Poland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill th... Read allPoland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires.Poland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires.
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Priest Andrzej: Is love the thing that drives us? What does love give us? Love is harder than what you hear here, on a Sunday mass. It's not an easy Sunday stroll...
- ConnectionsReferences The Thorn Birds (1983)
- SoundtracksI Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Written by George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam
Produced by Narada Michael Walden
Performed by Whitney Houston
What I liked. The cinematography of Oleg Mutu, creator of the visual style of the films of directors such as Cristian Mungiu, envelops the whole film in an atmosphere of standardized geometric gray, in which the colors and feelings of the characters struggle to be perceived. The structure of the film is symmetrical, four life stories of four women, with an exceptional scene in the middle of the film, which those who will see it will not forget for a long time, neither aesthetically nor emotionally. The changes that take place around are hinted at by fragments of news from that fractal year in the history of Poland and Eastern Europe which was 1990. The narrative structure is non-linear, consisting of several time loops that together compose the film's message. The acting interpretations, especially of the four main characters are very good, within the limits of the conception and the directorial indications.
What I liked less. The directorial approach is cold and the four stories are repeated in similar terms and attitudes. The result is more routine than emotional amplification. We can understand the lack of communication and emotional paralysis of one or the other of the heroines, but all four act similarly and assume in an illogical way the wrong decisions, sometimes with tragic consequences. I'm far from an opponent of nudity on screen, but in this case the use of nudity seemed excessive to me. Each of the four heroines is exposed nude several times, and perhaps just in a third of them nudity would be justified. I assume that the director wanted to express in this way the feelings of liberation experienced by the heroines, as well as their internal tensions and vulnerabilities in the unhappy relationships they live. But I doubt the film would have looked the same if it had been directed by a woman. The heroines of 'United States of Love' enjoy very little love if at all. Freedom does not bring them happiness. The first thing to learn or re-learn after liberation is to live and decide what to do with your own life.
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- aşk Birleşik Devletleri
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- $222,482
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1