Far from a mere technical exercise

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2020)

A riveting journey from quiet beginning to cathartic and captivating end. The real-time, one-shot concept is effective but would not have worked as well as it did without the excellent camerawork, production design, and performances. Far from a mere technical exercise, here the fear, the mud, the tears, and the blood are all too real and heart-wrenching (stand-out moments include no-man's land, tragedy at the farm, the petals on the river (sob), talking to baby, surreal song in the forest).