"Look, three mountains: daddy, mommy, child," says 8-year-old Tristan to Aaron, who replies: "Maybe."THREE PEAKS in many ways is the continuation of Jan Zabeil's debut gem THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN, which Zabeil and Alexander Fehling ad-libbed together in Africa. The man now is grown up, with a family, but still wandering and searching, here in the Italian Alps. While keeping some of the magical allure of his debut, this sophomore film has more of a main-streamy narrative to follow.
The long exposition begins with the relaxed, cosmopolitan daddy-mommy-child family on holiday, a lavish long-distance pool shot cut to a beautiful extreme close-up of father and son playing in a pool. The DoP evokes the aesthetic of old amateur holiday movies, intercut with slow dreamy on-the-road shots. We get to observe the family members going about daily tasks as they set up camp in a mountain cottage, catching glimpses of each other that connect their worlds. At the same time as they observe each other, we are being introduced, in varying tableaux, to the alternating constellations: man and woman, mother and child, son and dad, the kid between the parents. Continue reading "#TIFF17 review: THREE PEAKS" »
Hollywood stars like Jennifer Lawrence, George Clooney, Halle Berry and Benedict Cumberbatch have been announced to descend upon TIFF17, and the German talent are not far behind, with a record VIP list of guests en route to Toronto:
