Inferno (2014)

Angleški naslov: Inferno

Država: Slovenija

Leto: 2014

Dolžina: 113',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama

Slo recenzija: Mladina, Ekran, Pogledi

Režija: Vinko Möderndorfer

Scenarij: Vinko Möderndorfer

Igrajo: Marko Mandić, Medea Novak, Marko Bukvič, Lara Volavšek, Renato Jenček, Jernej Šugman, Jana Zupančič

[SLO]

Zaradi neizprosne gospodarske krize mlada družina ostane brez službe, ob grožnjah z deložacijo, grozeči revščini in neusmiljeni aroganci kapitalistov, pa se zdi edino upanje vsesplošna stavka in protesti, ki bi morali predramiti anemično ljudstvo. Toda kot se izkaže, je glavno vodilo večine vpletenih predvsem preračunljivo koristoljubje, zato revni in zapostavljeni ljudje ostanejo brez vsega, kar začne uničevati tudi njihove intimne in čustvene odnose. 

V ospredju je mlada brezposelna delavska družina in njihov vsakdanji boj za preživetje. Kot vsaka običajna evropska družina hoče in zmore preživeti zgolj z delom svojih rok. Njihovo življenje se je zaradi globalne krize znašlo v slepi ulici. Vse kaže, da ni izhoda. Da se posameznik ne more boriti proti krivici, proti nesreči, proti nevidni oblasti kapitala. (vir: kolosej.si)

[ENG]

Tragedy doesn't come any more Dickensian in tone or Shakespearian in scope than this dark social drama of the disintegration of a little family of four. A series of small debts triggers the swift domino effect that unleashes chaos on a well-meaning working class dad who has the bad judgment to speak truth to power.

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Fargo (2014– ) Season 2

Slo naslov: Fargo

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 10x53' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Krimi, Drama  

Slo recenzija: Radio Študent (Andreja Štepec)

Avtor: Noah Hawley

Igrajo: Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Zahn McClarnon, Jean Smart, Ted Danson, Jeffrey Donovan

[ENG]

Fargo is an American black comedy–crime drama anthology television series created and primarily written by Noah Hawley. The show is inspired by the 1996 film of the same name written and directed by the Coen brothers, who serve as executive producers on the series. It premiered on April 15, 2014, on FX. Each season follows an anthology format, being set in a different era along with a different story, cast, and set of characters.

The first season, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, and Martin Freeman, was met with considerable acclaim. It won the Emmy Awards for Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Directing andOutstanding Casting, and received fifteen additional nominations including Outstanding Writing, another Outstanding Directing nomination, and acting nominations for Thornton, Tolman, Hanks, and Freeman. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film for its first season as well as Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Thornton.

On July 21, 2014, FX renewed Fargo for a ten-episode second season, which premiered on October 12, 2015, and stars Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Jean Smart, and Ted Danson. On November 23, 2015, FX renewed Fargo for a third season, to premiere in spring 2017. (via Wikipedia)

[RT Critics Consensus]

Season two of Fargo retains all the elements that made the series an award-winning hit, successfully delivering another stellar saga powered by fascinating characters, cheeky cynicism, and just a touch of the absurd.

[Komentar]

Tudi v drgem poskusu vrhunsko. Vse je tu: super liki, izvrstni dialogi, zanimiva zgodba, subtekst, glasba, odlična igralska zasedba ... Nujen ogled. 

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Nie yin niang [The Assassin] (2015)

Drugi naslovi: The Assassin
Slo naslov: Morilka

Država: Tajvan, Kitajska

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 105',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama

Slo recenzija: Mladina

Režija: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Scenarij:Xing Pei, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu Tien-wen

Igrajo: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ethan Juan, Nikki Hsin-ying Hsie

[SLO]

Kitajska, 9. stoletje. Desetletno generalovo hčer Nie Yinniang ugrabi nuna, jo uvede v svet borilnih veščin in jo prelevi v izjemno morilko, ki mora opraviti s krutimi in skorumpiranimi lokalnimi glavarji. Ko ji nekega dne pri eni izmed nalog spodleti, jo pošljejo nazaj h gospodarici v rojstno deželo z ukazom, da mora ubiti moškega, ki mu je bila obljubljena - bratranca, ki zdaj vodi največjo vojaško regijo na severnem Kitajskem. Po trinajstih letih azila se mora dekle soočiti s svojimi starši, spomini in potlačenimi občutki, predvsem pa se mora odločiti, ali bo žrtvovala moškega, ki ga ljubi, ali pa bo za vedno zavila s poti pravice iščočih morilcev. (vir:www.liffe.si)

