The wife....

Behind every successful man....there's a woman. The story in different shapes and time, it is often repeated, but never really ends. The director Björn Runge got a late ticket to another level and Glenn Close will finally collect her Oscar ?

Roma....

At the end of the day....it is always women who keep this world from falling apart. Cleo appears like a reincarnation of God, a self-denying human being with a heart of infinite dimensions. A piece of beautiful black & white film by Alfonso Cuarón (with superb sound work).

Watching this beauty on small screen is definitely to be avoided.

Happy Christmas....

Outside Paris in the mid 1960`s. Photo: Gérald Bloncourt

This photo of a Portuguese immigrant child is so much more than that moment....it is a child with curiosity and dreams that the future could be different. Everything is written on her face. A truly beautiful picture.

Canal....

The brutalized 60`s and 70`s....

..when decorative paintings with quality could be covered with white paint....just like that !

Star....

Perfection....

..a (royal ?) gold etui, made in France

Winter day....

Jul Göteborg....

Window....

The Falk Simon silver collection....

silver dish, Porto, Portugal, late XVI-century

Among many other masterpieces, some delightful artifacts from the same period from Augsburg, Germany

Vanity Fair....

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is Vanity Fair - a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having.” declares the author William Makepeace Thackeray, played with a knowing smile by Michael Palin. 

Seven quality episodes with a group of very young British actors - and Olivia Cooke in the main role....is just brilliant. 

Not forgetting the music used in the opening credits - "All Along the Watchtower" by Afterhere (Glenn Gregory and  Berenice Scott). The track is taken from their debut album Addict.