The pallid, opaque Sokolowski is a real discovery, and this mysterious, elliptical film patiently builds, via a detour to the Middle East, to its climactic act of rain-drenched salvation.
The opaque Sokolowski is a real discovery, and this mysterious film builds to its climactic act of salvation: one to watch alongside Robert Bresson’s Diary Of A Country Priest.
A controversial exploration of different faiths. Newcomer Julie Sokolowski shows her mettle.
The film never takes us far enough.
Visually impressive, it astutely employs secular and religious music to mirror her emotions. Overall, though, it’s mostly frustrating.
Dumont has an unique ability to create enigmatic, contemporary parables that get under your skin.
The plot is a squib of Christian-Islam collision that foments a terrorist outrage: it's utterly unbelievable. But Dumont's exaltation of the face and all it contains of love and doubt has a near-transcendent power.
Challenging, thought provoking and extraordinarily powerful.
Dumont's elliptical movie is as stiff as an over-starched wimple and rather tedious, but like earlier films of his it has something that sticks in the mind like the hook in a fish's mouth.
A grown-up – and enigmatic – look at faith and its many complexities and implications.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday March 16, 2012, until Thursday March 22, 2012. 1.00pm. Not screening on the 18th.. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/
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