A witty, luminous, reflective and extremely wise travelogue of the soul,
it follows Franco-Portuguese actress Julie (Leonor Baldaque) as she
travels to Lisbon to perform in a film based on the anonymous letters of
the title's 17th century nun. Drawn into the mysteries of the city
(indeed, this could have taken the title of the late Raul Ruiz's final
magnum opus) and of a passionately held faith, Julie finds herself
questioning the basis of her life and its meaning. Through a series of
pivotal encounters, not least with the white city itself, she is subtly
transformed. Green channels Bresson and Ozu in his immaculately
understated but deeply humane making, but the imaginative world he
crafts is entirely his own - warm, beautiful and profound. Great soundtrack too, featuring Fado singers.
HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (2011)
BLUEBEARD (2009)
IN A BETTER WORLD (2010)
JOHN CARTER (2012)
KLITSCHKO (2011)
MABO (2012)
STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY, THE (1945)
ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL, THE (1950)
IMMORTAL STORY, THE (1968)
LA CHIENNE (1931)
FILM SOCIALISME (2010)
NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO & VILMOS (2008)
EATING OUT: THE OPEN WEEKEND (2011)
HARDWARE WARS (1978)
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (2011)
GREY, THE (2011)
SWELL SEASON, THE (2011)
WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY (2012)
ARTIST, THE (2011) BLU-RAY
STRANGER, THE (1946)
