9
… a film made with precision and daring, anchored by brilliant performances, that represents an uncompromised artistic vision.
Marta Bergman’s Belgian film, The Silent Run, has just world premiered in competition* at The Cairo International Film Festival and the engrossing humanistic immigrant story will surely be a contender
French-Romanian actress Anamaria Vartolomei [left at Cannes, photo by Helen Barlow], 26, has gone from strength to strength since she starred in Audrey Diwan’s Happening which won the Golden Lion
6
... tiring and overbearing ...
7.5
… a stinging critique of a country in transition between Western aspiration and Eastern disorientation, filtered through the fuzzy lens of an unearthed VHS mixtape.