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Piccolo dizionario amoroso

Titolo originale: The Sleeping Dictionary
  • 2003
  • T
  • 1h 49min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,5/10
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Jessica Alba and Hugh Dancy in Piccolo dizionario amoroso (2003)
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Anni trenta. Un giovane inglese viene inviato in una tribù nel Borneo in qualità di rappresentante coloniale della Gran Bretagna. Una donna del posto (Jessica Alba) lo aiuta ad apprendere la... Leggi tuttoAnni trenta. Un giovane inglese viene inviato in una tribù nel Borneo in qualità di rappresentante coloniale della Gran Bretagna. Una donna del posto (Jessica Alba) lo aiuta ad apprendere la lingua e le tradizioni locali. L'uomo si innamora di lei, nonostante i tabù.Anni trenta. Un giovane inglese viene inviato in una tribù nel Borneo in qualità di rappresentante coloniale della Gran Bretagna. Una donna del posto (Jessica Alba) lo aiuta ad apprendere la lingua e le tradizioni locali. L'uomo si innamora di lei, nonostante i tabù.

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    • Guy Jenkin
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  • Star
    • Jessica Alba
    • Brenda Blethyn
    • Hugh Dancy
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,5/10
    9642
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      • Guy Jenkin
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Guy Jenkin
    • Star
      • Jessica Alba
      • Brenda Blethyn
      • Hugh Dancy
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    • 7Recensioni della critica
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    Jessica Alba
    Jessica Alba
    • Selima
    Brenda Blethyn
    Brenda Blethyn
    • Aggie
    Hugh Dancy
    Hugh Dancy
    • John Truscott
    Bob Hoskins
    Bob Hoskins
    • Henry
    Christopher Ling
    • Jasmine
    • (as Christopher Ling Lee Ian)
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    Junix Inocian
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    • Melaka
    Mano Maniam
    • Policeman
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    K.K. Moggie
    • Tipong
    Emily Mortimer
    Emily Mortimer
    • Cecil
    Cicilia Anak Richard
    • Jester Woman
    Malcolm Rogers
    Malcolm Rogers
    • Vicar
    Eugene Salleh
    • Belansai
    Noah Taylor
    Noah Taylor
    • Neville
    Kate Helen White
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    7dvdmaniac

    Pay attention people!

    It seems to me that anyone who saw the film and said that Jessica Alba didn't look like a native, hasn't been paying a lot of attention to the film (probably they only had eyes for the lovely Jessica). Because in the film it's explained that her father is English, therefore she doesn't have to look like a native. It surprises me that nobody seems to remember this important fact, and I have serious questions about the IQ of those people. For me this movie was near perfect, except there could be a bit more character development. Jessica Alba was gorgeous and very believable. To me she was the best actor/actress in the movie. But she can still improve. It's good that she works on her acting in these smaller projects, so that in a few years time she'll be ready for the bigger work, and make her big breakthrough. I give the movie a solid 7 (out of 10).
    elmer_saunders

    Engaging romance, beautiful scenery

    While overseas, I had heard the concept of the movie and the fact the appealing Jessica Alba was featured but had little chance to check on the actual film. When I returned to the USA late last year, I found the film had gone directly to video with limited availability (couldn't get it at Blockbuster, for instance). I am glad that I wound up buying a copy (although I found a 'used' DVD for half the new asking price).

    It is a shame the film never appeared in theaters as the visuals of Sarawak would have been great on the large screen and the audio and music are well done and would have benefited from a theatrical environment.

    BELOW IS DISCUSSION OF PLOT ELEMENTS WHICH MIGHT SPOIL IT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM.

    While overall the plot line was reasonable and avoided cliche, there were a number of disconnects as far as I was concerned.

    Truscott's dilemma with Bullard after the miners' slaughter arrives too abruptly and presumes some sort of offscreen confession. Since it is a central conflict in the drama, it really deserves more explanation.

    Similarly, the "one year later" leap to Truscott's marrying Cecil Bullard lacked sincerity. Why would Truscutt marry the daughter of those who wedged him away from his true love? While one can imagine various possibilities, the lack of on screen justification left me unfulfilled.

    Finally, even after conversion by Sarawak and its people, Truscutt is still too much of a proper Englishman to credibly leave a pregnant wife. Some of the sympathy I'd built up for the forbidden lovers was undercut by the way this was handled. It would have been far better for Cecil to push a reluctant Truscutt away.

