Three movies

I highly recommend The Iceberg (2005), Rumba (2008), and The Fairy (2011). I discovered The Fairy at the library and quickly became hooked, having to see the other two movies. I was not disappointed. These are nearly silent slapstick French-Belgian dramas that have a unique artistic perspective. All three films have the same three actors/writers/directors (Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, and Bruno Romy) and it works as if the three have one unique voice. Think Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin, but these three have a direction and humor that is uniquely their own. In The Iceberg a woman accidentally locks herself in the walk-in freezer...to later discover she likes the cold! Rumba has a dance couple and a suicidal character who lands the couple in the hospital, but somehow their love of the rumba fuels this oddly delightful drama. The Fairy is about a depressed hotel clerk who meets a woman who declares she is a fairy and grants him three wishes. Two of them seem to work, but then she disappears, and he falls in love with her. The plots don't do these films justice. The sight gags, physicality of the actors, and odd poetic charm are the chief pleasures. It's not for everyone, but check these out from the library. These movies were a very welcome surprise.