Cine Europa 13 Movies I watched

Cine Europa 13 Movies I watched came from around four countries. 21 films films in total from 13 countries. Cine Europa 13 features films from Bulgaria, Greece and Slovakia, in addition to films from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Romania, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

I watched one on the 1st day (out of 3) at around 2pm. T'was a film from the Netherlands entitled: De Scheepsjongens Van Bontekoe (Storm Bound).

Summary:
Hajo wants to become a sailor despite his mother's fears and his father's death at sea. He befriends the son of a captain of the Dutch East India Company and joins the crew of their ship bound for the East Indies. Hajo's simple-minded friend Padde comes along by accident. Together they live through many of the dangers to which sailors were exposed in the 17th century. They survive a shipwreck and escape from an attack by natives which separates them from the rest of the crew. With the help of a pretty oriental girl they must find their way to safety. However, their friendship is threatened when the boys all fall in love with Dolimah.

On the 2nd day, we watched 2 at around 12nn this time until 4pm. The titles were: El Greco (Greece), a greek film and Mio fratello e' figlio unico (My Brother is an Only Child) from Italy.

Summary for El Greco:
An epic tale of an uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as «El Greco». Set in the 16th century, El Grecos search for freedom, and love, ranges from the courts of Crete and Venice to Toledo in Spain. Here he is confronted by his greatest adversary the Holy Inquisition. Never backing down in his fight with the establishments of his day El Grecos story is one of unusual heroism, betrayal, love, and the power of one man and his creative consciousness to stand out and overcome barbarity and ignorance. An inspiration which lives on to this day

Summary for My Brother is an Only Child:
Two brothers come of age in the 1960s in a town south of Rome. Manrico is handsome, sometimes feckless, a leftist making the revolution. His younger brother Accio ("Bully") is a seminarian when the story beings, soon home studying Latin and joining the Fascists. Francesca, an aristocratic student, becomes Manrico's lover and Accio's friend. Over the next ten years, these three experience family, love, attraction, politics, and the challenges of adult responsibility. Subplots include Nastri, a father figure and political guide to Accio, Nastri's wife Bella who guides Accio in other ways, and the brothers' parents and sister, who are dazzled by Manrico's charm while depending on Accio.


On the last day, I was able to watch 1 film about education in United kingdom entitled "An Education."

Summary:
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford.

Summary Source: HERE
Cine Europa 13 Movies I watched Cine Europa 13 Movies I watched Reviewed by Vernon Joseph Go on Friday, September 24, 2010 Rating: 5

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