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Itse · 09-27-2022, 10:29 AM

Oh, almost forgot another one from the festival that I liked:
Tree of Eternal Love, a 2021 Estonian road comedy, very Wes Anderson -light. A guy breaks up with his girlfriend and sets out on a journey to cut down a tree on which he had carved the classic "him loves her" -message. It was quite funny and lovely, easy watch, looked quite nice (especially considering the shoestring budget). It's never spelled out explicitly, but the movie is set in a sort of a fantasy reality, with sixties cars, eighties TV's and 2000's mobile phones, among other random unreal elements. (The geography is also fictional and time flies slightly unrealistically fast). That adds some nice flavor. Would recommend.

(Movies I saw but would not recommend include Klondike (2022 Ukrainian drama set during the separation of Donetsk in 2014), F###ing Bornholm (2022 Polish relationship drama comedy).)

I also saw Seven Beauties, an Italian movie from 1975 about an Italian who ends up in a German concentration camp in WW2, and I'd put it in the "not sure if I'd recommend" -category. I found it interesting and poignant in these times, but not sure if I would have enjoyed it on purely cinematic qualities alone. The movie is a landmark in movie history, as it made Lina Wertmüller (who died in 2021, so the movie was shown to honor her career) the first ever woman to be nominated for a "best director" Oscar.

09-27-2022, 10:29 AM	#5099
Itse Franchise Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Exp:	Oh, almost forgot another one from the festival that I liked: Tree of Eternal Love, a 2021 Estonian road comedy, very Wes Anderson -light. A guy breaks up with his girlfriend and sets out on a journey to cut down a tree on which he had carved the classic "him loves her" -message. It was quite funny and lovely, easy watch, looked quite nice (especially considering the shoestring budget). It's never spelled out explicitly, but the movie is set in a sort of a fantasy reality, with sixties cars, eighties TV's and 2000's mobile phones, among other random unreal elements. (The geography is also fictional and time flies slightly unrealistically fast). That adds some nice flavor. Would recommend. (Movies I saw but would not recommend include Klondike (2022 Ukrainian drama set during the separation of Donetsk in 2014), F###ing Bornholm (2022 Polish relationship drama comedy).) I also saw Seven Beauties, an Italian movie from 1975 about an Italian who ends up in a German concentration camp in WW2, and I'd put it in the "not sure if I'd recommend" -category. I found it interesting and poignant in these times, but not sure if I would have enjoyed it on purely cinematic qualities alone. The movie is a landmark in movie history, as it made Lina Wertmüller (who died in 2021, so the movie was shown to honor her career) the first ever woman to be nominated for a "best director" Oscar. Last edited by Itse; 09-27-2022 at 10:43 AM.