Love is a force that transcends
language, and this Austrian-French-German co-production is evidence.
Even when words fail the two elderly leads, their emotions ring
through loud and clear.
This docudrama should not merely be written off as socially conscious politics on film, because it's so terrifically entertaining. Smartly crafted to boot.
The
heady Enlightenment-era ideas don't dull, but rather propel, the
tense love story in this reserved chamber romance. Lavish production
values and staid performances meld beautifully.
A hard-edged romance that shines
a harsh, unflinching light on human emotion, stripping its characters
down to the human essence of vulnerability without the slightest
trace of sentiment or melodrama.
This wrenching, disturbing
account of the trails and tragedies of a child soldier in Africa is
brought to life by an efficient vignette-driven structure and a
powerful performance from young Rachel Mwanza.
