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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA recent widow, who is determined to leave Scotland for Australia with her son, gets an unexpected visit from her aging mother.A recent widow, who is determined to leave Scotland for Australia with her son, gets an unexpected visit from her aging mother.A recent widow, who is determined to leave Scotland for Australia with her son, gets an unexpected visit from her aging mother.
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- 5 vitórias e 9 indicações no total
Alan Rickman
- Man in Street
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This film is one of those small but delicious productions in modern european film industry that makes it worth to continue going to the cinema. It is the film version of a Scottish theatre production, that did run with the same basic cast.
There is no main plot. It is the summing up of four basic stories which are somewhat interwoven, describing the relationships between very different human beings.
The Scottish winter, framing all the story, is almost a character of its own. You can almost sense the ice, the intense coldness around the characters, but you altogether feel the warmth of human emotions.
The actors are all outstanding in their characters. Above all others, Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson (real life mother and daughter) give a very powerful performance, portraying a depressed recent widow and her energetic and controlling mother: really a charming old lady.
The great Alan Rickman's direction is in my opinion a very good job, bringing all the different stories together and making a magnificent choral film.
I eagerly look forward to his next attempt in directorial tasks.
There is no main plot. It is the summing up of four basic stories which are somewhat interwoven, describing the relationships between very different human beings.
The Scottish winter, framing all the story, is almost a character of its own. You can almost sense the ice, the intense coldness around the characters, but you altogether feel the warmth of human emotions.
The actors are all outstanding in their characters. Above all others, Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson (real life mother and daughter) give a very powerful performance, portraying a depressed recent widow and her energetic and controlling mother: really a charming old lady.
The great Alan Rickman's direction is in my opinion a very good job, bringing all the different stories together and making a magnificent choral film.
I eagerly look forward to his next attempt in directorial tasks.
There are other overall comments; I thought I would comment on it from a 'quiet psychological drama' POV. As the different pairs of people (mother/bereaved daughter, son/girlfriend, boys, old women) developed their stories, and sometimes criss-crossed, I saw a growing pattern in how they all dealt with their existential lone-ness and lack of drive. The fun but seemingly insignificant (at first) retired ladies hold the key the others seem to echo each in their own way: that if you have a friend, a journey of discovery, and something (or someone) to care for, you can grow in hard conditions, and move on. There are even almost mythical scenes of epiphany about this theme, but I don't know whether Rickmann or MacDonald intended this beautiful mythological pattern to answer the existential crises we face in modern times, but the richness and depth the characters grow into by the end of the film is something that really hit me. A fascinating study that follows the characters so carefully as to teach you things about yourself. Put this in your medicine cabinet for prompt temporary relief of existential despair. If they can find warmth in that bitter chill, there's hope for us too. Not for you if action movies are your thing, of course!
Meets my standard for 'movies that improved my life'.
Meets my standard for 'movies that improved my life'.
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A beautiful ordinary story. A film made of long silences and unheard incessant talk. Of painful memories and hopeful looks. Of attending funerals as social occasions. Of unexpressible love. Of a beautifully photographed gray Scottish landscape.
Emma Thomson and Phyllida Law deliver powerful performances, although the incredibly poetic early teen Sam and Tom almost steal the movie.
When you are tired of idiotic movies that look all the same, go see or rent this one. Highly recommended.
Emma Thomson and Phyllida Law deliver powerful performances, although the incredibly poetic early teen Sam and Tom almost steal the movie.
When you are tired of idiotic movies that look all the same, go see or rent this one. Highly recommended.
This film was not at all what I expected. There are four seemingly unrelated storylines all going on at once. I could have seen more of Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law (Thompson's mother both on and off screen -- terrific performance!), but that's a small quibble. This is one of those movies where you're not sure if you like it or not, but days later, when you're STILL thinking about it, you figure that there must have been SOMETHING to it after all...
First of all, the exquisite beauty of this film is mute evidence of the artistic background of the director, Alan Rickman, who was a graphics designer before he became an actor. The iciness and vastness of the frozen Scottish sea coast made me shiver in summer when I first saw it. The kids' conversation about genitalia was funny, and having had 5 children, I never knew they dropped.
Emma Thompson and her mother had a great interaction.which is so appropriate, as it shows both the love and the friction that goes on between mother and daughter who are so much alike. This is the major story line, with the subtexts occurring between the boys and between the old ladies intent on attending funerals, as they approach their own 'going away party'.
It is an unusually visually attractive film and certainly not a formulaic dialogue. I recommend it to anyone with a brain and an eye for beauty. Alice Copeland Brown
Emma Thompson and her mother had a great interaction.which is so appropriate, as it shows both the love and the friction that goes on between mother and daughter who are so much alike. This is the major story line, with the subtexts occurring between the boys and between the old ladies intent on attending funerals, as they approach their own 'going away party'.
It is an unusually visually attractive film and certainly not a formulaic dialogue. I recommend it to anyone with a brain and an eye for beauty. Alice Copeland Brown
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- CuriosidadesDame Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law are real-life mother and daughter.
- Erros de gravaçãoIt is established early on that the house is cold due to a boiler breakdown but minutes later Frances runs a steaming hot bath. In UK households heating and hot water are usually provided from the same boiler.
- ConexõesReferenced in Discovering Film: Alan Rickman (2019)
- Trilhas sonorasTake Me With You
Sung by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
Music by Michael Kamen
Lyrics by Alan Rickman
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- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 870.290
- Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 20.533
- 28 de dez. de 1997
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 870.290
- Tempo de duração1 hora 48 minutos
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- 1.85 : 1
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