AFRYKAMERA
PRISME (PRISM)
Walked out. A trite film that takes itself seriously. Not only is the Belgian documentary philosophical, it's awfully shallow and full of cliches. They're attempting to rediscover colonialism years after all's been said already. They're also imagining problems like the one with rendering the colour of black skin. And many shots are protracted so you're bored even when they aren't rabbiting on.
LE BLEU DU CAFTAN / القفطان ازرق (THE BLUE CAFTAN)
Watchable. A beautiful, subtle love story, partly straight, partly gay, set in the medina of Casablanca. Hot young عيوب ميسوري (Ayoub Missioui) as an apprentice, a middle-aged tailor of gentle demeanour and his cheeky wife form a peculiar triangle but love blossoms. Her body distorted by a surgical operation is a bit disturbing. But you can admire intricate embroidery and fabrics which will survive those who wear them and enjoy pleasant Arabic tunes. The music at the funeral surrounds you.
ГУЛЛІВЕР ПОВЕРТАЄТЬСЯ (GULLIVER RETURNS)
Watchable. Based on the idea of and co-scripted by Володимир Зеленський (Volodymyr Zelenskyy), this variation of Jonathan Swift's tale is pleasant, brimming with adventure and political hints, even in the Polish translation. As usual in Poland, it's dubbed in Polish, though, this time, a Ukrainian version was screened in some cinemas as well. It's fun, especially the king who "doesn't think, he just knows" and Гуллівер's (Gulliver's) companion mouse - cute and smart. However creatively the Liliput land has been built and however entertaining some lines are, e.g.: "Ciemny lud to kupi" ("The dim-witted public will buy it") - a quote from the Polish Prime Minister, the whole message, about greatness being irrelevant of one's size and of respect to women, is run-of-the-mill. Which doesn't change the fact I loved the mouse eating documentation imagining it was gouda.
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