Rather, it is a white humor film, again using the theme of regional idiosyncrasies to entertain us.
At this point in September, our good intentions for the new school year are about to go the way of a Russian dissident and jump out the window. If some of you still have the determination of a Ukrainian to fulfill them, congratulations, but I’m sorry to tell you that today’s premieres are not the prize you deserve (at least you won’t get any new work from the lead actor Jean Luc Godard suffering).
‘La vida padre’ is not a biography of the life of the new Carlos III, but rather a failed Spanish comedy, branch of Basque humor, with Karra Elejalde acting as a transcription of his character in ‘Ocho surnames vascos’ (2014) and all captivating as the amnesiac missing father who returns to the life of his son, who has become a successful cook.
But nobody expects ‘The son of the bride 2.0’ (2004), though there’s also a family restaurant, a son with emotional dysfunction obsessed with his restaurant, a parent with problems in his head and an elusive girl played by Megan Montaner. Rather, it is a white humor film, again using the theme of regional idiosyncrasies to entertain us, but without taking full advantage of a story that is half expressed.
Next up is an American horror with a little bite (it’s about vampires, I fell for the bad joke). In ‘The Invitation’, an abandoned girl goes to meet her only remaining relatives in England, only to discover that they are much more foreboding than expected (and they are not the Windsors).
A fairy tale turned into a vampire nightmare. But neither the first part are we talking about the Brothers Grimm, nor are we dealing with Bram Stoker in the second part. Rather, it is a failed attempt to blend the story of ‘Princess by surprise’ (2001) with the aesthetic of the ‘Twilight’ saga (2008), turning the ending into the closing of ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ (1999). ). You won’t be very scared, but you will have the sinister moral that the desperate search for a family can end very badly.
When the family economy is imbalanced when we buy a melon, it’s time to look back on miracles. That is what the documentary ‘Lourdes’ does, which is not exactly a report about “Street Travelers”. To believers, this work reveals nothing we don’t know (that faith moves mountains), and to non-believers, it will be the cinematic equivalent of the sacred hearts moving their eyes in Chinese shop windows.
This personal story in a few examples of patients seeking something more than their cure has ethnographic importance to some and beneficial to others, but what is undeniable is the beauty of the images. If you allow my own comment, I was a nurse in Lourdes for seven years (they even gave me a medal) and there I learned that the real miracle is that thousands of people sacrifice vacations and money to help people who not only need help, but ask about it. That’s rare in a world where we always have to appear strong and where vulnerability comes at a high price.
In ‘La casa entre los cactus’, Ariadna Gil returns to a leading role, in a somewhat intriguing film about a strange family that grows up far from society, because the parents want to protect their daughters from something, namely the mystery and the movie engine. The unwanted arrival of a guest disturbs the apparent tranquility and will bring out all the poison that contains secrets.
Off-camera, French director Jean Luc Godard, one of the totems of the seventh art, has passed away. A member of the Nouvelle vague, which intellectualized and innovated cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, he made films that marked his time, such as ‘At the End of the Escape’ (1960) or ‘La Chinoise’ (1967). So much for the official biography. The reality is that with his cinema as heavy as light (sorry for the oxymoron), he is one of those who have done the most to combat insomnia in recent decades. His films have remained anchored in another time, decontextualized, so attached to the reality of that idealized world that it is far removed from our fluid reality today. A good old-fashioned filmmaker.
Have a movie week.
Source: La Verdad
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