"Vedno sem na strani žensk. Njihov svet, njihova duša se mi od vedno zdela veliko bolj zanimiva od moške. Ženske so bolj rahločutne in kompleksnejše razmišljajo, njihov odnos do stvarnosti me privlači. Lahko bi rekli, da so ženska čustva izostrena in precej vznemirljiva, moški pa razmišljajo razumsko in so precej dolgočasni. Poleg tega se ženska celovitost pri vsaki zelo razlikuje. /.../ Neodvisnost, odločnost, samota. Mislim, da so to tri lastnosti mojih ženskih likov." (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

[ENG]

Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien presenting the story of an assassin during the Chinese Tang Dynasty. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award. 

9th century China. 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings. She must choose to either sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. 

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Kurnaz - Fünf Jahre Leben [Five Years] (2013)

Drugi naslovi: Five Years

Slo naslov: Pet let

Država: Nemčija, Francija

Leto: 2013

Dolžina: 95',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama  

Slo recenzija: - 

Režija: Stefan Schaller

Scenarij: Stefan Schaller

Igrajo: Sascha Alexander Gersak, Ben Miles, Marc Hodapp,  Tayfun Bademsoy, Burak Yigit

[SLO]

Resnična zgodba o Nemcu turškega rodu Muratu Kurnazu, po krivici zaprtem v zloglasni ječi za politične obsojence v Guantánamu – enem najstrašnejših zaporov na svetu, kjer goli boj za preživetje zahteva skoraj nadčloveške napore.

Nemec turškega rodu Murat Kurnaz je bil od leta 2001 do leta 2006 zaprt v ameriških jetniških taboriščih v Afganistanu ter v kubanskem zalivu Guantánamo Bay. Kot mladi, komaj 19-letni spreobrnjenec v islam je bil na verskem romanju v Pakistan, ko so ga aretirali zaradi suma terorizma. Film temelji na resničnih dogodkih in pripoveduje njegovo zgodbo: kako so ga mučili in nepretrgoma zasliševali v neusmiljenem zaporu v Guantánamu. Zgodba se osredotoča na odnos med Kurnazom in njegovim ameriškim zasliševalcem Gailom Holfordom, ki skuša pridobiti njegovo zaupanje, da bi Kurnaz priznal očitana dejanja, medtem ko se nadaljuje fizično in psihološko mučenje. Potrebni sta železna volja in neomajnost, da bi v takih okoliščinah Kurnaz lahko ohranil prepričanje o lastni nedolžnosti. (Vir: www.hbo.si)

[ENG]

How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.

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Taxi (2015)

Drugi naslovi: Jafar Panahi's Taxi 

Slo naslov: Taksi

Država: Iran

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 82' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Drama 

Slo recenzija: Mladina, MMC RTV SLO

Režija: Jafar Panahi

Scenarij: Jafar Panahi

Igrajo: Jafar Panahi, Hana Saidi, Nasrin Sotoudeh

[SLO]

[Opis]

Jafar Panahi kljub uradni prepovedi snemanja najde način, kako gledalce popeljati po ulicah Teherana. Zlati medved letošnjega berlinskega filmskega festivala.

Rumeni taksi vozi po živahnih in barvitih ulicah Teherana. Različni potniki vstopajo in izstopajo, vsak izmed njih pa se odkrito izpove o svojih pogledih na sodobni Iran. Njihov izpraševalec je nihče drug kot režiser Jafar Panahi. Filmar je majhno kamero namestil na armaturno ploščo avtomobila; v svojem mobilnem filmskem studiu skuša med komičnimi in dramatičnimi dogodki ujeti duha iranske družbe. (vir: www.liffe.si)

