1977 ‘Die linkshändige Frau’ Directed by Peter Handke
Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.
La femme gauchère
So, you think early Wim Wenders films are a bit slow huh? Just wait 'til you get a load of this movie directed by Wenders' frequent collaborator Peter Handke, shot by Wenders' frequent DP Robby Müller, co-starring Wenders' frequent leading man Bruno Ganz (and featuring Wenders' other usual lead Rüdiger Vogler in a smaller role). Oh, and it was also produced by Wenders' production company Road Movies Filmproduktion, to boot. Obviously it would be tempting to go ahead and just call this an honorary Wim Wenders film for all intents and purposes (presumably he was busy directing The American Friend at the time), but that might be underselling it just a tad.
What Handke has essentially done here is take…
after that film I realised that Fassbinder and Handke are greatest feminists in the world of male's cinema, 1978 Germany and it's obvious that the question of female's freedom were very hot.
I would continue later, just wanted to write that I am impressed and really like that film. Also, both of the films (this and 'beautiful days in A...") overlap in terms of "women's question" although there is a whole life between them. And 1978 was the year of my birth -- it was doubly interesting to see what kind of people were living then...
Хорошо смотрелось бы в паре с "Жанной Дильман" Акерман – здесь тоже фрустрация домохозяйки, правда, не с таким драматичным финалом. Жена решает распрощаться с мужем (Бруно Ганц) и жить одна, с сыном. Много остроумных деталей, хороший неспешный ритм, адекватные реакции персонажей, разве что монолог Ганца про женщин звучал очень уж литературно и витиевато.
Любопытно, что снимали всё во Франции, в том числе в доме режиссера и писателя Хандке в пригороде Парижа – поэтому сам факт существования немцев во франкофонном мире никак не объясняется (в книге всё происходит в Германии). В эпизодах мелькают Лонсдаль и Депардье (без единой реплики), а вот любимчик Вендерса Фоглер в роли самого себя удостоился аж двух сцен – как-никак фильм выпускала компания Вима Road Movies.
The Left-Handed Woman (1977) by Peter Handke
A quite sentimental break-up narrative in the context of slow cinema. The Left-Handed Woman is reminiscent of female auteurs (and writers) such as Duras and Akerman, albeit this is a males feminist view. The film has several references to Ozu and its exploration of modern relationships seems to build on the framework of family. The movie had several moments of bliss and zen, which made it one of best movie experiences this year. Peter Handke, a frequent collaborator with Wim Wenders, should, in my opinion, have directed more than the few movies he did.
Highly recommended and a hidden gem.
It's a poor man's Bresson and I don't even like Bresson.
In the hands of Wim Wenders, it could have been great. Handke, however, doesn't possess his skill. The whole thing comes off as banal and stilted as the source novella.
Loneliness is a source of loathsome ice-cold suffering, the suffering of unreality. At such times we need people to teach us that we're not really so far gone.
La soledad es una fuente de odioso sufrimiento helado, el sufrimiento de la irrealidad. En esos momentos, necesitamos personas que nos enseñen que en realidad no estamos tan lejos.
I finally watched the movie of my favorite book. Peter Handke adapts his own exquisite novella – a kind of “cinematic” novel –, The Left-Handed Woman is reminiscent of female auteurs (and writers) such as Akerman and Duras, Marianne’s determined attempt to imagine her own kind of better life.
When I read the Left-handed Woman, I can't describe how much Marian's decision to leave her forced life and be alone affected me, I knew that as she finally decides how she’d like to live her life, so would I.
Peter Handke is a strong feminist in storytelling, after that film I realised that like Fassbinder, Handke is a great feminists in the world of male's cinema too.
In my opinion, as a great collaborator with Wim Wenders, he should have directed more of his books.
Produced by Wim Wenders, The Left-Handed Woman is directed by his frequent collaborator and recent Nobel laureate Peter Handke. It's easy to draw the comparison to Wenders' slow, contemplative style, and Robby Müller's cinematography as well as some of the casting choices add to the similarities. However, I think Handke's formal rigidity and muted aesthetics result in a more inaccessible, but still interesting film.
Shot mainly in Handke's own house in the suburbs of Paris, the film explores a woman's self-discovery and loneliness ("in ordinary, everyday life - what an adventure!" as the official synopsis quips) after opting for a breakup from her husband.
A prominently featured Ozu poster invites comparisons to the minimalistic sensibilities of the Japanese director, but…
Uma foto de Ozu na parede observa a cena como um velho amigo.
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An Ozu poster on the wall observes the scene like an old friend.
ilk defa çevirdiğim film lisedeki en sevdiği kitaplardan birinin film uyarlaması oldu 🧡🍑❤
