The issue of the confrontation between the traditions of a small fishing village and a newly arrived sculptor is not original, but the film has a beautiful visual proposal, sustained in an excellent cinematography by Chananun Chotrungroj, which takes advantage of natural light and landscape. It is a film that is enjoyed in its form even though it does not contain a particularly attractive proposal.
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"The water is wide and I can't cross over,neither have I wings that I could fly,build a boat that can cross two,and both shall row my love and I."
morrison-dylan-fan21 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Having Moving On (2019-also reviewed) lined up as my final viewing at the Borderlines Film Festival,I began looking for a title to double bill it with. Going for the first film to pop up on the site,I decided to begin the final day of Borderlines viewings,by diving into the water.
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Introducing the screening/stream revealing that the title was shot in monsoon seasons on a small island, writer/director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit makes his feature film debut by closely working with cinematographer Chananun Chotrungroj to make the real monsoon season a prominent element in the movie.
Sumit & Chotrungroj land on the island with pelts of rain running down on hand-held tracking shots following Rudro, (played with a plucky enthusiasm by Titas Zia) bringing his artistic expressions to life in the heart of the repressive island, and gusts of wind crash onto stylish push-ins on the growing anger of the local leaders.
Entering the island as an outsider, the screenplay by Sumit brilliantly sculpts Rudro's art pushing the boundaries of the hard-line religious leaders of the land into the sea,with a poetic final confrontation, where Mother Nature disproves the superstitions the locals have held about a stranger entering their land,as Sumit tastes the salt in the water.
View on the film:
Introducing the screening/stream revealing that the title was shot in monsoon seasons on a small island, writer/director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit makes his feature film debut by closely working with cinematographer Chananun Chotrungroj to make the real monsoon season a prominent element in the movie.
Sumit & Chotrungroj land on the island with pelts of rain running down on hand-held tracking shots following Rudro, (played with a plucky enthusiasm by Titas Zia) bringing his artistic expressions to life in the heart of the repressive island, and gusts of wind crash onto stylish push-ins on the growing anger of the local leaders.
Entering the island as an outsider, the screenplay by Sumit brilliantly sculpts Rudro's art pushing the boundaries of the hard-line religious leaders of the land into the sea,with a poetic final confrontation, where Mother Nature disproves the superstitions the locals have held about a stranger entering their land,as Sumit tastes the salt in the water.
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