#80. Ruxandra Zenide’s About Cosmetics and Happiness
Gist: The second part of a trilogy that started with Zenide’s Ryna. In this one, Felicia, a young Romanian girl, arrives in Geneva for her mother’s funerals. Her mother was working in a cosmetic factory to send her money in Bucharest. Little by little, Felicia steps into her mother’s life – her apartment, her job, her friends – but realizes soon she wants more. The encounter with the factory’s manager seems to offer her new perspectives and opportunities. But there is a price to pay, and Felicia has to deal with her own values and identity.
Prediction: This is prime Critics Week material, the kind of wholesome, sophomore Euro-indie coming-of-age drama the sidebar eats for breakfast. The only question is will it be ready in time. Production company Elefant Films already lists a running time (90min…not to mention a shooting format of 35mm!
Gist: The second part of a trilogy that started with Zenide’s Ryna. In this one, Felicia, a young Romanian girl, arrives in Geneva for her mother’s funerals. Her mother was working in a cosmetic factory to send her money in Bucharest. Little by little, Felicia steps into her mother’s life – her apartment, her job, her friends – but realizes soon she wants more. The encounter with the factory’s manager seems to offer her new perspectives and opportunities. But there is a price to pay, and Felicia has to deal with her own values and identity.
Prediction: This is prime Critics Week material, the kind of wholesome, sophomore Euro-indie coming-of-age drama the sidebar eats for breakfast. The only question is will it be ready in time. Production company Elefant Films already lists a running time (90min…not to mention a shooting format of 35mm!
- 4/3/2013
- by Blake Williams
- IONCINEMA.com
COLOGNE -- Iraqi-born Swiss director Samir's cross-cultural romance Snow White leads the nominations for this year's Swiss Film Prize, Switzerland's top film honor, with noms for best film, best actor (Carlos Leal) and best supporting actor (Zoe Miku), the Swiss selection jury announced Thursday. The film, about a troubled romance between a young, upper-class Swiss girl and a drug-dealing rapper from an immigrant family, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival earlier this year. Also nominated for the best film prize were Michael Steiner's family-friendly comedy Mein Name Ist Eugen (My Name Is Eugen); Ruxandra Zenide's coming-of-age drama Ryna; Fragile, from first-time director Laurent Negre; and Die Vogelpredigt (The Bird Sermon), Clemens Klopfenstein's satire on the Swiss film industry.
- 11/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MOSCOW -- Gravehopping, a dark comedy from young Slovene director Jan Cvitkovic about a funeral orator whose job gives him more than the usual reason for reflections on mortality, took the 15,000 ($17,600) main prize Saturday as the 15th edition of the Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema came to a close. Cvitkovic's Gravehopping (Odrobadogroba), a Slovene-Croatian co-production, was one of 10 films in feature competition at the eastern German festival that is dedicated exclusively to movies from the former socialist and communist countries of Eastern Europe. A special jury prize worth 7,500 ($8,800) went to Ruxandra Zenide's Romania-Swiss co-production Ryna, about a 15-year-old tomboy who begins to discover her femininity.
- 11/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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