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Tony is a film directed by veiko ounpuu with taavi eelmaa, ravshana kurkova, tiina tauraite, sten ljunggren, year. The film was made through an experimental process of improvisation and financed through the e. Oct 10, 2009 new ounpuus film is a real jewel in contemporary cinema. Tony cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Find more prominent pieces of religious painting at best visual art database. Tony, screening in karlovy varys east of the west competition, is a fascinating meditation on good and evil likely to offend all the right people. Athanasius, the bishop of alexandria, elaborately describes and illustrates the saints fight with the devil and many of his demons, who have been sent to test his faith. Heavy on lynch oddities and even comparable to the aesthetic and atmosphere of guy maddin this film is an orgasmic experience of surrealism on celluloid. Mar 11, 2017 the story of the temptation of st anthony, told by his biographer st. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the temptation of st. Midway upon the journey of life i found myself within a forest dark for the straightforward pathway had been lost. Tour and youll observe neonsoaked environments built of wildly incongruous details.

In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Tony 2009 veiko ounpuu on allmovie a seemingly normal man is. Anthony in 1946, in response to a contest held by the david l. Behind the many interpretations of the temptation of st. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. The plot has been described as a black comedy and centers around a successful, middle aged man who becomes interested in questions about morality. It tells the story of a prostitute chenoweth who confesses to a catholic priest sisto that she plans to kill herself on her birthday. Tony 2009 starring taavi eelmaa and ravshana kurkova on dvd and bluray. Tony is a 2009 estonian film written and directed by veiko ounpuu, starring taavi eelmaa.

A midlevel manager loses his grip on a quiet life when he questions mortality. An unusual problem intrudes upon his moderately prosperous and quiet life morality. He played a major role in the realist school in french literature. So exotic were the temptations and so powerful and resilient st anthonys fight that his story has often been used in literature and art, notably in the. Yet the film brought me through real life, uncomfortable conversations, earnest seeking, genuine intent, and left me with the best possible theological conclusion.

Tony, free rangeballad on approving of the world made his new film roukli without institutional financial support. Behind the many interpretations of the temptation of st anthony. In a series of bizarre encounters in which he fires his employees, witnesses his wifes infidelity, and meets a soontobe kidnapped girl never mind the severed hands and mystery dog. Antony 1874 is based on the story of the thirdcentury saint who lived on an isolated mountaintop in the egyptian desert. Tony is at once unlike anything i had ever seen before and at the same time seemingly influenced from some of my favorite surrealist filmmakers.

These projects from the baltic region that are completed or are in. A midlevel manager who develops an aversion to being. Things take a turn for the worse when the cabbie pulls her into an ally and violently forces himself onto her, taking her life. Knowing nothing about this movie, i checked it out of the library, and couldnt avert my eyes for a single moment.

In it grotesque demons swarm around saint anthony the great, bursting with movement and energy as the saint calmly resists their temptations or blows. Antoine marroncles 15 video projection the temptation of st. Tony is closer to classics like antonioni, bunuel or tarkovsky than to contemporary film making styles. Now youd think that hermit meant he was always alone. A midlevel manager who develops an aversion to being good finds himself confronting the mysteries of middleage and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his. The film was a coproduction between companies from estonia, sweden and finland. Anthony a religious theme thats has been repeated many times in european art most notably by hieronymus bosch and salvador dali. Blue k, custodian of the cinemas rating of the film the temptation of st. Puha tonu kiusamine is a 2009 estonian film written and directed by veiko ounpuu, starring taavi eelmaa. Surprisingly resonant, this little film from the wilds of estonia is a sharply focused take on. Anthony detail was created in 1515 by matthias grunewald in northern renaissance style. Estonian director veiko ounpuu has recently finished his third feature film puha tonu. Anthony who, no one is actually sure ever existed and his ordeals as a hermit. Get the best deals on the temptations dvds when you shop the largest online selection at.

