Charming, subtle, funny, evocative and interesting characters. No Hollywood here, just a simple, but touching, story told through they eyes of a people and a culture that are alien to most of us. No trite sentimentality, nor appeal to national pride, nor play on insecurities of good and evil. The film and the story progress at the right pace for the time and place they are supposed to convey. If Proust appeals to you then this film is worth watching. You don't get the sense that the actors are acting which add an authentic feel to the movie. Nothing is 'enhanced' by sound or music or special effects which perfectly fits the setting. I highly recommend this film.
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(I) (2009)
An awful movie that missed the real tragedy of a self-indulgent boy
28 February 2011
In accordance with our prevalent culture, this movie portrays a 17-year old boy who is hell-bent on re-uniting with the 'love of his life', whom he met when he was 'younger' (13-15!). His self-indulgence is testament to our culture of me,me me. You'd expect that from a boy his age but when he meets his 'elderly', played by his swimming coach, one expects some maturity and wisdom in advising the boy of his ill-conceived, misplaced love for someone who he really knew. Especially that the coach himself was going through a divorce. Instead we get this resigned, almost admiring, complicity in aiding this lost boy find his imaginary love. After all, love is all that we seek these days, it is an end in and of itself. The age of Romanticism still rages on fanned up by a Hollywood culture that keeps us all clinging to our moral lowest common denominator.
House of Fools
(2002)
Excellent movie; befitting our time
15 July 2006
I watched this movie on 7/14/06 with the Middle east ablaze and the Bush Administration still spouting their tired nonsense about democracy while Palestinians are slaughtered by the scores. Folks, the only language we, homosapiens, understand is force. Northern Ireland, Palestine, Chechnya and on and on. Might makes right and the rest is fluff. The movie is not so much, at least I don't think so, a commentary on the war on Chechnya as much as it is on human follies. For those of us who have known the wrath of a woman the scene after the newly-wed husband leaves and she stabs his pictures with a broken glass is so frontal-lobe. And then the silence when he returns! A master piece indeed! Perhaps the moral of the story is that might IS right and love insane! Enjoy.
Um Filme Falado
(2003)
Flat, boring and utter rubbish. Don't waste your time
8 February 2006
This movie lacks in every aspect. It is neither entertaining nor educating nor funny nor scenic nor factual. Don't waste your time. It has no plot line other than subliminal smear on the Arabs. Acting was stiff and transparent. The leading actress truly embodied snobism and lacked realism. It was boring, badly shot, uninspiring and totally flat. If there was any less than a rating of 1 it would have deservedly earned it. Nothing good can be uttered about that movie other than thank goodness it ended. The scene at the dinner table, with the 3 ladies, in the ship was so lame and meaningless and a cheap emotional commercialism nonsense was added to it with the little girl being there among childless women.
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