Abdulmajid Recommendation for you.

[Abdulmajid]

I am aware there are some real movie aficionados out there who have seen or at least heard of this but may I wholeheartedly recommend for your pleasure

Werner Hezogs "The Enigma of Kasper Hauser"

I don't usually do foreign arty films as I am not left-wing, but this is incredibly moving and thought provoking.

The synopsis is fairly basic. A spastic man has been locked up in a dungeon for 40 or so years from birth and is set free to fend for himself. There is no history or records of the man, nobody has any idea who he is. Set in the early 1900's the scenery and filming are simply beautiful. There is not much chat really, so the German tongue and subtitles do not really grate for non-German linguists.

A five star movie for the cultured amongst us.

The short one minute opener from the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4llQdc2mIxw

If anybody has seen this, I will be pleased to hear your views but no spoilers please in case my post does influence anybody (unlikely probably!!!)

[boogieboogie]

I think you should also watch Fitzcorraldo if you enjoyed that. Is about a man who pulled a boat over a mountain. (How good does that sound?) Starring (the mad man) Klaus Kinsky. It wont disappoint. There is also a documentary as they filmed the making of this film. Excellent.

[boogieboogie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F53yUsgVuL0 for the opening of Fitzcarraldo.