Birth - O Mistério

Um filme belo e internamente complicado sobre duas pessoas cujas vidas emocionais se cruzam da forma mais estranha possível. Mais uma vez, o realizador Jonathan Glazer destaca-se psicologicamente e, mais uma vez, beneficia muito dos efeitos visuais e da música. Desta vez, no entanto, o resultado é o completo oposto da sua estreia furiosa e ousada, Sexy Beast - é lento, de tomadas longas, hipnótico e frágil. Desempenhos magníficos de Nicole Kidman e Cameron Bright, uma banda sonora mágica e não ouvida em qualquer outro lugar de Alexandre Desplat, um tema digno do Prémio Pulitzer. O desenlace do ponto de partida é um pouco caótico e talvez um pouco dececionante no contexto do enredo anterior, mas, nos últimos minutos, floresce numa colisão de ideias MARAVILHOSA. Mas para a experimentar plenamente, precisa de estar próximo da forma distinta da expressão de Glazer. (11/06/2005)

I waited a very long time for a screening of Birth and it was worth it. Some topics really require you to be more mature. The inner world of a woman who was widowed in an instant was another strong challenge for Nicole Kidman's acting. Some emotions and feelings cannot be suppressed, love cannot be made to disappear, and sometimes even a lifetime is not enough for the soul to recover... The fragile condition that needs to be cared for is thus a daily reality and day by day it becomes more and more difficult to cope with the reality. A strong theme. (04/07/2016)

A slow and hypnotic film whose fragile emotional plane is the most interestingly story in a long time. Too bad about the uneven second half, which falls short to the slow-moving first half, though it doesn't change the overall quality and the feeling that after a long time you are watching something completely new and original, even though there have been countless personal stories about fateful love and omens with more or less mysterious touch or interesting twist. Jonathan Glazer surprises in the uniqueness of some scenes (a 2-minute shot on Nicole Kidman's face, for example), where you can feel the inner turmoil and dispair of the main characters even without words. The final shot gives the feeling that you missed something and can be interpreted in multiple ways. One of the few films where the closing credits come at a moment when you absolutely don't count on them. (25/04/2016)