Tag Archives: inspired by true events

love and Resistance (film: Lucie Aubrac – Claude Berri, 1997)

When ‘Lucie Aubrac‘, Claude Berri‘s 1997 film, was made, the story of Resistance and love at the heart of the film was already more than half a century old history, but its main characters were still alive. Lucie and Raymond … Continue reading

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identity games (film: Hit Man – Richard Linklater, 2023)

I always look forward to the films of Richard Linklater, whom I consider one of the most interesting American filmmakers. His films manage to bring to the screens novel landscapes of American reality and characters that involve their viewers. His … Continue reading

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at the edge of Europe (film: As bestas – Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2022)

Rodrigo Sorogoyen is one of the Spanish film directors that I follow and particularly appreciate. Several of his successful films in the last decade have been political thrillers set in urban settings. ‘As bestas‘ (‘The Beasts’) is apparently a very … Continue reading

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Goya pays the television fees (film: The Duke – Roger Michell, 2020)

‘The Duke‘ (2020) is one of those films whose fate was influenced by the pandemic. Filming was finished before the isolation periods and the film managed to premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which that year took place in a … Continue reading

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the song of ww2 and the woman behind it (film: Lili Marleen – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder always made movies as if he knew his was on borrowed time. Many of the 44 films made by him in his 16-year career represent searches, experiments, attempts to express himself as an artist in the most … Continue reading

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radiography of chaos (film: Libertate – Tudor Giurgiu, 2023)

Romanian cinema, like a significant part of the Romanian society, is still obsessed with the events of December 1989, which led to the fall of communism. Romania was the last country among the former allies of the USSR in which … Continue reading

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