I like them so much because they are different from American film!
I mean that it is a little more realistic. The people in the foreign movies behave like people would behave in real life. If they are in love, that is what you see, no game playing no nothing. If they are in a fight, there are no heroics, just a fight like how real people would fight, with bloody noses and hurt arms and legs.
If people are angry in the street, they show that they are angry. None of this...'I don't want a confrontation' thing.....So far I liked Big Girls Don't Cry (German), and Dirty Pretty Things (English).
I want to talk about Pornografia (which is NOTHING like the name implies), Pretty Devils, and Read My Lips.
Pornographia is a Polish film and I liked it a lot except for the fact that the main characters were so unrelatable....to the real world. It's set in WWII and I just think its very unrealistic for old men to be gossiping and nosey and weird, unless it's because they were in such close quarters and bored. But whatever, I like the cinematography and the scenery and the women in the movie. It's not my favorite of all the ones I have seen though.
Pretty Devils is a French Film and INSANELY good. OMgoodness. Olivia Bonamy, Axelle Ade-Pasdeloup and Audrey Tautou are amazing in this. Olivia was also in Read my Lips as well. The story in this film was great, the acting was great, the location and cinematography is wonderful. The end was great. I loved everything about this.
Read My Lips is also a French film. Everybody knows I love Vincent Cassell. Now I adore him for his work in this movie. GAWWWDDDDDD, this movie was terrific! Vincent Cassell and Emmanuelle Devos are great together. Since she is 'sort of deaf' in the movie, there is one scene where she actually has a big emotional upwelling (you have to see for yourself) just from reading Vincent's lips....This movie is a must see! It's a drama, not a romance. I can't give anything away. Just click the links and read the review.
I alsmost forgot to add the French Film He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not. Audrey again stars and with Samuel Le Bihan. I love it because they show the film in the eyes of two people. Half the film is her version and half is his, so you can see where the miscommunication may begin. Everything is just so clear in these films.....I really liked in the beginning when they hint (Pas du Tout!).
Hugs M
Thursday, March 09, 2006
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