Reviews by fernando

(Mu) Simple but thoughtful family drama of fahter that dissapears ruining family appearances. Quick flashbacks, the sons and wife thoughts are the theme; the absence is more important than the father. Versatile Sen...

(Mu) Zanussi's good confused stubborn insecure tender guy; fighting against corruption (that's a strong theme nicley touch), hiding in math probabilities (the end is superb) and literally and metaphorically in the edge, dreaming of the Humalaya, woandering in real Bombay...

(Mu) Subtle, long live and remote country, just some momentos and details that defines all. A short shot of main characters looking so handsome in the mirror (we don't see the mirror, we are the mirror), she touching his ankle, he grudging becuase of his unfulfilled desires...

(Mu) Semi autobiographical, they say, and its common in socialist fiml industries that the director is a egotisical prick sohowig its negotiation between liberties and censorship. The brilliant the negotiation is the brillian the results could be. Too many characters and July is so cold beong supossedly passionate...

(Usb) Berman's multilayer or multiverse, no kidding, film located in Faro, in a romantic comedy vein not bergmanian at all. Landscape fill the film where action flops and viceversa

(MU) Strange autobiography of 'young' Oliveiras in his seventies; just told visiting his stranged house, and talking to the camera, almos reading his thought on moral and religion an common sense...

(Mu) Pascale Ogier character is all: affirmative, audacious, experimental, loving, caring, egotistical, impossible with his boyfriend, so tolerant with Octave (Lucchini); moving when loses his love for wanting everything at a time. Moralist in a playful degree

(Mu) Great Resnais, neat and experimental, effective, moving, playfull, theoretical in Laborit's explanation of characters in each story. Depardieu is dramatic almost tragic in his suicide attempt, Nicole is passionate...

(OK) Maybe Hawk's first masterpiece, he redefines gangster film with as much intention as action; some scenes and ideas are dated (as Raft´s coin), but characters are always moving, specially Ann Dvoray and yeah Raft...Muni is startling

(Mu) A ghost of a man as great beginning, a story that reusmes recent history of Poland (as Wajda's films, specially 'Sin anestesia'), a liberated but too hunted by guilt woman, a stubborn political prisoner, al old doubtful lawyer...