The 72nd Berlin Film Festival awards its Golden Bear this Wednesday after little more than a week of very eclectic cinema, from historical memory to sexual provocation, passing through pure experimentation.
Eighteen films compete for the highest award of the contest, carried out under strict sanitary measures and reduced capacity, which gave a strange air to public events.
french actress Isabelle Huppert, The 68-year-old was absent from the gala in his honor on Tuesday night precisely because of COVID and was unable to personally collect the Bear in honor of his entire career.
After the parade on the red carpet, in which the stars will not abound, the final ceremony will start at 19:00 (18:00 GMT).
– For every taste –
The jury, chaired by the American filmmaker Night Shyamalan, has a very wide range of styles on the table.
Beginning with the memory of historical facts, Call Janethe only American film in competition, recalls the struggle for abortion in the 1970s.
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W Bush narrates the legal struggle of a mother whose son was imprisoned in Guantánamo after the 2011 attacks.
One year, one night by the Spanish Isaki Lacuesta, narrates the difficulties of a couple who survived the jihadist attack against the Bataclan nightclub in Paris (2015).
Against a background of political turmoil in the 1960s, Indonesian lullaby tells, on the other hand, the loving heartbreak of a woman married to an older man.
Love, the devouring passion, was perhaps the most present theme in this year’s contest. It is the case of Peter von Kant, French François Ozon Avec amour et acharnement, by Claire Denis, or A e i o u, of the German Nicolette Krebitz.
All of them were films shot last year under the restrictions of the anti-COVID measures, which gave an intimate tone to the filming.
But the Berlinale, known for its commitment to independent and avant-garde cinema, also opened the door directly to sexual rawness.
Rimini recounts the misadventures of a singer and gigolo obese man in an Italian spa in the middle of winter. the canadian An été de rien films three women openly talking about their most lurid desires for two hours.
Last year’s Berlinale, held entirely online, already awarded a prize to a sarcastic film critical of contemporary society (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn).
This year you could opt for tenderness and a portrait of rural life: this is the case with Alcarràsby the Spanish Carla Simón, Dri Winter, shot in the Swiss Alps, or the Chinese Yin Ru Chen Yan, that explains the struggle of a rural community in the face of unstoppable progress.
In addition to the Golden Bear, the Berlinale awards an award for acting, which since last year has been without gender distinction, as well as another for best supporting role.
After the gala, the contest will continue without prizes or live broadcasts, with three days of audiovisual market and debates aimed at producers and creators, who are in great need of aid and business after two hard years for the sector. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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