“3 needles” is 3 simultaneous stories that deal with the plague of AIDS in China, Montreal and Africa. It’s a great movie, makes you think and the sceneries are absolutely breathe-taking!
In Montreal a porn actor inflicts pain and death upon other people because he doesn’t want to face reality.
In China, the story deals with the traffic of blood. It’s pretty harsh. One father uses his daughter’s blood to earn money but she mysteriously dies. The government doesn’t give a damn about the situation and diseases spread across the country.
In Africa too many children are dying everyday and 3 nuns are there to convert them to God before they reach the heavenly gates. But there’s much more to deal with and their love for the children leads them to jeopardizing their very own salvation. There’s AIDS of course, rape and a rich wealthy Afrikaans plantation owner…
Anyway, a good and shocking movie I highly recommend! It stars Chloe Sevigny (as a nun!!), Sandra Oh and Lucy Liu (she actually speaks Chinese the whole time!!)
Oh and speaking of movies, I also recently saw “Thank you for smoking” – a pretty good movie about tobacco companies and society. Deals with morality issues and makes you think quite a lot. Stars Katie Holmes and a dude I don’t know but who’s pretty good.
Last one is “Everyone says I Love You” – Woody Allen movie starring Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton and Drew Barrymore. REALLY good and a great parody of the world of love. It also deals with how so many crazy things cross our mind and how life would go if we actually gave those thoughts a little more consideration. Excellent film.
But I recommend grabbing your hiking shoes and climbing a mountain ;) Just a thought…
Everyone’s leaving for Cuba tomorrow to attend my sister’s wedding! Still wondering if I made the right choice…
