A selection of this week’s domestic and foreign cinematographic novelties / Article

Christmas cinema

We go to the cinema with a child, with a mother, with a friend and we too carry all our thoughts about Advent, charity, darkness and light. The stress of the pre-Christmas period on gifts and the desire to be together, perhaps letting yourself go for at least two hours at the cinema? By the way, Latvian cinema also no longer hides that keeping the peace in this politically, materially and humanly troubled time is a great test for many families. This year in Latvia two films are released on screens, deliberately targeted and esteemed for Christmas. Director Aigars Grauba’s film “Circenīš Christmas” is already on the screens and it is a joke story where dad forgets what he promised, mom poses for the police, bankers collaborate with criminals, but the kids have a plan to bring them all to their senses. The family film “Christmas in the Jungle” is the embodiment of the childhood dream of Latvian producer Roberts Vinovskis and Estonian director Jākas Kilmi, which will premiere on December 1st. This is definitely the most visually exotic cinematic story that the domestic film industry has given us, as the film is set in Indonesia! Dad, whose profession is a gold digger, goes to the beautiful land on business and takes the whole family with him. Christmas under the palm trees awaits you at the cinema!

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european cinema

The Month of European Cinema continues, which also offers tougher stories where love is the key word. The film “Close” by the young Belgian director Lucas Dont, winner of this year’s “Grand Prix” at the Cannes Film Festival, is about fragile and deep feelings at a time when teenage friends are beginning to realize the strong attraction they have for each other. But the threshold of the adult world is cruel. It’s that time when summer seems endless and you don’t even realize you’re in pain.

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french cinema

French cinematographer Claire Deny was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival this year. The director’s film “Both Sides of the Blade” is a story of a passionate relationship, embodied by Vincent Lyndon and Juliette Binoche. A great marriage after ten years together is rocked by meeting a childhood friend. An old love resurfaces, but should anyone feel guilty about it? One of Europe’s most influential directors, Claire Deny, entrusts the feminine dimension of her emotionally charged films to a strong actress who can do anything and dares to do anything. It is the wordless intensity that the screen emits.

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