Time to take a look at some of the best European releases of recent weeks.
ADVERTISEMENTTime to take a look at some of the best European releases of recent weeks.
‘Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe’ directed by Maria Schrader’s charts the years of exile in the life of the famous Austrian writer who fled the rise of Hitler’s Nazis, but exile in Brazil brought him no solace. On February 23, 1942, Zweig and his second wife Lotte Altman were found dead of a barbiturate overdose in their house in the city of Petrópolis, hand in hand.
'Farewell to Europe' looks back on the life of exiled writer Stefan Zweig https://t.co/9LgOeUWYsi via
dw_culture</a> <a href="https://t.co/1xtRt4qvnt">pic.twitter.com/1xtRt4qvnt</a></p>— dwnews (dwnews) May 31, 2016
Europe’s descent into fascism and authoritarianism saddened him deeply.
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is out in France in August. ‘John From’ is by Portuguese filmmaker João Nicolau. A bored adolescent Rita acknowledges her sexual stirrings and falls for her photographer neighbour. > #Ensalles : 'John From', #film original, contemplatif et merveilleux https://t.co/NGTJ7LQ9u2#cinemaShellac_Sud</a> <a href="https://t.co/cH5r5kkLRO">pic.twitter.com/cH5r5kkLRO</a></p>— Time Out Paris (Time_Out_Paris) May 30, 2016
What begins as youthful exploration develops into an all consuming lust where Rita can no longer distinguish reality from fantasy. > Julia Palha et Clara Riedenstein, les révélations de John From, le nouveau film de João Nicolau #johnfrompic.twitter.com/KNjcUneakK
— Makna (
makna_info) <a href="https://twitter.com/makna_info/status/727135798169075714">May 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b>http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=301847 <b></b>Laughter is echoing round French cinemas as result of the latest comedy from Eric Lavaine. <b></b>'Retour chez ma Mère' <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">BO Paris 14H : RETOUR CHEZ MA MERE une distribution <a href="https://twitter.com/PatheFilms">PatheFilms fait 1 963 entrées sur 21 copies. pic.twitter.com/C8bnigTa1t— Mediavision (LepetitMineur) <a href="https://twitter.com/LepetitMineur/status/738031169892192257">June 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b>Tells the the tale of a successful architect who loses her farther, husband, business and the custody of her son. <b></b>Stéphanie then returns to mum. <b></b>Where's the fun in that I hear you cry! <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Retour chez ma mère: Josiane Balasko émouvante dans un film un peu répétitif <a href="https://t.co/6FIpyuxxCZ">https://t.co/6FIpyuxxCZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/6m8jcsgYud">pic.twitter.com/6m8jcsgYud</a></p>— L'Express (LEXPRESS) May 31, 2016
http://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/lavaine-moves-into-social-comedy-with-back-to-moms-1201679772/
The Garden of Earthly Delights is a documentary by José Luis López Linares on the triptych painted by the Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510. > Hieronymus Bosch detail from 'The Garden of Earthly Delights” rp from oorgly by <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamC">williamc… https://t.co/FmArIyGl6upic.twitter.com/iw48EVjV82
— The Smiling Buddha (
aseemkujur) <a href="https://twitter.com/aseemkujur/status/733770750461673473">May 20, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b>Artists, writers, philosophers, musicians and scientists muse on the significance of the work. <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Garden of Earthly Delights, Bosch. <a href="https://t.co/VtnlKO8EMC">pic.twitter.com/VtnlKO8EMC</a></p>— Adrián Ordóñez Gcía. (adorga) May 23, 2016
