Mannheim-Heidelberg International FilmfestivalYearResultAwardCategoryRecipient(s)1969 Won Grand PrizeDusan HanákA government official in Czechoslovakia mistakenly believes he has cancer. He reasons his involvement in clandestine activities during the Stalin administration have fated him to die from a dreaded disease. He searches for inner peace as he feels the guilt of his past transgressions. This film tied for the Grand Prize at the Mannheim Film Festival in 1969.Slovak director Dusan Hanak was one of Czech cinema's brightest and best talents of the '60s and '70s, but because of censorship this was not manifest until the late '80s. Dusan made an impact on the film world with his auspicious debut 322 (1969). Though banned until 1988, when it was finally released, it earned international acclaim and the Grand Prix award at the Mannheim Film Festival. Hanak's sophomore effort, the documentary Obrazy Stareho SvetaImage of an Old World (completed in 1972), was also not released until 1988 and neither was his 1980 film Ja Milujem, Ty MilujesI Love You, You Love. Only Hanak's 1976 film Ruzove SnyRose-Tinted Dreams passed muster with censors and saw a timely release.
A young lady, who recently lost her mother, faces the challenges of high school and her very strict step-father. Through personal growth, and an amazing dedication to dance, she learns to find the peace and happiness of family.
The lines start with “O Somma Luce” which is the title of the film and also the 67th line of the 33rd canto in “Paradiso” of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” to the end of “Paradiso”. The film is completed with music and lines instead of emotions and narrations. This is a recent attempt to combine film with literature. The film begins with a black screen and the music of Edgard Varese. The BGM is “Deserts” that was recorded in 1954. After some moments of darkness, the music ends and a middle-aged man sits on a hill, reciting something. He is Giorgio Passerone, an Italian literature professor, and he is reading out of the last part of ‘Paradiso’ of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Jean-Marie Straub expressed how he thinks of Dante through a subtle accent and dialect. The director who had encoded many great artists and musicians including Bach, complete the combination of Dante and Varese, which could seem strange. (Lim Kyung Yong)
Sarah is an organic farmer who meets a man claiming to be from 1787, she quickly discovers old-fashioned feelings that can be just as crazy as her story.
作为两对相处了十余年的朋友,莎利(朱迪·戴维斯 Judy Davis 饰)和杰克(西德尼·波拉克 Sydney Pollack 饰)之间的和平分手让加贝(伍迪·艾伦 Woody Allen 饰)和朱迪(米亚·法罗 Mia Farrow 饰)夫妇感到不可思议。当看见杰克迅速的另结新欢之后,原本心平气和的萨利感到怒不可遏,为了安抚朋友受伤的感情,朱迪将自己的同事麦克尔(连姆·尼森 Liam Neeson 饰)介绍给了她,后者对萨利的狂热却让朱迪的内心里很不是滋味。 另一边,才华横溢的学生雷恩(朱丽叶特·刘易斯 Juliette Lewis 饰)吸引了作为老师的加贝的注意,尽管想在婚姻中保持忠诚,但他向往雷恩的心却像一列火车般无法回头。同时,和新欢相处并不愉快的杰克发现自己对旧爱念念不舍,而此时的萨利正和麦克尔打得火热。就是这样四个在职场上春风得意的成年人,他们的感情生活却是一团糟。导演伍迪·艾伦运用大量的对话探讨了夫妻和男女之间感情的始末,将现代人的情感和生活状态描绘的淋漓尽致。