柏林由两位天使守护着,一个是对人世疾苦冷眼旁观的卡西尔,另一个是常常感怀于人类疾苦的丹密尔(布鲁诺•甘茨 Bruno Ganz 饰)。二人穿着宽大的天使袍,在城市各处游荡,倾听人们的祈祷,默默观察人们的内心世界。马戏团玛瑞安(苏韦戈•多马丁Solveig Dommartin 饰)的心事引来了丹密尔的同情,因为马戏团经营不善,面临倒闭,玛瑞安满心烦恼。这个马戏团的天使演员令丹密尔动了凡心,他决定化作凡人,追求一段美满感情。 本片荣获1987年第40届戛纳国际电影节最佳导演奖。
Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.
The film is inspired by the true-to-life story of the discovery of the long-lost “Opus 28” manuscript from Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, originally performed in 1909 by Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, to whom the piece was dedicated.
Campbell portrays a student who seeks to complete her thesis on Parlow by organizing a public performance of “Opus 28” from Toronto to Oslo. The cast includes Dueñas, Melanie Scheiner, Eve Duranceau, Maxim Gaudette, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, and Eileen Davies.
Debt-ridden pacifist Richard Fyre is propositioned to return to his abandoned mercenary ways by flamboyant zealot, Priest, to eliminate his international competition in exchange for a clean slate.