Basically a modern-day, Italian adaptation of "Hamlet", but told from the point of view of a very young boy.
July 7, 2009
The Physics Of Water (2009) **
Basically a modern-day, Italian adaptation of "Hamlet", but told from the point of view of a very young boy.
Winter Silence (2009) *
Probably inspired by Carlos Reygadas' ''Stille licht'', but nowhere near as good. Set in a remote mountain hamlet, it's a story about Christian religious faith and pagan sexual desires.
General Nil (2009) **
The martyrdom of a Polish general - a hero of the resistence against the Nazis is arrested and executed by the Communists after the war.
Metastaze (2009) **
Average film about petty drug smugglers. A coproduction between Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia.
3 Idiots (2009) ***
General - zamach na Gibraltarze (2009) *
Historical drama about the last days of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces during World War II. According to history, he died in a plane crash in Gibraltar. But according to this film, he was murdered there on the orders of the British governor. It's basically a Polish "JFK", but the conspiracy theory presented isn't very convincing, as it seem to include the Soviets, the British and anti-Sikorski Poles - a very unlikely coalition. In fact, the only reason many Poles opposed Sikorski was because he was perceived as being insufficiently anti-Soviet. To suggest that those Polish opponents of Sikorski would conspire with the Soviets (and the British) to kill him, is completely illogical.
Drzazgi (2009) **
Tragic and romantic film about love, ambition and many other problems. Set in a drab mining town in southern Poland, it's a depressing, but well directed, social drama. Interesting narrative structure.
La Teta asustada (2009) *
Dreadful Peruvian film about a very strange girl who puts a potato inside her vagina to avoid being raped. Inexplicably, it won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Three Houses (2009) *
Georgian drama in three parts, set in three different centuries, connected by the same painting.
Caja negra (2009) **
Interesting Mexican film about the preparations for an assassination of a political leader.
The Faceless Dead (2009) **
Japanese detective story about a mysterious woman who steals the identities of other people.
Counterfeit (2009) **
Interesting Japanese film about counterfeiters, set shortly after WWII. Based on a true story.
Dukot (2009) *
Shocking film from the Philippines. The story concerns left-wing activists kidnapped by the military pretending to be Communist guerrillas. Based on a true story.
Andrés no quiere dormir la siesta (2009) *
Argentinian film about set during the military dictatorship in 1977, told from the point of view of a little boy.
Ulzhan (2009) *
Boring road movie set in Kazakhstan. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff ("The Tin Drum").
Ajami (2009) **
Complex Israeli crime movie that mixes Mideast politics and apolitical criminality in a tragic conundrum. The plot is very ingenious, but the film lacks style.
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