Recommended again. I got late to the screening a week ago, much like Donna used to get late all the time, so it was a good pretext to see it again. And it was great pleasure. Beautiful Lily James impersonates young Donna. The three young male actors are extremely talented. Dominic Cooper looks and acts better than 10 years ago i.e. part one. There's a movie reference within the movie as Bill and Harry enact the most famous Titanic scene. Abba tunes are played on Greek instruments. Musicians wear shiny 70s-like stage costumes. Bordeaux acts as Paris, Stockholm makes a cameo too. Comic bits include... weeping after Donna and do so to a hilarious effect. All in all the fairy-tale palette, three rich and handsome princes, each in love, make it totally appealing. And the music stays with you.
TEEFA IN TROUBLE
Recommended. Lollywood (from Lahore) but just like Bollywood. The Pakistani production is on the feminist side - the girl points out a man wouldn't be wed off against his will. The movie changes genres quite a few times. It's hilarious, e.g. when Teefa is caught in the bride's room, he pretends to be ironing and explains he's an "iron man", his mate asks a lady: "Are your nails real or are they like you?" and in a chase sequence the security want to shut the gate, the runaways manage to get out and it's the security staff who end up shut off and have to wait for the gate while it's opening slowly. Teefa is acted by hot Ali Zafar. Great music: both Bollywood-style songs and Western-type background score. The rhythms stay with you. I later relistened to the songs back home.
UZUN HIKAYE (A LONG STORY)
Recommended. Heart-gripping, cheerful on a big part with gentle humour but sad at times too. A life story spanning a few decades of 20th century Turkey, with history in the background. Plenty of well-written, characteristic protagonists and some brilliant lines, e.g "Hiç bilmiyorum." ("I don't know anything.") added at the end of each comment to a situation by one of guys. The story shows how optimism helps resolve several situations. At the same time, the depicted family has to keep moving due to persecution which recurs at each town so it's also kinda road movie and it reminds me of my own 27 place moves. The father is an utterly endearing personality.
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