I had never heard of this film or this director before, I saw it in some VKontakte group (there are many groups that tell about an old and little-known movie). This is the film by the Belgian director Harry Kümel “The Arrival (in some sources, the Phenomenon) of Joachim Stiller”, 1976, the film is shot in a rare genre of magical realism, the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hubert Lampo. One morning a young journalist and writer Frick Gruenevelt (Hugo Metsers) receives a strange letter signed by a certain Joachim Stiller, looking at the envelope, Frick sees that the stamp on it is old and the date of departure is September 1919. Shortly before that, Frick, sitting in a cafe, saw a very strange event - a group of young handsome three people arrived at the crossroads of the streets, they blocked the street and began to remove the cobblestone pavement, there was, of course, a traffic jam, furiously buzzing cars, but the guys continued, as if nothing had happened, to work, then had a snack, and then began to put road stones in place, everything was cleaned and left. Frick, who worked as a journalist, wrote a critical note about it in his newspaper, after which he had problems with the mayor. But after that, he began to be nailed by subjects who were somehow connected to this Joachim Stiller - someone also received a letter from him, someone called, and events took an increasingly strange turn. Then came across a book written by the same Stiller, but published already in the 16th century, he recalled events from his childhood and once again watched how his father was arrested during the war or how a tram exploded in front of his eyes when he saw a girl in the window, whose face seems familiar to him and then it will become clear why. At times he is overwhelmed by fear, he does not understand whether he is dealing with reality or whether it is all a figment of his imagination. But he’s lucky to meet Simone (Cox Hubbem), with whom they become close, and who also receives letters from Stiller, who supports him. And everything ends well in the end. “We were afraid in vain. This man is not an enemy, but a friend. A messenger of something like that. Importantly, he didn’t have the opportunity. gradually prepare us. Despite the fact that I am not particularly fond of films in this genre, I watched even with interest and I liked the film.
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