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Fiona (Fiona Gordon) is a lean, clumsy Canadian, a kind of "Aunt Horse". She lives in a small snow-covered town in the mountains of Canada, works as a librarian. At some point, Fiona receives a letter from her aunt Martha (Emmanuelle Riva), who has lived in Paris for the past forty-eight years. Attached to the letter is a note stating that the postman found this letter in a garbage can next to the mailbox and considered it necessary to send it anyway.
Martha writes that social services want to send her to a nursing home under the pretext that she, they say, cannot take care of herself. And it's funny, Martha says, because she's only eighty-eight years old. In short, Martha asks Fiona to fly to Paris to help her fight off social services.
Fiona packs up a hefty backpack and flies to Paris - she has always dreamed of visiting Paris. But there she has a rather difficult time: Fiona hardly speaks French, and in Paris very few people speak English. At the same time, Martha does not open the door and does not answer Fiona's phone calls.
And then, as a result of a small fall in the Seine, Fiona loses both her backpack with all the money and documents, and her phone, so the situation becomes extremely difficult.
The backpack falls into the hands of Dominic (Dominic Abel) - a cute klochar who lives in a tent right under the Statue of Liberty. Dominic is terribly happy about the find: there are things, and a rather large amount of money. Now Dominic will be able to dress up and throw himself a sumptuous dinner at a restaurant on the water. Fiona will come to eat at the same restaurant.
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Belgian Dominique Abel and Canadian Fiona Gordon met in Paris: they both studied at the theater studio of Jacques Lecoq. They created a creative tandem: they wrote scripts for their performances and toured different countries, they also staged several short films together. In 1987, the couple officially got married.
In 2005, Dominique and Fiona, in collaboration with director Bruno Romy, shot a feature-length film "Iceberg" according to their script, and they played the main roles in the film. The picture was well received, after which Dominic, Fiona and Romy shot two more films: "Rumba" and "Fairy", for which they also wrote the script and in which they played the main roles.
"Miracles in Paris" (original title translates as "Barefoot Paris") is the first film that Dominique and Fiona shot without Bruno Romy. They traditionally played the main roles, and the role of Aunt Martha was performed by the legendary French actress Emmanuelle Riva. Unfortunately, Emmanuelle Riva did not live to see the release of the film: she died in her ninetieth year, two months before the release of the picture.
Also in one of the episodes of the picture, Pierre Richard appears: he plays an old friend of Martha Norman, with whom she danced more than forty years ago.
I did not know anything about the films of this tandem, but about "Miracles in Paris" I saw a mention in a friend's Facebook feed, where the picture was recommended as a Franco-Belgian arthouse. Well, arthouse and arthouse are different, and from time to time I want to see something non-standard, because you get pretty tired of all this mainstream endless stamping, I want to break the stereotype.
So, that there will be a breakdown of the stereotype - it became clear literally in the second minute, when the postman who brought the letter to Fiona was fighting a blizzard to close the door, and people in the room were taking the "gone with the wind" posture.
Well, then a specific shizuha went: awkward Fiona with her ridiculous huge red backpack, with which she goes through the entire film, except for a period of short separation, cool clochard Dominic, who will fall in love with Fiona, and she will have little chance of getting rid of Dominic, Aunt Martha , who pulled off a clever combination to get rid of the guardianship authorities, the funeral of Aunt Martha, the scattering of Martha and Dominic's ashes, Fiona, Dominic and Martha's walks in the Eiffel Tower, again scattering Martha's ashes - in this sequence.
All this was filmed very, very unusual, the style is somewhat reminiscent of old silent comedies, although the film is sound and the characters from time to time talk and even make speeches. It has a lot of bright colors, and Fiona and Dominic are two color spots of the two main characters: Fiona in green, Dominic in yellow.
