At Afandecor Group we are aware of the versatility of a window. So much so that throughout history they have become unexpected protagonists of dozens of films and have helped fill theaters and delight the most cinephiles. Through a window you can contemplate life, solve a crime or even fall in love. Therefore, today we make a compilation of the 5 best movies in history with windows between your "distribution".
5- The grandfather who jumped out of the window and ran away
This Swedish film was directed in 2013 by Felix Herngren and is based on a novel by writer Jonas Jonasson. In 2014 it was nominated for best European film at the Goya Awards and, a year later, it went to the Oscars to compete for the statuette for best makeup.
The film tells the story of Allan Karlsson, a hundred-year-old man who flee through a window of the residence in which they are admitted. Halfway between comedy and nostalgia, Allan relives some of his improbable anecdotes that have made him part of the living history of the 20th century: unique encounters with characters like Stalin or Churchill, compromising friendships with Mao's wife, high-profile activities risk as a CIA agent or assistant in the manufacture of the atomic bomb.
4- A window to the sea
Spanish cinema has also dealt with windows throughout history, although on occasions like this, it has done so in the form of a metaphor. This film by Miguel Ángel Jiménez was previewed at the 2019 San Sebastián Festival and tells the life of María, a civil servant from Bilbao who is diagnosed with a serious illness. Despite this, and contrary to her son, she decides to take a trip to Greece with her two best friends. There, you will discover the island of Nisyros, a small haven of peace and calm where you will feel the desire to live again. While exploring the island, drama turns to romance when she meets Stefanos. Having found the love of her life, María will be forced to decide whether to return to her family or stay with him on the small island until the end.
3- Window to Paris
This Russian-French co-production directed by Youri Mamime is a surreal comedy set in cold Moscow. Follow the steps of a music teacher who has lost his job and has to move into a room in a modest building, whose last occupant was an old woman who died more than a year ago. Strangely, he finds a cat locked in the closet that is perfectly healthy and well fed. He soon discovers the reasons: that room has a window that directly connects the Russian capital with Paris.
2- The secret window
In 2004 David Koepp adapted the novel Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King in this psychological thriller starring Johnny Deep and John Turturro.
Deep, highly rated by critics, plays a writer who is going through a bad creative moment. Under such circumstances, a strange character appears in his life who accuses him of having plagiarized one of his stories: “The secret Window”.
1- Rear Window
How could it be otherwise, this Alfred Hitchcock classic had to be the best window film of the history of the seventh art. Since its premiere in 1954, it has been the subject of multiple sequels and audiovisual references. Even the legendary series The Simpsons had its own “rear window” in the first episode of the sixth season when little Bart spies from his room on the hidden side of the inhabitants of Springfield.
The cult film for every movie buff deals with the situation of Stewart, a photojournalist who is forced to stay at home resting because his leg is in a cast. To escape boredom, watches from the window of his apartment with binoculars what happens in the homes on the opposite block. Due to a series of strange circumstances he begins to suspect a neighbor whose wife has disappeared.
