Last Sunday, I got the privilege to catch a movie marathon with my mum. Just accompany her for the European movie festival. It was showing in Mid Valley International Screening. I went for at least 3 movies back to back. And it only cost RM 5 per screening. I was like, what the heck. We did get a chance to have a 30 min break in between for food and prayers. But it was fun. Just FYI, these are consider Indie films that is non blockbuster, and more in the creative arts of visual. No CGI, just pure emotion, camera angle and really great script and story lines. Those what really matters. To make a non blockbuster movie with their own local actors and makes them award winner. We are talking bout Cannes Movie Award (minus all the glam, but more of all the art). I manage to catch three movies.
First one was called ‘Leo’ from Sweden
This psycho drama covers Leo who just celebrated his 30th birthday with friends and family ended up injured as he and his girlfriend stumble into a street thugs. These incident was the thing that causes his girlfriend’s life. Woaw. Think about it. What would you feel if that happen to you? Till what extend would you be calm or to seek revenge. Though everything was in subtitle (as they were talking in Swedish), but the emotion that they brought to the silver screen was a turmoil in emotion. Rejection, anger, revenge, denial, suicide and tons more. The story ended up on a stand still. Which really kept the audience left the cinema thinking. What a beautiful ending. I love these types of movies as they really make you think. Sweet…
Second one was called ‘Until all Eternity’ from Austria
Basically it a love story, with a background a Communism in China. Where a local girl from Vienna, Austria fall in love with a Chinese policemen who went for training in Austria. She decided to go to China and marry the love of her life and stayed there forever letting go her family and future just to be with him. As the story goes, she tries to adapt to the life in China with language barrier and such. As the family grows, the husband has to switch job as they were in war and the communism activist was at large. Eventually he died and left her with all the love and culture that China has to offer. She didn’t regret it a single bit. That’s true love if you asked me.
And the final one is ‘Welcome’ from France
It’s about an Iraqi teen (Bilal) who fled his motherland just to go to UK to meet the love of his life. He was caught at France. So he decided to learn how to swim as the only obstacle to get to his heart was the English Channel. That’s almost 25km distends. Across the English Channel is a real test of endurance and courage as the temperature is super cold… of cause that’s the background of the story. As the focus was the divorced coach who train him to achieve such distant. He was also giving him shelter as he took him as his own son. Which is also against the law. In the end, Bilal was caught dead in the attempt of crossing. The coach later took a flight to see Mina in UK to give her the wedding ring that he gave Bilal. Yeah of cause it wasn’t a happy ending. But think bout the devotion of a war refugee just to go and be with his love one and escape immigrations. When you really love somebody, you go all out. Even if it’s cause you your life.
Enriching movies to sink in my mind. I adore these types of movies really much. As they sculpt arts and culture.
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