cogent and forlorn, an elusive adaptation of the seagull. sophie is nina, destroyed by a distant gunshot. triangulation of desire. the director’s chekhov is seven and can be on his own.
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019
lacking sensuality, levity, texture (everyone has the same eyebrows). writing for passion, not for continuity, preaches sciamma. the mourir-courir pun that sets the tone for the « relationship » is as thick as the brushstrokes making up the terrible portraits. a fuir
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Nobody’s Daughter Haewon 2013
an affective portrait of a girl mapping her loneliness and frustration onto the routes she took, at different times, with her absent mother and just as absent lover.
felt deeply connected with droll representation of mother-daughter relationships: haewon’s jane birkin fantasy seemed to me no less farcical than the ridiculously heart-to-heart meeting with her actual mother.Translated from by
