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Halfmoon

PAUL BOWLES HALBMOND (Halfmoon) Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti, D 1995, 93 min

 

AM STRAND VON MERKALA (On the Beach of Merkala) tells the story of two young men in Tanger. One of them likes smoking pot, the other one prefers drinking alcohol. When both fall in love with the same girl, their friendship is put to an ultimate test.
ZWISCHENHALT IN CORAZON (Stopover in Corazon) is the account of a newly-wed couple on their honeymoon-boat trip through the Amazonas jungle. At the end of their journey all is left are feelings of revenge.
In ALLAL an outcast boy in an Arab village at the edge of the Sahara desert turns into a snake.

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Press Coverage

Together the three stories capture the essence of Mr. Bowles’s vision of human cruelty as a driving life force indivisible from the harsh equatorial landscapes in which his characters find themselves. (The New York Times, 1996)

Visually arresting, Halfmoon captures the necromancy of Bowles’ prose. Schlaich and von Alberti proceed lovingly, even reverentially, letting the locales and their fine actors transport viewers. Halfmoon journeys to a faraway place, wreathed with dust and heat. (Los Angeles View, 1996)

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