Wednesday 2 December 2020

ARTEKINO FESTIVAL ONLINE

This online screening of 10 European films translated into 10 languages is available in 45 countries free of charge till the end of the year. Not all 10 are available everywhere though. Poland, for one, has 9 that can be viewed.

GIMTINE (MOTHERLAND)

Switched off. The Lithuanian feature tells about a family settling some mundane legal matters. Only lawyers can be possibly interested.

LESSONS OF LOVE

Watchable. The Italian movie is another mundane story but without red tape. Superficial and stereotypical. A bit unpleasant: ugly people, an ugly village. The relationship is between a fat cow breeder and a stripper. Good music but just occasional.

LESSONS OF LOVE DIRECTOR Q&A

The director told the actress to act the stripper as if she was detached from her body and the dance was just automatic - that first helped the actress, then she realized that was actually the character.

Both films were too quiet and had too small subtitles to allow watching form a distance. But the screenings went smoothly.

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