2012 MUBI World Cup Voting, Match #71: Kyrgyzstan (Jamilya) vs. Morocco (Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets)
Kyrgyzstan (Jamilya) 1 – Morocco (Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets) 0
I think match #70 is still open and people are voting, didn’t it end a while ago? This match (#71) is 13 hours old. Maybe I don’t have the rules down, I was never so good at rules. Maybe we’re beyond rules, we’ve broken into purity of appreciation.
thanks brother. riss musta forgot
Indeed, I jus forgot.
kyrgyzstan (jamilya) 1 – morocco (ali zaoua: prince of the streets) 0
ali is a good film but i fell in love with jamilya. i hope more people will watch it
Kyrgyzstan (Jamilya) 0 – Morocco (Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets) 1
Never heard before of “Jamilya”, I saw it because good-taste-Ruby’s praise and, of course, she’s right. I still vote for “Ali Zaoua” mainly because of the difficulty of shooting with children on the streets of a big city. Good match!
Ah! I get to decide a match’s verdict! :)
Kyrgyzstan (Jamilya) 0 – Morocco (Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets) 1
But, seriously, Ali Zaoua was the better of the two, for me.
Cheers!
Ah! I get to decide a match’s verdict! :)
Kyrgyzstan (Jamilya) 0 – Morocco (Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets) 1
But, seriously, Ali Zaoua was the better of the two, for me.
Cheers!
score is tied 2 all. (and thx angel :)) sorry rahee, u can only vote once!! (i know this was not intentional ;))
Kyrgyzstan (Jamilya) 0 – Morocco (Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets) 1
Come on Dzamilya, its time to crack the whip!
A few words about both the films:
Jamilya : Jamilya is a film about an artists first muse and a nostalgia for his homeland. It is also a film about a beautiful and brave Kyrgyz girl breaking the bonds of parochial traditions. All of this presented in an exquisite visual style that has to be one of the best I have ever seen. I can’t ask anything more from a film. Stunning is the only word that comes to my mind to describe it.
Ali Zaoua : Prince of the Streets : We can see that this film is inspired by De Sica’s Shoeshine which I watched for the first time in this cup. Both films are about street kids with their dreams of a better life. In one case we have the kids trying to buy their dream horse and in the other they are hoping to visit an imaginary island with two suns. I was initially afraid to watch this as we have already had several films regarding street children in this cup and thought it might be an overdose but I was pleasantly surprised to find how well I connected with the children’s innocent romantic dreams. It was a worthy adaptation of Shoeshine and if not better, definitely as good as the former.
Thanks to both the submitter’s for these films. I am rooting for Jamilya but I think this will be a tie.
Kyrgyzstan (Jamilya) 1 – Morocco (Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets) 0
score is tied 3 all with about 35 mins left to vote!!
ok riss where are ya?? anyway this match is over final score 3 all
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i tend to prefer hearing the anthems in their native tongues :)
congratulations everyone! i can’t open the next match but hopefully riss will be here shortly :\
Sorry again. I just need a bot that ends these matches for me, or at least a bot that posts that I’m sorry when I miss them!!
My predictions are not bad! Thanks to Jorge for saving the day.
Risselada
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Kyrgyzstan (Soviet Union)
Original title: Dzhamilya
Directed by: Irina Poplavskaya, Sergei Yutkevich
Approximate runtime: 83 min
Submitted by: twodeadmagpies
Morocco
Original title: Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue
Directed by: Nabil Ayouch
Approximate runtime: 99 min
Submitted by: kuxa kanema
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