Fiona's dance with Dominic in a floating restaurant, when they first met, was absolutely gorgeous, I then watched it a couple of times. Dominic's inspiring speech at Aunt Martha's funeral, where he began for health and ended for some reason for peace, fits well into the atmosphere of the slight madness that reigns in this film.
The older generation, in the person of Pierre Richard and Emmanuel Riva, also flashed with the dance - it is true, it was a dance of only legs, but it was invented and staged absolutely wonderfully, just an episode of Chaplin level!
The scattering of Aunt Martha's ashes, on the one hand, brought to mind a similar episode from The Bolshoi Lebowski, but here everything was decided in a completely original way and in its own way, and it also turned out to be an excellent episode.
The picture is very unusual, surely not everyone will like it. I think that ninety percent of people who tried to watch it just out of interest will stop watching it somewhere in the tenth or fifteenth minute, because they are simply not used to such a cinema language. And I really like the atmosphere of a kind of kinoshizuha, and the shizuha is fun, not confused. Of the more or less similar in style cinema - my favorite is "In a still whirlpool" by Bruno Dumont, although that film is much more black-funny.
Here everything is more fun and romantic. And that the main characters are two complete freaks, well, that's great, because, firstly, Fiona and Dominica are charming freaks, and secondly, freaks have a right to happiness, don't they?
But be careful. If you suddenly, for some strange reason, like this film, then there is a danger of getting hooked on the work of this couple: for example, I will definitely watch "Rumba" now, and I will also try "Iceberg" if I find it.
PS Now the question is: where to get it, if suddenly something (and it was not released in the license, that's why I am writing)? There is here and here the same quality with the same polyphonic voover. The translation seems to be quite decent, and the text there is simple.
The film is a masterpiece - just an arthouse of a healthy person! Thanks for the tip and the review. The dance scenes noted in it are just class - that with Richard on the bench, that tango in a floating restaurant, they danced a really honest real tango there! And by the way, the music in the film is all matched with good taste and to the place, but the tango theme is played out there again - at the beginning of the film, when Dominic walks on the Seine embankment, the background is played by the milonga El Esquinazo D'Arienzo, and oddly enough, also in the theme. It will be necessary now to get acquainted with the work of this reckless, in a good way, couple. π
I "met" this couple from the movie "Fairy" - a drop dead good, but infinitely crazy movie, and what kind of dances, philosophy and people who are absolutely suitable for each other! Then I went to Wikipedia, found their "Rumba", now I will watch this film. Thanks for the tip! PS Purely my association, probably, but these films are very consonant with the Bi-2 video "My Love", where there are a couple of such lovely flies in the middle of a garbage can of people.
Alex, thanks! An excellent film, with pleasure yesterday my wife and I watched on your tip, under a bottle of wine.It turns out that there are normal people in France π And yes, I found it perfectly on ivi, and completely free of charge, that is, for nothing
Thanks for the tip! π And then I found a movie on the Internet with an ugly sound.
Has anyone watched Happy Season 2? Worth it?
I still can't get myself together, although I'm delighted with the first season. But in general they scold me, and I don't want to spoil the impression.
By and large, for the second time, like many "second seasons", but it is quite possible to look at the continuation of history purely.
Alex, how about Counterpart season 2? Something I decided to go through the series that you reviewed earlier and whose 1 seasons I watched with pleasure on your recommendation.)
They also scold, and I don't want to spoil the impression of the first season yet π
The second season of The Double? Pretty decent, in fact, JK Simmons keeps on burning. The backstory alone of all this parallel-world parsley is worth it. And the plot twist in the finale is simply gorgeous.
Looked at the time, made an impression.
interesting cinematography. I agree with the parameters.
and I will also try "Iceberg" if I find it. ======================================= "Iceberg", Alex, you can easily find him worth seeing. "Miracles in Paris" I have not yet looked (because I just read about it from you), but according to the style description it is a one-to-one "Iceberg".
I haven't watched the film, but downloaded it for the dance scene. Wow, a real slave Argentine tango in the film, not a fake staging.
I haven't watched the film, but downloaded it for the dance scene. Wow, a real slave Argentine tango in the film, not a fake staging. The screenshot also intrigued me. We'll have to take a look.
I haven't watched the film, but downloaded it for the dance scene. Wow, a real slave Argentine tango in the film, not a fake staging.
They are awesome, I love them for a very long time. They work in the best traditions of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Be sure to watch the rest of their films, they are few and they are all wonderful and crazy.
Thank you for the tip, special thanks for the "where to get if that", and yes, "Rumba" must be watched!
At the cinema, there was still a "Fairy" (La fee) in decent quality, only πUpdate is not distributed, it is available on the root tracker.
A bit off topic. I stumbled upon it, it turns out there are original film adaptations of Tom Sharpe, Wilt and "The Spread at Pokerhouse". So I think, be disappointed, or just look. Removed, it seems, solely for domestic consumption.
Wilt is generally very cinematic, in theory.
Alex, have you watched the most schizoid film in my memory "Foam of the Days" (by the way, Audrey Tautou and Omar Si play there)? www.kinopoisk.ru
I have not looked, I will have to try.
An excellent film, but the novel by Boris Vian, on which he was actually shot, is even more freaky.
Awesome movie! π
but the novel by Boris VianVow, I still remember how in my youth it was simply blown away from it. It was something completely different than all the literature that I had read before
but Boris Vian's novel
Oh, is it really Vian ?! Thanks for the tip!
Thank you so much for the recommendation. Just watched "Foam Days". Amazing and most original movie I have ever seen.
It's funny, judging by the description, we love French light shizu, you have to look, merci side! E. Riva in the last century π
E.Riva in the last century πUnreal beauty.
E. Riva in the last century π
Exactly.
Emmanuelle Riva was nominated for an Oscar several years ago. In Russian-language reviews and forecasts, critics wrote that of all the nominees, she is objectively the most worthy, but the Oscar will receive the mainstream favorite of predictions Jennifer Lawrence for "My boyfriend is crazy." For, firstly, the film itself and Lawrence are actively lobbied by the producer of "Psycho" Harvey Weinstein, and secondly, the critics will not give an Oscar to an elderly French woman unknown to the American viewer. Actually, that's how it happened.
but an Oscar will go to mainstream prediction favorite Jennifer Lawrence for "My Boyfriend Is Crazy." For firstly, the film itself and Lawrence are actively lobbied by the producer of "Psycho" Harvey Weinstein Regardless of the Oscar and the competition for him, Lawrence in "My Boyfriend is Crazy" is really good - I saw her just there for the first time and she impressed me very much.
but an Oscar will go to mainstream prediction favorite Jennifer Lawrence for "My Boyfriend Is Crazy." For firstly, the film itself and Lawrence are actively lobbied by the producer of "Psycho" Harvey Weinstein
Here! At last! πAlex, a few years ago in a letter I asked you to remind me of a film where at the beginning of his girlfriend comes to the hotel. I then forgot its name and the names of these two authors and could not find it in any way. You could not help me then. But I knew that sooner or later this movie would pop up! It was the film Fairy, shot by the same couple. Absolutely mind-blowing, take a look. I also looked at the iceberg, it is also excellent.
Alex, if you've watched, isn't it like the British TV series "The end of the f *** ing world"?
I haven't watched it, I'll have to try.
By the way, a good series. Came out on Netflix, but very English in spirit, at least the first season. Well, so as not to get up twice, remember "I don't like it." Also Netflix, starring Sophia Lillis and Wyeth Oliff. Those who lacked these two in "It" will be glad.
Yes, I'm Not Okey With This is very cool.
The end of the f *** ing world "The first season was great, but the second is secondary π
The end of the f *** ing world "
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so this film is on Kinopoisk by subscription in HD quality. Like Rumba ...