A great film

Posted: December 5th, 2006 | Author: | Filed under: films | 1 Comment »

I have only seen one film at this year’s Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn and will see another on Thursday, but I already doubt anything can top it. On Sunday I sacrificed the final of the Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars / Strictly Come Dancing to see a film that I did not have too high expectations about. But that film surprised and moved me more than any film I have seen before.

Imagine a film which is partly grim war-movie with horrible scenes of violence intermixed with a sort of dark version of Alice in Wonderland. And then introduce a haunting, imaginative visual style and more. And think it was in Spanish.

The bad sound and picture at the makeshift cinema at No99 theatre did not matter, the film was so touching, moving and extraordinarily well made, that it has left a lasting impression for me. Go and see Guillermo del Toro’s fantastic masterpiece El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth).


One Comment on “A great film”

  1. 1 Anonymous said at 5:29 on December 6th, 2006:

    The only thing boring at the awards was the supposed performance of Michael Jackson. You would do good to listen to Andrea Bocelli. He is anything but boring.


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