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Combien tu m'aimes? (2005)
Good actors, not so good story...
I love French cinema, but I was rather disappointed by this movie. The most positive thing about this movie is beautiful and erotic Bellucci taking her clothes off but the plot is so poor I can't understand Gerard Depardieu playing such a one-dimensional person.
The dialogs are sometimes ridiculous, maybe unintentionally because of the bad German synchronization I watched. It is not enough to play classical opera music instead of creating a convincing dramaturgy and script.
But to mention some positive aspects as well, there are plenty of breathtaking stills like Bellucci sitting in the window of the bar in Pigalle or "Francois" and "Daniela" at the beach, so the movie offers, as French cinema often does, excellent aesthetic quality. Accepting that this is cinema showing totally artificial characters, you might have a good time watching this movie.
Anatomie (2000)
the German film industry is getting better
After the German movies have been mainly comedies or have dealt with complicated relationships for years (Der bewegte Mann, Das Superweib) it's such a relief to see a movie that is about a totally different topic. A thriller and a really scary one! The story contains a lot of good ideas and it seems quite realistic. A new generation of young talented actors is on its way: Franka Potente and Benno Fürmann, but as well the quite unknown Sebastian Blomberg are giving an excellent performance. The characters in the film are much more likely to identify with than in American movies where you see mostly artificial characters! I think that this movie is a sign that not only Hollywood can produce impressing movies.