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Lovers of good cinema had an opportunity to`A0watch European films at an exclusive collection of 21 contemporary films from 20 European Union (EU) member states. These films were screened in New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Kozhikode and Pune during the 13th European Union Film Festival held recently. Slovenian film Short Circuits by director Janez Lapajne was reflection on life and human relations. It is all about stringing together various plots and making connections. One night a city bus driver finds an abandoned baby near a bus stop. A divorced man comes to pick up his excited son for the weekend. A pretty doctor befriends a quadriplegic. Out of these varied strings develops a story of human relationships. The protagonists are confronted with different ways of looking at events. FC Venus, a Finnish film, is a romantic comedy. Director Joona Tena got the idea for the film a few years ago when a Finnish football team won a match. The players were boasting over a few beers. One of them started telling his friend’s story. His friend, a football fanatic, was going through a marriage crisis . He was to choose between his wife and football. He chose the latter and so while the wife left, football stayed. The story idea stayed in Tena’s mind, and eventually came this hilarious comedy with his friends pitching in contributions to the script, dialogues and photography. The Waiter, a Dutch film, is a stylised comedy with strong dialogues and an unpredictable ending set in The Netherlands. The story is that of a fictional character, Edgar, a waiter, who complains about the life he has to lead to the person who created him: the writer. Because the writer is irresolute, he makes concessions, not only to Edgar, but also to the audience in the form of his wife Suzie, who meddles with the script. Waiter is also a humorous treatise on the art of writing. Hungarian Director Judit Elek’s Eighth Day of the Week is about Hanna Szendroy, a former prima donna. After her husband’s death, she becomes a victim of the real estate mafia. She loses her lavish home and ends up homeless at the railway station. When she returns to her house, now full of homeless people moved in by the real estate mafia, an unexpected relationship brings hope to her life. This tragicomedy tells its story through the fate of the protagonist, portrayed brilliantly by Maya Komorowska.
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