6/10
Formulaic festival movie
3 March 2024
If you are a logical person you won't like the movie because it doesn't have an ending, explanation or closure.

It follows the basic formula of a festival film:
  • Have an irrational character act irrationally
  • Put some depression into the main character
  • Create doubts
  • Don't explain anything, leave it to the viewers


This movie follows the formula step by step. The main character (a teacher) deals with a theft situation in the school. Some people involved act irrationally. The teacher is having troubles dealing with the situation.

The movie director deliberately sprinkles doubts and leaves them there. He chooses to focus on the teacher's feeling and actions. So he doesn't care about explaining anything. Just shows us how the teacher is trying to coup with all the drama. That's it.

I don't like it when writers/directors choose the easy road and leave things in the air. They can do both; show us the emotional journeys of the characters and still find a way for a closure.
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