|
Hot Picks
| |
|
|
You Won't Be Alone
Australia / UK / Serbia 2022
produced by
Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, Brandt Andersen (executive), Phil Hunt (executive), Bryce Menzies (executive), Jonathan Page (executive), Michelle Pearce (executive), Noomi Rapace (executive), Dale Roberts (executive), Compton Ross (executive) for Causeway Films, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology
directed by Goran Stolevski
starring Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Sara Klimoska, Félix Maritaud, Arta Dobroshi, Carloto Cotta, Verica Nedeska, Djordje Misina, Nikola Ristanovski, Kamka Tocinovski, Irena Ristic, Predrag Vasic, Daniel Olsen, Daniel Kovacevic, Jasmina Avramovic, Marija Opsenica, Djordje Zivadinovic Grgur, Senka Kolozova, Teodor Vincic, Jelena Velkovski, Nikola Markovic, Milos Pantic, Leontina Bainovic, Milena Nikolic, Anastasija Karanovich, Veselina Mihajlovic, Danilo Savic, Branislav Cubrilo, Mladen Vukovic, Djordje Kocic, Artan Sadiku, Sofija Jeremic, Amini Cishugi, Viktorija Jakovljevic
written by Goran Stolevski, music by Mark Bradshaw
review by
Mike Haberfelner
|
A mountain village in 19th century Macedonia: Maria the Wolf-Eateress
(Anamaria Marinca), a badly scarred woman with magical powers, demands
Nevena (Sara Klimoska) as her maid at her birth. But her mother brokers
her deal so she can keep Nevana until she's 16, and she raises the girl in
a cave, not allowing her outside, until at age 16, and now almost
completely feral due to life-long neglect, she's given to Maria. However,
she's not much use to Maria in her state, and thus is soon abandoned. On
her own, Nevena explores the world she knows nothing about - but she has a
gift, she can shapeshift, and assuming different identities, mostly
female, but sometimes males as well, and even a dog, she learns the ways
of the humans, and slowly integrates herself into society, which even
includes marrying and having a child. But Maria the Wolf-Eateress is never
far behind, and once the child is born she claims it as her own ...
This film is based on a very nice folk horror premise, and it
sure features some great imagery and strong performances - but frankly, it
drones on for much too long. Basically the concept of Nevana shapeshifting
to learn more about humankind becomes repetitive after a while and things
often seem forced when she learns a new aspect of life. So while the film
is pretty intense for the first half hour or so, it then loses steam, with
the tension before long going out of the window, leaving nothing but a
feeling of same old same old. Now for the first act alone, the movie's
still immensely watchable, it's just a pity it doesn't hold up as a whole.
|
|
|
|
review © by Mike Haberfelner
 |
Feeling lucky?
Want to
search
any of my partnershops yourself
for more, better results?
(commissions earned) |
The links below
will take you
just there!!!
|
|
 |
Thanks for watching !!!
|
|
|
Robots and rats,
demons and potholes,
cuddly toys and
shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill
Your Bones to
is all of that.
Tales to Chill
Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays
ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic
to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by
the twisted mind of
screenwriter and film reviewer
Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill
Your Bones to
the new anthology by
Michael Haberfelner
Out now from
Amazon!!! |
|
amazon.com
amazon.co.uk
amazon.de
eThaiCD.com
find You Won't Be Alone at adultvideouniverse.com