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Dürrenmatt

posted 9 years ago by Mr. Bug
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I know it's based on a book, but the plot is pretty reminding of Dürrenmatt's play "The Visit" where an old lady comes back to the place of her youth to take revenge for abuse suffered there as a child. Of course there are lots of differences and it's no rip off, but I'm pretty sure it's kind of an hommage, since there is a detail that is the same in both and very unlikely to happen just by chance. The little village is called DUNGatar in this film/book. The village in "The Visit" is called Güllen in the original. Güllen is a variation of the Swiss German word "Güllä" which means DUNG in Swiss German (animal feces used as manure). 😃

[–] Dungatar 9 years ago

How is this movie? Worth to watch? American critics pissed on it but i don't trust those morons!

[–] callambuj 9 years ago

people loved it but not stupid critics

[–] Mr. Bug 9 years ago

I liked it.

[–] jillsand-1 9 years ago

They don't like Aussie movies when they are very good because they feel threatened, for example 'Australia'. They rubbished that because they know American audiences always read reviews and don't see movies they diss. Some American comments online after 'Australia' left US cinemas was that they wished they had not read the critic's wrong reviews so they could have seen it on the big screen. Hollywood should not feel threatened. Kind of laughable as Australian films are few and far between. Our moviemaking services down here are minimal.

[–] justdavina 9 years ago

Yes! While I was watching the movie I thought the theme was so very familiar. Surely the name of the town must be an hommage.
I was also surprised, that this is based on a book, because the whole time it felt more like a play.
Excellent movie though, and Kate Winslet was brilliant of course.