Opisy(1)
Marat is a solitary figure, both in private and at work, where he is a night security guard for a large company. One evening he looks out of his window and sees a young woman down below who seems to be waiting for someone. The next day Marat sees her again, but this time he witnesses her being assaulted, so he goes to her aid and accompanies her home. His curiosity is aroused when the girl, named Mariyam, tells him that she waits every evening for her lover, who is supposed to be returning any day now. On subsequent days, Mariyam takes Marat to various parts of the city, and although her actions continually cause him trouble, the man cannot help being drawn to her complex personality. In his loose adaptation of Dostoyevsky's White Nights, the director opts for maximum economy and, via fleeting images of repeated situations, gives the narrative the impression of a spiral structure. The film was shot on the streets of Almaty, but was enhanced with subtle artistic and acoustic details which illustrate the protagonist's fascination for the young woman and lend the tale its strange, melancholic ambience. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(więcej)Recenzje (1)
You won't find much adventure in this slow and emotional film. The main protagonist is a taciturn loser with a boring and stereotypical life who falls in love with a strangely-behaving girl who takes advantage of his introverted nature and naivety to gently manipulate him. The film deals with the development of the first friendship between the two protagonists, but they are not sympathetic enough for the viewer to care about their destinies. The complete plot of the film might be a thirty-page short story, but here, it is stretched to almost full-length and subjectively seems even longer than it really is. Many of the film’s scenes are not part of the story and the viewer needs to get through them, because they are not interesting in any way. Many unnecessary motifs, useless characters and useless passages make Adventure a rather boring and unattractive affair.
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Photo © 49. MFF Karlovy Vary 2014
