Passing Summer

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Audience Member Schanelec drives the narrative as if she doesn't know much about her characters, as if she put them in certain situations leaving them free to go beyond the limits of a pre-established script. As the character Sophie, regarding her stay in Rome, so are the characters and ourselves in the face of so many situations and life itself: somehow always a bit excited and also a bit bored, kind of waiting for something to happen. There is the contrast between the expectations we create and the time, even sometimes slow, that does not cease to move. In one of the most beautiful scenes, in the gardens where Mary's wedding is celebrated, the camera meets Marie, but this meeting is accidental. While accompanying her, the camera is independent of it. Other characters come in and out of its visual field, but it keeps following its own path without ever changing (the same aperture and shutter speed remain). Curiosity: besides the character Valerie looks like Jean Seberg in "Breathless", the scene where Clara asks Maria to dance to Schubert's Erlkönig seems to be a reference to "Je Vous Salue, Marie", where Marie, as a child, dances the last movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Le titre annonce la couleur, le rythme sera "lent". En fait la mise en scene statique (que de la camera fixe pour 2 ou 3 travellings) et elliptique est hypnotique et sied parfaitement pour raconter avec verite les errements de cette jeune femme et des familles decomposees qui l'entourent. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Ein halbes Jahr. Ein paar Menschen. So etwas Ähnliches wie Geschichten. In Berlin. Angela Schanelecs MEIN LANGSAMES LEBEN ist ganz beiläufig, alltäglich, aber auch artifiziell, folgt seinen Protagonisten mit Interesse, maßt sich aber nicht an, sie erzählen zu wollen. Viele Stränge, nebeneinander, miteinander, aber nicht verflochten. Jeder Zusammenhang zwischen dem Gezeigten wird ausgespart, alles steht nebeneinander, wird nicht zusammengeführt. Ein Film über Menschen, einen Sommer, über Berlin. Das sind dann wohl diejenigen, die später in den Prenzlauer Berg gezogen sind. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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