andreasgol Reviews

Parasol (2015)

Excellent Excellent

[10/10 · 12 January 2016]

Certainly the best film I've seen at Hamburg Film Festival 2015 and very probably one of the best I've seen this year!!!!!!

Three stories, three languages, three holiday stories in Mallorca, three different worlds but the strong feeling they belong together.

A mixture of humor and raw realism , a mixture of irony and tenderness, a mixture of violence and "Ästhetik Des Absurden". As if Ulrich Seidl had decided to become a humanist...

Does society condemns us to loneliness? He subtly uses the holidays as a metaphor of a world, a secure society that treats us like children...

Parasol is a must-see! You never know if you may laugh or cry but you have the feeling you are watching a real masterpiece!

The Apostate (I) (2015)

good

[5/10 · 20 December 2015]

The film shows you how hard it is in Spain to excommunicate yourself from the catholic religion. This film may be some kind of slow, i must admit I enjoyed it a lot of times. The main actor is excellent. The film is based on his life. He co scripted the film. Esthetically, the film has some weaknesses. I recommend it more for the profoundness and the absurdity it shows. Or for anyone in search to discover the new Spanish cinema. Next film should be even better. I watched it at hamburg festival with some friends. half of us really enjoyed the film, the other half less... I hope the film will be distributed in Germany. The film has been to many festivals.