Mesečnik - Maj 2014

V preteklem mesecu se je nabralo kar nekaj solidnih filmov, ki jih nisem uspel predstaviti v daljšem zapisu. Zato bi s tega majskega seznama posebej omenil naslednje naslove: novo stvaritev Xavierja Dolana Tom At The Farm, turški Jin, ameriški dokumentarec Best Kept Secret, južnokorejsko neodvisno dramo The Weight, filipinsko akcijsko kriminalko On the Job in mali britanski zf-triler The Machine.

Tom à la ferme [Tom At The Farm] (2013)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  102'  ,  Imdb

Režija: Xavier Dolan

Igrajo:  Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy

Ocena:  +3

Slo recenzija: -

Sinopsis (eng):

A grieving man meets his lover's family, who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation.

Vic+Flo Ont Vu Un Ours [Vic+FloSaw a Bear] (2013)

Slo naslov: Vic in Flo sta zagledali medveda

Dolžina:  95 ',  Imdb

Režija: Denis Côté

Igrajo:  Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-André Grondin

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija: -

Sinopsis (eng):

Vic + Flow Saw a Bear is a darkly mysterious tale of lesbian two ex-cons, Victoria and Florence, trying to make a new life in the backwoods of Quebec. Seeking peace and quite, the couple the slowly begin to feel under siege as Vic's probation office keeps unexpectedly popping up and a strange woman in the neighborhood soon turns out to be an increasingly menacing shadow from Flo's past.

La casa del fin de los tiempos [The House Of The End Times] (2013)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  97',  Imdb

Režija: Alejandro Hidalgo

Igrajo:  Rosmel Bustamante, Adriana Calzadilla, Gonzalo Cubero

Ocena:  +2

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

Dulce is a mother who has encounters with apparitions in her old house, where it unleashes a terrible prophecy. Thirty years later, turned into an old woman, she returns home to unravel the mystery and tragedy that has tantalized her.

Free to Play (2014)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  75' ,  Imdb

Režija: Benedict Lim

Igrajo:  Benedict Lim, Danil Ishutin, Clinton Loomis

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija: -

Sinopsis (eng):

Follow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.

My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  98' ,  Imdb

Režija: Sean Garrity

Igrajo:  Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Sarah Manninen

Ocena: +2

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

To win back his ex-girlfriend, a conservative accountant enlists the help of an exotic dancer to guide him on a quest for sexual experience, leading him into a world of strip clubs, sensual massage parlors, cross-dressing and S & M.

Jin (2013)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 122' ,  Imdb

Režija: Reha Erdem

Igrajo:  Deniz Hasgüler, Onur Ünsal, Yildirim Simsek

Ocena: +3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

Jîn is something of a Red Riding Hood, a 17-year-old girl determined to live, to participate in life no matter what it takes; and to this end she finds herself battling her way bravely through dark forests.

We Steal Secrets The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)  

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  130' ,  Imdb

Režija: Alex Gibney

Igrajo:  Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, Chelsea Manning

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

Hermano (2010)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 97'  ,  Imdb

Režija: Marcel Rasquin

Igrajo:  Fernando Moreno, Eliú Armas, Alí Rondón

Ocena:  3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

Two young men who have been raised as brothers look to their soccer skills as a way of getting out of their slum. While a scout is in town, an act of violence threatens to tear them apart.

La Vénus À La Fourrure [Venus In Fur] (2013)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 96'  ,  Imdb

Režija: Roman Polanski

Igrajo: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija: -

Sinopsis (eng):

An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.

Best Kept Secret (2013)  

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 85' ,  Imdb

Režija: Samantha Buck

Igrajo:  Alyce Barnhardt, Carla Byrd, Johnson Green

Ocena:  +3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs, ranging from those on the autism spectrum to those with multiple disabilities. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate in the spring of 2012, they will leave the security of the public school system forever.

Boven is het stil [It's All So Quiet] (2013)  

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 93' ,  Imdb

Režija: Nanouk Leopold

Igrajo:  Jeroen Willems, Henri Garcin, Wim Opbrouck

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija: -

Sinopsis (eng):

A middle aged farmer, living with his old and bedridden father, tries to find truth in life.

