Filmski kotiček, 11. december 2016 ― aka Land of Mine Slo naslov: - Angleški naslov: Land of Mine Država: Danska, Nemčija Jezik: Danščina, Nemščina Leto: 2015 Dolžina: 100' ,  Imdb Žanri: Drama, Vojni, Zgodovinski  Slo recenzija: - Režija: Martin Zandvliet Scenarij: Martin Zandvliet Igrajo: Roland Moller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard, Laura Bro, Zoe Zandvliet, Mads Riisom, Oskar Bokelmann, Emil Belton, Oskar Belton, Leon Seidel, Karl Alexander Seidel, Maximilian Beck, August Carter [ENG] Based on extraordinary true events, writer/director Martin Zandvliet’s stunning, multi award­winning new film is a nail­bitingly tense thriller about a group of young German prisoners of war in Denmark in the immediate aftermath of World War II, which examines both the repercussions of retribution and the value of forgiveness. In the days following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945, a group of German soldiers – most barely out of their teens – are put to work by their Allied captors. With minimal training, they are sent to locate and disarm their own hidden weapons that still litter the beaches along Denmark’s west coast, under the supervision of a righteous and embittered Danish sergeant, Rasmussen (Roland Møller, in a superb performance). Scornful of the Germans for their five­year occupation of his country, and intent on punishing what’s left of their army, he ruthlessly marches his squad out on the dunes each day to prod for mines. Yet this risky task soon challenges even Rasmussen, who grows more and more conflicted in his feelings toward his young charges. War stories abound in cinema, but few have so eloquently focused on the resultant hangovers of conflict and occupation. Featuring arresting performances from the ensemble cast, and breathtaking cinematography that balances the apparent calm of the coast’s pristine beaches with the nerve­wracking knowledge of what lies beneath, Zandvliet’s powerful and morally complex tale is riveting viewing, with a potency t

Filmski kotiček, 9. december 2016 ― aka The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale Slo naslov: - Drugi naslovi: The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale Država: Južna Koreja Jezik: Korejščina Leto: 2015 Dolžina: 139' ,  Imdb Žanri: Akcija, Avantura, Zgodovinski  Slo recenzija: - Režija: Park Hoon-Jung Scenarij: Park Hoon-Jung Igrajo: Choi Min-Sik, Jeong Man-Sik, Kim Sang-Ho, Sung Yoo-Bin [ENG] In Japanese-occupied Korea in 1925, Chun Man-duk, a revered hunter, lives with his teenage son, Seok, in a hut near Mount Jirisan. Following a tragic accident in which he killed his beloved wife, he has retired his rifle and become a humble herb gatherer limping amongst his cherished mountains. The Japanese military governor overseeing the occupation gathers tiger pelts as a hobby of seeming cultural dominance, and soon becomes obsessed with killing possibly the last remaining tiger in Korea, an enormous one-eyed male that lives on the mountain and has killed scores of hunters. [Wikipedia] ************* The main weakness of the film lies in its reluctant hero who is supposed to be the center of the story but mostly hovers around the fringe of its main actions instead. Choi Min-sik is engaging as usual, but his character usually stands back from the circumstance as adamantly rejecting his former colleagues’ requests, and the conflict between Man-deok and his naïve son who wants to follow his father’s footsteps despite Man-deok’s objection is predictable and clichéd in its development. [Seongyong's Private Place] Ocena