He might not be as recognized as someone like Aki Kaurismaki, but Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer has carved out his own similarly distinctive niche, thanks to offbeat comedies like "Kitchen Stories" and "O'Horten." Now he's back with "1001 Grams," which will make its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the first trailer dropped today. Starring Ane Dahl Torp, Laurent Stocker, Stein Winge, Hildegun Riise, Per Christian Ellefsen, Peter Hudson, Dinara Droukarova, Christian Erickson, Didier Flamand and Magne Håvard Brekke, the movie's milieu is set in an absurdly specific area of science. Here's the official synopsis: "When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and love that ends up on the scale." There's no U.S. distributor for this one yet. Watch the trailer below.
- 8/4/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Director: Ursula Meier Starring: Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Yann Trégouët, Gabin Lefebvre, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Simon Guélat Economic disparity is at the dead center of Ursula Meier's Sister. At the top of the mountain is a wealthy conglomerate of European vacationers who head downhill with the highest quality of skis, clothing and goggles. At the bottom of the mountain is a housing project populated with the poorest of the poor. The frontier is vertical and social, dividing the peaks of a ski resort from the working class valley it overlooks.
- 6/24/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Title: Goodbye First Love Director: Mia Hansen-Love Starring: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Havard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton, Serge Renko, Ozay Fecht, Max Ricat There’s no one way to tell a love story. Often, romances are recounted on the big screen out of order, to present the happiest of times and the low points without explicitly distinguishing the two. Cinematic examples range from Annie Hall to 500 Days of Summer to Peter and Vandy, and many, many more. That tactic effectively captures what makes the relationship work, the spark and the connection, by citing instances of true delight and weaving them into a grander universe in which these two people exist just [ Read More ]...
- 4/19/2012
- by abe
- ShockYa
Television and movies love to indulge us in pre-adulthood nostalgia. Whether the bait is loose (young hooligans causing a ruckus) or more specific and event-oriented (prom, which we've seen less of lately because, well, prom sucks), the powers that be tug at our heartstrings and force us to look back at a time free of major responsibilities and full of fresh experiences. The glazed schmaltz can be off-putting for some, but occasionally sincerity shines through, and we get something that captures the emotions extraordinarily well (for this writer's money, "The Virgin Suicides" and "The Girl" are uneven but nail certain feelings on the head). But if we look back without this fondness, what are these stories? Are they merely happenings that somehow affected the person we become, or are they just the product of naive children that didn't know better? Mia Hansen-Løve's "Goodbye First Love" attempts a critical look...
- 4/17/2012
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
Title: Goodbye First Love Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Cast: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky and Magne-Håvard Brekke One step from childhood to adulthood is to meet someone, have good chemistry with them, fall in love and have sex for the first time (not necessarily in that order). It’s the time of your life where it’s ok to be foolish, in love and reckless. Sometimes your first love will be your only love and you’ll live happily ever after, and other times, your first love turns out to be a horrible person, leaves you for something shinier, and to say the least, it just doesn’t work out with them. You get your first...
- 10/19/2011
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Mia Hansen-Løve's third feature, Goodbye First Love, "seems to advance by intuition," suggests Ben Sachs at Cine-File: "you can never predict where it's going. The story follows Camille (Lola Créton) and Sullivan (Sebastian Urzendowsky) from adolescence, when they're high-school sweethearts who go through a traumatic breakup, to their mid-20s, when they reunite after several years. Nothing happens comfortably or predictably: Hansen-Løve will devote several minutes to a seemingly mundane action, then bring the plot several months into the future with a simple, unassuming edit. (The greatest elisions, usually skipping over a few years at a time, are denoted by elegant fade-outs that suggest the line breaks in a poem.) Likewise, the movie generally seems tied to Camille's perspective, though it shifts at several critical moments to depict things that happen only to Sullivan. It's puzzling as to just whom or what is guiding the movie's attention; perhaps it's the characters' passion itself,...
- 10/15/2011
- MUBI
#9. Goodbye First Love Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Cast: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne Brekke, Valérie Bonneton, Serge Renko Distributor: IFC Films Buzz: Mia Hansen-Løve likely needs no introduction. Her first two features premiered in Cannes and left noticeable imprints and a healthy following on her tail. Releasing a new film for the first time as an anticipated director (IFC Films made a rare rights grab during production), the pressure is definitely hot and heavy. Picked up pretty decent word after its Locarno unveiling, the trajectory for this budding superstar is still aimed due north. The Gist: The detailed story of a young girl's first love - and there's probably no need to take bets on how it ends up. Typical of Hansen-Løve, though, it'll be the blissful structural shape that'll make this a complex and emotional punch in the gut. Tiff Schedule: Friday September 9 Scotiabank Theatre 3 6:45pmSaturday September 10 AMC 3 3:...
- 9/3/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
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