"Blue Jasmine"

This time I don't really want to write anything about this movie, just to recommend it. Really, go and see it!

I love Cate Blanchett's performance in this drama/comedy. I have to watch it again!

 

 

 

Goro - Ôgon no inu



My today's post about dogs reminded me about this Japanese series that was very popular in my country when I was a girl. It is about Reiko Kitamori from Tokyo and her dog Goro. I am sure if you are around my age and from the Czech Republic you will recognize the song from the YouTube immediately :-)

 

(I hope I have the names right)

 

 

Director: Shigeyuki Yamane
Stars: Koji Tsuruta, Yôko Shimada Isao Natsuyagi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The story of Luke"

I have another movie to report on - "The story of Luke". It is a comedy/drama about Luke, a young man with autism who is determined to get a job and a girlfriend.

It was kind of encouragement for me as I am facing several personal challenges right now myself , as we all do time to time, but nothing that can't be overcome!

Go and see the movie, it is worth it!

 

 

Winner of Best Film at Irvine International Film Festival & San Diego Film Festival, and Audience Awards at Fort Lauderdale Film Festival & Bahamas International Film Festival.

Philomena

This week I saw the movie PHILOMENA which is based on the book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith "The lost Child of Philomena Lee."

It is based on a true story about an elderly Irish woman searching for the 3 year old son she gave up for adoption as teen living in a convent. She meets Martin Sixsmith , a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her lost son.

I love Judi Dench and in this movie I have also seen a completely different performance of Steve Coogan.

Must see!

 

"Hors de Prix"

"Hors de Prix" was translated as "Priceless" and I wanted to blog about this French movie, starring Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh, a long time ago, but kept forgetting. Finally, I remembered today.

 

I had lots of fun watching this movie!

 

 

 

 

 

After Earth ...Fear

I saw a movie the other day "After Earth". I wanted to see it because it is a sci-fi which I like.

 

Unfortunately, I don't think it was that great, so I will not even talk about it, but....there is a moment when Will Smith talks to his son and this is what he says:

"FEAR IS NOT REAL.

THE ONLY PLACE THAT FEAR CAN EXIST IS IN OUR THOUGHTS OF A FUTURE.
IT IS A PRODUCT OF OUR IMAGINATION CAUSING US TO FEAR THINGS THAT DO NOT AT PRESENT, AND MAY NOT EVER, EXIST. THAT IS NEAR INSANITY.
FEAR IS A CHOICE!"

This is the part that I really recall. I think we all face it time to time ...fear. Let's try to remember these words when it happens next time.

"Dschungelkind"

When I lived in Germany, one day I was watching an interesting interview with Sabine Kuegler and learnt about the book she wrote "Dschungelkind".

I read it in German, but as I was trying to search for it on the internet now to find out if there is an English version, I also learnt about a German film adaptation directed by Roland Suso Richter in 2011. I will see if I can find it here in the US.
















So, you can find the book in English as "Jungle Child" ...or "Child Of The Jungle"

It is about her very different childhood as she lived from age 7 to age 17 with her parents and two siblings in the jungle of West Papua with the newly discovered Fayu tribe.

 

I read the book in two days. Amazing true story! I wonder how is the English version.

 

 

 

 
"In 1980 seven-year-old Sabine Kuegler and her family went to live in a remote jungle area of West Papua among the recently discovered Fayu - a tribe untouched by modern civilisation. Her childhood was spent hunting, shooting poisonous spiders with arrows and chewing on pieces of bat-wing in place of gum. She also learns how brutal nature can be - and sees the effect of war and hatred on tribal peoples. After the death of her Fayu-brother, Ohri, Sabine decides to leave the jungle and, aged seventeen, she goes to a boarding school in Switzerland - a traumatic change for a girl who acts and feels like one of the Fayu. 'Fear is something I learnt here' she says. 'In the Lost Valley, with a lost tribe, I was happy. In the rest of the world it was I who was lost.' Here is Sabine Kuegler's remarkable true story of a childhood lived out in the Indonesian jungle, and the struggle to conform to European society that followed" - Amazon.co.uk

Snow Cake

 

This movie was released already in 2007, but I discovered it only now. I am glad I did because I really enjoyed the movie, even though it was kind of a sad story, ...and I always like Alan Rickman's acting, not to mention Sigourney Weaver's performance!

 

LITTLE WHITE LIES - ' Les Petits Mouchoirs '

I have seen another French movie "Little White Lies".

The original French title is Les petits mouchoirs which means 'the small handkerchiefs'. The title of the movie is based on the French expression mettre dans la poche avec le mouchoir par dessus - ' to put something in your pocket covered with your handkerchief ' and means that you want to hide something or don't want to think about it.

 

It is about a group of old friends and how they are dealing with secrets, rivalry, personal problems and conflicts after an accident leaves their friend in the hospital.

 

I enjoyed the movie, but give it some time in the beginning. It is a very long movie and it takes time before you start to understand the story.

 

 

 

THE INTOUCHABLES - 'Intouchables '

This was the best movie I have seen in months. Must see!!!

 

I knew about the movie and was sort of avoiding it for a while because of the topic. I was under impression that it would be a sad movie, about a man who had a terrible accident. Well, his condition is still sad, but what an amazing true story! I loved every minute of the actors' performance. The humour was unforgettable.

I think I enjoyed it even more, because I could follow it in it's original French version, well kind of. I lived in France for a while, but I am forgetting the language and it was an opportunity to practice again.

http://www.theintouchables.com

"An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, The Intouchables has broken box office records in its native France and across Europe. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicap millionaire (Francois Cluzet) and his street smart ex-con caretaker (Omar Sy), The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common."