DIE HÖLLE - INFERNO
Watchable. Class B thrillers are often easy to follow plot-wise and raise your adrenaline level so that you're glued to the screen waiting for further developments. It's one of them. Set in the society outskirts, stereotypically and odiously anti-racist, feminist and condemning: sex violence, paedophilia, Islamic fanatism. At the same time the lead female obligatorily appears topless in an asexual scene. She also has voluntary sex with a total sexist. Worst of all, she gets severely injured now and again and despite that kicks everyone's ass. Ah, when she says she's shattered, it's not convincing.
23. WIOSNA FILMOW (23RD FILM SPRING FESTIVAL)
EN MAN SOM HETER OVE (A MAN CALLED OVE)
Recommended. A beautiful, funny and touching, tale about an annoying man who did what was right all his life. He's rational and acts logically, unlike ordinary people, which upsets others since humans are not rational. Should have won the Oscar instead of "The Salesman".
USTAV REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE (THE CONSTITUTION)
Watchable. A transvestite, his bed-bound legless father and a policeman struggling to memorise the Constitution of Croatia form an unlikely combination for one movie. But it deals with a number of issues with insight and with humour. I didn't really get the Balkan historical and political bits though.
MINDENKI (SING) - to be shown at the upcoming WEGIERSKA WIOSNA FILMOW 2017 (HUNGARIAN FILM SPRING 2017)
Walked out. About primary school children, their choir, obviously singing in child voices, and a teacher bullying the main protagonist.
23. WIOSNA FILMOW (23RD FILM SPRING FESTIVAL)
UNE VIE (A WOMAN'S LIFE)
Walked out. A story about a ruined life of a woman whose first husband and later son get out of hand should be more dynamic. There's hardly any background music and when people talk, it's invariably monotonous. Feels unbearably drowsy.
BITTER HARVEST
Watchable. Weird cinematography - showing Ukraine as picturesque whether during prosperity or famine together with lousy acting make it all look artificial. Shame as it's probably the first feature about the Holodomor - the Soviet-made famine of 1932-1933.
ANA, MON AMOUR
Walked out. A drama about a family so dysfunctional the characters drone on about it over and over again in different configurations.
TESTROL ES LELEKROL (ON BODY AND SOUL)
Recommended. Slow but enchanting. Shown with tact, subtlety and attention to detail. Alexandra Borbely has a rare type of beauty and an equally rare delicate sense of movement. You get bewildered by the suddenly emerged love simultaneously with the couple.
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