Beautiful! Beautiful!

Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2019)

Wonderfully subtle love story mixed into a suspenseful who dunnit story, intermingled with a few twinkling jokes. Beautiful! Beautiful!
Why is this detective story so wonderfully touching and beautiful? I dont wanna reveal any spoilers, but let me say this, that the subtle, true to life way in which the director portrays the love a man can feel for a woman, touches my heart in a profound way. This movie is definitely NOT a sentimental romantic story, not at all. On the contrary, this movie is firstmost a suspenseful detective story about the hunt for a killer who raped an innocent young woman. The romantic part sneaks up on me as viewer quite unexpectedly, which makes it even more touching.
Direction, photograpy, music score are all really excellent. I mean, there is a constant mood of silent sorrow, which encapsulates this picture. This wonderful melancholy mood is captured in the music and in the soft colors with which this story is being portrayed. This movie feels like a dear memory of a long gone summer holiday. This description might sound a bit vague, but what I am trying to express is that the director succeeded brilliantly in depicting a beautiful melancholy mood with the excellent use of the techniques of photography and music. Truly wonderful.
The story AND the acting though are what truly make this picture rise out far above any other detective or romantic story. This story gripped me from the start, kept me guessing untill the very suspenseful end, which I wont reveal ofcourse. Acting is just oooohhh ! Simply marvellous and so very true to life and even quite funny at times! Simply BEAUTIFUL! Highly recommended.
This is my 400th review. Thank you for reading!