as with his greek weird wave compatriots yorgos lanthimos and athina rachel tsangari, nikou balancesnopsis of james cameron's titanic that's worth the ticket price alone. apples is on curzon home cinema now and then in cinemas when they reopen. i'll leave you with news of charlatan, a biographical drama from polish director agnieszka holland, whose impressive cv includes such oscar—nominated hits as europa europa and in darkness, but who's perhaps best known to english—speaking audiences for her brilliant �*90s adaptation of the secret garden. in charlatan, holland revisits the young story of a young jan mikolasek, the faith healer and herbalist who diagnosed and treated patients using plant—based remedies, but who ran afoul of the czech authorities. having tended to nazis and communists alike, mikolasek has earned a tidy sum, but following the death of his key political protector, becomes a target of the regime, accused of poisoning party stalwarts. real—life father and son ivan and josef trojan, who respectively play the older and younger mikolasek, breathe convincing life into thi

nikou describes apples as an allegorical comedy—drama born out of a personal bereavement and exploring all of those things we don't forget. there's an echo of eternal sunshine of the spotless mind in the premise, but i was also reminded of the hungarian drama preparations to be together for an unknown period of time, which similarly explored the mysteries of memory. as with his greek weird wave compatriots, he balances profundity with absurdism, along with a hilarious potted synopsis of james cameron's titanic that's worth the ticket price alone. apples is on curzon home cinema now and then in cinemas when they reopen. i'll leave you with news of charlatan, a biographical drama. from polish director agnieszka holland. perhaps best known to english—speaking audiences for her brilliant �*90s adaptation of the secret garden. in charlatan, holland revisits the young story of a young jan mikolasek, a herbalist that diagnosed and treated patients with plant—based remedies and ran afoul of the czech authorities. tending to nazis and communists alike, he earns a tidy sum, but then becomes a ta

from america to greece with apples by christos nikou, which was his country's entry for feature oscartalis cuts a lonely figure as a man who finds himself unable to remember his name, his occupation or his home address. so, he's placed in a bizarre recovery programme designed to create new memories in a new identity. to do this, he receives taped instructions from mundane tasks like riding a bike, diving into a swimming pool or going to a fancy dress party — tasks that require photographic proof of completion, with the pictures duly posted into an album of memories. nikou describes apples as an allegorical comedy—drama born out of a personal bereavement and exploring the subject of whether we are all, in the end, the sum of all of those things we don't forget. there's an echo of eternal sunshine of the spotless mind in the premise, but i was also reminded of the hungarian drama preparations to be together for an unknown period of time, which similarly explored the mysteries of memory. as with the greek weird wave compatriots, he balances profundity with absurdism, along with a hilario

as with his greek weird wave compatriots yorgos lanthimos and athina rachel tsangari, nikou balances her brilliant “90s adaptation of the secret garden. in charlatan, holland revisits the young story of a young jan mikolasek, the faith healer and herbalist who diagnosed and treated patients using plant—based remedies, but who ran afoul of the czech authorities. having tended to nazis and communists alike, mikolasek has earned a tidy sum, but following the death of his key political protector, becomes a target of the regime, accused of poisoning party stalwarts. real—life father and son ivan and josef trojan, who respectively play the older and younger mikolasek, breathe convincing life into this somewhat unfathomable character, aided by a strong turn from juraj loj as the herbalist“s assistant and speculative lover frantisek palko. yet for all the dramatic intrigue of its source story, charlatan feels oddly episodic, like a tv movie whose broken—back structure never quite brings together its disparate elements. it's available on curzon home cinema and bf! player and through virtual c