WORLD CINEMA REVIEWS
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IFFK ’09 Diary-Abbas Kiarostami’s Shirin (2008): Audacious experimentation that’s awesomeNo feature film has ever been made this way. Shirin, the latest work of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami is based on a love myth of Khusrow and Shirin, a literary 12th century love saga of a prince and a young woman named Shirin, a tragic tale cutting across the borders of Persia and Armenia. |
IFFK ‘09 Diary-About Elly (Darbareye Elly) (2009): Crowning the Competition line–upAbout Elly is undoubtedly a major film on show at the 14th IFFK. It is making its Indian Premiere at the IFFK. It has already won the Silver Bear (Best Director) award at Berlin, one of the top three festivals in the world. |
Dubai ’09 Diary-Lola: Heartwrenching tale of Endurance and ForgivenesssLola means grandmother in Tagalog. It’s a tale of two grandmothers Lola Josefa Quimpo (Anita Linda) and Lola Puring Burgos ( Rustica Carpio). Lola Quimpo’s grandson has been mugged and murdered. |
IFFK '09 Diary: Jacques Rivette’s “Around a Small Mountain” (2009)- Deceptively simple cinemaAt the 14th IFFK, many viewers of the 81-year-old French film director Jacques Rivette’s latest work trooped out midway. |
IFFK'09 Diary: Nothing Personal-Amazing tale on solitudePolish director and scriptwriter Urszula Antoniak, currently living in Holland, is someone to watch out for in the future landscape of world cinema if Nothing Personal is an indicator of her talent. |
IFFK -09 Diary: Tomas Alea’s 'The last Supper' (1976)Cuban cinema does not often deal with religion; it is more at home with Leftist ideals. The pro-Communist subjects have obliterated discussion of major works of cinema by Tomas Alea and Humberto Solas by prominent Western film critics. Alea’s 1994 Cuban film Strawberry and Chocolate |
IFFK 09 Diary: Treeless MountainWinner of Best Film at 2008 Dubai Film Festival and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Berlin Film Festival, Korean Director So Yong Kim’s endearing Treeless Mountain (2008) can disarm the most demanding of film viewers. |
A Prophet: Behind the Prison WallsA prison holds dark, hidden secrets, which is only known to its inmates. The French film A Prophet made by Jacques Audiard is a fine attempt at exposing these secrets while bearing in mind the maturity of an international audience. |
