A Man called Ove | En man som heter Ove (2015)

"Ove ... Antingen dor vi eller sa lever vi." -- Sonja

Reflection
Sometimes you can't just leave before time ... without fulfilling our purpose on Earth ...

Movie Details
Based on: "A Man Called Ove" written by Fredrik Backman
Name and Year: En man som heter Ove (Swedish) | A Man called Ove (English) and 2015
Director: Hannes Holm
Producers: Annica Bellander and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro
Screenplay: Hannes Holm    
Music: Gaute Storaas
Cinematographer: Göran Hallberg
Editor: Fredrik Morheden
Genres: Comedy, Drama and Family
Country: Sweden    
Language: Swedish

Movie Plot
59-year-old Ove is the block’s grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools.

Movie Trailer

(Movie and Trailer Credits: Original creators, writers and artists for creating 'A Man called Ove'.

Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Man_Called_Ove.png
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_Called_Ove_(film)
Movie Plot: https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=79650   
Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPoaN2XROk8

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The Da Vinci Code (2006)

 📹 What do you believe in ? 

Reflection
Over the years, I have begun to question everything I see, hear or read.
Memories fade away, a lot gets lost in translation and what we see, perceive and infer defers from person to person.
God is true love and it's hard for me to believe or see God in any other form. God, rather true love, exists. It is that inevitable and invincible force that lights our way. And if we believe in this force (or see it in the form of a divine being or divine beings, whether as a man or as a woman or as a spirit with no form), we tend to see miracles all around us. It is what we believe in or how we see the world that makes all the difference.          
I invite you to watch 'The Da Vinci Code' with an open mind (not as the word of truth but as a thought provoking movie). Have we bound our divine beings based on our society's perception of what is right or wrong ? or based on our beliefs about how divine beings should be ?

Movie Details
Name and Year: The Da Vinci Code and 2006
Director: Ron Howard
Based on: The Da Vinci Code, a novel by Dan Brown
Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman
Producers: Brian Grazer and John Calley   
Music: Hans Zimmer
Cinematographer: Salvatore Totino
Editors: Dan Hanley and Mike Hill
Genres: Mystery and Thriller
Country: U.S.A  
Language: English

Movie Plot
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in the Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

Movie Trailer

(Movie and Trailer Credits: Original creators and artists for adapting Dan Brown's Novel, The Da Vinci Code, into a movie. I am only sharing it here to spread the word and to inspire people all over the world.)

Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_da_vinci_code_final.jpg
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_(film)
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/   
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/5sU9MT8829k


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The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir (2018)

An extraordinary journey indeed !!

Reflection

"Some are born under the shade,
Some in the shade,
Though dreams catch up,
Time plays its part,
Life twists and twirls,
Offers a ray of hope too,
Some miss it,
Some hold on to it,
And begin again." ----#PoeticWithHope

Movie Details 
'The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir' is based on a novel by French author Romain Puertolas titled 'The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe'.

Name and Year: The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir and 2018
Director: Ken Scott
Producers: Luc Bossi, Jon Goldman, Saurabh Gupta, Aditi Anand, Gulzar Chahal, Grégoire Lassalle, Genevieve Lemal and Jaime Mateus-Tique
Music: Nicolas Errèra and Amit Trivedi
Cinematographer: Vincent Mathias AFC
Writers: Romain Puertolas, Luc Bossi, Ken Scott and Jon Goldman
Editors:  Philippe Bourgueil and Yvann Thibaudeau 
Country: France
Language: English

Movie Plot
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father, but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.

Movie Trailer

(Movie and Trailer Credits: Original creators and artists of the movie 'The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir'. I am only sharing it here to spread the word and to inspire people all over the world.)


Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Extraordinary_Journey_of_the_Fakir.jpg
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extraordinary_Journey_of_the_Fakir
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5371168/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/H1WASu-s4eA

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Entre les murs / The Class (2008)

🎥 A teacher and his class...

Reflection
"Teaching is an art.
For a true teacher,
An impromptu painting,
Smudges appear here and there,
Flowers wait to bloom,
Strokes intensify,
You can see the stream,
As it passes by,
In search of another dream." #PoeticWithHope

Movie Details
The film is based on the 2006 novel 'Entre les murs' by François Bégaudeau. The novel is a semi-autobiographical account of Bégaudeau's experiences as a French language and literature teacher in a middle school in Paris.

Name and Year: Entre les murs (French)/ The Class (English) and 2008
Director: Laurent Cantet
Producers:     Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta, Simon Arnal and Barbara Letellier
Screenplay: Laurent Cantet, François Bégaudeau and Robin Campillo
Cinematographer: Pierre Milon
Editors: Robin Campillo and Stephanie Leger
Country: France    
Language: French

Movie Plot
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

Movie Trailer

(Movie and Trailer Credits: Original creators and artists for highlighting a priceless art. I am only sharing it here to spread the word and to inspire people all over the world.)

Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Entrelesmurs.jpg
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Class_(2008_film)
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068646/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/GeQj4ErAe2k


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Blinded by the Light (2019)

📹 An ode to Bruce Springsteen.

