Friday, May 1, 2020

Movies I Have Seen - May 2020 (8 movies)


The Resistance Banker (Dutch: Bankier van het Verzet). 2018 (Dutch), Starring Barry Atsma as Walraven van Hall, Jacob Derwig as Gijs van Hall, Pierre Bokma as Meinoud Rost van Tonningen, Fockeline Ouwerkerk as Tilly van Hall and Raymond Thiry as Van den Berg. Netflix, May 10, 2020, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Perfidia" - Componist Alberto Dominguez; "Recuerdo"; "Kautchuk". Anachronism: At 1:19:41, Walraven van Hall goes into a modern day telephone box made of aluminum and Plexiglas that has the word "telefoon" in a modern lower case script in white on blue Plexiglas.

Occupation Native. May 25, 2020.

Babakueria. May 25, 2020.

The Ballad of Crowfoot. May 26, 2020.

Night Cries. May 27, 2020.

The Women Of Nollywood. May 27, 2020.

Atlantics (French: Atlantique) is a 2019 (French, Belgian, Senegalese), Starring Mame Bineta Sane as Ada,
Amadou Mbow as Issa
Ibrahima Traoré as Souleiman
Nicole Sougou as Dior
Aminata Kane as Fanta
Mariama Gassama as Mariama
Coumba Dieng as Thérèse
Ibrahima Mbaye as Moustapha
Diankou Sembene as Mr Ndiaye
Babacar Sylla as Omar
Abdou Balde as Cheikh
Arame Fall Faye as Mere Ada
Ya Arame Mousse Sene as Grand Mere Ada
Babacar Samba as Pere Ada
Astou N'Diaye as Mere Souleimane
Khouda Fall as Mere Mariama
Seyni Diop as Mme. N'Diaye
Ndeye Fama Dia as Copine Mariama
Mame Victor Samb as Mere Omar
Omar Dieng as Pere D'Omar
Asta Kane as Mere Fanta
Matar Diouf as Policier 'Pierre', and Mariama Gassama. Netflix, May 27, 2020, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: Music by Fatima Al Qadiri.
Trivia: Mati Diop, with her submission of "Atlantics" to the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, is the first black woman director in history to compete in the festival's competition.

Restless River. 2019 (Canadian), Starring Malaya Qaunirq Chapman as Elsa,
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Magalie Lépine Blondeau Magalie Lépine Blondeau ... Mrs. Beaulieu
Patrick Hivon Patrick Hivon ... Mr. Beaulieu
Mark Antony Krupa Mark Antony Krupa ... Pastor
Tobie Pelletier Tobie Pelletier ... Monsieur L'écuyer
Nick Serino Nick Serino ... Jimmy
Etua Snowball Etua Snowball ... Isaki
Matthew York as Jimmy (young). Crave, May 30, 2020, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: Music by Vanessa Marcoux. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu.