Tore is akin,not only to the pitiful heroine of the remarkable "Kreuzweg" but also to Luis Bunuel's characters of late fifties/early sixties ,Nazarin and Viridiana,in the eponymous works.Both tried to live just as Jesus told in the gospels ,to return good for evil,to turn the other cheek ,and possibly to become a martyr ,because they know that even in the valley of death He will be by their side.
Unlike the Spanish genius ,who thought that religion was a nuisance to live with at home,the end of "Tore Tanzt" is ambiguous:perhaps some sunlight does break through on this one;and ,in any event ,the last chapter is called "Hoffnung" (hope);like "Kreuzweg" ,the movie is divided into chapters ,three (faith,love and hope).And as the opening sequence depicts a christening at sea ,Tore's martyrdom ends in a brook .Water epitomizes purity ,the "born again" man,but it is also sin:Tore discovers love while bathing with Benno's ("my trial" says Tore)daughter.
When he appears ,Benno is a genial family man as he welcomes Tore in his nice family .Little by little ,he will use his protégé as a punching bag ,not only because the poor lad is in love with his daughter,but because he is a sadistic perverse man ;he epitomizes Satan for a young man with a cherubic face .The movie is not for the squeamish ,by some respect ,it is almost an (intelligent) horror movie: Tore forced to swallow rotten food, raped,beaten to death ,many scenes many viewers will find unbearable .And all this brings us back to Luis Bunuel: Tore's martyrdom amounts to nothing,he converts no one,helps no one :Nazarin ends his unfortunate career between two soldiers ,carrying a pineapple (sexual symbol) and Viridiana is raped by the poor people she tried to help before accepting a menage à trois with her cousin .I urge users interested in Tore's story to watch these two Bunuel classics ;and if it were not enough,the ending recalls another one of the master, "Los Olvidados",in which little boy Pedro 's dead body is thrown on a garbage heap
To write that Frau Gebbe' s work is a must is to state the obvious.in the years to come ,she will be a name to reckon with.Julius Feldmeier and S.A. Gersak give outstanding performances as the angel and the demon ;I recommend it to all my French compatriots, with a strong heart that is.
Unlike the Spanish genius ,who thought that religion was a nuisance to live with at home,the end of "Tore Tanzt" is ambiguous:perhaps some sunlight does break through on this one;and ,in any event ,the last chapter is called "Hoffnung" (hope);like "Kreuzweg" ,the movie is divided into chapters ,three (faith,love and hope).And as the opening sequence depicts a christening at sea ,Tore's martyrdom ends in a brook .Water epitomizes purity ,the "born again" man,but it is also sin:Tore discovers love while bathing with Benno's ("my trial" says Tore)daughter.
When he appears ,Benno is a genial family man as he welcomes Tore in his nice family .Little by little ,he will use his protégé as a punching bag ,not only because the poor lad is in love with his daughter,but because he is a sadistic perverse man ;he epitomizes Satan for a young man with a cherubic face .The movie is not for the squeamish ,by some respect ,it is almost an (intelligent) horror movie: Tore forced to swallow rotten food, raped,beaten to death ,many scenes many viewers will find unbearable .And all this brings us back to Luis Bunuel: Tore's martyrdom amounts to nothing,he converts no one,helps no one :Nazarin ends his unfortunate career between two soldiers ,carrying a pineapple (sexual symbol) and Viridiana is raped by the poor people she tried to help before accepting a menage à trois with her cousin .I urge users interested in Tore's story to watch these two Bunuel classics ;and if it were not enough,the ending recalls another one of the master, "Los Olvidados",in which little boy Pedro 's dead body is thrown on a garbage heap
To write that Frau Gebbe' s work is a must is to state the obvious.in the years to come ,she will be a name to reckon with.Julius Feldmeier and S.A. Gersak give outstanding performances as the angel and the demon ;I recommend it to all my French compatriots, with a strong heart that is.