Der Missionar (1982)

Der Missionar: Directed by Richard Loncraine. With Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott. In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Sir Michael Palin) is recalled to England, where his Bishop gives him his new assignment, to minister to London’s prostitutes. Charles hopes Deborah Fitzbanks (Phoebe Nicholls), his fiancée, will object and give him an excuse to say no to the Bishop. But she is so imperturbably innocent that she totally fails to understand what he is being asked to do, and urges him to do his best. Wealthy Lady Isabel Ames (Dame Maggie Smith) is expected to fund the work, but once she makes it clear to Charles that there will be no contribution unless he shares her bed.

“Personally, I really like the works of Zach Braff, I fell in love with him in the series u0026quot;Scrubsu0026quot;, which, thanks to the actoru0026#39;s play of Braff, delighted the fans for many years. Later I became interested in his first feature film u0026quot;Garden Stateu0026quot;, which showed an unusual directoru0026#39;s style of Braff. Then, after many years, the second film u0026quot;Wish i Was Hereu0026quot; appeared, in which the matured director shared with the audience his experiences about the upbringing of children and death. Before watching u0026quot;Going in Styleu0026quot; i found out that the film is a remake of the same picture released in 1979, this prompted me first to see it. Letu0026#39;s move on to the film itself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eActors Actors on the main roles, Braff took the first magnitude: Morgan Freeman, Michael Kane, Alan Arkin. Each of the actors is already a professional in their field, so they played at their good level: convincingly and vigorously. This film is the sixth joint work of Morgan Freeman and Michael Kane after the trilogy of Christopher Nolan about Batman and the u0026quot;Now You See Meu0026quot; dialog. Not a bad role was the young actress Joey King, who played the granddaughter of the character Michael Caine. I think that the actress will have many good and interesting roles in the future. Also pleased with the appearance of Christopher Lloyd, who was remembered by the majority for the role of Dr. Emmett Brown in the trilogy u0026quot;Back to the Futureu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStory As I wrote earlier, before watching this film, I already looked at the version of 1979. When I went to the film, I assumed that I would see the story one by one, only with the eyes of another director. But, as it turned out, the filmu0026#39;s writers foresaw this and pleasantly surprised me by changing the plot in key places. Both films, the 1979 film and the Braff movie are based on the work of Edward Cannon.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCinematography Separately, I would like to note the excellent and beautiful camera-work of Rodney Charters, which positively influenced the film and created for him a memorable style.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Result Although the film is not based on the original script of Zach Braff, his style is still very clearly traced in the picture. I believe that under the leadership of Braff, the film turned out to be much more energetic and cheerful compared to the previous interpretation of the work of Edward Cannon. Remained pleasantly surprised and pleased of film. I look forward to the next product of Braff.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e9 out of 10”