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Salmonberries ( Percy Adlon's Salmonberries ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ]

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A sort of mix of Percy Adlon's earlier `Bagdad Café' and

Roberty Altman's `Three Women' set in Alaska.

k.d. lang plays an androgynous miner who falls in love with a straight, private, local German librarian.

They both have muddy, tragic pasts that slowly emerge. There are some deeply moving moments,

and some wonderful slightly magical realist touches. The cinematography is very good. But while lang

does a surprisingly decent job, I can't help thinking a stronger, more experienced actress could have

brought out even more in this amazing role.

That said, I did enjoy this much more on a second viewing. While it bothered me that it felt at times like

Adlon was simply trying to re-create the magic of `Bagdad Café' (odd, surreal setting, quirky out of place

characters, cinematography that uses color in exaggerated ways for effect, etc.) overall I found

myself more able to just let go and accept this tale on its own merits. And doing that, it made me smile.