[Reellife] Another EUFF film tonight

[dave olsen]

A quick note to alert you to another excellent European Film Fest screening 
tonight at 6:30pm at the Cinematheque <http://thecinematheque.ca> in Downtown 
Vancouver.

Family Party (FamilenFest 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/eufilmfestival/germany-family-party> auf Deutsch) is 
a searing take on wealth and family dysfunction.  Not as funny as I expected, 
but it still has lots of dry humour.  It was much more realistic than many 
family dysfunction parodies.  I particularly pleased and surprised at the 
insight it gave when the patriarch convincingly recalled his father...no doubt 
about what alice-miller.com writes: it's all passed down generation to generation.

The über-wealth allows for "clue" (the game) -like settings which are fun 
despite their ostentatiousness.

And the realistic (read: non-hollywood) ending shows there's hope even in a 
quagmire like this family was engulfed in.

Highly recommended, if not for the entertainment, then certainly for the 
insights and stimulation.

One Shot has played but is also related in that it shows the family dysfunction 
without the wealth to buffer and hide it.  Well acted and upliftinng at the end 
despite the potential trip to prison for the main character.  This Croatian film 
was well produced, too.

Keep checking reellife.wordpress.com <https://reellife.wordpress.com> for more 
updates on the EUFF!
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Warmly,
dave/
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