雷达(尼古拉斯·卡萨雷 Nicolas Cazalé 饰)的父亲(Mohamed Majd 饰)是一位非常虔诚的穆斯林,当他觉得自己大限将到命不久矣之时,决定完成身为一名穆斯林的毕生梦想——前往圣地麦加朝圣。本来父亲的打算是让雷达的哥哥开车载他去麦加,可不巧的是,他的大儿子因为一场交通意外而被吊销了驾驶执照无法上路行驶。无奈之下,父亲只得找到小儿子雷达,命令他成为司机。 只有20岁的雷达即将面临学校的会考,与此同时,他还有一个正在热恋的如花似玉的女朋友。面对父亲强势的命令,雷达虽然心里百般的不情愿,却也只能顺从。一路上,父子两人之间爆发了无数次战争。
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.