A brilliant script well executed. The film was immediately engaging and a short while in thoroughly absorbing. It provided a nuanced peek into the lives of some ordinary people faced with problems a little bit beyond their ken. They get caught up in a legal tangle that is understandable from all perspectives and once in there was no way out.
There were no good guys here, no bad guys...just real folks all doing the best they can and in spite of that they end up being tortured by life's vicissitudes.
This won best foreign film...yet another indictment of the the stupidity of the academy system. It was the best picture of the year by far and should have been recognized as such. Not especially cinematic...the film was all talking heads...but the intelligence and the humanity on display here shames anything that has come out of hollywood in recent years.
Thank god for films like this one. It justifies all the time and effort I put into this activity.
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