or Klassfesten

I *loved* it. So much. I miss it now. ;)

It's a 36-yr old guy who lost the love of his life just shortly before graduation. It's the scene that opens the movie--she asks him to run away with him, and he almost does. And instead it's 20 years later, and he's married, with a daughter, and a job as an insurance sales person. And then he gets an invitation to his 20th reunion. He decides against it, because they're always stupid and pointless, no one ever changes.

And his 16 yr old self starts showing up and taunting him. So he gives in and goes, hoping he'll get a chance to see Hillevi. And he gets there, and everyone has changed, but no one seems to have noticed it. Most of the cool kids are pretty pathetic--they peaked in school. And the kids who were nerds got jobs, got married, have things to talk about other than 'when they were in school' (which is my secret hope, though I'm also pretty sure there will be a generous dosing of 'I was always scared to talk to you in school"). And yet the cool kids still run the place. Hillevi does show up--late, but better than never. The reunion sucks, but he hooks up with Hillevi.

And it's the sort of movie that now I really want to watch over and over again. The way the ending was set up--and I didn't give it away, in cause you can ever find it--was beautiful, and unlike the last movie I saw, I think it can be imitated in text, so I need to be able to watch it a couple of times. Plus, it was just wonderful and I love it. But again, not available on video or DVD. Stupid people.

For those playing at home, my coal town story has another new name--"Company Man." Not much of a shift this time. And I havne't been able to work on it at all since I came down here. But maybe I'll get something done when I go home. And I talked about ways to make money with a couple of people, so even once my benefits run out, I may be able to get some money. And the sort of methods we discussed, even if i start them now, I shouldn't be ineligble for benefits anyway. So I may start with some of them after I apply to my colleges.

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Or Jedna ruka netleska in czech, if you look it up anywhere

So good. Basic plot, a guy takes the rap for a crime he wasn't really involved with, and is promised that when he gets out of jail, his boss will give him a good chunk of money. Three years have passed, he's getting out of prison, and he calls his boss. Who says, 'sure, no problem, meet me here, alone, after dark." We're also getting a couple of other threads in the story--a guy running the show "I catch you (nacapam te)"which is like an evil candid camera, a therapist brother and his sister who is clearly going crazy, and her two children who are also not quite right. Stan, the main character hooks up with someone even stupider than himself, Andre, who gets him into whatever trouble he avoided on his own. It was hysterically funny, and had everything I love about good european movies in it (such as symbolism! even though it was a comedy.), so i think everyone should watch it.

Oh, and plus it's possible that we saw Princess Victoria of Sweden buying tickets for the saturday show, so I'm now required to stay for that (double feature--the swedish movie and a polish movie.) and maybe one more movie on friday, I don't know yet.

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