It might be the fact that I’ve seen so many films already and that the energy level has plummeted to a low, but the last films were hard to stay awake with.
The IFFR volunteers party compensated Day 8, but Day 9 brought some other “hard-to-stay-awake” screenings.
Day 8:
Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald: A modern Medea, with a good cast (Nina Hoss) but a tad slow. Although the end was to be expected, it was catchy enough to stay till the end.
Chouga: A modern Tolstoy classic. Again, the story progresses slow and is pretty predictive. Not much more to tell about, other then to see for yourself if it’s any o your liking. It’s wasn’t my favorite.
PARTY
The day ended in the EXIT, with an exclusive IFFR Volunteers Only party. It took some time to have a decent crowd inside, since there was a competing (public) party with SpeedyJ at the same time, but it ended with a very nice atmosphere that promised a tough waking up the next morning.
DAY 9:
Due to last nights party, I couldn’t get myself to get up in time to see my first movie that I had planned (Una novia errante). Arriving at the cinema I found out that I hadn’t missed a blockbuster.
Come back Africa: A black and white restored classic from 1960. Some probably loved it, I hated it. Acting was terrible and unprofessional and sound quality was poor. And no, this hasn’t any to do with last nights party.
Les amours d’Astree et de Celadon: It looked like the actors were on stage in a theater acting out a classic play. Well, the story of the movie is happening around the 5th century. Terrible acting, truly horrific. The only thing I liked in the movie were the nymphs 
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Stellet licht: The slowest of all time. Although the photography is beautiful, the story that can be told in under a minute and the camera shots take ages. The audiences verdict was mixed. From worst till best, it couldn’t contrast more. I had a hard time staying awake, while others didn’t dare to blink. A full 127 minutes of slow moving camera shots and real music to carry it. I was glad it had ended.
Alice’s House: The prior movies of today (and last nights party) took all my energy and I only helped checking the tickets when the cinema opened and watched the last 30 minutes from the stairs, while collecting the Public Award valets from people that left the movie before the end.
A beer at the schouwburg was to make up for the day that is till now, the least successful one. I don’t have to work tomorrow, but got some movies planned. I wonder if I’m gonna make any of them or that I will have some quiet time to prepare for the final weekend, that includes two parties and hopefully 5 or 6 good movies.
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