But one day, he starts to question the value of being good. Anthony a religious theme thats has been repeated many times in european. With caroline haines, laura evans, rachel waters, alexander dandrea. Schongauers engraving of the temptation of st anthony, from the 1470s. I struggled through more than half of it but had to give up the struggle.

New ounpuus film is a real jewel in contemporary cinema. Tony its sure that we have a new, complete author on cinematic stage. It is an illustration from the life of the saint, written by st athanasius, that depicts his spiritual warfare and the way in which the demons appeared in different forms and even beat. Tony, which screened at the 2010 sundance film festival tony, a middleaged, midlevel manager, leads a quiet life. Tony is a film about a man, who has reached middle age, and finds himself in exactly the kind of darkening forest that dante describes. Usually, as was the case with antichrist, if i leave the theater thinking about a film for three or four days nonstop, it means that even if i cant distinguish whether or not i like the film, it is probably a successful work of cinema. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It confirms his bright talent and distinctive sense for storytelling. Tony who crashed the car and found the hands is a midlevel manager who is told by his boss he has to fire the entire plant. He tried, and is a lot more subtle than a lot of religious media today. Roukli is a film about about love, war and something else. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are.

This estonian film is subtitled and in black and white. Antony 1874 is based on the story of the thirdcentury saint who lived. His bestknown work was madame bovary which led to a trial on the novels alleged immorality. Tony is full of epic scenes which one day might get praised as some of the highest cinema peaks of our time. The temptation of saint anthony, an 1898 silent film.

A midlevel manager who develops an aversion to being good finds himself confronting the mysteries of middleage and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life. Read in english by tony addison an extraordinary work of the aesthetic imagination, cast in the form of a psychodrama detailing the events of one night in the life of the aged hermit, later saint, anthony, in the course of which his claims to sainthood are severely tested by, among other. This is apparently one of the first religious films ever made if not the first. Into temptation is a 2009 independent drama film written and directed by patrick coyle, and starring jeremy sisto, kristin chenoweth, brian baumgartner, bruce a. Questo video e detto in giordania il 22 agosto 1953 da hallmark group a proprio versione hit, presentata a segmento stile distintivo in 33. The temptation of saint anthony, a 2003 opera by bernice johnson reagon the temptation of st. Tony one part aki kaurismaki, one part bela tarr, one part david lynch, a pinch of denis levant with a miniature accordion, shake vigorously,and then finally top it with a garnish of peter greenaway. A young professional must choose between death and eternal life after being bitten by a beautiful vampire, and transformed into a blooddrinking creature of the night. The story of the temptation of st anthony, told by his biographer st. He takes home an attractive woman whose father was one of the fired employees, and thats about where the movie stops making sense. Lust, attempted a dialogue upon religion and yet, one begins to wonder what was going through the mind of melies. Tony puha tonu kiusamine is a 2009 estonian film written and directed by veiko ounpuu. Anthony was created in 1878 by felicien rops in symbolism style.

This work inspired michelangelo buonarrotis first painting. An audio book and image montage version of the temptation of saint anthony, written by gustave flaubert, translated by lafcadio hearn and read by tony addison for librivox. Tony received its north american premiere as an official selection at the 2010 sundance film festival. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. Tony you are looking for psychological, tense and atmospheric movies about with cannibalism, chainsaw, surrealism, fighting the system, stripper, manipulations and rebellion themes of drama, fantasy and mystery genre shot in estonia or finland. However, new and formidable adversaries in the shape of scantilyclad nubile maidens repeatedly disrupt the saints. The temptation of saint anthony, by gustav flaubert youtube. Matthias grunewalds 1470 ad 1528 ad depiction of the temptation of st. Loewalbert lewin film production company for a painting of the temptation of saint anthony, to be used in the film the private affairs of bel ami. Black tower temptation temptation 2009 rotten tomatoes. Tony 2009 veiko ounpuu on allmovie misery is alive and well in 21st century estonia. This morning i woke up pretty sure that the temptation of st. The temptation of saint anthony, a 20 song by alkaline trio from my shame is true. After a heavy night out with the girls, isabel, and attractive young professional woman catches an illegal minicab home.