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A black & white foreign film (six languages @ once in the same film: Polish | French | German | Russian | Italian | Croatian), beautifully photographed and acted. It's a dramatic love story between a music composer and a singer.
It starts like a music documentary in the countryside during winter. Right from the first images you can tell this is something special, not your average filmmaking from this continent. You embark on the journey no question asked, I.
The care given to this film is the care given to your soul. It hits all the right chords, the right strings, the piano notes in all the right places...in the heart of love.
The immense beauty is in the b&w cinematography, the 4:3 screen aspect ratio (where you see more with less, and with depth), the voices, the music, the story, the acting, the locales, ...everything including the black fading edits.
It's the genre of film that keeps playing even after the very end of all the rolling credits.
Overall: 96 (no, make that 97).
Last word: You need to watch it twice; once without the subtitles, and another with them. The order you choose is your own decision. The reason is because if you read the subtitles you're going to miss some magnificent elements of the cinematography, just trust me. Plus, you'll appreciate the music that much more.
It is the second best film I saw in the last twelve months after Roma.
Is it slow like 'Roma'? It just doesn't matter, it's the journey that counts...and life is a journey...no matter how long or how short and how fast or how slow.
The film is one minute short of an hour and half. You go through it like time is not important, not when you're in love. Highest recommendation.
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A black & white foreign film (six languages @ once in the same film: Polish | French | German | Russian | Italian | Croatian), beautifully photographed and acted. It's a dramatic love story between a music composer and a singer.
It starts like a music documentary in the countryside during winter. Right from the first images you can tell this is something special, not your average filmmaking from this continent. You embark on the journey no question asked, I.
The care given to this film is the care given to your soul. It hits all the right chords, the right strings, the piano notes in all the right places...in the heart of love.
The immense beauty is in the b&w cinematography, the 4:3 screen aspect ratio (where you see more with less, and with depth), the voices, the music, the story, the acting, the locales, ...everything including the black fading edits.
It's the genre of film that keeps playing even after the very end of all the rolling credits.
Overall: 96 (no, make that 97).
Last word: You need to watch it twice; once without the subtitles, and another with them. The order you choose is your own decision. The reason is because if you read the subtitles you're going to miss some magnificent elements of the cinematography, just trust me. Plus, you'll appreciate the music that much more.
It is the second best film I saw in the last twelve months after Roma.
Is it slow like 'Roma'? It just doesn't matter, it's the journey that counts...and life is a journey...no matter how long or how short and how fast or how slow.
The film is one minute short of an hour and half. You go through it like time is not important, not when you're in love. Highest recommendation.
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