Friday, February 19, 2016
Collisions
The third time around for today's film.
I have seen this film several times and enjoy it more with time.
It has about everything. The key, I think, is in its star Birol Unel, a Turkish actor channeling Belmondo.
That the main character is suicidal is enough to make this different. That he is sympathetic without being pathetic is an added boost.
It is a love story. For one thing, the guy has fallen out of love with himself so he cannot love another. Someone tells him that and he realizes that the woman he has met is enough to turn around. Himself first.
It is a nice story of redemption and deliverance. Oops. I gave a spoiler.
There is not much point in viewing this loser without hope.
I love the writer and director, the auteur Fatih Akin. I have seen all his films and am never disappointed. Never.
This is 5 out of Netflix 5.
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