The advantage of the streaming services, unfortunately quite numerous, is that there are also many good titles from the history of cinema to review. They are barely highlighted by the services, so you have to look for them. FilmTotaal gives you a helping hand.
For example, Netflix has the intense drama The Pianist from director Roman Polanski, who you might know from seeing it onscreen. The ninth gate et The Ghost Writer.
The pianist
This 2002 drama film stars Adrien Brody in the lead role. The supporting roles are held by Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay and Emilia Fox, among others. The film was very well received.
This is according to the consensus of critics on Rotten Tomatoes (95%): Well performed and dramatically moving, The Pianist is Polanski’s finest work in years.
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“The film as a whole is impressive and shows the Holocaust from the inside. The film does not let go of a sole and returns constantly with very brutal moments which underline the madness of this war. The Pianist is a monument of war cinema! “. according to ourub on Moviemeter.
Rcuppen79 wrote on Moviemeter: “Adrien Brody delivers a brilliant tour de force as the title character and deservedly received an Oscar for it. As a viewer, you can actually feel the pain he has to endure in the harsh conditions he had to survive in for years. »
On Netflix
The $35 million film was a financial success, grossing over $120 million at the box office. The film was also nominated for seven Oscars, and won four. Luckily, you can now rewatch the film on Netflix.
Synopsis: On September 23, 1939, the young pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman played Frédérique Chopin’s “Nocturne in D minor” for the radio. Because of the noise of the bombardments, he can hardly hear himself. Half an hour after the end of the performance, the hall of the Polish Broadcasting Corporation was hit and the radio was permanently cut off. The consequences of the ensuing German occupation are terrible for the inhabitants of Warsaw: the ghetto, the Jewish insurrection, the deportations. While his entire family and many friends are exterminated, Szpilman survives in the ruins of his beloved city. For this, he received help not only from the Polish resistance fighters, but also from the German officer Wilm Hosenfeld, who heard him play Chopin’s piece on September 23…..
2023-08-12 17:06:51
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