NOMADENKINO 11.8.18 Three Billboards

(NOMADENKINO AND CINEGEEK SHOW THE FILM ON 8/11/18 AT THE LOCK SWANTE AM SEE, SCHLOSSPLATZ 1-3, 16727 OBERKRÄMER, 21.00) Anger is the driving force of Martin McDonaghs Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, one of the best movies of the year! We are dealing with a southern history + Irish humour in which anger acts as an incurable energy. Conventional Hollywood movies would much rather teach us that anger hurts like a sin. That acceptance and understanding lead to true happiness! But this is easier said than done! How can you NOT get angry in an unjust world? After all, life is racist, sexist and cruel, especially in the southern states of the USA! No one can embody anger better than Frances McDormand. She plays Mildred Hayes, a divorced woman who lost her daughter Angela last year. Angela was raped and murdered. They never solved the case, there wasn't even a suitable DNA. The police chief responsible ("Woody Harrelson") is unable to provide Mildred with answers, so she rents three billboards outside the city: "Raped while dying", "And still no arrests" and "How come, Chief Willoughby?" are now on the doorstep of the lovely community and the local press becomes aware of them. However, if you think you know what happens next, you will be taught a better lesson. McDonagh's simply perfect script will never give you what you expect... In other films, the secret of Angela's fate would have determined the story. Mildred gives her rage a direction to push Angela's case. Her opponent seems to be the racist mother's boy Dixon (Sam Rockwell). Dixon has no idea how he's gonna solve this case, but he does. A hunch that could cost him his job... But Dixon is a racist, violent cop, as I said. One who drinks himself to sleep night after night and expects nothing more from life. Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson do their job well; but the film belongs to Frances McDormand! One glance from her tells us more than whole monologues of other actors! The most touching moments are when the grief is behind her anger! But how can we learn to be tolerant? Of course, no daughter should die as cruelly as Angela - but how do we deal with this knowledge now? How can we control our own anger? Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is one of those very rare works that help us. The film is profound, but also grounded. He inspires us, but he never tries to be manipulative. In general, very few films made me laugh and cry at the same time! Only very, very few movies are as good as this one!