24 October 2008

La petite mort (The Little Death 1995)


La petite mort (The Little Death 1995)


Director: François Ozon
Writers: Didier Blasco (writer)
François Ozon (writer)
Genre: Short

The story is at the same time hard and touching, a deep diving in the intricacies of family relationships. Very far from the kitsch-touch of some subsequent movies of Ozon. Under the provocative varnish, a drama upsetting on the relation father-son, the melancholy which presses the heart, on homosexuality and the difficulty in liking and being liked in return.This film is far from the voyeurism which one could fear with the reading of the script.

The play of François Delaive is definitively like a razor. People that like this short-movie must absolutely see "Abattoir" ("Slaughter-house"), a movie from Didier Blasco (the co-scenarist of "Petite Mort") with the same François Delaive.

Plot Keywords: Brother Sister Relationship | Gay Brother | Gay Interest | Loss Of Father | Male Frontal Nudity

Cast
(Complete credited cast)

François Delaive ... Paul
Camille Japy ... Camille
Martial Jacques ... Martial
Michel Beaujard ... Le pčre


Runtime: 26 min
Country: France
Language: French
Color: Color
Certification: Germany:16



23 October 2008

La Chatte à deux têtes (2002)


La Chatte à deux têtes


Jeste li kada isli u bioskop "Partizan"? Udjete u kino salu, nadjete zgodno mjesto i gledate porniće. A onda do vas sjedne neka kreatura i počne da drka kurac. Onako u mraku jedva razaznajete o kakvoj se kreaturi radi. Onda osjetite da vas dira medju noge. Radoznalost vas natjera da i vi uhvatite njega za kurac pa ako ste zadovoljni veličinom drkate jedan drugom dok traje film. Nakon svršavanja izadjete iz kino dvorane prije nego se upale svjetla. Nikada nećete saznati čiju ste kitu drkali!

E ovaj film vam priča priču baš o tome. Ako ste ikada bili u Parizu, znate gdje je Pigale. Kvart prepun sexy barova, porno bioskopa, sauna i naravno Moulen Rouge itd. Ulicama šetaju tranvestiti, kurve, pederi i svi vas nešto čupaju da idete sa njima u neki od barova ili nedje na sex.

U jednom od tih kina je snimljen i ovaj film koji mi više lići na dokumentarno svjedočanstvo porno bioskopa koji polako izumiru!

Director: Jacques Nolot
Writer: Jacques Nolot (written by)
Release Date: 20 November 2002 (France)
Genre: Drama

Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Vittoria Scognamiglio ... Cashier
Jacques Nolot ... 50-Year-Old Man
Sébastien Viala ... Projectionist
Olivier Torres ... L'homme ŕ la robe jaune
Lionel Goldstein ... L'homme ŕ l'imper noir
Frédéric Longbois ... L'homme ŕ l'éventail
Fouad Zeraoui ... L'homme qui a cu sa dose
Jean-Louis Coquery ... L'homme nu
Raphaëline Goupilleau ... SDF...
Pascal Varley ... SDF...
Arben Bajraktaraj ... SDF...
Christine Paolini ... Fliquette
Matt Trahan ... Flic 1
Mark Duran ... Flic 2 (as Marc Durant)
Frédéric Franzil ... Gigolo



Also Known As: Glowing Eyes (International: English title)
Porn Theater (USA)

Runtime: 90 min
Country: France
Language: French, English subtitle






'La Chatte ŕ deux tętes' (PORN THEATER) is a somber study of a sector of life few know, an aspect of human sexuality that didn't make it into the Kinsey Report, a part of the underbelly of city life most would rather not accept existed. Does that mean it should not be examined, should not provide the impetus for an art film? Writer/director and actor Jacques Nolot thinks otherwise. In this dark little film we are invited into the inner sanctum of a dirty old movie house in Paris that shows only straight pornography for a clientele of men of various types: military men, straight men look for gay sex, married men in need of exploration of their senses, transvestites, old men for whom such places provide the only sexual outlet, and the regulars who spend their evenings in the dingy darkened atmosphere for anonymous sex.




