Deeply affecting

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2006)

A friend insisted I see this film. I had no plan to see it. He said you've got to. So, I just got home. I am deeply moved and affected by this story. I am no expert reviewer, just a simple watcher of many films. I can say that the time sped by, although the story telling is slow. I realize now how deliberate that was. I was not bored for a second. In the slowness, there is story. Packed with story. Not always very much dialogue, but there is story, nonetheless. After the first half hour, I wanted to experience the film and allowed myself the pleasure, not just watch it. I can also see where this film may not get much attention. It is such a film that one must ponder a bit to really enjoy it, be moved by it. It takes a surrender of sorts of one's protective emotional armor. We tend not to enjoy or otherwise subject ourselves to such things in film. Thanks to my friend JG for the insistence.