The unexpected death of the family patriarch throws every member of the Ullmann clan off course. Widow Dafna takes to bed for three months and when she finally returns to her job at the maternity hospital, she has little time for her children. Eldest son, Yair drops out of school and adopts a fatalist attitude, shutting out his siblings and girlfriend. His twin sister Maya, a talented musician, feels the most guilt and is forced to act as a family caregiver at the expense of career opportunities. Bullied at school, younger son Ido responds by obsessively filming himself with a video camera and attempting dangerous feats. The baby sister, Bar, is woefully neglected. Preoccupied with their own misery, the family is barely a family anymore. When another tragedy strikes, will they be able to support one another? Written by Sujit R. Varma
Go Gorilla Go is probably most notable for its strange title, and this carries over into the film; as while it takes obvious inspiration from some big genre classics; the film features some strange plotting and a storyline that is a bit unusual on genre terms. Director Tonino Valerii previously directed the excellent but complicated Giallo My Dear Killer and clearly has a talent for delivering convoluted story lines as Go Gorilla Go features one too! The film focuses on Marco; an undercover police officer who is also working as a body guard for a shady underworld figure. He's also got a brother who is not exactly squeaky clean and has contacts with a few other 'Gorillas' who are in the same line as he is. It's not long before our hero gets involved in a kidnap plot along with his brother and his underworld boss and this plot is ran parallel with a load of others and the whole thing gets rather complicated. Luckily, however, it's all spun together with a whole load of action scenes; many of which are really well done. We've got the usual compliment of car chases and fist fights, but the main standout is a sequence that sees the lead character trapped in an elevator with the bottom taken out. The final car chase, which involves a train a la The French Connection, is also very well executed. The lead role is taken by Fabio Testi and the actor looks the part and plays it well. The rest of the cast is filled out mostly by lesser known Italian actors, but they get on well as an ensemble and bad dubbing aside, the film is above average in the acting department. The way that the story flows does get a bit too confusing at times as we constantly switch from one thing to another, but at least the proceedings are kept entertaining for most of the duration, before exploding in the final third. This film is not very well known and as such has become rather hard to come by. In the grand spectrum of Italian police films; this one is not one of the more important ones or one of the best, but for anyone that considers themselves a fan of this genre; Go Gorilla Go is certainly worth a look and comes recommended.
Mexico is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists. But courageous reporters continue to do their work regardless; without the press there would be no one revealing the extent to which crime and politics are intermingled. The judicial system hides behind claims of insufficient evidence to prosecute crimes, while journalists are the ones who provide such evidence. In State of Silence four journalists discuss their work. One of them investigates illegal logging and environmental pollution, while another writes about police violence against migrants attempting to cross the border. The risks are great, and threats are commonplace. Almost 200 reporters have disappeared or been murdered since 2000. A law was passed under President López Obrador enabling journalists and human rights activists to seek refuge in the US—but doesn’t leaving everything that you love behind you, mean the criminals have won? Some of the journalists return to Mexico because their work is too important. “When a journalist is murdered,” says one of them, “society’s right to be informed dies, too.”
我们再次见到了这两对夫妇:塞西莉和安德烈亚斯,以及他们的儿子利奥,丽芙和马尔特,以及他们的女儿西尔。两个孩子现在都两岁了,家人仍然保持联系,但过着截然不同的生活。在体检中发现,这两个婴儿从未被交换过。震惊平息后,两家人决定搬到安德烈亚斯和塞西莉的集体住处,这样双方父母就可以每天和两个孩子在一起。然而,很快,夫妻俩对生活方式、装饰、饮食习惯和养育方法的截然不同的看法就变得明显,两个家庭努力生活在同一屋檐下。塞西莉对她的亲生女儿西尔的感情比对利奥的感情要深得多,她决定背着其他三位父母寻求西尔的监护权。塞西莉意识到自己做错了,但为时已晚,她的自私计划也暴露无遗。集体分崩离析,丽芙和马尔特带着西尔离开,塞西莉现在必须努力争取
梅尔默一家的每个成员都在各自的问题中挣扎。谢尔哈特很难让贝谷姆适应他们的新生活。谢尔哈特的生活中少了一个女人,而加赞弗则努力维持家庭的和睦。
富有的中年人M结束出差准备回国,在机场,他目睹了一位年轻的阿拉伯男子在安检时引发的纷争。在一场无关紧要的争吵后,M一路跟随着这位年轻人,并在飞行过程中警觉地观察着他的一举一动。年轻人很快注意到M的行为,挑衅地看着他,神秘低语“你什么也没错过!” 一系列令人不安的事件接踵而至。M变得疑神疑鬼,疑心他的生活里存在着一个更大的阴谋。他怀疑年轻人在跟踪他,甚至可能入侵了家里的安防系统,这一切让他安全感尽失。在浏览阴谋论网站时,他对自身危险的处境和脆弱的社会秩序变得深信不疑。 M的女朋友认为他的疑虑实在是大惊小怪,并意识到两人的关系已经走入虚无。一位同事和M有同样的顾虑,却更担心M自己的行为。M决定直面日益严峻的威胁。他坚信恶魔在夜晚现身。于是他设下陷阱,决心迎接他认为即将降临的危险。