Thursday, April 11, 2024

DREAMING AND DYING (2023) NDNF 2024


After years apart three school friends meet and consider their lives and relationships. 

Odd off kilter and magic realist drama  is an art house film full of long silence, meaningful sighs and sad looks. It is a film that is full of self importance and unspoken meaning.

This film didn't really work for me. From the opening image of a woman sitting by a statue of a hand this film felt off. It wanted me to know it was going to be about something. However as time went on I never clicked with it. In large part this was due to my not understanding why these three were together for any length of time. Yes. there are reasons, but at the same time there wasn't enough to propel even a 75 minute film.

This film missed for me.

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