Writer/director Johnny O’Reilly found himself in Russia during college and decided to stay despite Hollywood opportunities after releasing his debut narrative feature The Weather Station. He sought to film a personal story set in his adoptive home Moscow, one that would touch upon its myriad complexities. So he wrote a sprawling character study following multiple members of and in close proximity to two families on the year’s celebratory “City Day.” Think Crash and its emotion-heavy propulsion, the whole steeped in slice of life observation rather than linear three-act plot working towards a single goal. Some will die by the end and others will discover what it means to live. Some will free themselves from shackles (physical and mental) while others discover they simply aren’t yet able to escape.
I don’t know about you, but that type of parallel optimism and oppression is exactly what I...
I don’t know about you, but that type of parallel optimism and oppression is exactly what I...
- 6/10/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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