"Sem filmski ustvarjalec. Ničesar drugega ne znam kot snemati filme. Kinematografija je moj izraz in smisel mojega življenja. Nič mi ne more preprečiti ustvarjanja filmov. Ko sem potisnjen v kot, se povežem s svojo najglobljo notranjostjo. V tem najintimnejšem svetu, navkljub vsem omejitvam, nuja po ustvarjanju postane celo bolj goreča. V ospredje postavim idejo Filma kot Umetnosti. Zato moram še naprej snemati filme pod vsakršnimi pogoji, da umetnosti izkažem spoštovanje in se počutim živega." (Jafar Panahi)

[Festivali, nagrade]

2015, Berlin (zlati medved, nagrada FIPRESCI)

2015, Hongkong

2015, Sydney 

2015, Buenos Aires

[ENG]

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

Director's Statement:

I’m a filmmaker. I can’t do anything else but make films. Cinema is my expression and the meaning of my life. Nothing can prevent me from making films. Because when I'm pushed into the furthest corners I connect with my inner self. And in such private spaces, despite all limitations, the necessity to create becomes even more of an urge. Cinema as an Art becomes my main preoccupation. That is the reason why I have to continue making films under any circumstances to pay my respects and feel alive.

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Sin-ui Hansu [The Divine Move] (2014)

Drugi naslovi: The Divine Move

Slo naslov: -

Država: J. Koreja

Leto: 2014

Dolžina: 118',  Imdb

Žanri: Krimi, Drama  

Slo recenzija: - 

Režija: Jo Bum-Gu

Scenarij: Yoo Sung-Hyub

Igrajo: Jung Woo-Sung, Lee Beom-Soo, Ahn Sung-Ki, Kim In-Kwon, Lee Si-Young 

[ENG]

Professional baduk player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his seven-year sentence, he gets in touch with his brother's former associate "Tricks," hermit and blind master player "The Lord," and skillful junkyard owner Mok-su; together, they begin formulating a plan to get back at Sal-soo and his men. Tae-seok slowly penetrates Sal-soo's inner circle and his gambling joint, and eliminates Sal-soo's men one by one. But Sal-soo discovers Tae-seok's true identity and engages him in one final game that will seal the fates of the two men involved.

[Notes]

Movie title "Shinui Han Soo" ("God's One Move") refers to a winning move in the board game of "Baduk" (known in the West as "Go"), when the opponent is unable to counter and loses.

[Festivals]

2015, 33rd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 

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Szabadesés [Free Fall] (2014)

Drugi naslovi: Free Fall

Slo naslov: Prosti pad

Država: Madžarska, J. Koreja, Francija

Leto: 2014 

Dolžina: 80',  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Drama  

Slo recenzija: MAF 

Režija: György Pálfi

Scenarij: György Pálfi, Zsófia Ruttkay

Igrajo: Piroska Molnár, Miklós Benedek, Tamás Jordán, Ferenc Lakos, Linda Rubesch, Lilla Gogolák, Krisztina Jankovics , Edit Kocsisné Birkás, Géza Kiss

[SLO]

[Zgodba]

Skok s strehe zanikrnega stanovanjskega bloka v Budimpešti odstre duhovit in nadrealističen kolaž utrinkov iz nenavadnega življenja navadnih ljudi.

"Kakšen čaj bi? Metinega imava," vpraša starejša ženska svojega brezvoljnega moža. Nato se vzpne na streho stanovanjskega bloka, v katerem živita, nekaj časa zre v večerno nebo nad Budimpešto in ... skoči. Med padanjem ujame utrinke iz življenja nekaterih prebivalcev bloka, v katerih režiser s slikovitimi prizori, pestro paleto nenavadnih značajev in s poigravanjem različnih žanrov vedno znova postavlja pod vprašaj pojem "normalnosti" v današnjem svetu. (vir: www.liffe.si) 

"Absurd, groteska in humor se mi zdijo zelo pomembni. Občinstvu sem moral pokazati močne vizualne prvine. V Prostem padu se nihče ne želi ukvarjati z vprašanjem, zakaj to počnemo, kaj pa scenarij, kako so liki zasnovani in v katero smer se bodo razvijali. Zato sem lahko ustvaril eksperimentalni film o dekonstrukciji običajne zgradbe igranega celovečerca." (György Pálfi)

[Festivali, nagrade]

• 2014, Karlovi Vari - Najboljši režiser, posebna nagrada žirije, Label Europa Cinemas
• 2014, LIFFe
• 2014, London Film Festival

[ENG]

Seven floors, seven identically built apartments yet completely different worlds. Seven situations, seven different stories that are nevertheless tied together by thousand strings. They are absurd, often times mysterious mocking glasses of reality as we know it. Like images of an exhibition, these stories are authentic per se, created in different styles and genres, thus told in different ways. It is exactly this diversity that organizes these stories into one peculiar tale.

