GREAT MOVIES! STORIES OF FAITH, HOPE, LOVE & SURVIVAL!
Let's begin with let There Be Light. After a near-death experience, the world's most famous atheist must reinvent himself to save his family and his soul. Rated PG-13, 1hr 41 min.
Let There be Light
Release date: October 27, 2017 (USA)
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The second film that I enjoyed several weeks ago is "The Promise". This is a love story during upheaval, difficult times, a country going through rebellion/war.
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And the third one is The Zookeeper's Wife.
Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar
Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their
shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a
romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris (Christian
Bale), a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political
truth. As the Ottoman Empire crumbles into war-torn chaos, their
conflicting passions must be deferred while they join forces to get
their people to safety and survive themselves. The Promise is directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Terry George. STARRING Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale
“Ali & Nino”
The fourth film is great love story between a Muslim and an Christian. The story based on true events takes place amid war, fear, separation.
The fourth film is great love story between a Muslim and an Christian. The story based on true events takes place amid war, fear, separation.
A sweeping romance set in the Caspian Sea region around the time of World War I, Asif Kapadia’s
“Ali & Nino” is the kind of lush historical drama that Hollywood
might have made in the 1930s but these days unsurprisingly owes its
existence to foreign producers and, most especially, a renowned literary
source.
Into this garden of complications, a serpent creeps. Malik (Riccardo Scamarcio), an Armenian Christian, offers to make the couple’s case to Nino’s parents, but, secretly desiring the girl himself, he abducts her and makes for Russia. Ali gives chase and kills his false friend. Since the death will ignite a blood feud, Ali is obliged to flee to the mountains of Dagestan. When Nino finds him there, the couple weds and then enjoys an idyllic retreat from the world.
Their blissful isolation ends when events compel them to return to Baku. With the city threatened by the incursion of deserting Imperial troops, Ali elects to fight in defense of his homeland while Nino works as a nurse. The chaos and danger mount, though, so that, after announcing her pregnancy, Nino is spirited away to Persia, where she leads a cloistered, unhappy life watched over by a eunuch, and gives birth to a daughter.
Ali retrieves his new family and returns them to Baku after the world war ends and Azerbaijan gains its independence for the first time in centuries. It’s a moment of nationalist pride and jubilation, with Azeris assuring each other that the Treaty of Versailles will guarantee their autonomy. They have only failed to foresee the effects of the Russian Revolution. Within months, Bolshevik armies are moving to invade the fledgling republic, an incursion that will seal the fates of Ali and Nino.
In Kapadia’s film, the passionate love story at the heart of Said’s novel anchors a drama that also surveys a fascinating slice of history, one with ongoing geopolitical relevance (at the time of the story, the Baku area was producing half of the world’s oil, which made it coveted by several empires and corporations). In various ways, the tale may remind viewers of Doctor Zhivago, another celebrated romantic novel set during the same period. Yet the movie it inspired was a much grander affair than “Ali and Nino,” truly epic in its sweep and as plush in its mounting as any studio movie of its era.
Source: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ali-and-nino-2016
Into this garden of complications, a serpent creeps. Malik (Riccardo Scamarcio), an Armenian Christian, offers to make the couple’s case to Nino’s parents, but, secretly desiring the girl himself, he abducts her and makes for Russia. Ali gives chase and kills his false friend. Since the death will ignite a blood feud, Ali is obliged to flee to the mountains of Dagestan. When Nino finds him there, the couple weds and then enjoys an idyllic retreat from the world.
Their blissful isolation ends when events compel them to return to Baku. With the city threatened by the incursion of deserting Imperial troops, Ali elects to fight in defense of his homeland while Nino works as a nurse. The chaos and danger mount, though, so that, after announcing her pregnancy, Nino is spirited away to Persia, where she leads a cloistered, unhappy life watched over by a eunuch, and gives birth to a daughter.
Ali retrieves his new family and returns them to Baku after the world war ends and Azerbaijan gains its independence for the first time in centuries. It’s a moment of nationalist pride and jubilation, with Azeris assuring each other that the Treaty of Versailles will guarantee their autonomy. They have only failed to foresee the effects of the Russian Revolution. Within months, Bolshevik armies are moving to invade the fledgling republic, an incursion that will seal the fates of Ali and Nino.
In Kapadia’s film, the passionate love story at the heart of Said’s novel anchors a drama that also surveys a fascinating slice of history, one with ongoing geopolitical relevance (at the time of the story, the Baku area was producing half of the world’s oil, which made it coveted by several empires and corporations). In various ways, the tale may remind viewers of Doctor Zhivago, another celebrated romantic novel set during the same period. Yet the movie it inspired was a much grander affair than “Ali and Nino,” truly epic in its sweep and as plush in its mounting as any studio movie of its era.
Source: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ali-and-nino-2016
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