Reflection 
"It is heavenly,
It is divine,
Heals wounds, Mends hearts,
No matter Who we are,
Or where we are from,
Touches us in different ways,
Acts as a shoulder,
Lifts us up,
Fills our soul,
Travels across boundaries,
And carries us all along."  PoeticWithHope

Movie Details
Blinded by the Light is a 2019 British comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha. It is inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen. Sarfraz Manzoor co-wrote the film script along with Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. It is based on Manzoor's memoir 'Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll'.
Name and Year: Blinded by the light and 2019

Producers: Jane Barclay, Gurinder Chadha and Jamal Daniel
Music: A. R. Rahman
Cinematographer: Ben Smithard
Editor: Justin Krish
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Movie Plot
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Movie Trailer

(Movie and Trailer Credits: Original creators and artists for creating 'Blinded by the Light'. I am only sharing it here to spread the word and to inspire people all over the world.)

Bruce Springsteen Delight
Song: Dancing in the Dark 

Song: Born to Run 

Song: The River

Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blinded_by_the_Light_(2019_film_poster).png
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_by_the_Light_(2019_film)
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8266310/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/LlAGNDB1w7Y
Songs:
https://youtu.be/129kuDCQtHs   (Dancing in the Dark )
https://youtu.be/IxuThNgl3YA   (Born to Run )
https://youtu.be/lc6F47Z6PI4   (The River)


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You Are the Apple of My Eye/ 那些年，我们一起追的女孩/ Na Xie Nian, Wo Men Yi Qi Zhui De Nu Hai (2011)

🎥 What does it mean to love someone ?

Reflection 
Fell in love with the way the film is shot with such grace and simplicity.

It reminds me of the song 'How Deep is Your Love' by Bee Gees: 
"And you come to me on a summer breeze
 Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
 And it's me you need to show...
 How deep is your love
 how deep is your love
 I really need to learn
'Cause were living in a world of fools
 Breaking us down
 When they all should let us be
 We belong to you and me"

Movie Details 
You Are the Apple of My Eye, ("那些年，我們一起追的女孩" in Chinese means "Those Years, The Girl We Went After Together"), is a 2011 Taiwanese romance film. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel "Na Xie Nian, Wo Men Yi Qi Zhui De Nu Hai" by Taiwanese author Giddens Ko.
Director: Giddens Ko
Producers: Zhiping Chai and Adam Tsuci  
Writer/Screenplay: Giddens Ko 
Cinematographer: Yi-Hsien Chou
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin 

Movie Plot 
A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Jiayi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ke Jingteng, but he ends up loving her as well.

Movie Trailer

(Movie and Trailer Credits: Original creators and artists for creating ‘You Are the Apple of My Eye’. I am only sharing it here to spread the word and to inspire people all over the world.)

Musical Memory

How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees (1977)

Post Sources 
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:You_Are_the_Apple_of_My_Eye_film_poster.jpg
Movie Details: http://asianwiki.com/You_Are_the_Apple_of_My_Eye
                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_the_Apple_of_My_Eye
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2036416/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/v5H6wE47FrI
Musical Memory (Song and Lyrics): https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc

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Inspiring Movie: Namiya (2017) / 解憂雜貨店 (2017)

Write your own destiny !!!

Personal Reflection 
All our lives are connected in some way or the other. With time, it will all make sense.
And till then, what if you could interact with people living in the future ? What message would you give them ? 

Movie Details
Namiya is a 2017 Chinese fantasy film directed by Han Jie, based on the 2012 Japanese novel Miracles of the Namiya General Store written by Keigo Higashino.
Name and Year: Namiya and 2017
Director: Han Jie
Producers: Gary Cheng, Defu Jiang, Takeo Kodera, Albert Lee, Kim-Chau Shiu and Barbie Tung 
Screenplay: Han Jie, Zhu Siyi, Sun Siyu and Tiger Xiao
Music: Nathan Wang
Country: China  
Language: Mandarin   

Note: The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017) film directed by Ryuichi Hiroki is the Japanese adaptation of the novel Miracles of the Namiya General Store written by Keigo Higashino. 

Movie Plot
The film follows three orphaned youths who stumble upon a letter slipped under the door as they hide out in a food store. They write a response thus beginning a correspondence with people from 30 years ago. 

Movie Trailer

(Movie and Trailer Credits: Original creators and artists for creating an inspiring and thoughtful movie. I am only sharing it here to spread the word and to inspire people all over the world.)

Post Sources
Novel Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracles_of_the_Namiya_General_Store
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Namiya_-_解憂雜貨店.jpg
Movie Details: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namiya (Chinese Adaptation: Namiya directed by Han Jie)
http://asianwiki.com/The_Miracles_of_the_Namiya_General_Store (Japanese Adaptation: The Miracles of the Namiya General Store directed by Ryuichi Hiroki)
Movie Plot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namiya
Movie Trailer Link: https://youtu.be/AJV0B_cnd9s 

I hope the above movie will inspire you to experience the beauty of time. 

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