Tuesday, April 27, 2010

La stanza del figlio

"Giovanni is a successful psychoanalyst who has to put up with the seemingly endless string of trivial details his patients ramble on about. Yet his family provides a loving and steadfast foundation for his life that can even survive a problem like their son, Andrea, being accused of stealing a rare fossil in school. That foundation is profoundly rocked when Andrea dies in a scuba diving accident. Although the usual arrangements run smoothly, the emotional harm is profound. Giovanni begins to obsessively dwell on the missed chances he had with his son that might have saved his life, even blaming his patients. In addition , his wife is inconsulable and his daughter is becoming anti social in their loss. In the midst of this turmoil, a secret of their son's life is revealed that provides healing in a way they never anticipated."
-Kenneth Crisholm (www.imdb.com)

"The Son's Room (Italian: La stanza del figlio) is a 2001 Italian film directed by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son. It was filmed in and around Ancona, Italy."
-Wikipedia

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Nói albínói

"Nói albínói is an Icelandic film by director Dagur Kári released in 2003. The film explores the life of teenage outsider Nói Kristmundsson (played by Tómas Lemarquis) in a remote fishing village in western Iceland. The film won multiple awards."
-Wikipedia

"Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Iris, a city girl who works in a local gas staion. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control and end in complete failure. Only a natural disaster will shatter Noi's universe and offer him a window into a better world."
-www.imdb.com

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Lola rennt

"Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manny. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manny. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run."
-Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (www.imdb.com)

"The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutsche Mark in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life."
-Wikipedia