Spy Film Möbius (2013)
Rarely does a film with flavour come along. This one has it. Moreover, it can certainly become a favourite among both men and women, as the film balances the tense spy plot with an all-encompassing passion in the sensual scenes between the main characters.
Yesterday we watched this year's four-country co-production - French, Belgian, Luxembourg and Russian - spy film "Möbius" (director: Eric Rochant), which I would like to recommend you watch too. Rarely does a film with flavour come along. This one has it. Moreover, it can certainly become a favourite among both men and women, as the film balances the tense spy plot with an all-encompassing passion in the sensual scenes between the main characters.
Today's association after watching the film: "But souls smell like night violets as the night burns, if we touch one another, eternity will rain down upon us..." Yes, yes, that dear old Pērkons song, but I cannot free myself from this motif when thinking about "Möbius."
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A cool-headed officer, secret agent with a firm character and sharp mind, known by the alias "Moses" (French actor Jean Dujardin), is handling the case of Russian oligarch Ivan Rostovsky (British actor Tim Roth), suspected of vast financial fraud. The charming, businesslike and talented financial analyst Elisa (Belgian actress Cécile De France) is recruited into the operation. Passion flares between the two agents, forcing both to walk the knife's edge in order to bring the operation to its conclusion while concealing their feelings from their colleagues.
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The serene, inexpressibly opulent, sun-drenched Monaco vistas enveloped in ocean blue alternate with views of grey and heavy Moscow, Russia's metropolis. Watching actor Jean Dujardin, one is once again convinced of a long-known truth: men only become more attractive with age. And as for French men in particular - dark, tanned skin, coal-black hair with just a slight greying at the temples, subtle but intellectual lines on the forehead, laughter lines at the outer corner of the eye, deep brown eyes and a velvety voice timbre. Simply a sinful angel, or a macho, as some critics write in their film reviews. At once masculinely strong and weak in the presence of a beautiful woman.
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The main actress's character, in turn, testifies to the fact that the modern business world places disproportionately high demands on women - a model's stature, a man's analytical mind and grip, a queen's bearing, a courtesan's passion and an agent's resourcefulness. Elisa is endowed with immeasurable feminine wisdom when it comes to attracting and holding the attention of all the men around her. She adores Moses's strong arms, his embraces; she appears so defenceless and fragile, yet at the same time sufficiently bold and decisive. A man's dream and curse.
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Hmm, the Russian oligarch's character will certainly remind someone of press columns. Actor Tim Roth with his charisma would certainly have elbowed aside any pretty-boy, if only in the course of the film he had not been given such an episodic role. One must acknowledge that casting the right actors in the right roles is the foundation of a film's success.
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The film's leitmotif, used in all promotional materials, is: "You can play politics, play with money, with trust - but not with love." I would instead take the quotation about the Möbius strip, whose main properties are non-orientability and one-sidedness - from any point on its single surface you can reach any other point without crossing the surface's edge. You think you are on one side, but moving forward, suddenly without noticing you find yourself on the other.
Sources used:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106550/
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