Monday, April 21, 2014
MOVIE REVIEW ARCHIVE The Dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges, original French)
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| Directed by | Erick Zonca |
| Written by | Erick Zonca |
| Starring | Élodie Bouchez Natacha Régnier |
| Music by | Yann Tiersen |
| Cinematography | Agnès Godard Dominique Le Rigoleur |
| Release dates | May, 1998 |
| Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Story
The film is about two working class women, Isa and Marie. Isa is a drifter and searching for a lover she had met during the summer. When she realizes that her search for him is futile and turns elsewhere she meets Marie, who lives in a small French town near Lille. The two young women instantly find a connection as they both have been treated harshly by life and are living from day to day in short-time jobs, such as working in a textile factory or delivering leaflets in the streets. Marie lives in an apartment that she is looking after because the owners had a car accident in which everyone died, except for Sandrine, a teenager, who is in a coma. Marie invites Isa to live with her. Shortly thereafter Isa and Marie meet up with two bouncers, Fredo and Charly, whom they befriend. The men help them out and they have genuine fun together, although they are not much better off than the women.Isa is the kind of girl who always lands on her own two feet and has a casual c'est la vie attitude when it comes to life and generally doesn't let the hardships get to her, while Marie finds it hard to express herself emotionally, and gets angry when she feels vulnerable. Marie cannot put up with the way she is tossed around by the world, and so, despite being in a relationship with Charly, she tries to escape through a local playboy, Chriss, a rich guy, who owns a bar and a night club (which the two bouncers work in), and regularly goes out with girls, seeing Marie as just another one of his random flings. Isa is tougher in that she can take the beating and stick with what is around her, and does not get carried away by the false possibility of a better life. Significantly, Isa refuses to sleep with her casual boyfriend Fredo, drawing her strength from within, while Marie is emotionally dependent on Chriss, who, it is clear, does not love her. Isa is well aware of this as well but her warnings about Chriss true intentions to Marie seem to fall on deaf ears.
Isa finds the diary of Sandrine, and reads it to her during visits in the hospital. Meanwhile, Chriss decides to end his fling with Marie. Instead of breaking up with her in person, he asks Isa to tell her for him (she replies "it's not for me to tell her"), clearly afraid Marie would self-destruct in front of him, then leaving Marie's later calls unreturned. After finally learning about Chriss' decision to end the relationship, Marie jumps out of a window. Meanwhile, Sandrine comes out of her coma, but interestingly, Isa, who has visited her so faithfully while she was in a coma, decides not to see her while she is awake. The film ends with Isa starting to work in a new factory.
Comas in movies
Research by Dr. Eelco Wijdicks on the depiction of comas in movies was published in Neurology in May 2006. Dr. Wijdicks studied 30 films (made between 1970 and 2004) that portrayed actors in prolonged comas, and he concluded that only two films accurately depicted the state of a coma victim and the agony of waiting for a patient to awaken: Reversal of Fortune (1990), which was based on actual events, and The Dreamlife of Angels (1998). The remaining 28 were criticised for portraying miraculous awakenings with no lasting side effects; unrealistic depictions of treatments and equipment required; and comatose patients remaining tanned, muscular, and suspiciously well turned out.Cast
- Élodie Bouchez: Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin
- Natacha Régnier: Marie Thomas
- Grégoire Colin: Chriss
- Patrick Mercado: Charly
- Jo Prestia: Fredo
- Francine Massenhave: hospital attendant
- Zivko Niklevski: Yugoslavian textile employer
- Murielle Colvez: shop foreperson
- Lyazid Ouelhadj: ticket salesman
- Frédérique Hazard: Marie's mother
- Jean-Michel Lemahieu: the intern
- Louise Motte: Sandrine
- Rosa Maria: the first nurse
- Corinne Masiero: the Hollywood girl
Awards
- 1998 Cannes Film Festival[1]
- Won: Best Actress award: Élodie Bouchez and Natacha Régnier
- Nominated: Palme d'Or (English: Golden Palm)
- 1999 César Awards[2]
- Won: Best Actress: Élodie Bouchez
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Most Promising Actress: Natacha Régnier
- Nominated: Best Cinematography: Agnès Godard
- Nominated: Best Director: Erick Zonca
- Nominated: Best First Work: Erick Zonca
- Nominated: Best Writing - Original or Adaptation: Erick Zonca and Roger Bohbot
References
- Jump up ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Dreamlife of Angels". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- Jump up ^ "Palmarès 1999 - 24 ème cérémonie des César" [Awards 1999 - 24th César ceremony] (in French). Académie des César.
External links
- La Vie Rêvée des Anges at the BFI
- The Dreamlife of Angels at the Internet Movie Database
- Review at Salon.com
- sonypictures.com
| Preceded by On connaît la chanson | César Award for Best Film 1999 | Succeeded by Venus Beauty Institute |
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
MOVIE REVIEW ARCHIVES: El Topo, Directed and Written By Alejandro Jodorowsky
Play TrailerEl Topo (1971)
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Average Rating: 6.3/10
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This violent and allegorical Mexican western attracted a cult following in its day. It is the story of El Topo, a gunslinger who sets out for revenge against the outlaws who slew his wife. He ends up getting his revenge and saving the life of a woman who is being terrorized by bandits. She leads El Topo (which means "the Mole" in English) on a search for the region's top four gunfighters. But before they set off, Topo leaves his young son in a monastery. He and the woman hook up with another female and begin their search. During one battle, El Topo is wounded and the women leave him to die. His comatose body is found by a strange group of cave dwelling people who take him to their subterranean home. He does not wake up for many years. When he does, he is enlisted to help the clan dig an escape tunnel. Later they come to a tiny town where the residents belong to a weird religious cult and El Topo's son has become a monk. The townsfolk are terrorized by a sadistic sheriff. When the clan members come into the town, the stage is set for a blood-soaked tragedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Dec 18, 1970 Wide
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Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an Australian American actress, singer and film producer. Kidman's breakthrough film role was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Wikipedia
Born: June 20, 1967 (age 46), Honolulu, Hawaii, Egyesült Államok
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Spouse: Keith Urban (m. 2006), Tom Cruise (m. 1990–2001)
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