There she is befriended by Alfie, an amusement arcade manager, who ultimately restores her faith in humanity. The Last Resort Understated and unsentimental, the film portrays the misery and uncertainty that refugees face without stripping them of their dignity. Hand-held, fluid camerawork deftly captures the desolate concrete hell that is Stonehaven and underscores Pawlikowski s documentary background. Naturalistic performances and the director s astute portrayal of the hardships and pleasures of ordinary life imbue the work with tenderness. The Last Resort won the Golden Alexander for best film in the international competition section and its two leads, Paddy Considine and Dina Korzun, won the awards for best actor and best actress.
Woman is divided into three vignettes.
The first episode opens with a girl on her ninth birthday. Hava wants to go out and play with her childhood friends, but her mother and grandmother tell her it is no longer possible. Turning nine means she is now a woman, and leaving the house to play with boys would be a sin. In the next sequence, we see a girls' cycling race. Young women, their dark veils flapping in the breeze like ships sails, are swiftly pedaling along a winding desert road.