Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss Professor, abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he learns by ... See full summary »
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Director:
Fred Schepisi
Stars:
Clive Owen,
Juliette Binoche,
Bruce Davison
Lucrèce, the best killer in the business, accepts a final job: eliminate an opera singer who threatens the interests of a corporation. She's hired as a soprano for a festival her target is singing in, but things don't happen as planned.
In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
Director:
Thomas Vinterberg
Stars:
Carey Mulligan,
Matthias Schoenaerts,
Michael Sheen
He's a widower in Paris who speaks no French; she's a dance instructor less than half his age. Can they become a family, or will his estranged adult children halt the friendship?
Director:
Sandra Nettelbeck
Stars:
Michael Caine,
Michelle Goddet,
Jane Alexander
Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer. He and their young ... See full summary »
Director:
Erik Poppe
Stars:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Juliette Binoche,
Maria Doyle Kennedy
About an aging Swiss professor of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in the hope of discovering the fate of a certain author, a doctor and poet who fought against Portuguese dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. Written by
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There are some language issues in the movie that one could take as goofs. But in fact the movie takes English as a convention. The option to maintain portuguese where logical would had made it a portuguese film trough the entire flashback and even some present scenes. So, all the crocheter's do speak English, even if they should speak portuguese, or german. The reference to their actual language is made trough their accents. Thats why most of the actors playing portuguese- even Brits- do speak English with an effort to have the typical portuguese accent. See more »
Goofs
The chess set has the knights and bishops reversed. See more »
Quotes
Amadeu:
What could... what should be done, with all the time that lies ahead of us? Open and unshaped, feather-light in its freedom and lead-heavy in its uncertainty? Is it a wish, dreamlike and nostalgic, to stand once again at that point in life, and be able to take a completely different direction to the one which has made us who we are?
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Soundtracks
Lisboa
Composer: Annette Focks
Portugese Guitar: Damiel Pircher
Sound Mixer: Tom Tautorat
Recording & Mix Studio: Emil Berlin Studios See more »
I should start by saying if you're older (say 45 or more) you should definitely check out this movie. It has some lines in it that are extraordinary and it's worth seeing just for those nuggets. This is one of those movies that talks to you at a personal level. I don't want to describe too much of it because that would ruin the whole point.
But, I will say...
The director moves you along at such a perfect pace that you almost feel like you're floating. The topics aren't casual but he hovers over them at just the right height.
The acting is right on the money, it suits the movie perfectly, no one is out of step.
The story moves seamlessly between past and present, you won't feel a bump anywhere. It's true, the movie is multi-layered, but the straight up story is more than enough.
And the ending is perfect for this type of movie.
It really is worth the watch, but as I mentioned you might need to be a little older to really...
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I should start by saying if you're older (say 45 or more) you should definitely check out this movie. It has some lines in it that are extraordinary and it's worth seeing just for those nuggets. This is one of those movies that talks to you at a personal level. I don't want to describe too much of it because that would ruin the whole point.
But, I will say...
The director moves you along at such a perfect pace that you almost feel like you're floating. The topics aren't casual but he hovers over them at just the right height.
The acting is right on the money, it suits the movie perfectly, no one is out of step.
The story moves seamlessly between past and present, you won't feel a bump anywhere. It's true, the movie is multi-layered, but the straight up story is more than enough.
And the ending is perfect for this type of movie.
It really is worth the watch, but as I mentioned you might need to be a little older to really...