Even a limited actor like Jan Josef Liefers made a bigger impact here than she did and that says quite something. Anyway, back to the positive: With a reference to the title of my review, I believe that this film is an excellent example of how to combine comedy, romance and relevance in one movie. They can really learn a whole lot from these minutes here, but I doubt they will because they prefer making films that are for the easily entertained masses that don't understand depth even if it hits them right in the very face.
This film here has a great deal of depth and it pretty much delivers in terms of everything it tries to be. Most of them are though. The film gets a lot more serious at the one-hour mark while everything before that is mostly comedy.
That's a bit surprising as the film also focuses more on romance in the second half. So it is not a romantic comedy then. More of a romantic drama perhaps. And a really strong character study when it comes to Eidinger and Haenel, who without a doubt are among the best their countries have to offer from their respective age groups.
This film is the evidence. And the ending is the obvious evidence too that this is not another generic German stupid comedy with a happy ending. It is all about authenticity instead and that's all you can ask for. Go see it as this one is deserving of all the awards attention it received. And the final and maybe biggest thumbs-up goes to the excellent Carla Bruni song used on several occasions and I just can't stop listening to it. The blooms of yesterday? What blooms is the present: beautiful, fresh, alive — and doomed.
Flowers die, beauties fade. Blooms are either now or preserved in our memories, what we remember of them, not as they survive pressed flat, dry and dead between pages or in a frame. This film's blooms of yesterday are what grew out of the seeds planted in the past.
In this case the seeds in question are the Holocaust. The blooms that blossomed from them are the central romantic couple, Totila Blumen and Zazie Lindau. They have differing but connected blooms, outgrowths, of the Holocaust seed. His grandfather killed her grandmother. Indeed, he slaughtered all the Jews from his old class at school. This film sparks against earlier films. The madcap Zazie springs from Louis Malle's eponymous film of an anarchist female spirit, here exploring a psychological version of the original's Metro underground.
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What also impressed me was the film's simplicity and the fact that it was unpredictable in its character portrayal. Cinematographically, it is definitely one of the best movies ever to have come from our shores.
Then there is the brilliant acting by Khumalo. The film is not without fault, but it shows that our film industry is capable of producing quality films. Just a pity that most South African audiences do not give the local industry the support it needs. Details Edit. Release date September 3, South Africa. South Africa. Official site. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Distant Horizon Dv8 Exciting Films.
Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 30 minutes. Jack Malik : Like what? Ellie Appleton : Benedict Cumberbatch becoming a sex symbol! Sign In. Play trailer Comedy Fantasy Music. Director Danny Boyle. Richard Curtis screenplay by Jack Barth story by. Top credits Director Danny Boyle. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Official Trailer. Official UK Trailer.
Clip All About Sophia Di Martino. Extended Clip. Featurette A Look Inside. Interview Photos Top cast Edit. Sophia Di Martino Carol as Carol. Ellise Chappell Lucy as Lucy. Harry Michell Nick as Nick. Vincent Franklin Brian as Brian. Joel Fry Rocky as Rocky.
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