Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning
by Paolo Barzman
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Actor: Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne, Max von Sydow, Roy Dupuis, Susan SarandonDirector: Paolo Barzman
Brand: IMAGE ENT.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-22
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: CEL4994DVD
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Reviews of Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning
Movie Review: Truly a New Beginning
Summary: 5 Stars
Being a fan of Gabriel Byrne, I was looking for a movie that I had not yet seen him in. So, I rented Autumn Hearts- A New Beginning. In every way possible, this movie surpassed my expectations. The acting from all sides was superb. The most fascinating part of this film is the palpable feeling of change and the stark truth that the movie is for all the characters, a new beginning.
The beginning of the film is rather queer, as it begins in the middle, introducing all the characters. We are introduced to Melanie Lancing, as she dresses in her small bedroom. Unsuspectingly, she handles a small button and a nondescript wooden box. Melanie looks in the mirror with unease, creasing her face this way and that, communicating the the viewer a feeling of tacit unease. We are then introduced to Christopher, who we later learn was in love with Melanie from a young age as has never stopped loving her, even in the face of passing decades. Then, Jakob is introduced. Jakob, we later learn, is the reason for the survival of both Melanie and Christopher when they were young children in Drancy, a holding came for Jew outside of Paris on their way to various death camps. Jakob, we learn, traded his life, essentially, for the life of the two children that he met in Drancy and sacrificed his own safety so they could live.
Melanie, we learn is married to David and has a son, Benjamin. Time and time again, the point is made obvious that David truly no longer loves his wife. He has had enough of her obsessions with her guilt and her fretting over the past. We are even told that David is a philanderer, having various extramarital affairs throughout their marriage. Benjamin has a son himself, with son's mother playing a rather unobtrusive and non existent role. His own role being sort of a buffer between his parents.
The film continues, the three survivors become re acquainted, and, in the most lovely way, old passions are rekindled. Throughout most of the film, there is an unspoken bond, a sort of tension, between Melanie and Christopher. She tells him that living without him was difficult. Recovering from Drancy without him was near impossible.
The love that is rekindled between Melanie and Christopher is the most wonderful part of the film. The beauty of their young love and dependence and the re awakening of that love is so beautiful. The end of the movie leaves the logistics of that romance up to the viewer to decide, but it does leave things on an optimistic note.
All in all, your time will not be wasted on this film. Everything about it is wonderful.
Summary of Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning
Susan Sarandon Max von Sydow Gabriel Byrne and Christopher Plummer give powerful performances in this lyrical moving drama about the consequences of war. The past has cast a long shadow over the present reaching to the picturesque farm where the now-married Melanie (Sarandon) lives unhappily with her husband (Plummer). When Melanie invites fellow Holocaust survivor Jakob (von Sydow) to her home he unexpectedly brings Christopher (Byrne) whose love for Melanie has never diminished since their confinement in an internment camp. Old feelings and long-suppressed memories are stirred up and revealed at a climactic life-changing feast.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 014381499421 UPC: 014381499421 Manufacturer No: CEL4994DVDSimilar DVD Movies
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