Best film at the 2006 Toronto Film Fest

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2007)

This was the best film I saw at the Toronto Film Festival -- so powerful I willingly sat through the violence, I couldn't look away. Poetic, history as told by a storyteller who knows that people are at the heart of any story. Everything in this film is political, but the political never overwhelms the personal. Everything about this movie is beautiful, devastating and yet wonderful. Through this award season I have been shaking my head, wondering why the film that won the Palme D'Or at Cannes isn't part of the mix. Now I see that it is due for release in the U.S. in March, so I'll look forward to next the next Golden Globe/ SAG/ Oscar season to see it get its due.