Movie» Film |37 Knjiga „Čovek po imenu Uve“ Fredrika Bakmana prodata je u više od tri miliona primeraka širom sveta, a jedna je od najprodavanijih i najvoljenijih u domaćim knjižarama More than three million copies of the Frederik Backman book A Man Called Ove have sold worldwide, while it is also among the bestselling and most beloved titles in Serbian bookshops TomHanks is a man calledOtto The celebrated actor plays a widower who prefers his solitary existence and lets everyone around him know about his dissatisfaction, until new neighbours thaw his frozen heart FOTO: Profimedia.rs / Sony Pictures / Planet FOTO: Profimedia.rs / Supplied by LMK / IPA ITLOOKSASTHOUGHTOM HANKS HAS PREPAREDUS ANOTHER TOUCHING FILM that could serve as the perfect remedy to the cold and consternation that emerge sometime after the New Year, when the deep winter sets in and the year to come stretches out ahead of us like an uncertain task. Thiswork couldalsoprovide theperfect antidote toHanks’ “ghastly” role as Colonel TomParker in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis. AManCalledOtto arrives in cinemas around the world on 13th January, and then immediately afterwards hits screens in Serbian cinemas. Basedonthe comical and touchingNewYorkTimesbestsellerAMan Called Ove, the film tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpywidowerwho’s failed tofind meaning inhis life since thedeathof hisbelovedwife.Otto is ready toend it all, buthisplans are spoiledwhena young family that’s full of lifemoves in to the house next door, and he meets his match in the form of the quick-witted, chatty and very pregnantMarisol. She challenges himto view life differently, which leads to anunlikely friendship that turns his world around. This is a funny and touchingstoryabouthowsome families come from themost unexpected of places. Speaking to People magazine, TomHanks said that AMan Called Otto is a filmabout community and family. “Theway you treat your own neighbors, theway people can come together in any time of crisis happens over and over again. Anytime there’s a tornado, a flood or something that hits averyparticular community, everybody comes out and helps.That’swhat this filmis about.” Directed by acclaimed German director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction, World War Z etc.), A Man Called Otto is a novel adaptation, but the film is also inspired by the original Swedish production of the same name, which was written and directed by Hannes Holm and nominated for a Best Foreign LanguageFilmOscar. AlongsideHanks, who is also among thefilm’s producers, the cast comprisesMarianaTreviño, Rachel Keller andManuel Garcia-Rulfo, while the screenplay was writtenbyDavidMagee, whohas also received Oscar nominations for his work on the films Life of Pi and Finding Neverland. BASED ON FREDER I K BACKMAN ’ S FANTAST I C BOOK
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