Third of Love and Anarchy, Helsinki International Film Festival \o/
Rumours (2024)
The leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods while drafting a statement on a global crisis, facing danger as they attempt to find their way out.
Satirical look at a G7 event hosted in Germany, with the sentimental top leaders of the world trying to work with their own personal issues while drafting a statement on a global crisis, while a zombie apocalypse happens around them. We're left very little in detail on what happens to the world, and there are some really silly inconsistencies, but hey it's a satire focusing on the leaders themselves and how they think they're somehow so much more special than anyone else (except for the American president who sudddenly at some point seems to get things).
This was so funny, I don't really get the poor IMDb score. The audience, including me, was laughing their heads off.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30841606/
The Old Woman with the Knife (2025)
An aging assassin with a knack for taking out society's worst encounters a young prot茅g茅 eager to learn the trade. As they form an unlikely bond, the veteran killer discovers fresh purpose in her twilight years of violence and routine.
This was really interesting. Somewhat ultra-violent, but with the interesting twist of an elderly person as the main character. One that was still extremely badass, of course, wouldn't get an action flick out of things otherwise. A touching story to soften all the spilling of blood. Well made, didn't get bored.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34509472/
Safe house (2025)
On Christmas Eve during the civil war in the Central African Republic in 2013, a Norwegian aid worker in a field hospital strives to protect a Muslim man from a Christian militia, without endangering her colleagues' safety.
Action packed and dramatic, well casted and without moments that felt boring. A really interesting, emotional, and sad story, which is also based on a true story, of the drama that unfolded during 15 intense hours at Doctors Without Borders' field hospital in Bangui on Christmas Eve, 2013.
There are not words that one can give for the respect of aid workers operating in warzones.