Gruvarbetaren Han återvänder efter 16 år till sin hemby för att finna sin exfru och dotter. Sjuksköterskan Chen återvänder för att tala med sin make. Deras sökande kompliceras av att byn sedan många år lagts under vatten genom ett dammbygge.
Med Han Sanming, Wang Hong Wei, Zhao Tao
Regi Jia Zhang Ke
onsdag, december 26, 2007
söndag, december 23, 2007
fredag, december 14, 2007
Min bäste vän är död, frid över hans minne och tack för allt Du gav mig.
Natten till den 14 december insåg även jag att min hund inte längre hade ett värdigt liv.
Därför ringde min fru veterinärkliniken direkt när de öppnade kl. 08.00 och vi fick en tid för avlivning kl. 08.30. Den 4 december var jag och min hustru på deras filial i Arninge och vi fick veta att han hade en infektion mellan trampdynorna på högerfoten (bak).
Han hade även gått ner i vikt 2,5 kg under det senaste året och tappat mycket av sin muskelmassa ,trots dagliga promenader av varierande längd.. Han fick en antibiotikakur på tolv dagar samt tid för återbesök och event. avlivning på kliniken i Åkersberga den 10 december. Men redan 5-9 december märkte jag en klar förbättring då även hans nedärvda jaktinstinkt vaknade till liv av den nya medicineringen.
Han fick även sedan tidigare Metacam med 32 enheter, som nu efter ny vägning minskades ner till 29 enheter för att han inte skulle ha ont i sina muskler och leder . Samt Rinexin för sina prostattabesvär.
Han blev döv, hade egendomligt skall, var orolig och skällde även nattetid under sina sista levnadsdagar. Förmodligen led han av en hjärntumör och såg och hörde saker, som ingen annan gjorde. Han ville alltid vara med mig och skällde uppfordrande på hustrun om jag inte var hemma hos honom eller kunde ta med honom i bilen, som han älskade att vakta.
Min bäste vän "Willie" föddes 950703 som "Prince Valiant" hos Teachers kennel på Tyresö, är död, frid över hans minne och tack för allt Du gav mig. Och jag hoppas att vi ses i någon annan livsform i framtiden.
torsdag, december 13, 2007
Or
17-åriga Or vill helst av allt att hennes mor skall sluta gå på gatan. Hon har flera arbeten samtidigt som hon går i skolan och försöker övertyga modern om att överge sitt destruktiva liv. Men mamman är motsträvig och Or vet inte vad hon ska göra.
Med Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen
Regi Keren Yedaya
Ors mother is a recovering drug user and whore. Or takes care of herself and her mother, goes to school, washes dishes at a restaurant, recycles. Or is obsessed with cleaning. Ors mother is not good at cleaning. In fact Or worked out a house cleaning job for her mother but her mother can't hack it and would rather sneak out to work the streets. Eventually johns from the past even visit Ors mother at home. Or deals with her mothers condition at first optimistically, helping her out of her need for self deprivation, but after a while, or can't take it and stops going to school, meets more and more boys who take advantage of her inability to say no, denys the one kid who might have genuinely like her, until finally she too falls into a self destructive cycle.This is an amazing film about the destructive life of a mother and her daughter who tries to help her but in the end cannot bare the weight of such burdensome obligations. Its hopeless and grim. All the technical aspects compliment the mood of the film. The camera takes an objective view by being completely still and having actions happen even if on the boarder of the frame. The naturalistic sound, with no music, increases a kind of uneasiness in the viewer. Furthermore, the long silences, scenes with just a few words and gestures, natural lighting, sometimes under lit, great spaces and scenery surrounding characters on screen work in a way to create a very unique world with a dense psychological complexity. We are simply viewing this world from the window director Keren Yadaya has given us.When this film ended I was left feeling that people are parts of whole systems working continuously but constantly wearing down as time goes on. Where everything is connected, the newer and less worn parts work more efficiently for a short time, taking the work load of those in its proximity. But in the end, every part is eventually going to be overworked, and will become faulty.Yet, despite it's rather dark message this film, and others like it, (mostly, I'm thinking Requiem for a Dream) are not meant to depress people or lead to thoughts of suicide in the dark existence we inhabit. Not at all. Instead, I think films like this are meant to show people how bad things can get, they objectively separate us as viewers from worlds where real people like the ones portrayed might exist, and as viewers we are suppose to more consciously understand the complexity of life and the characters in it. So this being the case, films like these, are odes to life, messages to insight in us living for goodness, away from darkness which the films most immediate layers transmit.This film is not entertainment, it is art at its highest form. I'm glad I have discovered (thanks to a friend) the work of Keren Yedaya. Its artists like this who constantly reform cinema as not just mindless entertainment but truly as a powerful medium for commenting and critiquing the world around us. For that, an 8 out of 10
