list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around King of Ping Pong on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/King_of_Ping_Pong/358681/default.aspx Title: King of Ping Pong
Year: 2008
Director: Jens Jonsson
Plot: A portly 16-year-old finds his reigning position as the local Ping-Pong champion unexpectedly compromised when a series of long buried family secrets set him on an emotional collision course with his feisty younger brother. His home life may be fractured by divorce and his love life decidedly non-existent, yet moody teen Rille still does his best to endure with grace and dignity. Rille's mother is currently dating a middle-aged nerd, and the rare times that the boy is able to speak with his father -- a professional diver -- the old man is usually drunk. Though finding a sense of purpose through either his family or his studies has thus far proven a futile effort, Rille is at least able to take solace in the fact that he is the most accomplished Ping-Pong player in town. The founder of a community-based ping pong program for kids, Rille is admired by the young players and presides over his subjects with the zeal of jovial royalty. The delicate balance of Rille's life is suddenly thrown for a loop, however, when family secrets surface and immediately threaten to send the lives of both himself and his younger sibling Eric into an irreversible tailspin. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:01:12 GMTKing of Ping Pong2008Jens JonssonA portly 16-year-old finds his reigning position as the local Ping-Pong champion unexpectedly compromised when a series of long buried family secrets set him on an emotional collision course with his feisty younger brother. His home life may be fractured by divorce and his love life decidedly non-existent, yet moody teen Rille still does his best to endure with grace and dignity. Rille's mother is currently dating a middle-aged nerd, and the rare times that the boy is able to speak with his father -- a professional diver -- the old man is usually drunk. Though finding a sense of purpose through either his family or his studies has thus far proven a futile effort, Rille is at least able to take solace in the fact that he is the most accomplished Ping-Pong player in town. The founder of a community-based ping pong program for kids, Rille is admired by the young players and presides over his subjects with the zeal of jovial royalty. The delicate balance of Rille's life is suddenly thrown for a loop, however, when family secrets surface and immediately threaten to send the lives of both himself and his younger sibling Eric into an irreversible tailspin. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide21http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s358681.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/King_of_Ping_Pong/358681/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/1/23/24258.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Here I am again with one of the few trailers available for films screening at Sundance this week. It’s for a Jordanian film titled Captain Abu Raed, and it comes with the prestige of having already won a Best Actor Award at the 2007 Dubai International Film Festival for Nadim Sawalha, who plays the title character. It also comes with a heartwarming plot involving an airport janitor and the group of young boys who mistake him for a pilot. Yes, we could say this kind of story is a generic one in world cinema, but there’s no denying the appeal of an old man imparting hope and wisdom on a new generation. There’s good reason the theme continues to be reworked time and time again. As I previously touched on when reviewing the trailer for The King of Ping Pong, regardless of how mainstream a foreign film may seem to me, I’d rather check out something like Captain Abu Raed at Sundance than any of the star-studded American films on display. This particular film’s universal appeal makes it possible that some distributor could one day give it a release in my neck of the woods, but I’d rather not chance it. As much as I hate that it takes so long for American indies to go from Sundance to the local movie theater, I find it more worthwhile to look for gems that might never make it at all. If you’re at least curious about Captain Abu Raed, then visit the film’s website and writer-director-producer Amin Matalga’s blog detailing his “journey” through the making of film. Captain Abu Raed has its Sundance premiere this evening at 6 PM at the Egyptian Theatre. It plays again at Holiday Village tomorrow morning at 9:15 AM, at the Library on Friday evening at 5:30 PM and at the Sundance Resort Screening Room on Saturday at noon. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:01:12 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/23/2008 2:01:12 PM Here I am again with one of the few trailers available for films screening at Sundance this week. It’s for a Jordanian film titled Captain Abu Raed, and it comes with the prestige of having already won a Best Actor Award at the 2007 Dubai International Film Festival for Nadim Sawalha, who plays the title character. It also comes with a heartwarming plot involving an airport janitor and the group of young boys who mistake him for a pilot. Yes, we could say this kind of story is a generic one in world cinema, but there’s no denying the appeal of an old man imparting hope and wisdom on a new generation. There’s good reason the theme continues to be reworked time and time again. As I previously touched on when reviewing the trailer for The King of Ping Pong, regardless of how mainstream a foreign film may seem to me, I’d rather check out something like Captain Abu Raed at Sundance than any of the star-studded American films on display. This particular film’s universal appeal makes it possible that some distributor could one day give it a release in my neck of the woods, but I’d rather not chance it. As much as I hate that it takes so long for American indies to go from Sundance to the local movie theater, I find it more worthwhile to look for gems that might never make it at all. If you’re at least curious about Captain Abu Raed, then visit the film’s website and writer-director-producer Amin Matalga’s blog detailing his “journey” through the making of film. Captain Abu Raed has its Sundance premiere this evening at 6 PM at the Egyptian Theatre. It plays again at Holiday Village tomorrow morning at 9:15 AM, at the Library on Friday evening at 5:30 PM and at the Sundance Resort Screening Room on Saturday at noon. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/teenagers/MemberTagFilms.aspxteenagers
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