Movies at Dawn

MARTIN: I gave God a chance to kill me. He didn't do it, so he's pleased with me. Hello everyone and welcome to this week's post! I chose a slow-paced film for this week called The White Ribbon by the auteur Michael Haneke. There is a lot to talk about this film and I can't wait to share my thoughts with you! Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! As usual, let's give a little background about the movie. The film takes place in a small German village in the years close before World War I. Throughout the film, a shocking series of incidents happen to the village, and the residents are left questioning who might have committed those crimes. In the end, however, we don't know who is behind those crimes, it's up to the audience's interpretation.  As this was my first Haneke film, I didn't know that his films are often left open-ended. The reason is that he wants his audience to work on his films and put some thought into them, which...

SOULEIMAN: Your eyes never left me. They were there, within me, pouring their light into the depths. Hello everyone! Welcome to this week's post about the movie Atlantique, Atlantics in English. While it was a hard watch for me (I was very tired that day!), I found the plot very intriguing. Thank you so much for  being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! Atlantique is co-written and directed by the brilliant Mati Diop. It is her debut film - and a successful one as she received numerous awards including NYFCC Award for Best First Film and the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. While the film starts off as a love story, it gradually escalates into a supernatural plot but still manages to keep the romance fresh between the characters. The plot was especially surprising to me since I had no prior knowledge about it. By mixing elements of romance, mysticism, and (inevitable) politics, Diop presents a rich content to her viewers.            ...

MR. BAGHERI: Have you lost all hope? Have you ever looked at the sky when you wake in the morning? At dawn, don't you want to see the sunrise? The red and yellow of the sun at sunset, don't you want to see that anymore?  [1] Hello everyone, thanks for joining me this week! I decided to watch Ta'm e Guilass (Taste of Cherry) by Abbas Kiarostami for this post. I've been waiting to explore Kiarostami's works for a while now, and I'm so glad to start this journey with this movie. Let's give a little background about the film and explore the characters more in-depth. I hope you'll enjoy reading the post! Ta'm e Guilass is Kiarostami's one of the most successful features ever. It received recognition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and won the grand prize (shared with another film called The Eel) at the end of the festival. The film is about an Iranian man's search for someone who will bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide. We f...