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Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Not really sure how I feel about this film. There was some really cool parts but I felt a lot of the interesting parts were irrelevant and didn't add that much to the plot. The acting was pretty good, I really fucking love Aisling Bea and I think the director did a lot of heavy lifting for a bit of a weak script as the story felt a bit shallow. It didn't lean far enough in the comedy and so at parts felt a bit cold and made me uncomfortable. Not the worst, but definitely wanted more out of it.
An arduous journey of a film. In researching. I learned that the people who inspired the character Laszlo Toth didn't have to suffer displacement and poverty for a while whilst their art was disregarded. They actually paid to evade persecution and managed to have successful careers in architecture in their new country almost immediately. This is not to say they didn't experience emotional trauma and hardship from the persecution they faced for their religion. Ofcourse it was awful but they…