Valley of Flowers
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Valley of Flowers |
| Original title | Valley of Flowers |
| Country of production | India , France , Japan , Germany , Switzerland |
| original language | Hindi , Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pan Nalin |
| script | Pan Nalin, Sarah Shennib |
| production |
Karl Baumgartner , Christoph Friedel , Claudia Steffen |
| music |
Cyril Morin , Rajesh Roshan |
| camera | Michal Englert |
| cut | Sylvie Gadmer |
| occupation | |
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Valley of Flowers is an Indian-French-Japanese-German-Swiss love drama by director Pan Nalin from 2006. The staging of a two-hundred-year-old couple in love is Nalin's second full-length feature film based on Motifs from the novel Liebeszauber and black magic: Adventure in Tibet (Original: Magie d'amour et magie noire ) by Alexandra David-Néel .
The film, budgeted at six million US dollars, was shot on location in the Himalayas as well as in Japan. The production was shown for the first time on July 15, 2006 in India, then ran at various film festivals before it was included in the video evaluation. The first German DVD release took place on November 23, 2007.
action
Early 19th century. The daring highwayman Jalan and his armed gang ambush caravans along well-traveled trade routes in the high plains of the Himalayas . During one of these successful raids, the outlaws encounter the mysterious Ushna, who willingly joins them. The gang leader falls madly in love with the young woman, who in turn feels connected to him in a mystical way. In order to appease the suspicious followers of Jalan, the self-confident beauty leads the men to a secret pass road, which opens up further opportunities for profitable forays. The love affair between Ushna and Jalan repeatedly led to falling out between the superstitious men. The couple, whose love, according to a prophecy , does not seem to be under a lucky star, act more and more selfishly and thus become alienated from the group that ultimately breaks up.
The lovers live in their own magical sphere, the real world becomes irrelevant. For this purpose Ushna tries with forbidden practices, with dark magic as well as with Buddhist rituals to influence this gloomy prediction in order to turn fate for the better. On the way to the "Valley of Flowers", where Ushna wants to stay until she dies, the two are caught by the wise Yeti, a kind of guardian, and his bounty hunters. Yeti's task is to restore the imbalance in nature brought about by the activities of the couple. Nevertheless, in the presence of Yetis, Jalan overcomes mortality with a magical potion, while the immortality elixir fails with Ushna and she is struck down by a ball of Jalan. The highwayman is now condemned to eternal loneliness. Jalan then erreds over centuries and national borders to today's Tokyo .
In Japan, Jalan is now a controversial doctor for the Valley of Flowers Corporation , an institution that provides active euthanasia to the seriously ill. Here he meets his former lover, a reincarnated Japanese nightclub singer whose soul has wandered several times. The woman recognizes her former lover, although she can no longer remember details of her previous earthly existence. Although plagued by thoughts of suicide, the singer regains courage. At the end of the film, the couple meets Yeti, who teaches them again about the law of impermanence in earthly life. A little later, Jalan is hit by a truck full of cut flowers and fatally injured. The grieving Ushna is left alone. The equilibrium is restored.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was seeking to "some overwhelming images [...], the belief in reincarnation with a discourse on euthanasia to connect." However, the film produces "unintentional comedy" and "fail at the last third too absurd story. "
Awards
- Los Angeles Indian Film Festival
- 2007: Audience Award in the Best Feature Film category for Pan Nalin
literature
- David-Néel, Alexandra: love magic and black magic . 1938. Munich 2007, Sphinx-Hugendubel, ISBN 978-3-7205-9004-4
Web links
- Valley of Flowers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Valley of Flowers in the online film database