Med Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen
Regi Keren Yedaya
Ors mother is a recovering drug user and whore. Or takes care of herself and her mother, goes to school, washes dishes at a restaurant, recycles. Or is obsessed with cleaning. Ors mother is not good at cleaning. In fact Or worked out a house cleaning job for her mother but her mother can't hack it and would rather sneak out to work the streets. Eventually johns from the past even visit Ors mother at home. Or deals with her mothers condition at first optimistically, helping her out of her need for self deprivation, but after a while, or can't take it and stops going to school, meets more and more boys who take advantage of her inability to say no, denys the one kid who might have genuinely like her, until finally she too falls into a self destructive cycle.This is an amazing film about the destructive life of a mother and her daughter who tries to help her but in the end cannot bare the weight of such burdensome obligations. Its hopeless and grim. All the technical aspects compliment the mood of the film. The camera takes an objective view by being completely still and having actions happen even if on the boarder of the frame. The naturalistic sound, with no music, increases a kind of uneasiness in the viewer. Furthermore, the long silences, scenes with just a few words and gestures, natural lighting, sometimes under lit, great spaces and scenery surrounding characters on screen work in a way to create a very unique world with a dense psychological complexity. We are simply viewing this world from the window director Keren Yadaya has given us.When this film ended I was left feeling that people are parts of whole systems working continuously but constantly wearing down as time goes on. Where everything is connected, the newer and less worn parts work more efficiently for a short time, taking the work load of those in its proximity. But in the end, every part is eventually going to be overworked, and will become faulty.Yet, despite it's rather dark message this film, and others like it, (mostly, I'm thinking Requiem for a Dream) are not meant to depress people or lead to thoughts of suicide in the dark existence we inhabit. Not at all. Instead, I think films like this are meant to show people how bad things can get, they objectively separate us as viewers from worlds where real people like the ones portrayed might exist, and as viewers we are suppose to more consciously understand the complexity of life and the characters in it. So this being the case, films like these, are odes to life, messages to insight in us living for goodness, away from darkness which the films most immediate layers transmit.This film is not entertainment, it is art at its highest form. I'm glad I have discovered (thanks to a friend) the work of Keren Yedaya. Its artists like this who constantly reform cinema as not just mindless entertainment but truly as a powerful medium for commenting and critiquing the world around us. For that, an 8 out of 10
onsdag, december 12, 2007
Leo
Leo firar sin 30-årsdag. Omgiven av familj och vänner skålar han för framtiden. Men när festen är slut och Leo och hans flickvän vandrar hemåt, händer något som för alltid ska förändra deras liv.
Med Leonard Terfelt, Shahab Salehi, Josef Fares
Regi Josef Fares"
Med Leonard Terfelt, Shahab Salehi, Josef Fares
Regi Josef Fares"
tisdag, december 04, 2007
4 månader, 3 veckor & 2 dagar
Bukarest strax före kommunismens fall. Studentskan Otilia hjälper sin rumskamrat Gabita med en illegal abort. De tar in på hotell där en läkare skall utföra ingreppet, men väl där vägrar abortören - om han inte får sexuella tjänster i utbyte.
Med Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov
Regi Cristian Mungiu"
Med Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov
Regi Cristian Mungiu"
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