Barbare21

Barbare21

Favorite films

  • The Fall
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Pierrot le Fou
  • A Moment of Innocence

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  • Some Interviews on Personal Matters

    ★★★★★

  • Who Is Guilty?

    ★★★★

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    ★★★½

  • Conclave

    ★★★★

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  • Some Interviews on Personal Matters

    Some Interviews on Personal Matters

    ★★★★★

    yet another gem from Lana Ghogoberidze and Zaira Arsenishvili. The film looks into the lives of women, exploring how each navigates the responsibilities of family in her own way. Some turn a blind eye to their reality, while others choose to confront it head-on.

    What makes this film even interesting is its subtle yet powerful exploration of a topic rarely addressed under Soviet censorship—the suffering of those deported to Siberia during the Soviet repressions. This theme carries both personal and…

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

    ★★★★★

    Composition of most of the frames were just soooo good, and i will be obssessing over that Vandamm house and its cantilevered beams for a few weeks

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  • Sartre/Camus, une amitié déchirée

    Sartre/Camus, une amitié déchirée

    ★★★½

    I hate Sartre, but tbh I hate all the naive French intellectuals of the 20th century because I believe that if they hadn't personally experienced and witnessed the consequences of fascism, they might have argued about its benefits too.

  • Sissi: The Young Empress

    Sissi: The Young Empress

    ★★½

    Sissi is bringing the countries together and Franz, well, he is just there.