xii. ♥ opera (1987) dir.: dario argento

i had higher expectations for this, but this is internet's fault, it's not that i didn't liked it's just that i thought it was going to be a lot more, i don't know if i liked the ending and the killer was kinda predictable

xi. ♥ a moment of romance / 天若有情 (1990) dir.: benny chan

the love story between a thief and his hostage, i think this is the definition of hong kong cinema in my point of view, a lot of violence and dropped out of nowhere fight scenes, a lot of stabbing for some reason and a perfect love story to use as a contrast, and i don't think any human being is going to top andy lau's visuals on this.

x. ♥ one wonderful sunday / 素晴らしき日曜日 (1947) dir.: akira kurosawa

the whole film is the couple's sunday, the only day of the week they have to spend together, both are living with friends or family and they only have 40 ienes to spend, we are invited to this adventure of only one day, facing when plans don't go as expected and even going throught a long shot of uncertainty, even though i thought the movie had some slow moments i had a great time watching with my mom, she didn't liked.

ix. ♥ black girl / la noire de... (1966) dir.: ousmane sembène

this was really intense, a considerably short film but with so much emotion, very symbolic and direct at the same time, the pain and anger holded by the protagonist is subtle, a very nice representation about post-colonization in senegal, i really wished i had more to write about this, but the movie is so wholesome and unique that i don't really know how to express my feelings towards it in text.

viii. ♥ the gleaners and i / les glaneurs et la glaneuse (2017) dir.: agnès varda

as i friend of mine said to me, 'i love how agnès can find poetry in everything', and this represents this side of agnès so well, the documentery is about a lot of things, but one main topic is 'recycling' (?) or 'taking what people rejected and making it yours', i think the most interesting thing on this is the wine part, i had no idea this existed, and is quite amazing how she talked about so many ways of reusing stuff or using stuff that's declared as 'wasted' to make new stuff in only 82 minutes, also, the heart potatoes are so cute.

vii. ♥ faces places / visages, villages (2017) dir.: agnès varda, jr

i'm really glad i got to see such inspiring movies, this is the personification of inspiring, i think any midia showing artists with such freedom and sincerity on their work is inspiring, it makes me feel like i can have what i takes to make what i want come to life, in this movie we get to see a little bit of agnès varda and jr working together, in various projects, mixing different areas of approach such as photography, collage, social experiments, architecture and more, and on top of that showing a lot of how agnès and jr's friendship started, her teasing him for him not taking his glasses off and more made me feel a lot more empathy (?) for them and kinda understand that they're humans too lol, the high point of the movie is the end, i think if you seen the movie you'll get it, if you haven't please go watch it.

vi. ♥ the watermelon woman (1996) dir.: rené laloux

this made me so inspired to create new things, it was the first feature film directed by an "out" black lesbian, it's the story about a woman, cheryl, she's an young black lesbian filmmaker inspirer, and she's working on a project called the watermelon woman, the project is about this black actress from the 1930's, only credited as 'the watermelon woman', she then continues to investigate about her life and why she wasn't credited as her real name, the movie ends with the project, telling the story about the watermelon woman, who is she, what was her job, why she wasn't credited with her real name, what was her relationship with the movie director, i just loved this, so inspiring...

v. ♥ fantastic planet / la planète sauvage (1973) dir.: rené laloux

this right here was great, i absolutely love the animation style, the story is about another planet, where human-alike figures are called oms and are pets, of big, extremelly technologic and spiritually advanced creatures called draags, one day, one om escapes from his house and takes away with him a device used for learning by the draags, and they begin a revenge against the ones who makes them suffer the most, the draags, it's absolutely amazing, i love the story so much, it's perfectly places for revolution and times like we're living right now lol.

iv. ♥ summer vacation 1999 / 1999年の夏休み (1988) dir.: shusuke kaneko

i'm soooo sad i didn't liked this, it's a movie adaptation of one of my all time favorite mangas, the heart of thomas, by the legendary mangaka hagio moto, i was suposed to love this, it's a boy's love story all played by women, but the story is totally different, first of all, the ambientation is totally different, instead of a full school it's in the middle of summer vacation (which originates the name of the movie), i know i'm being the annoying 'the adaptation ruined the story' type of fan but what can i do lol, it really ruined it for me, i can excuse the different names and changes in a few characters but the high point was the ending, what do you mean they're the same person? that changes absolutely EVERYTHING about the story, they kept a few things like the death of eric's mother but that's it, i hated it, hagio moto i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry an ugly ass bitch would do that to your story, but i do like the fashion and styling choices, i think it suited the story very well.

iii. ♥ eyes without a face / les yeux sans visage (1958) dir.: georges franju

another one i didn't really enjoyed, but this one i'm almost sure i'll really like it when i see it a second time, a friend of mine said so lol, i liked the whole idea of the daughter of a doctor with no face and his need to find a way to fix the problem he made himself at a car crash, the whole woman disappearing thing is pretty scary and i enjoyed that, i don't really know what i didn't liked about it, it just wasn't for me i guess.

ii. ♥ vertigo (1958) dir.: alfred hitchcock

ok i didn't liked this, at all, it was sooo slow for me, it felt like 5 hours and i got really sleepy, unlike persona lol, also, i didn't really liked the plot twist, i just think old hollywood is not really my cup of tea, i think i have to watch more of them to start really enjoying them at their full potential, cause i know they have, i just haven't found something i enjoy, maybe i'll try to watch more this year.

i. ♥ persona (1966) dir.: ingmar bergman

i watched this with my friend ana while she was in town, it was amazing! one my favorite movies watched this year (by now), the 84 min movie passed in the blink of an eye, so powerful and mesmerizing, it's the type of movie it makes everyone thinking they 'understood' what it was going for, but to be honest i don't think it has an absolute meaning, i think it was made for different interpretations, what i thought was, oh, they're the same person, but tbh who cares.
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