Review production Helene - Worth it?

[Andrade Arrieta]

Helene tells about a Finnish painter with her unfulfilled love. It is a visually beautiful biographical film, but it does not arouse too much feelings. I say.

The mist is about Helene Schjerfbeck, a forgotten artist that years from the countryside with her older mother. One day, an art dealer falls to help the woman to organize a exhibit of her paintings. Thanks to him, over and gets to know Einar Reuter - an amateur of color, as well as a great follower of the woman effort. He becomes her trusted close friend and unfulfilled love.

Helene is a biographical film about a recognized Finnish painter who was known for painting portraits, self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes. The subject quality is enjoyed with the excellent Laura Birn, that creates an extraordinary character. Her Helene is a familiar person, inaccessible and dedicated to her skill. She is also a perfectionist, very calling and analytical wobes. He does not reveal their feelings in front of others. At first glance, Birn plays very economically, but all the talent of her play is based on micro-expression. And it works brilliantly with all Helene's poverty and arrest. Contrary to appearances, it helps the artist to express a lot of feelings. The piece with the pictures rests on her shoulders with she did a fantastic career with this process, which certainly required a lot of concentration since her in order not to plunge out of the role.

In the video, viewers have the opportunity to see the creative process of Helene, who handles an interesting painting process (she uses a knife) with feels many uncertainties about her do. It is interesting because it illustrates a secluded, artistic being, completely different than we could get, for example, in Tove about the creator of charge about Moomins. The design devotes time to the romance conspiracy of Helene, which starts her center to Einer. That marriage develops laboriously, but in the ghost in the heroine's persona. With, however, this love is boring. The problem is Johannes Holopainen, who plays the part of Einer, who not meet Birn's game, although he undoubtedly tries to find the right rhythm of the relations. The lack of chemistry between characters is justifiable due to the course of happening with Helene's disappointment. The conspiracy needed to prove a subtlety in a game of experiences that would show with the emotions of the persons choosing a content finished. The relationship is rich in understatements with bad harmony between the actors. As a result, it is dull and bland, then the conspiracy itself saves Birn, which convincingly portrays suffering.

It is a pity that colorless love story so dominated the scenario, because it also had added interesting plots to offer. For example, the single report to Helene's mother, who constantly treated her child in a disrespectful, contemptuous and mocking way. The tense association between women became emotional and appeal exploring. Pirkko Saisio showing the mom Helene perfectly participated in the jagged and unhealthy old lady who knows best. Thanks to that thread, the conclusion of the film received about affect also put in emotion. In addition, the interesting design of the male-dominated planet of skill and events was not used to a greater extent. An interesting issue stayed the artist's age, which will be worked out in the above-mentioned context, and only attended to split up the love relationship. Check out here

It is worth praising the great production from the camera, that perfectly helped the pictures scenery. Some of the shots resembled colorful pictures thanks to the perfect lighting. Such an artistic perception is few in the cinema. In addition, the aforementioned interior design, apartment (buildings), impressive costumes, and also a vapor train made it possible to better work out the pre-war era in the beginning of the 20th centuries. The chart does not have to consume the persons, but visually the motion picture is very impressive.

Helene is a static picture that needs patience as the story unfolds very gradually and the individual stories are moved in. Home Antti Jokinentaki wanted this mode to tell the account like a painstaking painting, in which the heroine herself is in charge of the narration. It was revealed in emotions, of which there were few. The assembly is stop in beautiful photos, changing the aesthetic experience, so you can look at it with a slightly more helpful eye. Helene is a good movie, but rather aimed at (art) lovers.