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Court (2014)

Slo naslov: -

Država: Indija

Leto: 2014

Dolžina: 116' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Drama  

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Chaitanya Tamhane

Scenarij: Chaitanya Tamhane

Igrajo: Vira Sathidar, Usha Bane, Vivek Gomber, Pradeep Joshi, Shirish Pawar, Geetanjali Kulkarni 

[ENG]

[Sinopsis]

Chaitanya Tamhane's Court is a quietly devastating, absurdist portrait of injustice, caste prejudice, and venal politics in contemporary India. An elderly folk singer and grassroots organizer, dubbed the "people's poet," is arrested on a trumped-up charge of inciting a sewage worker to commit suicide. His trial is a ridiculous and harrowing display of institutional incompetence, with endless procedural delays, coached witnesses for the prosecution, and obsessive privileging of arcane colonial law over reason and mercy. What truly distinguishes Court, however, is Tamhane's brilliant ensemble cast of professional and nonprofessional actors; his affecting mixture of comedy and tragedy; and his naturalist approach to his characters and to Indian society as a whole, rich with complexity and contradiction. (C) Zeitgeist

[About]

Court is a 2014 Indian courtroom drama film, written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane in his directorial debut. Featuring a cast of newcomers, the film examines the Indian legal system through the trial of an ageing folk singer at a Sessions Court in Mumbai.

Court premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014, where it won the Best Film in the Horizons category and the Luigi De Laurentiis (Lion Of The Future) award for Tamhane. Jay Weissberg of Variety described the film as "an impressive debut that flays alive India’s judicial system thanks to an intelligent, superbly understated script." The film went on to win 18 other awards at film festivals, including honours at the Mumbai, Vienna, Antalya, and Singapore film festivals. In 2015, the film won the Best Feature Film award at the 62nd National Film Awards, which honoured films released in 2014.

Court theatrically released in India on 17 April 2015. The film was selected as India's official submission for the 88th Annual Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category but it was not nominated.

[Festivals, awards]

• 2014, 71st Venice International Film Festival (Orizzonti) - Best Film award, Luigi De Laurentiis Award
• 2014, 16th Mumbai Film Festival - Golden Gateway of India for Best Film, Silver Gateway of India - Best Director
• 2015, India's official entry for the Academy Awards-2016

                    

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The Danish Girl (2015)

Slo naslov: Dansko dekle

Država: VB, ZDA, Belgija

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 119' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Biografija, Drama, Romantični

Slo recenzija: MMC RTV SLO, Mladina, Siol

Režija: Tom Hooper

Scenarij: Lucinda Coxon, David Ebershoff (knjiga)

Igrajo: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts

[SLO]

[ZGodba]

Režiser z oskarji nagrajenih filmov Kraljev govor in Nesrečniki predstavlja ljubezensko zgodbo o resničnem danskem slikarskem paru Lili Elbe in Gerde Wegener. Nekega dne se Gerda odloči moža Einarja narisati v ženski obleki, vendar mu je nova podoba mladenke Lili tako domača, da se par odloči pozabavati iz prijateljev na zabavi. Einar v preobleki Lili pritegne zanimanje postavnega Henrika, kar v Einarju predrami povsem nepoznane občutke. V iskanju svoje prave identitete želi Einar opraviti prvo operacijsko spremembo spola v zgodovini, negotovo razmerje z ženo pa še dodatno oteži prihod šarmantnega trgovca z umetninami Axgila.

Zakonca Wegener spoznamo leta 1926 v slikovitem Kopenhagnu. Tam Einar (Eddie Redmayne) kot krajinski slikar uživa pomemben status v umetniških krogih, medtem ko se njegova žena Gerda (Alicia Vikander) s svojimi portreti uglednih državljanov še vedno uveljavlja. Par je sicer srečno poročen, njun zakon je ljubeč in močen, vseeno pa se jima popolna zasebna in poslovna blaginja nekoliko izmikata.

