FESTIWAL FILMOW FRANKOFONSKICH (FRANCOPHONE FILM FESTIVAL) - ONLINE
LE JEUNE AHMED (YOUNG AHMED) (2019)
Watchable. The Belgian offering is the brainchild of the Dardenne brothers whose previous work includes "La fille inconnue" ("The Unknown Girl") - also dealing with the issues of acculturation of Arabs in Europe. They retake the subject, in a completely different story, in this efficient thriller which makes clever use of both suspense and depicting the issue from a few Muslim points of view. The movie's made by the numbers, with a few twists of action. Still, the by-the-book script means it's too predictable for the most part.
LES HIRONDELLES DE KABOUL (THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL) (2019)
Watchable. An elegant animation about the Taliban rule. This moving adaptation of the Algerian novel of the same title is too poetic, with unnatural dialogue, for a film. The literary conversations between the characters remind you over and over again it's fiction.
Next time subtitles on black background, please. Both films had them barely legible on light backgrounds.
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