You I Love
I recently purchased, and just watched, the film You I Love. It's a Russian film, with subtitles, which tells a typical 'boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy crashes car into other boy and falls in love with him as well' story. I absolutely loved it. The story is well written and acted and the style reminded me somewhat of a Coen Brothers film, possessing a charmingly surreal air. A user comment from IMDb sums it up well:
Foreign films have an intrinsic advantage in that their milieu in itself tends to have great charm for audiences unfamiliar with that particular country and its people. What we know of foreign countries is largely based on superficial television coverage so when we seemingly are afforded a supposedly more realistic glimpse into foreign cultures,the result has a certain refreshing quality to it. "You I Love" owes its success primarily to this factor. It's something of a novelty to watch a Russian light comedy concerning a bisexual Muscovite yuppie.
While the end result is not more than an amusing 85 minutes the three protagonists have very engaging screen presences, especially the two males in their debut appearances, (according to IMDb).
Very lightweight but not without charm.
I would implore you all to check it out at your earliest convenience. I have the DVD available for borrowing if anyone so wishes.
Foreign films have an intrinsic advantage in that their milieu in itself tends to have great charm for audiences unfamiliar with that particular country and its people. What we know of foreign countries is largely based on superficial television coverage so when we seemingly are afforded a supposedly more realistic glimpse into foreign cultures,the result has a certain refreshing quality to it. "You I Love" owes its success primarily to this factor. It's something of a novelty to watch a Russian light comedy concerning a bisexual Muscovite yuppie.
While the end result is not more than an amusing 85 minutes the three protagonists have very engaging screen presences, especially the two males in their debut appearances, (according to IMDb).
Very lightweight but not without charm.
I would implore you all to check it out at your earliest convenience. I have the DVD available for borrowing if anyone so wishes.