Lonely and destitute, Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) leaves
the north of France for his sister's house in Antibes after becoming
the sole guardian of his estranged five-year-old son Sam. When Ali lands
a job as a bouncer in a nearby nightclub, things quickly start to look
up for the itinerant father and son. Then one night, after breaking up a
fight in the club, Ali
meets the radiant Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), and slips her his number
after dropping her off safely at home. Though Stephanie's position on
the high end of the social spectrum makes romance an unlikely prospect
for the pair, a tragic accident at Marineland robs her of her legs, and
finds her reaching out in desperation to Ali. Her spirit broken by the
same tragedy that took her legs, Stephanie gradually finds the courage
to go on living trough transcendent moments spent with Ali -- a man with
precious little pity, but an enormous love of life. ~ Jason Buchanan,
Rovi Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/de_rouille_et_dos_2012/
Sandra (Seydoux) lives in a small apartment in Paris with her eight-year-old daughter. Her parents have long separated, and Sandra regularly visits her father, Georg (Pascal Greggory), an academic whose health has begun to deteriorate. Whilst she and her strong-willed mother (Nicole Garcia) struggle to agree on finding Georg a safe place to live, Sandra unexpectedly reconnects with an old friend, Clément (Melvil Poupaud). A passionate relationship begins to form, but not without repercussions. Hansen-Løve, so finely observant of the small nuances of human interaction, weaves autobiographical elements into this delicate and heartfelt story of familial and romantic connections, and finding strength against challenging odds. Seydoux is radiant as her lead, bringing tremendous warmth and empathy to her role and the film as a whole. Enthusiastically embraced by both critics and audiences as one of the best films of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, ONE FINE MORNING is, ...
Everybody Hates Johan is a Norwegian comedy of charm and wisdom. The setting is a small barren island, far from most other Norwegians. The gross regional product appears to be wind. How the people make a living is a mystery, as we see no fishing boats. The weather has not made everyone kind: in fact, they mostly enjoy baiting each other, especially Johan and his family. By the time Johan is about five, he is an orphan, cared for by his aunt and uncle. His only friend is the girl next door, Solvor. Their love affair will run long but not smooth, through more thick than thin. The adult Johan just adores lighting sticks of dynamite and lobbing them into the nearby bogs. No wonder the neighbours hate him. It’s hard to describe the charm of this small but clamorous film. The beauty of the setting contrasts with the puny side of the people. Nature has not ennobled them. Johan is the constant victim of awful behaviour, which makes sure we are always on his side. The...
Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden -a reasonable, but panicked solution after being belittled and picked on by him for almost 50 years. Suddenly Inkeri realises that burying Tapio is not a solution, and she will be spending the rest of her life in prison. But there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a trip to the Koli National Park. To do that one last ride. So the trip begins, travelling through Finland: charming overly young hitchhikers, cars breaking down, and sinful dancing in restaurants. It’s a journey to confront the past and present where the siblings have to overcome their conflicts and reveal their secrets. During the journey, Inkeri comes across her university writings. Seeing in them a free woman with dreams, that later were suppressed by a patriarchal marriage. In the meantime, Tapio has awoken. He’s not dead. With a sore head he emba...
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