Sunday, October 29, 2017

Western (2017, Valeska Grisebach)

A lonely wolf, an alpha male, a woman they want, hostile landscapes and people. A group of explorers meeting natives, but in this case the explorers are not cowboys, but German workers who are supposed to build a power station. in Bulgaria. And the natives are the local population. They don't understand each other. Misunderstandings can spawn hostility, flirting can become harassment. And who will get the pretty bride in the end? The classical Western plot in modern Eastern Europe.
It is also about communication. The Germans don't speak the language of the local, the locals don't understand German. Everyone speaks their own language and at the end there is some sort of communication anyhow. There is not much happening on the surface, but still there is happening a lot in the faces of the protagonists. A quiet and strong film.
8/10

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