In the over-the-top but still watchable "Schlafes Bruder" (called "Brother of Sleep" in English), young Elias in a 19th century Austrian mountain village has a great musical talent, leading the townspeople to consider him weird (those ingrates, he could have made the village famous). When the woman whom he admires marries another man, Elias decides to commit suicide by never sleeping. Whoa.
I know that European - and especially German - movies want to be serious (unlike Hollywood movies), do they have to be so exaggerated? Here, it seems that every scene has to be spirituality overload. Don't get me wrong; it's still a good movie. We get a feeling of what a hard life it was in those remote villages back then, particularly since everyone in this one is inbred. It's just that they go a little overboard in trying to stress everything. Why must everything be a tragedy?
So check it out if possible, but this probably won't become your favorite movie.
I know that European - and especially German - movies want to be serious (unlike Hollywood movies), do they have to be so exaggerated? Here, it seems that every scene has to be spirituality overload. Don't get me wrong; it's still a good movie. We get a feeling of what a hard life it was in those remote villages back then, particularly since everyone in this one is inbred. It's just that they go a little overboard in trying to stress everything. Why must everything be a tragedy?
So check it out if possible, but this probably won't become your favorite movie.