
- Successful homerun for THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN in Prishtina at Prifest.Homerun One week ago, we experienced an unforgettable weekend in Prishtina! We were honored to be invited to Prifest 2022, organized in honor of Vjosa Berisha by Fatos Berisha and his dedicated [...]Read more
- ALTE BANDE – Erfolgreiche Wiederholung in der ARD-PrimetimeALTE BANDE – Erfolgreiche Wiederholung in der ARD-Primetime Mit 11,4% Marktanteil wurde „ALTE BANDE“ erneut am 03.08.2022 im ARD zur Primetime um 20:15 Uhr ausgestrahlt.Read more
- Festival-Tour „The Albanian Virgin“Canada: BLUE MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 01. – 05. June 2022 Screening dates: Fri, Jun 3rd, 3:30 PM @ Petun / Sat, Jun 4th, 1:30 PM @ Petun France: FESTIVAL DU FILM DE CARBOURG The festival will take [...]Read more
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"Bewegendes Roadmovie mit einem grandiosen Adorf "DER LETZTE MENTSCH
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"Mit bitterem Witz und unaufdringlichem Wehmut."
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"Gegen Mauern der Geschichte hilft nur Erzählen"
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"Das deutsche Kino erlebt mit „Vivere“ seine zweite Sternstunde in diesem Jahr."VIVERE
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"The indomitable Elsner, her face a ravaged map tracing decades of emotional risk-taking, mesmerizes with every wearily elegant gesture."VIVERE
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"...veteran actress Elsner, who infuses every facial expression and gesture with subtle depths of feeling."VIVERE
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"Trocken die Sprache, pointiert die Dialoge, skurril einige Charaktere. Das ist nicht weltbewegend, dennoch bewegt diese kleine Welt mit den kleinen Leuten nicht wenig – und Tilo Prückner ist unnachahmlich."HOLGER SACHT NIX
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"Grosses Kino…Große Gefühle, Große Schauspieler, großes Thema"OB IHR WOLLT ODER NICHT!
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"… Bittersüßes Gefühlskino, trifft mitten ins Herz."OB IHR WOLLT ODER NICHT!
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"...in 55 Steps, Helena Bonham Carter presents a totally new take on a woman living with mental illness. This is no criminal psychopath, blistering obsessive, or naïve Candide, but a real woman who knows she has been hobbled by doctors administering inappropriate antipsychotic medication….
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…...But Bonham Carter is something we haven’t seen before. She’s not a malevolent sociopath or an obsessive. Nor is she a sweetly delusional mentally ill woman. Eleanor Riese, as played by Bonham-Carter, can sometimes be sweet, but she’s also, as clearly stated by her lawyer Colette Hughes (Swank), “gravely obnoxious”
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“[A] memorable film…about a very important ethical idea in the realm of medical treatment….Helena Bonham Carter plays Riese with a very open, warm, and idiosyncratic embrace….Swank’s equally warm but more reserved and professional performance as Hughes makes her the even-keeled straight woman to Carter’s mischievous spirit.“
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"Fans of Erin Brockovich will adore 55 Steps."
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"The film quietly shows the power of love and compassion...Every performance is Oscar-worthy...Hillary Swank is back and Bonham Carter is brilliant."
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"Carter [is]...absolutely brilliant, and it's the crowning achievement in her long body of work."
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55 Steps "strikes a perfect balance of the complexities of womanhood, the many sacrifices we have always made, and what can happen when two women don't give up on what is right and just."
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VIRGJERESHA SHQIPTARE (THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN)Recommended. Right when I was beginning to think the festival level had subsided I got to see my first Albanian film ever. My first impression was it looked poor, the village setting didn't entice. Then it seemed to turn to folklore. The society was not religious but patriarchal. That resembled a famous Turkish film so I thought: oh, no, not another "Mustang". But midway through the movie comes the first major twist of action and the plot becomes gripping, with a sequence of events whose outcome is hard to foresee. 3/4 in come a few truly touching moments but without ever turning sappy. Only the finale is heartfelt on the verge of being mawkish. The story brings a novelty in the context of gender roles. Also the make-up aging two of the protagonists is superb: convincing yet not altering the actors. Cinematography makes the best out of the rolling hills and majestic mountains of Albania, sunrises and sunsets. I bet you've never seen a tale like this before.Reviewed from the distributor's screener, cinematic reception might differ.WARSAW FILM FESTIVALTHE ALBANIAN VIRGIN
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