1994年十月,三个电影学院的学生——迈克(Michael C. Williams 饰),希瑟(Heather Donahue 饰)和乔什(Joshua Leonard 饰)前往马里兰州的布莱尔小镇,拍摄一部关于女巫布莱尔的纪录片,然而在拍摄过程中三人全部失踪。人们在一年以后,发现了他们留下的电影胶片,记录了他们失踪前发生的一切…… 在布莱尔小镇上,长久以来流传着关于杀害孩子的女巫布莱尔的传说,这里集中的儿童墓地,还有小镇上几乎人尽皆知的古老故事,都印证着女巫的存在。迈克等三名同学,在一个平静的周日展开了对布莱尔故事的追索,可是在他们深入密林的同时,诅咒也开始降临在他们头上。
The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows i...
Dans son hôpital de Brest, une pneumologue découvre un lien direct entre des morts suspectes et la prise d'un médicament commercialisé depuis 30 ans, le Mediator. De lisolement des débuts à lexplosion médiatique de laffaire, lhistoire inspirée de la vie dIrène Frachon est une bataille de David contre Goliath pour voir enfin triompher la vérité.
When the film begins, it is all over. “We know it’s terminal, and that’s all”, says Juliane of her mother Kerstin, who is in great pain and about to die aged just 64. Although the young doctor she consults acknowledges on a personal level that everyone has the right to manage their own death, he nonetheless reminds her that euthanasia is still illegal in Germany. This is even more the case at the Catholic hospice where Kerstin is staying. As relatives come to say goodbye to her mother and the emotions of memories mingle with the anticipation of grief, Juliane finds herself having to do battle with time – unbending, apathetic and monochrome – and this is superbly reflected in the convulsions of the handheld camera in wide shots.
Based on personal experience, Jessica Krummacher’s second feature film vividly relates the painful story of losing a parent. There is no violence or morbidity, rather the director describes the most important of events via the smallest, most fragile of details – the exchanging of words, texts and tender gestures that remain with us and get under our skin.
Carmen, depressed and unable to take care of her children, awaits the return of her husband. Daniel, the youngest child receives an unexpected visit, which goes beyond the limits of reality and his imagination. Ana, the oldest child rejects adult life. Together, the three of them will try to accept what they cannot see.