Another Goethe Institute’s initiative which feature German movies shot outside Germany. Tangerine is directed by Irene von Alberti, with Sabrina Ouazani, Nora von Waldstätten. The story is about Pia and Tom and their musician friends who went to Tanger to look for the root of rock and roll. Pia and Tom’s love were falling out, and they encountered a wild local girl, Amira, who wanted to make use of the Germans to get away from her traditional family and go for her dreams.
The movie was boring, the plot was weak, and there was no chemistry between the actors and actresses. The film tried to capture the “exotic” Arabian feel, like Pia wandering the markets and streets aimlessly, which made no sense to the audience. Von Alberti was trying too hard to show how chaotic things are in Morocco, as contrast to the orderliness of the Germans. And the effect was showing to the world how the affluent westerners had nothing better to do but to travel to exotic areas messing up with local people’s lives.
The first movie under Goethe Institute’s German Film Forum Real Life On Screen. Directed by Kai Wessel. With Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens, Monica Bleibtreu. It’s a biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany’s biggest post-war stars.
Both biography movies of divas, to me Hilde is much better than Edith Piaf. The film is more coherent in terms of the portrayal of the ups and downs of her career, as well as the changing political scene in Germany that affects her life. Heike Makatsch’s perforamance is most impressive.
Fell in love with song Für mich soll’s rote Rosen regnen (quoted part of the clip of Heike Makatsch’s singing in the movie below)
Directed by Emmanuel Mouret. With Emmanuel Mouret, Judith Godrèche, Déborah François.
A french love comedy about a couple trying to cheat on one another. Frankly speaking the plot is not very original and feels somewhat like the 80s Hong Kong comedies. But anyway, it’s a nice past time.
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, starring Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring. It’s a story about a ballerina who’s torn between love and her dance career.
The reproduced version was amazing. The colours are so rich that it’s really a treat to the eyes. The story is simple and there are ample ballet scenes which are not boring at all. My only criticism is Marius Goring, he’s too old to portary “a young man” (he’s 36 when he shot the movie).
Another Goethe Institute’s initiative which feature German movies shot outside Germany. Tangerine is directed by Irene von Alberti, with Sabrina Ouazani, Nora von Waldstätten. The story is about Pia and Tom and their musician friends who went to Tanger to look for the root of rock and roll. Pia and Tom’s love were falling out, and they encountered a wild local girl, Amira, who wanted to make use of the Germans to get away from her traditional family and go for her dreams.
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