Lots of books are average. You enjoy them, but after closing, you just put them on your bookshelf and forget about the plot. But there are true masterpieces. They become an inspiration for creators and motivate you to move on. Even software providers release slots like Alice and the Mad Tea Party or Lord of the Rings, letting you enjoy your favorite stories even at PlayAmo casino Canada. But there are even more movies based on books. These are the warmest stories.
A Man Called Ove
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Swedish writer Fredrik Backman. Although the book was the author’s debut, it instantly became a bestseller. The novel was published in 2012, and in 2015, they made a movie based on it.
The film tells the story of Ove, a 59 year-old solitary man who has no contact with his neighbors, who zealously keeps order in his village and who despises anyone who doesn’t drive a SAAB. But beneath the shell of Ove’s grouchy, nagging disposition is a loving heart – except that the object of his love is no longer living. Ove’s wife passed away six months ago and the man has lost all sense of purpose ever since. Until one day some new neighbors show up in the neighborhood and try to make Uwe curious about the world.
The movie is funny and warm: about true love, non-indifference, and good neighborliness. And about the second life, which is sure to begin, if you find the right meanings and the right people.
Lion
This powerful drama is an adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s autobiography, A Long Way Home. It would seem difficult to come up with such a story even for a movie, but we all know that life is the best scriptwriter.
Five-year-old Saroo lives in India in extreme poverty. His family consists of his mother, older brother, and little sister. Despite their very young age, Saroo and his brother are already working to help their mother somehow. One night, the boys go out to the railroad looking for a part-time job. Little Saroo finds himself on a train, goes off in an unknown direction, and gets lost for 25 years. After months of vagrancy and wandering through some of India’s worst orphanages, the boy suddenly gets lucky – he is adopted by an Australian family. Saroo grows up to be an intelligent and educated boy. Though he has forgotten all his Hindi and calls himself an Australian, he still keeps his history and his native Indian family in his heart. So one day he embarks on a search for his past.
Lion is a powerful movie that reveals a serious problem: the stories of India’s lost children, who number in the tens of thousands every year. And thanks to the film, UNICEF even has a separate program aimed at helping homeless and lost children from India.
The Bookshop
The Bookshop is based on the autobiographical novel The Bookshop by the English writer Penelope Fitzgerald. It is the story of Florence Green, who one day decides to open a bookshop in her small provincial town. Florence adores books and does business in her shop with great love and passion. And even brings to town the most revolutionary reading of the time: for example, “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and “Lolita” by Nabokov. But the locals are not delighted with this “advanced” bookstore and in every way prevent Florence from doing her business.
Fans of reading and beautiful bookstores will find an outlet in this film: it is atmospheric, Englishly sedate, moderately dramatic and, on top of that, about how books can change people’s lives.
