Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Postmen in the Mountains

Pittsburgh has some independent theaters that show great films all week long. Check out Pittsburgh Filmmakers. This week and next is the Three Rivers Film
Festival. I saw a Russian film, Vodka Lemon, about an Amenian village in Kurdistan - villagers trying to live amidst poverty, hopelessness. The film gave great scenes of vast mountains, snow, poverty. It ended with a slight message of hope.

The best film so far has been Postmen in the Mountains. It is about a letter carrier who has spent 30 yrs delivering mail in the mountains of China. He has been home only every 3 months so he and his son don't have a close relationship. He is retiring, and his son is becoming the new letter carrier. The father accompanies the son on the first trip - about 70 miles over 3 days through treacherous mountain paths - and the two bond. The son learns about his father's sense of values, and about the love the mountain villagers have for him. It is a delightful film, ultimately about the gift of love. What a movie! The cinematograhy was amazing - I could almost smell the mountain streams, the lush forests.

1 comment:

Noah said...

Postmen in the Mountains sounds like a wonderful film, I really want to see it!