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A tender-breasted bird. Tumescent blossoms with sad eyes. Based on Oscar Wilde's eponymous fairy tale, this animated version brings to life the paintings of Del Kathryn Barton. Transporting the story to a pictorial world of surreal beauty, the film turns the tale into a nocturne about the solitude at the heart of true love.
A young man desperately seeks a red rose so that he may ask his beloved to dance with him. Deeply touched by his feelings, the nightingale decides to sacrifice herself. In a thorny act of love she sheds her own life's blood on a colourless rose to create the coveted red bloom. But is her sacrifice rewarded? Is there still a place for love in a world where prejudice and cold self-interest abound? The writer, renowned for his sarcasm, leaves us with a malicious punch line.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Mia Wasikowska
Australia
Best movies:
Lawless (2012)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Geoffrey Rush
Australia
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
The King's Speech (2010)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Benedict Samuel
Australia
Best movies:
The Walk (2015)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Childhood's End (2015) (series)
David Wenham
Australia
Best movies:
Sophie Lowe
UK
Best movies:
Blessed (2009)
Adoration (2013)
Beautiful Kate (2009)
Joshua Brennan
Best movies:
Bloody Hell (2020)
Drown (2015)