The first day of Cinéma Nordique.
La chute de l'Union Soviéique (Eestlased Kremlis - NSV Liidu Lagunemise Lugu/ The Inside Story of Moscow's Kremlin. The Collapse of the Sovjet Union) is - as the title indicates - a documentary about the last days of this vast empire, seen from an Estonian perspective. Director Toomas Lepp.
We got to see the former leaders of the former Sovjet Union (Lenin, Stalin, Brezjnev, Gorbatchev, Ieltsin) but also the current Russian leaders Medvedev and Poutin, leaders from the former East block countries and other prominent figures like Lech Walesa.
The story circles around the different factors leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall, including the discussions between Gorbatchev and different leaders in the 'satellite states'.
It was a very interesting documentary and even if the story is well known, I think it shed some light on aspects not so well known to the public.
We got to see the former leaders of the former Sovjet Union (Lenin, Stalin, Brezjnev, Gorbatchev, Ieltsin) but also the current Russian leaders Medvedev and Poutin, leaders from the former East block countries and other prominent figures like Lech Walesa.
The story circles around the different factors leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall, including the discussions between Gorbatchev and different leaders in the 'satellite states'.
It was a very interesting documentary and even if the story is well known, I think it shed some light on aspects not so well known to the public.
Varg (Le Loup/Wolf )is a film by the Swedish director Daniel Alfredsson with Peter Stormare in the leading role.
It tells the story about a loner (lone-wolf) - Klemens (Stormare) - a Sami or Lapp who lives in a small cabin in the forest, having a heard of reindeers, constantly attacked by wolves or a specific wolf.
To help him he has his nephew, Nejla (Robin Lundberg), a young man more attracted by the life in the forest than by school, leading to conflicts between him and his parents.
In the end the attacks by the wolf become to exhaustive and Klemens decide to kill it.
However when hunting down the wolf it's Nejla who finally kills the wolf, leading to conflicts with the society and legal processes towards the two men.
Aesthetically it was a very beautiful film with pictures from the north of Sweden but a story traditionally told with no major surprises, rather predictable in its narrative.
It was however nice to see Stormare in a role where he's not depicting a weirdo (as in many of Coens films) but only an excentric man with ideals of his own.
Dirty Diaries is a collectively made film - said to be Swedish feminist porn - displayed different kind of sexual preferences, mostly with women involved.
I can't say that we found it neither shocking nor provocative but some of the different shorts, that this film consists of, was quite amusing and aesthetically appealing.
We both very much liked the films called 'Skin', 'Dildoman', 'Body Contact'.
For more information click on the link above.
It tells the story about a loner (lone-wolf) - Klemens (Stormare) - a Sami or Lapp who lives in a small cabin in the forest, having a heard of reindeers, constantly attacked by wolves or a specific wolf.
To help him he has his nephew, Nejla (Robin Lundberg), a young man more attracted by the life in the forest than by school, leading to conflicts between him and his parents.
In the end the attacks by the wolf become to exhaustive and Klemens decide to kill it.
However when hunting down the wolf it's Nejla who finally kills the wolf, leading to conflicts with the society and legal processes towards the two men.
Aesthetically it was a very beautiful film with pictures from the north of Sweden but a story traditionally told with no major surprises, rather predictable in its narrative.
It was however nice to see Stormare in a role where he's not depicting a weirdo (as in many of Coens films) but only an excentric man with ideals of his own.
Dirty Diaries is a collectively made film - said to be Swedish feminist porn - displayed different kind of sexual preferences, mostly with women involved.
I can't say that we found it neither shocking nor provocative but some of the different shorts, that this film consists of, was quite amusing and aesthetically appealing.
We both very much liked the films called 'Skin', 'Dildoman', 'Body Contact'.
For more information click on the link above.
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