Tuesday, November 11, 2014
One night
I love little films that focus on people and do not rely much on situations or events.
This is the main attraction of
with Tom Schilling and a number of delightful actors.
A guy loses his job and his Dad quits supporting him so, at a loss, he wanders the streets for one night. The film is about who he meets and what he sees.
It is a small film with a huge heart and a lot of humanity packed into an hour and 25 minutes.
In a way it is an anthology film, different stories, but really it is a big story about an aimless young man whose time on the loose has run out.
If we would be him, we can see many lessons and directions open up as he meets new people and spends some time with them.
I do not know if he gets the picture, his money is running out so he better, but I got a lot of material out of it.
One surprise in the film is the music. It is not an original score. Just small group jazz, a lot like Woody Allen would do. And it is always apt.
I also have never seen anyone light a cigarette by leaning over and sticking it in the toaster! Educational if I still smoked.
This is well worth seeing again. A 4 out of Netflix5.
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