Anyone who says they don’t understand why this film is so long just shouldn’t comment. For me, these 3 hours and 35 minutes flew by like an hour and a half. The magnificence of the scenes, the music, the colors, the transitions—everything is so meticulously crafted, just like the main character’s arc.
The elegance with which the protagonist’s trauma, along with that of his loved ones, is portrayed—stemming from war, emigration, and his status as a Jew in that…
