We need other people to define ourselves. And if these people think we are someone else we feel lost. Harry Kumel uses techniques from Griffith, the sober mise-en-scene from Carl Theodor Dreyer and the themes of Sternberg( whom he dedicates the film to) to tell this story. But he makes of all these different visions a very personal film. It is his first movie and he already shows that cinema is capable of complex feelings. He shoots Belgian landscapes of pure beauty and frenzied walks through the forest and he lets all these images emphasize the isolation of the heroine. The only real weakness of this movie is that the people who call the disguised woman 'monsieur Hawarden', had to be given a guide-dog for their blindness. But if you throw away Hollywoodstandards for 100 minutes and prepare yourself for some art from the Netherlands and Belgium, then you will not be disappointed.

Viennale 2022: WALDEN by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Viennale 2022: WALDEN by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.

小镇男人爱上了一位城里的美女，他想娶她，因为娶了她可以提升他的社会地位。

基于Howard Gould所著小说《Last Looks》，讲述前洛杉矶警探查理·瓦尔多名誉扫地，目前作为一个极简主义者生活在树林里。当他重新回到私人侦探的工作岗位上，去调查一位古怪电视明星的妻子被谋杀一案时，他平静的生活戛然而止。

本片内容与《危险关系》讲述的是同样的故事，只因推出公映较晚，风头都被《危》片抢去。其实本片导演米洛斯．福曼功力不俗，科林．弗思、安妮特．本宁和梅格．蒂莉的三角情欲关系也演出称职，加上实景拍摄的宏伟宫殿气派，使这部英、法合作拍摄的古装宫廷片仍具相当高的观赏价值。剧情背景是十八世纪的法国贵族阶层，蒙图夫人因妒忌自己的情人葛寇即将与表亲西莉亚结婚，乃千方百计设法让花名在外的伟康夺去西莉亚的童贞。其后，伟康在决斗中被杀，而西莉亚则证实已怀了他的孩子。

本片内容与《危险关系》讲述的是同样的故事，只因推出公映较晚，风头都被《危》片抢去。其实本片导演米洛斯．福曼功力不俗，科林．弗思、安妮特．本宁和梅格．蒂莉的三角情欲关系也演出称职，加上实景拍摄的宏伟宫殿气派，使这部英、法合作拍摄的古装宫廷片仍具相当高的观赏价值。剧情背景是十八世纪的法国贵族阶层，蒙图夫人因妒忌自己的情人葛寇即将与表亲西莉亚结婚，乃千方百计设法让花名在外的伟康夺去西莉亚的童贞。其后，伟康在决斗中被杀，而西莉亚则证实已怀了他的孩子。

《瓜尔瓦尔》是一个发生在小村庄里关于穆斯林教徒与基督教徒的讽刺剧。