segunda-feira, 31 de agosto de 2009

Filme da Semana: A Short Film About Love




Resumo da Wikipedia.com:





A Short Film About Love (Polish: Krótki film o miłości) is an expanded film version of the sixth episode of director Krzysztof Kieślowski's 1988 Polish language ten-part television series, The Decalogue.
The film, set in Warsaw, is about obsession, with a storyline that explores the themes of love and voyeurism through an examination of the relationship between nineteen-year old Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko), raised in an orphanage, and an older woman Magda (Grażyna Szapołowska) that begins when he spies on her sex life through a telescope from his bedroom window across a courtyard to her apartment. Obsessed with her, and growing bolder, the young man invents reasons to make contact until finally he meets her and confesses his conduct and feelings. Their entanglement leads to deep psychological problems for both showing, without saying, right and wrong changing back and forth. Like Kieślowski's other Decalogue films it features the mysterious angelic 'Man In White'.
The film resembles the original television version, with minor changes and expansions to the script. The most significant change is to the ending, which was rewritten at the suggestion of lead actress Grażyna Szapołowska, who wanted the film to have a "fairytale ending".[1] The original version ends with Tomek back at work, recovered from his attempted suicide, and telling Magda that he does not watch her anymore. The film ends with Magda's more developed concern for Tomek mirroring his earlier obsession with her. The film concludes in Tomek's room after his return from hospital. She looks through his telescope into her own apartment and Kieślowski replays an earlier scene of Magda crying in her kitchen, which had led Tomek to reveal his feelings to her, only this time she is joined and comforted by Tomek.
This film was adapted in Hindi in 2002 as Ek Chhotisi Love Story.



Main cast
Grażyna Szapołowska - Magda
Olaf Lubaszenko - Tomek
Stefania Iwinska - Godmother
Piotr Machalica - Roman
Awards:
Gdansk Film Festival - Grand Prize
San Sebastian International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
São Paulo International Film Festival - Audience Award
National Board of Review Awards - Outstanding Achievement in Foreign Film Award
Venice Film Festival - FIPRESCI award
Chicago Film Critics Awards - Best Foreign Language Film



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  1. Não tinha nada em português não? Quando tiver, vamos dar preferência. Tenho preguiça de ler em inglês.lol

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