The theater is a theater of life for these people, and the 'stage manager' is the sole female Italian ticket cashier (Vittoria Scognamiglio) who has seen every aspect of sexuality, embraced it, and therefore is wholly non-judgmental. She converses with her straight projectionist (Sébastien Viala) who is attracted to her on several levels, and with one of her regulars (Jacques Nolot), a man of fifty who is living with AIDS in a responsible way, but finds his only sexual outlet to be this theater scene. During the course of the film the cashier manages to discuss her open views of sexuality with these two men and the three of them seem headed for a communal experience.



This open view of human behavior is set with the background of the various acts within the theater. We watch transsexuals ply their wares, group encounters in bathrooms, and various odd approaches and rejections for gratification that in the end represent a group of men who find connection to each other as human beings far more difficult (?impossible?) than quick satisfaction in the dark. There is considerable frank acting out of encounters that are usually not seen on film and that may be more than the regular viewer can tolerate. But at least one director has the courage of Genet and Gide and Burroughs et al to tackle this subject matter in a wholly realistic way. The result is a film of social significance, even though it may not be for everyone. It is an art film, very well made, with a brave cast and an even braver writer and director. To not see it is to miss some important messages about human sexuality and about human needs too frequently dismissed as non-existent. In French with English subtitles. Grady Harp

22 October 2008

THE BRIDGE (Short) (2007)

.



"On behalf of the
Department of Immigration..."


A gay couple from Tbilisi, Georgia (former USSR) escapes homophobia in their home country by immigrating to Australia. One has his application for permanent residency in Australia approved but their future together hangs in the balance awaiting the arrival of the second letter from immigration.



Film Information: 'The Bridge'

Director: George Barbakadze
Writers: George Barbakadze, Fleurtasha Cooper
Genre: Drama | Short
Runtime: 8 min
Spoken Language: English



Ova kratka prica me je dirnula na neki nacin. Dva mladica, Luka i Niko, zaljubljeni jadan u drugoga zive u homofobičnoj atmosferi Gruzijskog grada Tbilisija.
Podnose emigrantsku aplikaciju u Australijskoj abmbasadi. Nakon sto Luka dobije Australisku vizu, dane provode u isčekivanju odgovora za Nika.

Podsjetilo me je na dane, ranih 90-tih godina koje sam provodio u Hrvatskoj sa mojom tadasnjom ljubavi, kada je već bilo izvjesno da ću zauvijek otići.




10 October 2008

Odete (2005) aka Two Drifters


Odete (2005) aka Two Drifters


Zahvaljujuci paonianmanu imamo i titil na nasem jeziku;

http://home.freeuk.com/milanyu/odete.zip


Ovo je strašno. Znam da kada je neko zaljubljen da gubi glavu, ali da neko ovoliko poludi to jos nisam vidjeo! Bio jednom jedan Pedro koji je izgleda bio strašan jebač. Izjebao dosta cura ali i muškaraca.
Nesretni Rui se zaljubio u njega ko da je tinejdžer. I na samom početku filma se učini kao da se radi o jednoj savršenoj romansi.
Al na moje iznenađenje Pedro pogine u saobraćajnoj nesreći. Film tek počeo, a ja u šoku.
Onda ide sahrana, plač. jad i tuga. Porodica , Rui, Odete, Pedrova majka...
Odete već u početku filma pokazuje ludački nagon da postane majka, tako da je jednom prilikom svog zgodnog vjerenika izbacila iz stana jer je nije htio izjebati bez kondoma. Oće ona pošto - poto da zatrudni. Lijepo možete viđeti malog kako prvo go piša, pa mu ona prilazi od pozadi i kaže da ne pije tablete protiv trudnoće. On šokiran oće da je jebe, al neće djecu. Ona poludi pa ga izudara i onako golog ( ima dobru kitu ) izbaci iz kuće.

Onda do kraja filma prikazuju koliko je riba pukla. Ide na Pedrov grob, danju noću, gura kolica ko da je u njih beba, liježe na grob okružena svjećama....- Nema psihijatra koji joj može pomoći.

A Rui ide po gay diskotekama, parkovima, saunama i pederskim mjestima nebi li na Pedra zaboravio jebavajući se sa raznim pederima. Valjda ako primi više kuraca, brže će Pedro da ode u zaborav.

I na kraju filma ova Odete se obuće u Pedrovu garderobu i onako ko da je muško izjebe Rui-ja koji se sve uzdisao:"JEBI ME PEDRO"
E da ne zaboravim, film završava uz pjesmu Moon River od Pletersa.



