Locarno festival titles unveiled

July 15, 2009 A brace of U.S. titles will unspool during August's 62nd Locarno Film Festival among the 24 world premieres scheduled for the event, as unveiled by organizers Wednesday. The festival kicks off with the Sundance title "(500) Days of Summer," and Nick Cassavetes' cancer drama "My Sister's Keeper," starring Cameron Diaz, also will be among the Swiss event's 13-strong titles in the Piazza Grande. Other titles set for the open-air Piazza Grande treatment include Amos Gitai's Jewish war film "La Guerre Des Fils De La Lumiere Contre Les Fils Des Tenebres," Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu's love during disaster "Les Dernier Jours Du Monde" and Byambasuren Davaa's "Chingisiyn Hoyor Zagal," an exploration of Mongolian culture.

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