Musikk for bryllup og begravelser
Musik för bröllop och begravningar
Directed by:
Unni StraumeScreenplay:
Unni StraumeCinematography:
Harald Gunnar PaalgardComposer:
Goran BregovicCast:
Lena Endre, Bjørn Floberg, Goran Bregovic, Kristoffer Joner, Wenche Foss, Petronella Barker, Rebecka Hemse, Fredrik Skavlan, Sophia Kaushal, Inger Heldal (more)Plots(1)
Fleeing to her architect ex-husband's sleek mansion in the country, bereaved writer Sara decides on a little shock treatment to overcome her recent loss. On an impulse she rents out the basement to charming but unpredictable Serbian musician and refugee Bogdan. Within days of his arrival her ex-husband is found shot, his pregnant mistress surfaces, Sara's basement is home to a full balalaika orchestra and Bogdan himself is suddenly far, far more than just a tenant. (Svensk Filmindustri)
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Life, death, north, past, question marks, inability to cry - and a Serbian folk song? Next time, I'd rather not. The very emotive drama reaches its evident climax in the middle of the film, at the moment when three fatedly unhappy women lean over a puddle of blood. However, when Bogdan enters the scene, not only does the orchestra follow suit like a great wave, but also a strange and forced tragicomedy, which reduces the relationships built up until then to mundane dialogues. The music does not fit the intimate atmosphere at all, and in the end, it combines with a twist for which I am still searching for an explanation.
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