thebeachlife
Joined Nov 2019
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I was told that Vanya performed by Andrew Scott is a great theatre piece, but when I watched it myself, I found it hard to describe in words how phenomenal it was. Scott, the actor I admire for his talent and his choice of films to be in, is playing the role of every single character and he does it impeccably. The script is even more interesting and funny than the original text by Chekhov, which made it all a really jaw-dropping experience. I definitely recommend watching Vanya if you still haven't.
After reading Chekhov's play several times in the original (and not really understanding it) and watching the Russian theatre piece (and disliking it despite the participation of famous Russian actors I admire), I decided to give this movie a try, and it worked wonderfully. The setting was reproduced beautifully and the characters started to take shape in my understanding of them. It was still difficult to understand the concept of what they called "love" and "suffering" but for the first time I saw all of this as a single whole and not as separate characters uttering dramatic lines that mean almost nothing. The acting was amazing, so were the costumes, the decorations and the music. I'm not giving up on Chekhov yet and this film helped me to give him another try.
Akam is young man with Kurdish roots living in Norway, he works as a school teacher and rents a co-shared apartment in Oslo. Suddenly in the middle of the night, someone arrives at his place and says that he is his uncle who came to visit from Iran. The visit lasts longer than expected and unfolds a whole new series of events for Akam and the uncle. This film is a lovely comedy that raises, in a gentle and humorous manner, such relevant topics as communication problems, cultural differences and misunderstandings, setting personal boundaries, but most importantly - legal and illegal immigration to places where people can feel safer and these places' ambiguous reaction to this process. All in all, a very good, amiable movie that I definitely recommend.