A German drama in which a team of builders come into conflict with a Bulgarian village, near which they're working.
A film of spare beauty and thought-provoking substance, Western also makes the most of a non-professional cast who add considerably to its gritty authenticity.
Boasts a vibrant realism and a humanism that translate into a delicate miracle.
Valeska Grisebach’s striking drama – about foreign construction workers angling for trouble in rural Bulgaria – constantly subverts genre expectations.
A thoughtful tale of identity, flawed masculinity and the way past actions constantly haunt the present.
A Bulgarian construction site is the focus for an acute interrogation of masculinity and economic imperialism.
The result is a sometimes absorbing, sometimes inscrutable, but always compelling exploration of the complex ways people try to define themselves in a world where the old certainties have been dismantled and reassembled so many times they’ve become meaningless.
Valeska Grisebach
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday April 27, 2018, until Thursday May 3, 2018. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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