{"id":1636,"date":"2014-06-18T11:50:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T18:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2014-10-12T11:52:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T18:52:14","slug":"stream-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/stream-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"STREAM OF LOVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: debbie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t think for a minute that \u201cOld Country\u201d octogenarians and nonagenarians have one foot in the grave and the other on the banana peel.\u00a0\u00a0 As I know from my own grandfather who lived into his late 90’s and in the case of my grandmother, well into her 100’s, as well as their siblings – my great aunts and great uncle – life gets more engaging, freer and filled with vitality after 85; especially when filled with work, friends and lots of laughter.\u00a0 But there\u2019s another vitality that also still surges at that age – love, sex, romance and desire, not to mention a great reflective wisdom on the subjects that only comes with life experience – and as we quickly see in Agnes Sos\u2019 STREAM OF LOVE through engaging interviews and day-in-the-life looks at nine villagers in a cobblestoned Transylvanian village (which boasts 25 widows), that\u2019s a daily part of life and laughter.<\/p>\n

\"LAFF<\/p>\n

With a beautiful lyricism fueled by laughter and the lilting melodies of the accordion, you can\u2019t watch STREAM OF LOVE and not smile with each of the nine wonderful villagers we meet.\u00a0 Hidden away in the Carpathian Mountains, the village looks as if a design for illustrations by the Grimm Brothers and each of Sos\u2019 subjects just as charming, be they alone or as we so often see, together, laughing and reminiscing.\u00a0 As the camera captures them during their daily chores still harvesting grain, kneading mounds of dough, tending wood burning stoves or driving a horse driven cart down the cobblestoned Main Street, they enchant us.\u00a0 But when talk turns to love and sex, look out!<\/p>\n

With Sos gaining their trust, we meet women like Tercsi and Julianna who open up for the camera, recalling their wedding nights, falling into peels of infectious laughter as they regale tales of simple wooden beds with straw mattresses that collapsed under the weight of connubial bliss 75 years ago, or describing sex \u201clike being stabbed in the back with a knife\u201d or being so shy they kept climbing or rolling out bed away from their husbands.\u00a0 Others tell animated tales of catching a spouse entangled in extramarital affairs while hiding in a pantry.\u00a0 And just wait until they describe orgasms at 80; especially the women.\u00a0 (Who knew all the ways lard can be used!)\u00a0 Societal observations of days gone by are told with a waggling finger, \u201cthey didn\u2019t moan [during sex]\u201d while tales of being chased by the master in homes were they once worked as cooks and housekeepers are rollicking, dimming the youthful fears the women may have had at the time.\u00a0 Now imagine it\u2019s your grandparents telling you these stories!<\/p>\n

While astutely told by some of the men, \u201cI wish my ability would last as long as my desire\u201d, another brags that at 90+ he \u201ccan still handle women, just one by one\u201d.\u00a0 As humorous as are some of the tales, others are touching and telling of days gone by and an era gone with the wind.\u00a0 One widower speaks of caring for his paralyzed wife for 2 years.\u00a0 \u201cI would gather red forest strawberries in a little box for her and come home and make her chicken soup.\u201d\u00a0 Despite the devotion, one night the wife tells him \u201cI could never stand you.\u201d\u00a0 You see the pain in his face, but the matter of fact \u201cthis is life\u201d tone in his voice.<\/p>\n

As deftly as the camera captures a toothless smile, in full focus and peripherally the lens also sees snippets of the past with embroidered table clothes and chair covers, tatted doilies on armchairs, boxes of yellowed photos, painting a beautiful richly textured portrait, giving us a deeper understanding of these elders.\u00a0 Showcasing the green grass, tall trees and blue skies of this still vibrant village high in the Carpathian Mountains, we are transported through time, imbued and invigorated with the vitality of these people and this life.\u00a0\u00a0 This is joy personified.\u00a0 Perhaps summing up the documentary itself is the philosophy of Veronka who opines, \u201cNo matter how old I am, I\u2019ve always loved what\u2019s good and beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

STREAM OF LOVE is good and beautiful.<\/p>\n

Writer\/Director Agnes Sos<\/p>\n

(Los Angeles Film Festival 2014 review)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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