Director: Joăo Pedro Rodrigues
Writers: Paulo Rebelo (writer)
Joăo Pedro Rodrigues (writer)
Release Date: 29 December 2005 (Portugal)
Genre: Drama

Plot Keywords: Portugal | Obsessive Lover | Faked Pregnancy | Gay Interest | Funeral

Awards: 5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast
(Complete credited cast)
Ana Cristina de Oliveira ... Odete
Nuno Gil ... Rui
Joăo Carreira ... Pedro
Teresa Madruga ... Teresa
Carloto Cotta ... Alberto
Filipa Gordo ... Supermaket Colleague
Cláudia Faria ... Pregnant Costumer
Eric Santos ... Álvaro Costa
Carlos Pimenta ... André
Joăo Carlos Arruda ... Tó
Francisco Peres ... Priest
Maria Joăo Falcăo ... Marisa
Marta Cabaço ... Store Employee
Carlos Afonso Pereira ... Man in the Field
Beatriz Torcato ... Doctor


Also Known As:
Two Drifters (International: English title) (USA)


Runtime: Brazil:101 min | USA:98 min
Country: Portugal
Language: Portuguese

Certification:
Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Portugal:M/16 | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | Brazil:18
Filming Locations: Lisbon, Portugal


Two Drifters (2005)

June 23, 2006
A Love Triangle Like No Other in 'Two Drifters'
By NATHAN LEE
Published: June 23, 2006

A bittersweet joke in the art-house scene has it that if the brainiest, least compromised of foreign filmmakers would only make a movie about adorable homosexuals, they'd get a distribution deal. It worked for the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, whose gay-themed "Tropical Malady" was the first of his avant-garde features to get a theatrical release. And it appears to be working for Joăo Pedro Rodrigues, a clever Portuguese filmmaker who makes odd, cerebral films about hot, sexed-up guys.

"O Fantasma," Mr. Rodrigues's 2002 debut feature, joined hard-core formalism to explicit naughtiness in the oneric adventures of a libidinal garbage man. But its deeper excitement was to function as a metaphorical graph of eroticism itself, a diagram of its interior structures and transgressive dynamics.

Less dirty but even more perverse, Mr. Rodrigues's new movie, "Two Drifters," is another head trip through the landscape of desire. Generically it is a melodrama, albeit of a strange sort capable of accommodating pastiche, parody, hysterical pregnancy and the transmigration of souls. Rich in ambiguity, it unequivocally confirms the arrival as a major and audacious new talent.

Nuno Gil stars as Rui, a young hunk with broad features who is introduced kissing Pedro (Joăo Carreira), his button-cute boyfriend, on their first anniversary. They exchange rings inscribed with the words "two drifters," a lyric from "Moon River," which plays on the car radio. A minute later Pedro drives off into a fatal accident, and "Two Drifters" evolves into the story of how Rui confronts his grief vis-ŕ vis a supermarket cashier on roller skates.

Her name is Odete, and she is brought to life — multiple, irrational lives — by the feral, enigmatic actress Ana Cristina de Oliveira. Odete is Pedro's neighbor, and has lately been squabbling with her boyfriend about having a baby. She's about to get her dream: the kind you wake up from unclear if it was meant as comedy, tragedy, satire or farce, and finally put together as a paradox containing them all.

Abandoned by her boyfriend, Odete is mysteriously drawn to Pedro's death, attending his funeral, lingering at his grave and insinuating herself into Rui's broken life. He is baffled by Odete, and then rattled to the bones when she shows up pregnant claiming the dead boy as the father.

Later a doctor will diagnose hysterical pregnancy, at which point Odete returns to her normal shape and is possessed by the spirit of Pedro to reunite with Rui. Or maybe she's a complete nut case.

The feat of "Two Drifters" is to advance a contradiction — Odete is overtaken by madness; Odete is overtaken by Pedro — and refuse to resolve it, spinning the two possibilities around the axis of Rui's sadness. Neither sentimental nor cruel, yet touching and trenchant, the movie sustains a profound ambivalence right up to the final shot. With a doozy of a provocation — a happy ending like no other — Mr. Rodrigues explains nothing while clarifying what's really at stake here: grappling with loss, transcending through love.




Download:
Pictures, Description, Trailer ....
Click
Visit my New Site:: http://orvel.me