The Weight (2012)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 107' ,  Imdb

Režija: Jeon Kyu-Hwan

Igrajo:  Cho Jae-Hyun, Park Ji-A, Lee Joon-Hyuk

Ocena:  +3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

The Weight, portrays the life of Jung(Cho Jae-Huyn) who grew up as an orphan and was adopted into a family of only a mother and a son. Jung is now a hunchback man due to scoliosis and is a live-in mortician taking care of corpses in the most eerie manner.

Dodookdeul [The Thieves] (2012)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 135' ,  Imdb

Režija: Choi Dong-Hun

Igrajo:  Kim Yun-Seok, Lee Jung-Jae, Kim Hye-Soo

Ocena: +2

Slo recenzija: -  

Sinopsis (eng):

In order to let things cool down from their latest heist, Popeye and his group of thieves go to Macau on a job. But the mastermind behind this job is none other than Popeye's old partner Macau Park, who escaped with 68kg of gold several years ago on their last job together.

Insensibles (2012)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 100' ,  Imdb

Režija: Juan Carlos Medina

Igrajo:  Àlex Brendemühl, Tómas Lemarquis, Ilias Stothart

Ocena: +2

Slo recenzija: -  

Sinopsis (eng):

Set in Catalonia, Painless weaves two stories: in one, starting during the Spanish Civil War and running through to the '60s, an asylum attempts to rehabilitate children who feel no pain, by teaching them physical suffering.

Sorg og glaede [Sorrow and Joy] (2013)  

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 107' ,  Imdb

Režija: Nils Malmros

Igrajo:  Jakob Cedergren, Helle Fagralid, Ida Dwinger

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija: -

Sinopsis (eng):

In SORROW AND JOY filmmaker Johannes and his wife, schoolteacher Signe, experience the biggest sorrow and misfortune one can ever imagine. Nevertheless, in all the hopelessness they must try to reach for mutual and mature love in order to continue life after death.

The Gatekeepers (2012)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  101' ,  Imdb

Režija: Dror Moreh

Igrajo:  Ami Ayalon, Avraham Shalom, Avi Dichter

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.

On the Job (2013)

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  121' ,  Imdb

Režija: Erik Matti

Igrajo:  Joel Torre, Gerald Anderson, Piolo Pascual

Ocena: +3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

Filipino crime thriller inspired by a real-life scandal in which prison inmates are temporarily released from prison to work as contract killers on behalf of politicians and high ranking military officials.

The Machine (2013)   

Slo naslov:  -

Dolžina:  91'  ,  Imdb

Režija: Caradog W. James

Igrajo:  Caity Lotz, Denis Lawson, Toby Stephens

Ocena:  +3

Slo recenzija:  Filmoljub

Sinopsis (eng):

Two artificial intelligence engineers come together as they work to create the first ever self-aware artificial intelligence. A veteran AI engineer secretly hopes to develop technology to help his diseased daughter, even if it means funding comes from the powerful Ministry of Defense (MoD).

Nor'easter (2012)   

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina:  86'  ,  Imdb

Režija: Andrew Brotzman

Igrajo:  David Call, Richard Bekins, Liam Aiken

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

When an abducted boy mysteriously returns to his island home, a young priest discovers how far he must go to keep a secret.

Periferic [Outbound] (2010)

Slo naslov:  -

Dolžina: 87'  ,  Imdb

Režija:  Bogdan George Apetri

Igrajo:  Ana Ularu, Andi Vasluianu, Ioana Flora

Ocena:  -3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

A drama about a woman who seems able to overcome everything for freedom, except for her past mistakes.

Kuma (2012)  

Slo naslov: -

Dolžina: 93' ,  Imdb

Režija: Umut Dag

Igrajo:  Nihal G. Koldas, Begüm Akkaya, Vedat Erincin

Ocena: 3

Slo recenzija:  -

Sinopsis (eng):

Ayse, a beautiful 19-year-old girl from the Turkish countryside, is chosen to be married to the handsome Hasan, son of formidable and house-proud mother Fatma, who resides in Vienna with her husband and six children.