Boiling points

Physics aside, we’re talking about films that have a “boiling point”, that moment when a person, or a group of people, reaches their breaking point, when an explosion of emotions and actions occurs that can lead to serious changes in both personal and social life. Of course, there are “boiling points” in all movies, but the question is how powerful this “explosion” is. It can be triggered by anger, passion, betrayal, indignation... “Wrath, O Goddess, Sing...,” “Woman on the Verge “... This can happen in both a costume drama and a lighthearted comedy. For example, in the good old “Tiger Tamer.” Petya (Leonid Bykov), overwhelmed by fear for his beloved Lenochka (Lyudmila Kasatkina), who was putting her head in the tiger’s mouth, tries to declare his love for her: “If metal is first heated to white-hot...”

“Boiling Points” program also includes very serious films, such as Stanislav Sapachev’s “The Negotiator “Operation Damascus”, based on a true story. It features a Russian Colonel Zabrodin who receives an emergency order to fly to Syria and establish contact with militants. The lives of hundreds of hostages and civilians depend on his negotiations, on whether he can keep himself from the “boiling point”.

“Boiling points” truly come in all shapes and sizes. Some are very scary and even bloody. Like in “Omnipresentes” by Farid Rodriguez Rivero (Peru, Venezuela), where zombies lurk in the corners.

Sometimes it’s not particularly scary, and may be even funny – everyone has a different emotional boiling point (“Nancy” by the Argentinian Luciano Zito).

Generally speaking, let’s boil, friends, let’s boil.

Evgenia Tirdatova