FREE ON YOUTUBE In Bruges

For those of us who are locked up at home, I have selected a real Feel Good film here. It worked for me immediately, because I was no longer in Berlin Kreuzberg, but suddenly in Brussels.

FREE ON YOUTUBE I am surprised to find one of the most popular films in our video store (according to the ranking of the most rented films on rank 31), free on YouTube. Today on 25.3.2020 - that means, if the link is deleted, please enter the movie title on YouTube: In Bruges' film. In most cases a link will be deleted and another one uploaded. So much for the technical part. And to the point: The Irish contract killers might find it difficult to pronounce "Bruxelles" correctly. They're just on forced leave after a failed assassination attempt. One is a hothead who sees no reason to be anywhere but Dublin. The other one buys a travel guide and raves about the beautifully preserved old town. Have you ever been to Brussels? In fact, I like Brussels as much as I like Paris. A dirty but charming city. The opposite of "hip". This is where Martin McDonagh staged his dark, decidedly surprising and profoundly human comedy. Nothing seems predictable! We simply lack the necessary narrative building blocks! Maybe that's also because we don't get to see gentle killers that often. Brendan Gleeson, the one with the smashed face, plays Ken. His travel companion is named Ray (Colin Farrell), who murdered a priest in Dublin in the confessional. And another little boy. At least he confessed the crime before he carried it out. A confession for which he even smeared notes on a piece of paper. You notice; In Bruges is also an important film for understanding how Catholicism works. Ken and Ray work for Harry (Ralph Fiennes), who hides them in Brussels. He is Dublin's godfather. Larry criticizes that although it is part of the business to liquidate a priest, it is not part of the business to blow a little boy's head off. This is unprofessional. Since I often didn't have much money to travel, I have always loved films that illuminate foreign cities well. Not the kind of film that resembles a tourist guide, but films that show you the heart of a city. In Bruges is exactly that kind of film! Even more; the film uses the city to develop its characters. Ray refuses to climb up anywhere at all to see the sights. Paintings or sculptures don't impress him, but he is fascinated by a film shoot. There he meets the beautiful Chloe (Clemence Poesy - guess from which movie you know her...) and the dwarfish Jimmy (Jordan Prentice). And already they do cocaine with a prostitute and Ray has to be corrected not to call Jimmy a "midget". And what happens then? The inevitable, but you'll never guess... The ingenious script manages to bring all the characters together in one place by a twist of fate. And the actors? Farrell is secretly one of the world's greatest actors. Especially when he gets to be Irish, like here! And Gleeson (according to my Irish colleague David the most popular Irish actor) is the most likeable bad guy I've ever seen! So Martin McDonagh has made a thriller that is driven less by the plot than by its characters. And by their upbringing. We learn that even killers have to make ethical decisions and that they too have great emotions.