РІВЕНЬ ЧОРНОГО ( BLACK LEVEL)
Watchable. Appears to be a sequence of scenes from the life of a wedding dress photographer. Without words, just like "Plemya" ("The Tribe") but not that emotional or shocking. Soothing rather. The actor in the lead role is excellent, especially in the dance scene.СТРІМГОЛОВ (FALLING)
Watchable. The story of three young people, each of them trying to build a relation ship, gets a Ukrainian twist when the guy gets drafted to the army. That is even if the girl's dreams of emigrating to Berlin weren't Ukrainian enough. The German protagonist remarks that "Ukrainians live in the past" which sounds to me much like half the Poles do.
NIGHT FILM MARATHON - NIGHT OF HORROR
I skipped "Suspiria" and "Ghost Stories" which I had seen in the past and saw only:
THE DARK
Watchable. Drags but the story's less ordinary than a usual horror. The ending's cheerful but baffling since it's inconsistent with the plot.
INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND
Watchable. The best movie of the night, the most dynamic so the rubbish bits are less rubbish. And it has a serious undertone of captives running into the fantasy realm to avoid facing the truth.
UKRAINA! FILM FESTIVAL
ДЕЛЬТА (DELTA)
Watchable. A tranquil documentary about a riverside village. The same drunks reappear a couple of times but different types of snow and ice look appealing and dogs play on the ice.
ШЛЯХЕТННИ ВОЛОЦЮГИ (NOBLE TRAMPS)
Recommended. Fantastic acting. How did they find such a multitude of talents? An amazingly smartly scripted old-style Lviv comedy. With apt music, including "Tylko we Lwowie" song. Shot on location in Lviv, only Africa was shot in... Kiev.
Piotr Szygalski conducted the meeting with the director and one of actors with humour, much in place, after a comedy. The director is concerned about sales because investment in marketing should be as high as in the movie. Here it's far lower. Well, we'll see if the word of the mouth of many satisfied viewers will suffice.
KOLY PADAYUT DEREVA/КОЛИ ПАДАЮТЬ ДЕРЕВА (WHEN THE TREES FALL)
Watchable. After the meeting I got to this screening half an hour late. From the remaining hour of the film I can say that the gangster and social premise is quite standard but the girl's agony when she marries an unloved boring man after "her bandit's" death just breaks your heart. The magical world of the little girl is lovely, with quality CGIs and the girl acts like a pro.
ШЛЯХЕТННИ ВОЛОЦЮГИ (NOBLE TRAMPS)
Recommended. Fantastic acting. How did they find such a multitude of talents? An amazingly smartly scripted old-style Lviv comedy. With apt music, including "Tylko we Lwowie" song. Shot on location in Lviv, only Africa was shot in... Kiev.
Piotr Szygalski conducted the meeting with the director and one of actors with humour, much in place, after a comedy. The director is concerned about sales because investment in marketing should be as high as in the movie. Here it's far lower. Well, we'll see if the word of the mouth of many satisfied viewers will suffice.
KOLY PADAYUT DEREVA/КОЛИ ПАДАЮТЬ ДЕРЕВА (WHEN THE TREES FALL)
Watchable. After the meeting I got to this screening half an hour late. From the remaining hour of the film I can say that the gangster and social premise is quite standard but the girl's agony when she marries an unloved boring man after "her bandit's" death just breaks your heart. The magical world of the little girl is lovely, with quality CGIs and the girl acts like a pro.
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