Filmed in stark black and white, bald, austere , slow-moving , "Fortuna" reminds the viewer of Robert Bresson's first movies.
Fortuna ,an Ethopian refugee is given shelter ,with other people ,in a monastery in the mountains ;is the right of asylum the old sanctuary of the Middle -Ages?
People from various religions :the heroine is a true believer who puts her trust in Virgin Mary.She's pregnant by a young married muslim who already has his own family.Fortuna prays ceaselessly for her parents'return ;she is obsessed by water (after a long voyage by sea,she winds up in a bare land covered with snow ;she hints at the Biblical Deluge )
The monks themselves (one of them played by highly talented Bruno Ganz ) have their moments of doubt: can we accept that the police violate our sacred place? Can this girl have an abortion? Is the Church always right? Is it infallible when they deal with good and bad?
The ending is open although the last picture gives us a clue.
Fortuna ,an Ethopian refugee is given shelter ,with other people ,in a monastery in the mountains ;is the right of asylum the old sanctuary of the Middle -Ages?
People from various religions :the heroine is a true believer who puts her trust in Virgin Mary.She's pregnant by a young married muslim who already has his own family.Fortuna prays ceaselessly for her parents'return ;she is obsessed by water (after a long voyage by sea,she winds up in a bare land covered with snow ;she hints at the Biblical Deluge )
The monks themselves (one of them played by highly talented Bruno Ganz ) have their moments of doubt: can we accept that the police violate our sacred place? Can this girl have an abortion? Is the Church always right? Is it infallible when they deal with good and bad?
The ending is open although the last picture gives us a clue.