred spirit whose marriage to tempestuous painter Paco (Sergi López) is also causing her pain. While Mort’s personal tastes have sometimes pushed people away, Jo’s intellect and shared sensibility draw them closer together. While Sue spends her days with Philippe, Mort’s relationship with Jo deepens and he rekindles his love for classic films. Reflecting on the events of his life through the prism of those great movies, Mort finds renewed hope for his future. Filled with absurdist humor, Woody Allen’s RIFKIN’S FESTIVAL blends unreal situations with interwoven tales of romance and heartache to create a loving tribute to the transformative power of film.
Cast and crew
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Woody Allen
Director, Writer -
Wallace Shawn
Mort Rifkin -
Damian Chapa
Festivalgoer -
Bobby Slayton
Festivalgoer -
Gina Gershon
Sue -
Louis Garrel
Philippe -
Stephanie Figueira
Reporter at Hotel -
Luz Cipriota
Reporter at Hotel -
Godeliv Van den Brandt
Reporter at Hotel -
Manu Fullola
Reporter at Hotel -
Richard Kind
Mort's Father -
Nathalie Poza
Mort's Mother -
Cameron Hunter
Young Mort -
Itziar Castro
Lady in Garden -
Isabel García Lorca
Miss Weinstein -
Richard Carlow
Rabbi Mintz -
Yuri D. Brown
Priest -
Carmen Salta
Marcia Cohen -
Enrique Arce
Tomás Lopez -
Andrea Trepat
Dr. Rojas' Assistant -
Elena Anaya
Dr. Jo Rojas -
Douglas McGrath
Gil Brenner -
Ben Temple
Dr. Kline -
Pablo Sevilla
Reporter on Rooftop -
Brian Flanagan
Reporter on Rooftop -
Elena Sanz
Cocktail Party Guest
Additional information
Directors
Woody AllenDirectors
Studio
MPIStudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
2022Released year
Age rating
Duration
1 h 32 minDuration
Genres
ComedyDrama
Genres
Drama
Writers
Woody AllenWriters
Size
5.15 GB (1080p HD)3.23 GB (720p HD)
2.59 GB (SD)
Size
3.23 GB (720p HD)
2.59 GB (SD)
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