La Seconda Moglie

The second wife. A teenage boy's relationship with his father's wife. We recognized Lazar Ristovski, who we saw earlier in Emir Kusturica's Undergroud. Which was surprising, because it is difficult to take your eyes off Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

For an adulterous theme, it is not obnoxious. The subject is, as they say, sensitively handled. And that alone makes it a decent fare. But there's isn't much more going for it. 5/10 for me.

Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand (2004)

Turtles Can Fly. How melancholy can it get? If there is a storyline to the movie, I don't know what it is. Maybe it is the story of the street-smart kid Satellite. Or maybe it's the story of teenage refugee raped and with a child and brother who lost both his arms in a mine blast. Or maybe it is about the boy who could tell future. Anyway, it is such a shock you can't even cry.

But what I would really like to know is how the maker got such great acting out of kids, including a toddler. 7.5/10

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045670/. Saw this last night, story of a happy school teacher. She speaks so much I kept thinking she is going to get on my nerves, but she didn't. Probably because she is so funny. Moral of the story: speak a lot only if you know you are funny. 6/10.

Aamir (2008)

Last night saw first time director Raj Kumar Gupta's thriller-with-a-moral story Aamir. Aamir Ali, doctor returning to India from UK, finds his family is missing on his arrival in India. He gets first a phone and then calls from some guy who blackmails him into immediately participating in some terrorism related activity and later fooled into setting up a bomb.

Does he plant the bomb in the bus or sacrifice his and probably his family's life?

Overall the treatment is nice and the movie is fast paced enough so you can ignore its flaws. 6/10.

Duelle (une quarantaine)

The other day we sat down to see this movie. I am sure it must be a very good movie, but we couldn't quite understand what was going on. I even kept confusing between the characters and wasn't quite able to follow the story line. I am not going to rate it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074443

Baramnan gajok

A Good Lawyer's wife. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372782.

A lawyer's wife, herself a dancer, bored with life, first notices a teenage neighbor peeping on her and subsequently has an affair with him. The husband is a busy man but not too busy to have his own affair on the sly.

Overall an interesting movie. But some parts grossed me out, like the adopted son's killing.
5/10.

Throne of Blood (1957)

Kurosawa's Kumonosu jô, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050613. I definitely didn't like it as much as other movies of the master. Seemed very monotonous to me. 6/10 for me (but what do I know).