«A Magical Tale..............»
This truly is a magical tale which will touch your life & stay with you forever.....
It will make you laugh & it will make you cry - It makes you see things differently & look at life with a different perspective.
This film touched my life - I hope it does the same for you.
Quite simply, it's amazing.
[Tuesday, September 30, 2008]
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«One of the best movies you'll ever watch ...»
... from the moment you see a character with Down's Syndrome identifying with a tv history of Mongolia, until Spanish crooner Luis Mariano serenades him on a sweet chocolate trip out of time.
I'm glad to see all the good reviews. I thought I was the only American who had ever seen this movie, but apparently it's left its mark on a few others. Auteil is wonderful as always, and Pascal Duquenne is remarkable. I believe the two of them shared that year's best actor prize at Cannes.
Please, please, please put this film out on region 1 DVD!
[Sunday, December 09, 2007]
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«Would it be too much to ask for a Region 1 dvd release?»
If you have any doubts concerning the power and beauty of this film, simply read the other reviews posted here. Yes, this film trully lives up to that hype and more. But when will they come out with a region 1 dvd release? We here in region one are not all french-hating neanderthals, incabable of accepting beautiful art whilst stuffing our bloated jowels with "Freedom Fries". Ahahaha. Yes, if only we here in 'region 1' could have more wondrous examples such as Georges, (played with unflinching realism by the great Pascal Duquenne) we could have our cold, self-obsessed hearts warmed and opened to the beauty in the world.
I was somewhat expecting a "10 year anniversary edition" to come out here in the year of our Lord, 2007. After all, this film swept the Cannes in '97, and is touted as "the #1 movie in europe". Good enough reason to keep it away from American audiences I suppose. But isn't French Canada in region 1? They could at least put this out for our cannuck buddies in Quebec you'd think? Ah well, such are the times. When filth incessantly rises to the top and is flogged for every last money-grubbing shekel, and beauty and truth inevitably get swept under the carpet and forgotten.
Feel free to comment if you have anything to add to this discussion, or if you know if or when a region 1 release is in the works, thank you, sal.
[Wednesday, November 14, 2007]
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