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Le concert (2009)
Off an on, but very funny
My Russian friend begged me for some days: see "Le Concert". Yesterday we watched it in a quite big cinema in Paris (Saint-Germain-de-Prés). In the beginning i was surprised about the genre. I didn't expect a comedy. I worried about the humor,agent for introducing the plot to the audience. To me the screenplay seemed like a gloss, which is almost cliché-like kitschy. There are certain scenes like that: especially the simple description of Russian. Very aiming to make viewers laugh. But getting used to this rather simple characterization of the Russians, the harmless esprit seduced me and threw me into the story and its aesthetics. The climax: a Russian marriage in an industrial stadium. This scene is just perfect and precisely watched. At the end of "Le Concert" the audience is forced not to laugh but to cry. The melange of music and sentimental plot is pushing hart to touch the audience.
My So-Called Life (1994)
Fifteen Years after...
Twothousendandnine, nearly 15 years after "My so called Life" was first screened, i watched the series again. Besides the enormous charisma of the main Charakter Angela, played by Claire Danse, the whole setting seems still so up-to-date, that i couldn't believe my senses. When i first got acquainted to the Saoap, in the age of 13, i was just not able to resist Angela. I wanted her Identity. Forcing young people to identify with the characters, not with bad means than with lots of hearts, I got me the same backpack and tried to behave like HER. Seeing the movies again (and i just saw the first one by now) is not just an echo back from old days. It's more than ever worth to keep in touch with a story and a Character thats full of life, melancholy and truth. For everyone who is able to be touched and able to feel and dive in to stories, "My so called Life" has to be seen! No matter of age, gender or special preferences.