Sami Blood [2016] Amanda Kernell (lemmy.world)
I’m longing for the country that doesn’t exist, because what does, I’m tired of desiring.
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I’m longing for the country that doesn’t exist, because what does, I’m tired of desiring.
Not something that I watch on regular base, but a Sunday’s cinematic guilty pleasure (also applies for movies with Tati). Also, it connects me to my childhood, growing up with Louis de Funès movies....
In Paris the beautiful divorcée Rosalie spends time with César, a coarse but good-hearted scrap merchant. At a wedding she sees her first love David, a shy graphic artist. Despite the efforts of César to stifle the renewed relationship, David and Rosalie run away to Sète on the Mediterranean. Distraught at being abandoned,...
The film follows a small group of Resistance fighters as they move between safe houses, work with the Allied militaries, kill informers, and attempt to evade the capture and execution that they know is their most likely fate. While portraying its characters as heroic, the film presents a bleak, unromantic view of the Resistance.
I don’t necessarily recommend this movie, but it did have some stunning visuals. I wish I could’ve given you more pixels....
Bonus if you can spell director’s full name