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the highlights of day four of the berlin berlin international film festival also known as the berlin allah let's go straight over to charlotte charles until who is on the red carpet for us hello to you charlene great to see you so what is on the screens today. hey there marietta well the full day is a very important day and the better not the shuttle and that is because we have just approaching the whole flight point but there are number of films in competition that we've had a sneak preview also we also starting to get an idea now of the films that are hits and the films that people probably should miss there are seventeen films in total in competition here they are all vying for that big top prize the golden bad the award ceremony being next week now you've also got serious i understand that this isn't just about the films or a lot of the people that gathered here behind me these people also a braving the cold that braving the rain to try and get a look at some of the stars in just a short time they are going to see some big names i think you'll be familiar with mariana there's martin fr

to the event that movie fans in berlin look forward to every year the berlin film festival or berlin allah begins today and unprecedented lineup of female directors are mung those vying for the top prize the golden bear the jury will be chaired by french star julie have been notion and fans have already been lining up for the hottest tickets. defense i want to make the building on is such a unique event it attracts the largest audience of any film festival in the world and anyone can get tickets here as long as they get in line enough. to read every single synopsis of every movie and made my choices but. i wasn't prepared for how difficult it is to get tickets for the. puzzle you have to fit the movies the timing but you have to fit quick because there's a lot of ticket offices and they fly very quick nearly four hundred movies will be presented and one thing is for sure it's going to be a women's. french osco winner juliette binoche will beat the jury british actress charla dram doing receive the honorary bear for her lifetime achievement and seven off the seventeen movies running for a g

all right so i mean that's it and david leavitt's there at the berlin allah in downtown berlin let's check out what they've got to say hi guys the film peron is it sounds like it might be heavy going was it. well it was very intense but also a very beautiful and moving film one of the my favorites to come out of this film festival so far it takes us into the heart of chaotic naples gives of us a portrait of just teenagers who are caught up in the world of organized crime like the director said he wanted to show you motional impact this had on teenagers not necessarily telling the story of organized crime in italy but what it does to a teenager who wants to get ahead was very smart. ending up in the mafia we meet who's a very smart young man in any other situation he could have gone to university probably could have been headed for a career but he's he's trapped in a system that's bigger than himself it's almost shakespearean tale there's a there's a love story involved it's really a great film yes something that really struck me about this movie in particular is how this character ni

today is the last day of the composition of the berlin film festival and down at the berlin allah we have his film experts my shader and scott roxboro who is who are scuse me here to tell us the very latest about what is going on down there on the last day so tell us guys. yeah well today it's been a big day at the bell and we just had the premier of brazilian film we were gala and the interesting thing for us here on the right target was there was a protest a large group of fans gathered along here and started chanting in support of the brazilian the former president president lula who is now of course imprisoned and the interesting thing about it was the director and the actors of the film gathered around them and started chanting in support of this film you have to understand it is a sort of tricky political film right now in brazil it's about a former brazilian political figure who is a very divisive name carlos marie gallo who was around in the sixty's and was against the militant military dictatorship and this film actually doesn't even have distribution in brazil right now tha

now the curtain has lifted at the berlin international film festival also known as the berlin allah big names in german and international cinema were out for the gala opening this year's festival almost achieves gender parity with seven out of seventeen films in competition directed by women the opening film was the kindness of strangers it tell of homelessness and uncertainty in contemporary america. and nights to remember the full film fans with the red carpet as the place to be for the stars. the center of all the attention french also go window and tapped off this year's jury should you explain a. danish director luna shaft which brought an international cost to the red carpet celebrating the world premiere of the movie the kind it's all strange it's. lorna's chef a spin focuses on several characters who crossed paths in a restaurant in new york. and they were anyone since for years now. all the characters have suffered life shattering experiences clara is escaping from an abusive hospital and mark just left prison. the movie tells their story as they try to rebuild their lives poss

underway with a film premiere my colleagues charlotte tells until the david leavitt's are at the berlin allah hi guys. highway on the red carpet on the evening day of fallon legendary international film festival and we're going to give you a first look at today's world premiere the kindness of strangers by award winning director lone scherfig and of course we'll tell you about the hollywood star getting everyone here really excited. but you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome we begin the day going nowhere thanks to that brags blockade the british prime minister was in brussels today trying yet again to convince e.u. leaders to renegotiate their withdrawal agreement to start the u.k.'s departure from the european union now keep in mind breaks it will begin in less than fifty days and after two years of talks there is still no deal when next week theresa may will return to parliament and she's supposed to present a revised breaks that agreement as it stands tonight the only agreement that may's conservatives will say yes to is one which includes chan

we'll take you to the berlin film festival where as you can see my colleague slash fater and scott roxboro are on the red carpet. yes we're live here at the red carpet at the bell and allah and it wouldn't be able earn international film festival without a little controversy and we've got not one but two controversies coming right up for you stated and we look forward to it. but first we begin the day in spain which faces snap elections after the prime minister petro sanchez failed to win parliamentary backing for his budget plan sanchez needed the support of seventeen cattle and lawmakers to push the legislation through but they withdrew their backing in protest after the leaders of the capital and secessionist movement were put on trial for rebellion for not being able to hold. legal independence referendum so the cattle land crisis this time dragging the national government down with it heralding a possible shift in spanish politics sanchez is the head of the minority government opinion polls say that a new election which has yet to be announced will result in a right wing majority for the conservative center right and far right parties that would herald a harder line