Mostly Martha (Sub)
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Movie Review: Mostly Martha
Summary: 5 Stars
"Scaramouche" has enough action, romance and color to fill ten movies, and is justly famous for featuring the longest sword duel on film, which takes place in an abandoned theater. Director George Sidney created one of the great romantic adventures at a time when the swords-and-lords genre had slipped out of favor, even honoring Lewis Stone, star of the silent original, with a bit part. This is a movie that never lets up, or lets you down.Movie Review: A wonderful movie you shouldn't miss
Summary: 5 Stars
What an enjoyable movie. The plot is predictable and the cynical among us might think it trite but this movie transcends the ordinary by virtue of the wonderful and nuanced performances by Martina Gedeck and Sergio Castellitto and a soundtrack featuring Paolo Conte that perfectly complements the mood of the movie. Of the many foreign films I've purchased in the past few years, this is absolutely my favorite. I rarely watch a movie several times in one year, but this is one that I have watched at least 3 times and enjoy it more each time.
Movie Review: Mostly Martha
Summary: 5 Stars
After all that is been said, I can only add one more positive review. What I like about this movie is that I can see a more modern look at Germany today, an image different from the usual macabre-war-related made by hollywwod. This movie has a human touch and an open heart.Movie Review: the zest for life and love
Summary: 5 Stars
Written and directed by Sandra Nettelbeck, "Bella Martha", strangely translated as "Mostly Martha", was her first big feature film, and won international awards and delighted many...perhaps mostly women, as it is exquisitely romantic. Martina Gedeck as Martha, the master chef who tries to control her world while it collapses around her, is superb. She has an intense kind of beauty and grace, strong but emotionally fragile, and Gadeck's body language speaks volumes, and lets us see into her heart with a simple gesture of the hand, or a flicker in her eyes. This is one of the best performances I've seen in a very long time.
Her relationship with her 8 year old niece Lina, so well played by Maxime Foreste, is complex, understandable, and very moving, and the chemistry between Martha and Mario, (Sergio Castellitto is perfect in the part) is fabulous, complete opposites attracting. The supporting cast are all excellent, and director Nettelbeck plays Lina's mother in a touching video sequence.
The score by David Darling and Keith Jarrett is marvelous, with delicate sections of Arvo Part's music for one of the most tragic scenes, and includes a bit of Dean Martin's version of "Volare", and the irresistible, simply scrumptious "Via con Me" by Paolo Conte, a song so happy it would make a bear smile. The cinematography by Michael Bertel is also wonderful, with location shots of Hamburg and Italy, and overflowing vistas of delectable food.
I cried, I laughed out loud, and I will always remember this film; it is a small but polished gem.
Total running time is 109 minutes.
Movie Review: I loved this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
*****
This movie was ostensibly about food, but really about love. Martha is a very lonely woman living her life for her passion, which is cooking. Throughout the movie characters---from other professional chefs to her orphaned niece---come into her life and finally she begins to love. However, it is a subtle, thought-provoking movie, not a dramatic American movie where everything is blatant and laid-out for the viewer.
I think I fell in love with Sergio Castellitto who plays Mario, an Italian chef working with Martha. The movie is worth watching simply for his performance with Martha (Martina Gedeck), who is truly excellent as well.
I just watched this movie as a rental and I am going to order it, because it is the type of movie that can and should be watched again and again to discover the layers of meaning that are there.
If you are a viewer who enjoys food or cooking, or relationship dynamics that are subtle yet profound, this is a wonderful, timeless movie. It was in German, and I hated having to watch the dialgue via the subtitles so closely, but it was well worth it. Although complex, this movie was uplifting, not dark.
*****