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Vintage Sherlock Holmes mystery, travel letters from Che Guevara and an angst-ridden drive in a yellow Volvo are some of the themes in this week’s new Viddla-films.

In the French film Freestyle Louise has a major panic-attack in the car, and cannot get out. When a young man tries to break into her car, her day takes an even more dramatic turn.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is where Holmes meets his mortal enemy Moriarty. Homes disguises himself in an attempt to prevent the Germans from obtaining a secret Swiss missile launch sight. The movie came out in 1942, and is set in wartime, with Basil Rathbone as the great detective.

If you happen to visit this luxury resort in Gstaad around the change of the millennium, be prepared for anything. The comedy The Palace, directed by Roman Polanski., deals with the obscenely rich as they are about to be infected by the Y2K-virus at New Year’s Eve.

Two good friends take a prolonged motorcycle-ride. One is Alberto, and the other a student of medicine named Ernesto, later to become revolutionary leader Che Guevara. See The Motorcycle Diaries.

Jan works as a nurse in Greenland, where he aspires to be recognized as “Kalak”, a real greenlander. He leads a chaotic life at pubs and through random sexual encounters, until he is forced to confront his childhood traumas.

In Knives and Skin traumatic secrets come to the surface after a disappearance. The three friends Charlotte, Laurel and Joanna get closer as friends, but must grow up fast as dramatic events unfold in their lives.

Enjoy your film-week!

Published: 21/11/2024   Last updated: 05/12/2024