Showing posts with label Paula Beer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paula Beer. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 July 2022

Undine (2020)


 

Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.

Creative and intriguing take on the Undine myth takes its time to unravel its mystery, but keeps one intrigued by Paul Beer's alluring performance and some good underwater cinematography. 



 

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Frantz (2016)



In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.

A subtle, heart-wrenching tale in beautiful black-and-white imagery straightforwardly dissects the xenophobic bias and its impact on human society.


Sunday, 8 September 2019

Das finstere Tal (2014)




Through a hidden path a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alps. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.

Surprisingly accomplished period tale, excellently styled and photographed as a modern-day Spaghetti Western in the cold mountains of the Alps, with a capable cast; one would wish there were more such assured cinemtic productions from Austria and Germany.