expresso

expresso
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a coffee would go down well right now but i dont want to move from where i am photo by me

Gluttony V2 - The Lighter Side of the Seven Deadly Sins

Gluttony V2 - The Lighter Side of the Seven Deadly Sins
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12 mean: i love you "Audi Festival of German films" 12 heißt: Ich liebe dich

i cant wait for it to start it is showing at the palace cinema como. and like the french film festival i dont undrstand french i dont know german at all. but it shold be good. will be going to see in on the 24th of april 2009 cant wait :D will post a blog after i see it and let you know if it was good or not. here is a little information about the film:



Based on a true story, this controversial, award-winning drama examines the love affair of an accused spy and her Stasi (East German secret police) interrogator. Arrested in 1984 for providing intelligence to the West, Bettina Kramer (Claudia Michelsen) is questioned daily for 6 months by young Stasi officer Jan Kohlfeld (Devid Striesow). Against all odds, and at considerable danger to both, they fall in love and communicate through a secret code devised by Bettina: 11 means ‘you are beautiful’, 12 means ‘I love you’. Years later, after the collapse of the GDR and Bettina’s deportation, she begins a search for Jan. Exploring territory similar to the Oscar-winner “The Lives of Others”, “12 Means: I Love You” is a powerful study of love, guilt and redemption.
Connie Walther was born in Darmstadt in 1962 and studied Sociology and Spanish before switching over to Photography. After gathering experience as a lighting gaffer and production and directing assistant, she studied at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin and landed her first success with her graduation film “Das erste Mal “(1996), which was named Best Graduation Film from a German film academy in that year. Since then, she has demonstrated her talents with various genres and formats. Her films include (among others): “Boersday Blues” (short, 1992), “Der Clown II“(TV, 1997), “Tic Tac Toe” (TV documentary, 1998), “Never Mind the Wall” (“Wie Feuer und Flamme”, 2001), “Ei in Japan” (documentary, 2005), “Mord in aller Unschuld” (TV, 2006) and “Long Shadows” (“Schattenwelt”, 2008).

beheading, directly ahead

beheading, directly ahead
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the name say's it all

FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2009 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA MARCH

the alliance french film festival 2009 "Des Poupées et des Anges"

this was the first movie i went to see at the french film festival. if you want a good drama art house movie this is the one. this movie is so sad and it makes you think. three sister all so very different, come from a poor family, an a abusive father and a mother who loves her family and will do anything to keep them together.
Here is a little information i got on the movie:

Dolls and Angels

Based on her own award-winning novel, director Nora Hamdi’s Dolls And Angels is a heart-rending story of sisters from a torn Franco-Arab family, fighting to get out from under the thumb of their abusive father.Fashion-obsessed Chirine (Karina Testa), 18, tomboy Lya (Leïla Bekhti), 16, and young Inès (Dalia Serradj), 7, are three sisters who live in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris. Since Chirine’s maturation into a beautiful young woman, her father no longer speaks to her. Indeed, within the family, Lya is the only one brave enough to stand up to this increasingly domineering and violent man. A happy future seems to lie ahead for Chirine when she meets Alex (Gianni Giardinelli), a modelling agent who promises a successful career. But soon enough, Chirine realises she may be about to fall into a prostitution ring...Caught between the suburbs and the capital, love and violence, through their everyday lives, Chirine and Lya try to find their place as women in a world in which humanity tries to survive. This impressive cast of newcomers will win your heart, with Leïla Bekhti emerging as the breakout star

the alliance french film festival 2009 "Faubourg 36"

i went to see this movie last month and it was amazing. i cant speak french but it was so easy to follow the movie. here is some information on the movie:

FIVE CESAR NOMINATIONS!Best Director, Score, Production Design, Costume Design, Cinematography

2009's Opening Night selection is a treat for the eyes and the ears - a lush, heart-warming and hugely entertaining musical comedy directed with flair by Christophe Barratier (Les Choristes).It’s 1936. Blum is in power, workers are striking and the weight of the Depression is hitting hard. While such matters might normally seem unimportant to Germain, the stage manager of a small theatre in the Faubourg district, the chaos of the city has had a huge impact on him - his wife has left and taken custody of their son, and unscrupulous local entrepreneur Galapiat has closed his failing theatre. With the help of his friends, idealist Milou and flawed comedian Jacky, Germain strikes a deal with Galapait, and sets about returning the theatre to its glory days. But their line-up of amateur cabaret and half-baked comedy looks decidedly lacklustre until the beautiful ingénue Douce walks into the auditions… the stage is set!A fabulous reminder of the power of community and the romance of the theatre, Paris 36 is pure delight.