Brick Lane and Beauty in Trouble
Today I saw two films in which women are the protagonists. And in both films each woman had to make an important decision about her life.
Brick Lane is based on a novel by Monica Ali. It is directed by Sarah Gavron and the screenplay is written by Laura Jones. Young Nazneen loves her village and loves playing with her sister. But an event alters her life and eventually she is sent to London to marry an older, educated man. The grown up Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee)lives in London's Brick Lane. She has a very dull, uneventful life with her husband Chanu (Satish Kaushik) and her two daughters. She longs for home and is kept up to date by letters from her sister. When Chanu quits his job because he feels unappreciated Nazneen takes in sewing. One of her customers, Karim (Christopher
Simpson) stirs something in Nazneen that she has never felt before. I won't tell you more but I will say that I was very absorbed by this story and was anxious to see what happened to Nazneed and her family. The acting is good from the whole cast and the film is a visual treat.
Beauty in Trouble takes it's title from a Robert Graves poem. The film is directed by Jan Hrebjk (director of the Oscar nominated foreign film Divided We Fall). Marcela (Anna Geislerova) lives with her husband Jarda (Roman Luknar) and two children but is not happy. She decides to leave him and goes to live with her mother and very strange step-father. In the meantime, Jarda steals a car and winds up in jail. And I should mention that his mother is also off the wall - she is an ex communist who is now a religious fanatic. Through circumstances Marcela meets the man who's car was stolen. Evzen (Josef Abrham) is an older, well to do gentleman. He and Marcela form a friendship that leads to something else. And what does she eventually wind up doing? Well, for that answer you will have to see the film. Here is another film in which I really cared about what happened to the characters. As with Brick Lane, the acting here was good by the whole cast. And Hrebjk knows how to tell a story. Oh, and the soundtrack is wonderful - there were a number of songs by the talented Glen Hansard.
I highly recommend both films. But I wonder if they will appeal more to women. I hope that men will give them a chance as well.
Brick Lane is based on a novel by Monica Ali. It is directed by Sarah Gavron and the screenplay is written by Laura Jones. Young Nazneen loves her village and loves playing with her sister. But an event alters her life and eventually she is sent to London to marry an older, educated man. The grown up Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee)lives in London's Brick Lane. She has a very dull, uneventful life with her husband Chanu (Satish Kaushik) and her two daughters. She longs for home and is kept up to date by letters from her sister. When Chanu quits his job because he feels unappreciated Nazneen takes in sewing. One of her customers, Karim (Christopher
Simpson) stirs something in Nazneen that she has never felt before. I won't tell you more but I will say that I was very absorbed by this story and was anxious to see what happened to Nazneed and her family. The acting is good from the whole cast and the film is a visual treat.
Beauty in Trouble takes it's title from a Robert Graves poem. The film is directed by Jan Hrebjk (director of the Oscar nominated foreign film Divided We Fall). Marcela (Anna Geislerova) lives with her husband Jarda (Roman Luknar) and two children but is not happy. She decides to leave him and goes to live with her mother and very strange step-father. In the meantime, Jarda steals a car and winds up in jail. And I should mention that his mother is also off the wall - she is an ex communist who is now a religious fanatic. Through circumstances Marcela meets the man who's car was stolen. Evzen (Josef Abrham) is an older, well to do gentleman. He and Marcela form a friendship that leads to something else. And what does she eventually wind up doing? Well, for that answer you will have to see the film. Here is another film in which I really cared about what happened to the characters. As with Brick Lane, the acting here was good by the whole cast. And Hrebjk knows how to tell a story. Oh, and the soundtrack is wonderful - there were a number of songs by the talented Glen Hansard.
I highly recommend both films. But I wonder if they will appeal more to women. I hope that men will give them a chance as well.
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