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reylandcossie
Reviews
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
Not so close to the book
The film is good but fails to capture the true essence of the Russian prison.The sense of hopelesness is not genuine,as a Russian would feel it,it's only a western interpretation.The only way this film would be close to reality would be to have Russian actors which have experienced "the gulag".I have here with me another book of Aleksander Soljenitin and,at page 20-21(romanian version) the author describes the film as follows---this was after he has seen it in a theatre---:"They managed to present the cold,cold weather and in a conventional manner:a shattered life.....they failed to see the essential,they placed themselves far from reality,changing it."Of course(this are his words) he was a diplomat and praised the film,he could't hurt the effort of all the people involved.I could not find the name of the book's English version,maybe it was published as a Biography,but,if i were to translate from romanian to English,it would sound something like:The wheat between the stones..It is hard to translate,it is an old romanian saying,the meaning is "to be in an odd,difficult position".
Trio (2003)
nice,realistic movie
The movie is not an Oscar winner,but it's interesting.It shows the destiny of three ordinary police officers embarked on a daring mission to save truck drivers being robbed and killed by bandits.To somebody used to American movies this film will seem weird but it actually is very realistic and shows,without cosmetics,the real life in Russia and some eastern Europe countries.The way people are dressed,the taverns,everything is real.The acting is nice and so is the plot.One thing you'll all(men)like about this film is the police woman.She is so attracting this movie is worth seeing only to take a better look at her.The two guys are both in love with her and struggle not to make obvious the jealousy between them.I think this movie is worth seeing.