The Book of Stars (1999)
April 26, 2024 10:34 AM - Subscribe
An emotionally crippled woman prostitutes herself to help take care of her kid sister who has cystic fibrosis.
Currently on Tubi.
Currently on Tubi.
Tubi wouldn’t play all the way through the credits without obscuring the screen, so I still don’t know anything about the (probably Hungarian) ensemble.
I don’t know that I can recommend this film. No offense to the lead actors - I’m no great judge of acting but it seemed to me they were working their butts off. Something about the way it all came together was lacking, and Penny’s character made no sense to me.
posted by bunderful at 12:42 PM on April 26
I don’t know that I can recommend this film. No offense to the lead actors - I’m no great judge of acting but it seemed to me they were working their butts off. Something about the way it all came together was lacking, and Penny’s character made no sense to me.
posted by bunderful at 12:42 PM on April 26
Update! Found the choral piece which I do recommend.
Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering)
posted by bunderful at 12:52 PM on April 26
Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering)
posted by bunderful at 12:52 PM on April 26
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I already feel like I need a rewatch to understand what’s going on and that bugs me because I’m not getting much satisfaction from it.
The music Kristjan plays for Penny is wonderful and I’m trying to track that down as I watch. So far no luck.
posted by bunderful at 11:25 AM on April 26