Søndag denne uken får Terrence Malick ^[1]s Knight Of Cups ^[2] verdenspremiere i hovedkonkurransen under Berlinalen (05. – 15. februar.) Nå har et lengre synopsis, samt filmens spilletid blitt offentliggjort.

Forventningene til Knight Of Cups føk til værs idet den glimrende traileren ankom i desember ^[3], sammen med et kryptisk synopsis. I anledning den nært forestående verdenspremieren, har Berlinalens hjemmesider ^[4] publisert en lengre festivalomtale, hvor det fremkommer at Knight Of Cups følger i forsporene til The Tree of Life og To the Wonder, med glidende kamerabevegelser og fortellerstemmer på lydsporet:

Rick is a slave to the Hollywood system. He is addicted to success but simultaneously despairs at the emptiness of his life. He is at home in a world of illusions but seeks real life. Like the tarot card of the title, Rick is easily bored and needs outside stimulation. But the Knight of Cups is also an artist, a romantic and an adventurer.

In Terrence Malick’s seventh film a gliding camera once again accompanies a tormented hero on his search for meaning. Once again a voiceover is laid over images which also seek their own authenticity. And once again Malick seems to put the world out of joint. His symphonic flow of images contrasts cold, functional architecture with the ageless beauty of nature. Rick’s internal monologue coalesces with the voices of the women who cross his path, women who represent different principles in life: while one lives in the real world, the other embodies beauty and sensuality. Which path will Rick choose? In the city of angels and the desert that surrounds it, will he find his own way?

Spilletiden er på 118 minutter, hvilket er betraktelig kortere enn nyere Malick-verker som The Thin Red Line, The New World og The Tree of Life – og mer på linje med To the Wonder (112 min.).

Montages er til stede under hele Berlinalen, og vil rapportere jevnlig i form av Filmfrelst-episoder, artikler og nyheter.