Tag Archives: coproductions

strangled legality (film: Kurak Günler – Emin Alper, 2022)

‘Kurak Günler‘ (‘Dry Days’, the English distribution title – inaccurately translated – is ‘Burning Days‘) is the fourth feature film by Turkish director Emin Alper, one of the young and brave directors who continue to make films in Turkey (some … Continue reading

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a well-polished nun (film: La religieuse – Guillaume Nicloux, 2013)

Guillaume Nicloux, the director of this 2013 version of the film ‘La religieuse‘ was born in 1966, that is exactly the year that the film of the same name made by Jacques Rivette, starring Anna Karina, premiered at the Cannes … Continue reading

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fantasy on the Nile (film: Death on the Nile – Kenneth Branagh, 2022)

I think that Kenneth Branagh understood something important about Agatha Christie when he started the series of films with Hercule Poirot as the hero, in which ‘Death on the Nile‘ (a much delayed 2022 release) is the second film. Agatha … Continue reading

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a very special tale of survival (film: Persian Lessons – Vadim Perelman, 2020)

‘Persian Lessons‘ is one of the most surprising films I’ve seen lately. It is an international co-production made by studios in Russia, Germany and Belarus. Director Vadim Perelman was born in Ukraine and lives and works in Canada and the … Continue reading

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‘you are so different’ (film: Drum cu tata / Die Reise mit Vater – Anca Miruna Lazarescu, 2016)

‘That Trip We Took with Dad‘ (the Romanian title is ‘La drum cu tata‘, the German title is ‘Die Reise mit Vater‘) is Anca Miruna Lăzărescu‘s 2016 debut feature film. The director was born in Romania but has lived in … Continue reading

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Alain Delon between social and existentialist drama (film: La prima notte di quiete – Valerio Zurlini, 1972)

‘La prima notte di quiete‘, the 1972 film by Valerio Zurlini , has three different titles. It was released on the English speaking market as ‘Indian Summer‘, a title that has an explanation somewhere in the film, but has little … Continue reading

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Bollywood, refugees and European trip movie (Film: The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir – Dhanush, 2018)

The intentions are good, the combination of styles is interesting, but the result is disappointing. Bringing to screen a novel by French author Romain Puértolas ,’The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir‘, directed by Ken Scott tells the story of an Indian conman … Continue reading

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