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Good Joe Bell (2020)
Touching movie
Touching movie about bullying, but other topics as well. Like parents unable to cope after their child dies, unbearable sense of guilt for not having done more, show more love and understanding for their kids.
Di yi ci de li bie (2018)
Superb, touching
The image of the two sons braiding mom's hair, a very touching image. Beautiful landscape. Emotional song at the end, as the credits roll, even if I do not understand the lyrics.
Hab (2020)
like "Amelie"
It reminded me of the movie "Amelie", maybe the main character's smile, or the similar innocence and search for romantic love; set up is different though, in contemporary Budapest.
This Movie Is Broken (2010)
for fans of Toronto and the band
I enjoyed recognizing places in Toronto where this movie was shot: like the CNE area, the waterfront, the old streetcars.
Loverboy (2011)
subtle and clever movie
A very subtle look at how young women are conned into prostitution after being manipulated by the main character (Luca).
And this the part about human trafficking that is overlooked many times: in most cases it is done by people familiar with the victim.
Like in this case, Veli, the young woman, although quite bright and practical, falls prey to Luca's manipulation; and she is made to believe that she is helping him to get out of trouble.
Very clever story and scene sequencing: at the beginning Luca just finished his relationship / manipulation of another victim named Dani. The young woman is so much under Luca's spell that she cannot bring herself to turn him to the police. But Dani is no longer a source of money for Luca, so he needs to move on.
And then immediately he starts building his web of lies and manipulations around his next victim, Veli.
The last scene leaves options open. Luca is in front of Veli's hotel room; her pimp just mentioned that "she is free now", so Luca could visit her. He stops in front of the hotel room, maybe thinking that Veli is actually a human being, not just a cash machine for the gang. But then Luca changes his mind and turns away, probably starting to think about his next victim...
Notturno (2020)
Moving images
I was especially impressed by the children's drawings and by the play set up in the psychiatric ward, both as form of psychotherapy in those war-torn places.
Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
the duration of the movie is part of the message of the movie
Maybe an explanation of the long duration is this: the duration of the movie is part of the message of the movie. I grew up partly during those times in Romania. Having watched this movie now reminds about the dread of many moments that I lived through, especially of the repetitive propaganda that we all had to listen to every day (2 hours of TV program daily, 90% of the time with his face on the screen). The title of the movie – autobiography – suggests that this is how the title character would have made this movie: in the same egotistic way that he ignored the Romanian population during his dictatorship.
Grüsse aus Fukushima (2016)
Occasionally awkward, just like real life is
I liked the acting of Rosalie Thomass. And I can relate to her decision to venture to a faraway place in order to escape her messed up life. And the fact that she almost gave up, but decided at last moment to stay, to follow through. Kind of pivotal point in the character's life, suggesting that from now on she will take life seriously, she will show grit and not give in to easy temptations (like the one that ruined her almost marriage). Occasionally the character acts awkwardly (like bursting in tears, or not knowing how to sweep the floor). I think this is not unlike real life: people do behave awkwardly sometimes, or change their mind, or change their view of the world; all these apply to both main characters in the movie: the German young woman and the former geisha.