![]() ![]() However, somewhere in the middle it seemed like the script writers didn't know where to go from there. This film started out very promising with the story about a director who loses his sight and a blind woman who is bound to help him. Almost all of it was shot in Germany, with a bleak East Germany playing the role of Russia. ![]() It's worth it for this sensuous and moving experience. When you wonder why the characters never seem to eat, for example, and start thinking that certain events in the film are a bit of a stretch, remember that it is a fairy tale (Buechel's description) and suspend your disbelief. Emotionally, the film is a roller-coaster-Buechel packs a lot of grief and tension and hilarity and hope into two hours. Brilliant sound editing lets us hear what they hear-rain making music in water glasses, wind blowing curtains. Exquisite visuals-a field of yellow flowers, red sculptures on a seashore, a gorgeous new setting of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," expansive city vistas-show us what the lead characters can't see. ![]() Essentially, it's a fairy tale about two blind people who fall in love. This film (English title: Peas at 5:30) came to Minneapolis, MN as part of the Talk Cinema () series. ![]()
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