简介:Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead. This isn't terribly effective (you have to take a breath once in a while), so the wife of the burgomaster tries to soften up the invaders with a lavish carnival. So successful is this venture that the Spaniards allow the village to escape being decimated, or even taxed. An award-winner many times over, Carnival in Flanders was banned in Germany; evidently, Goebbels caught on that director Jacques Feyder and scenarists Bernard Zimmer and Charles Spaak were drawing deliberate parallels between the Spanish and the then-burgeoning Nazis.
简介:Hallelujah the Hills d’Adolfas Mekas États-Unis 1963 35mm 82’ nb vostf avec Peter Beard, Marty Greenbaum, Sheila Finn, Peggy Steffans, Jerome Hill, Taylor Mead Adolfas Mekas arrive aux États-Unis avec son frère Jonas en 1949. Ils fondent Film Culture, une revue consacrée au cinéma indépendant. Nourri par les films qui l’ont précédé, Adolfas réalise Hallelujah the Hills qui témoigne de cette culture en même temps que d’une immense liberté que l’on retrouvera dans tous les films du New American Cinema. « Tourné suivant le bon vieux principe d’une idée par plan, ses collines embaument de fraîche ingénuité et de gentillesse rusée. L’effort physique y côtoie hardiment le gag intellectuel. On s’émeut et on rit d’un rien un buisson mal cadré, une banane dans la poche, une majorette dans la neige… » Jean-Luc Godard, Les Cahiers du cinéma, 1963 « Créons un territoire à nous, loin de l’Amérique des buildings et des rêves de puissance, dans des forêts laissées vierges par le tout pouvoir. Vivons l’instant et les sensations, les possibles fugues de l’amitié et de nos rêves […]. Revenons aux fonds précieux de nos rêves et de notre culture (du coutumier aux plus grands films en passant par le folklore), à l’origine de la création, au désir qui, seul, motive l’artiste et lui permet de s’affranchir de diverses contraintes, de libérer l’esprit et le corps, au prix de quelques moments d’anarchie, qui sont le gage d’une virginité féconde. Improvisons notre vie et notre cinéma, jusqu’à (en) mourir pour lui. » Frédérique Devaux, « Hallelujah the Hills, Petit traité d’improvisation ludique », livret du DVD édité par Re Voir
简介:Can't say too much without giving crucial elements away. Just saw this at a screening in Boston and thought it was one of the more clever independent films I've seen in the past two years. Any cinema buffs, sci-fi fans, or documentary-lovers would find this a very inventive, well-executed, and highly entertaining piece. It seems like it would be unforgivable of any fan of Werner Herzog's to not see this film. You don't need to be a fan of his films to thoroughly enjoy this doc though. I have never seen one of his films before, but I went right out and rented two of them after seeing this film. Great cinematography, fantastic drama, some laughs, and some pretty terrifying footage that you won't believe you just saw!
简介:Bob and Greta De Jaegher are happily married for 40 years. They can look back on a rich and fulfilled life. Their 2 sons Steve and Carl have a successful life as well. Steve is a talented and recognized film-director and Carl is a promising cook. Steve's wife Billie wrote a bestseller about happiness and wants to start a family with her husband. Brother-in-law Rik, who works at the zoo, tries to pick up his life with his kids, after his wife died two years ago. To mark their 40th wedding anniversary, Bob and Greta organize a family weekend. They want to announce something very important. Their new plans are a sure hit for the family De Jaegher, but that's not the only thing - Wat had to be a cheerful gathering of the family, turns out to be something nobody expected.
简介:In 1990s Scotland, a group of Catholic school girls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
简介:Contemporary Moscow. While riding her bicycle one day, Alyona, a shy librarian, accidentally collides with Liza, a dazzling blonde. When she wakes up in the hospital, she discovers that she and Liza have exchanged bodies.
简介:阿巴贡(路易·德·菲耐斯 Louis de Funès 饰)是个人尽皆知的吝啬鬼,早年丧妻的他带着女儿艾莉丝(Claire Dupray 饰)和儿子克莱昂特(皮埃尔·奥赛达特 Pierre Aussedat 饰)过着平静的生活。靠放高利贷为生的阿巴贡将辛苦赚来的金币埋在了花园里,他将自家花园的地下视为最保险和最安全的所在。 阿巴贡一直在追求一个名叫玛丽安娜(Madeleine Barbulée 饰)的年轻姑娘,没想到玛丽安娜却和克莱昂特两情相悦,两人在花园里幽会的时候被阿巴贡逮了个正着,这让阿巴贡十分气恼。祸不单行,阿巴贡埋在地下的金币失窃了,克莱昂特向父亲承诺他将查出盗窃金币的罪魁祸首,但作为报酬,他必须祝福他与玛丽安娜的爱情。