This Very Moment (2003) Milchwald
This Very Moment (2003)
DVDRip | AVI | 640 x 368 | XviD @ 1254 Kbps | 88 min | 890 Mb
Audio: German MP3 @ 81 Kbps | Subs (srt): English, Spanish
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | AVI | 640 x 368 | XviD @ 1254 Kbps | 88 min | 890 Mb
Audio: German MP3 @ 81 Kbps | Subs (srt): English, Spanish
Genre: Drama
This is the story of Sylvia, who looses her stepchildren on a shopping trip in Poland. For fear of loosing her husband's love, too, she is unable to tell him what has happened and returns home, pretending anything is fine. When realising the missing of his children, the father starts a desperate retrieval. He is ready to give up anything in order to find them. Sylvia supports him in any way; she tries to comfort him and takes care of his hope's vulnerable flame. For the first time he really needs her. While the children are trying their best to get home, the police fails in detecting their whereabouts. When a very vague trace leads to Poland, the parents hit the road to find their children on their own.
This is a modern version of the Grimm fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel". It consists of two cross-cut story lines: one tells about the abandoned children's odyssey, the other shows the actions of father and stepmother. The latter unfortunately is rather weak: we see two people in their big, empty house, who can have sex with each other but are unable to communicate. The old cliché. Very lame. The other storyline is much better. It's definitely fun to watch the children's journey and how they torment the poor polish guy who tries to help them. Some scenes are really great, for example the ones around the bus station.
"Milchwald" seems to be typical for a certain kind of German film: it's intelligent, focused, uncompromising and beautiful, yet seriously flawed. The problem is not that it moves slow. The problem is that it lacks sensuality. The conscious effort to keep it cool, keep it cold, is too obvious for my taste. Other people, however, may like this style. So if you have a weakness for German art cinema, go and watch it.
P.S.: I'd like to ask the author: what does the German title mean?? It sounds cool, but I don't see any connection with the film.
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This Very Moment (2003) Milchwald