Nekega dne povsem nedolžna prošnja sproži usoden preobrat. Da bi pravočasno dokončala portret, Gerda zaprosi svojega moža, naj si nadene obleko in ji pozira namesto ženskega modela. Ta izkušnja spremeni vse, saj Einar v trenutku začuti, da se je globoko v njem nekaj premaknilo oziroma prebudilo. Ko zakonca nadaljujeta igro in Einarjev alter ego Lili odpeljeta v javnost, se njegovi občutki le še stopnjujejo.

Kmalu se Einar vse pogosteje obrača k Lili – tako v oblačenju in gestikulaciji kot tudi v razmišljanju. Čeprav moževo početje Gerdo vznemirja in skrbi, istočasno spozna, da je Lili postala njena muza. Sprožila je tisto kreativno iskrico, ki je Gerdi vseskozi manjkala za preboj med umetniško elito.

Ker zakonca naletita na neodobravanje družbe, svojo domovino zamenjata za bolj avantgarden Pariz. Tam Gerdina kariera vzcveti, njun zakon pa z veliko mero napora in bolečine prehaja v drugačno obliko. Lili na njeni poti transseksualne ženske čakajo neštete ovire, a končni cilj bo lažje dosegljiv zaradi Gerdine resnično brezmejne podpore. Z vzajemno pomočjo in ljubeznijo bosta zakonca našla pogum, da se oba preobrazita vsak v svoj pravi jaz, ki ga nosita globoko v srcu. (Vir: www.kolosej.si)

[Nagrade]

2016, Oskar - 4 nominacije
2016, Zlati globus - 3 nominacije

[Komentar]

Edina vrednost filma je še ena osupljiva transformacija Eddieja Redmayna. Vse ostalo bo hitro šlo v pozabo. In če iščete sorodno stvaritev, v kateri lahko dejansko uživate, predlagam Tangerine, najnovejši film Seana Bakerja.

[ENG]

Copenhagen, 1926. Danish artist, Gerda Wegener, painted her own husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), as a lady in her painting. When the painting gained popularity, Einar started to change his appearance into a female appearance and named himself Lili Elbe. With his feminism passion and Gerda's support, Einar - or Elbe - attempted one of the first male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, a decision that turned into a massive change for their marriage, that Gerda realized her own husband is no longer a man or the person she married before. A childhood friend of Einar, art-dealer Hans Axgil (Matthias Schoenaerts), shows up and starts a complex love triangle with the couple.

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Das ewige Leben [Life Eternal] (2015)

Drugi naslovi: Life Eternal

Slo naslov: -

Država: Avstrija

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 123',  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Krimi, Triler  

Slo recenzija: - 

Režija: Wolfgang Murnberger

Scenarij: Josef Hader, Wolfgang Murnberger, Wolf Haas

Igrajo: Josef Hader, Tobias Moretti, Nora von Waldstätten, Roland Düringer, Christopher Schärf

[Story]

After many years away, ex-cop Brenner returns to Graz where he grew up. He's in for a tough confrontation with his former girlfriend, his old friends and a dark secret from the past fraught with consequences.

One friend, Köck, is even pleased to see him. A short time later he is dead and Brenner wakes up in the hospital with a bullet hole in his head and no memory of what happened. The chief of police seems to know something, the female doctor taking care of Brenner is suspiciously nice and very protective, while his old friends turn out to be different than he expected. In Graz, everyone knows more about you than you know yourself. With no hope of help, Brenner begins his private investigation.

[About Wolfgang Murnberger]

Austrian director and screenwriter. Born in 1960 in Wiener Neustadt. He studied directing, screenwriting and editing at the Vienna Film Academy. His graduation film 'Himmel oder Hölle' (1991) won awards both at home and abroad. His second feature 'Ich gelobe' (1994) was a box-office success in Austria. His feature film 'Come Sweet Death' (2000) based on the novel by Wolf Haas made him also popular beyond Austria - the dark-humoured thriller became one of the highest-grossing films since 1981. In 2004 he presented the sequel 'Silentium' which was even more successful. His third adaptation of a Wolf Haas novel, 'The Bone Man', was screened at the WFF in 2009. 'Life Eternal' is his latest film. (source: wff.pl)

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