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I begin my screening of Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) with a movie produced by Terrence Malick, The Book of Visions. I was seduced by my past experiences with the visual splendor of Malick's cinematographic wonders like the Knight of Cups. This movie is directed by Carlo S. Hintermann, his directorial debut. Jörg Widmer, Malick’s cinematographer for A Hidden Life, is the cinematographer for this work.
The first question the lead character Eva, played by Lotte Verbeek, asks : " When did doctor's stop listening to their patients? "
The mystery of childbirth, the dreams of pregnant women, how human's treat nature and each other are explored in a fog of mythology in two different time frames. Charles Dance, Sverrir Gudnason and Lotte Verbeek play two roles, one in modern times the other in the nineteenth century when, the story speculates, science took over superstition. Isolda Dychauk, Filippo Nigro, Rocco Gottlieb and Justin Korovkin round up the cast.
The script asks questions about the above subjects but the form is mostly dreamlike therefore it is not about finding a definite answer but about the evasive nature of our life experiences. There are so many words we have never spoken, so many kisses we did not share and our life thunders forward mercilessly.
I was delighted by the visual. I hope you will be also.
-LENA GHIO
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