the land . volver. l’enfant

the land - an italian film in which a well established professor goes back after years to his native village and gets embroiled in the complications of small town mafia lords through his three brothers. while one is a local politician deeply in debt to the mob, the other is sleeping with the gang lord’s girlfriend. the third is a choirboy innocent and sweet. a twisted, naughty and entertaining film.

volver – pedro almodovars latest film with an all woman cast in which incest and murder are the basis for a hilarious and moving ghost story. while penelope cruz covers up the murder of her husband by her daughter after being molested by him, her mother who has been dead for three years mysteriously starts appearing to her sister. its convoluted and lush- thoroughly enjoyable. and as ususal all the men as jerks and wimps.

l’enfant – a disturbing and gritty french film about a child who is born to a couple of drifters who live hand to mouth on deals that are made everyday with stolen goods. the girl is patient enough with her boyfriend brunos rather careless ways, but refuses to take any more when bruno sells of the new born child for some money while she is not looking. bruno gets even more desperate and hungry but knows no other way of being. his only salvation lies in the law and in the love of sonia.