[Reellife] Festival DiverCiné at the Cinematheque in Vancouver

[dave olsen]

I've seen three of the films at Festival DiverCiné 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/festival-divercine>, which is playing at the 
Cinematheque <http://thecinematheque.ca> in Vancouver.

_Tonight_, you can see Héritages 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/festival-divercine/heritages> (Mirath) at 8:20pm.  
It's a fabulous family film that investigates Philippe Aractingi's family's 
history with Lebanon's.

Using special effects to overlay his family into archival footage, he recreates 
familial scenes and historical events with his own family of actors!

More deeply, he shows the angst of separation within a family when external 
events cause disruption beyond one's control.  Being kept away from where your 
heart lies is painful no matter how it is implemented or mitigated.  But he also 
shows how the human heart is stronger than anything imposed; love will indeed 
conquer all.

Carte Blanche <http://thecinematheque.ca/festival-divercine/carte-blanche> is a 
Polish film that literally starts off with a bang.  If you ever wanted to 
witness a car crash AND walk away unharmed, here's your chance.  I'm still 
shaking...

This film is superb.  It throws bits of humour into a dramatic, real life story 
as we watch a compassionate teacher spiral his way down into blindness, right 
after losing his mother and only family member.

Set in Poland, a society seemingly even harder than ours, he doesn't have a lot 
of love from the adults in his life to support him. That's where the younger 
generation comes in - again.  The teenage flock that he tutors literally stop 
him in his tracks when he tries to quit.  Simply by treating these teenagers as 
humans, with respect and understanding, he unleashes a force much greater than he.

Of course, it gets even more interesting when he chooses to not let anyone at 
school know he's going blind...

Unfortunately, it only played once, last Saturday when my connection to the 
outside world came crashing down and prevented me from alerting you to it...and 
you could have practised your Polish, too! Cześć!  Dobranoc!

And it was followed by the first ever Ivory Coast film to premiere at Cannes: 
Run <http://thecinematheque.ca/festival-divercine/run>.

It's the name of the lead character and the film brought me right back to West 
Africa, with the beauty of the people and area and the chaos of a military 
dictatorship.

It's has the typical pace of a West African film: adding depth to scenes and 
time to absorb all the subtleties of the acting and scenery.

A huge achievement in any part of the world, for Côte d'Ivoire, this film is a 
celebration!

-- 

Warmly,
dave/
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