    Still, these plot issues are relatively small in comparison to a film, cast and cinematography that rose well above the small budget and unheralded distribution. I rarely buy videos or DVDs because I find I seldom go back to play them, but this one I will enjoy owning.
    10diane-34

    Beautiful social history

    My wife and I watched this film not knowing anything about it except a two sentence introduction on a movie-card. We were impressed by all aspects of it-particularly the substance of the script-it was a brave script-a script that should have made people uncomfortable because of the swipes taken at British colonialism and what that evil did on a personal level to everybody concerned. Living as I do in Western Australia, the dark legacy of European colonialism is just below the surface and I have seen firsthand the outlines of the story presented in "The Sleeping Dictionary"-not of course the same geography or the same details but once colonialism left its tread on the floor of world history it matters little the particulars.

    The enormity of the personal tragedy of that period is something not to be derisively dismissed as one commentator remarked-as a film fit for screening at the old folks home on a Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately the world is still dealing with that evil period of recent history.

    I was moved by all the decisions that the characters faced throughout the film. Brenda Blethyn's character as the wife of Hoskin's colonial official was as much a victim as anybody in the film. Although she emerges as the "baddie" she must try, with little background, to stitch together a semblance of what she feels is an acceptable canvas in order to paint her English life-such of it as there is in Sarawak. And what of Hoskin's torn character-a man who can only fall back on "duty" to country in order to find reason for the completion of duties that he recognizes as damaging to all involved.

    A brave film-look for it!
    7Jimmy_fingers

    love-across-the-tracks, remixed......

    Liked this film a lot. A rework of the classic Romeo and Juliet impossible-love scenario, it managed to stand out from the crowd, not least because of the impressive cinematography (helped in no small part by the wonderful locales and the beautiful tribes people (The Iban). While never being earth-shattering, for a film to watch with a loved one (without being too girly) this is hard to top IMO. It shows the moral struggle of a man who has to choose between 'duty' and love. The arrogance and conditioning of British colonialism is dealt with well, as we struggled to impose our European values and God on peoples in far flung corners, and indeed it shows the irony that we struggled to retain it ourselves as the beauty of the place and people intoxicated our men (a few cads apart)

    Watch it with wifey/girlfriend/prospective mate
    QueenMakeda84

    Well Done

    This movie was breathtaking to me. I figured it went straight to video since I never saw any previews for it. Jessica Alba is a favorite of mine anyway, so I have a bias I suppose. The movie was beautifully shot and the music was in great taste. I had never heard of sleeping dictionaries, so it was an interesting lesson. At first, Jessica didn't seem to fit the look of the other natives, but it made sense when she was mixed and I could see where her complexion played in. Her accent was surprisingly believable. Hugh was adorable as the sheepish "leader" of the community. It made all the sense in the world that they would fall for each other. I liked the angle of the British hypocrisy. It was alright to sleep with the people the ruled or "civilized", but not good enough to marry them or acknowledge the children they had with these people. It resonated with me because the same thing happened with slavery in America. I thought that angle was well played out. I do agree with some other users that they fell in love too quickly and they weren't together enough for the audience to see that dynamic. They spent far too much of the movie apart for it to be so dramatic and "love at all costs" type of love. It was weird that he left his wife who was pregnant for Selima, but I guess Cecil knew he wouldn't be happy with their little "family". I identified with her struggle to please her husband and hold onto him. Imagine that many wives of the colonialism era probably felt that way when their husbands desired not just another woman, but a woman they felt was inferior. It was a great movie. Watch it.

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      Filmed and first preview screened in 2000, not released until 2003.
    • Blooper
      When Selima and Truscott are given the turquoise bracelets, she takes Truscott's off and wears it. In the next shot, she gives him hers but she's still holding his.
    • Citazioni

      John Truscott: I've never met anyone, even a little like you.

    • Connessioni
      Referenced in Be Kind Rewind - Gli acchiappafilm (2008)
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      East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
      Written by Brooks Bowman

      Performed by Mary Carewe

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    Dettagli

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    • Data di uscita
      • 27 giugno 2003 (Italia)
    • Paesi di origine
      • Regno Unito
      • Germania
      • Stati Uniti
    • Sito ufficiale
      • Official site
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • Amor salvaje
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Kuching, Sarawak, Malesia
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Fine Line Features
      • Hat Trick Productions
      • Katira Productions GmbH & Co. KG
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      • 12.000.000 USD (previsto)
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      • 57.524 USD
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 1.85 : 1

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