Deborah Young - The Film Verdict

Clara Sola

Posted by Deborah Young | Oct 27, 2021 | Cannes, El Gouna, Festivals, London |

Costa Rica dancer Wendy Chinchilla Araya gives an eerie, riveting perf but it only goes so far in this unstructured tale of magic realism and female power from debuting director Nathalie Alvarez Mesen.

Compartment No. 6

Posted by Deborah Young | Oct 26, 2021 | Cannes, El Gouna, Festivals, Oscar shortlist |

You can’t say no to a relationship this mismatched in Juho Kuosmanen’s warm-hearted but melancholy voyage to nowhere, starring Russian actor of the moment Yuriy Borisov and Seidi Haarla as the Finnish tourist who stumbles across him.

Life of Ivanna

Posted by Deborah Young | Oct 23, 2021 | El Gouna, Festivals |

Documaker Renato Borrayo Serrano offers eye-opening glimpses into the harrowing and chaotic life of a modern Nenets woman that overturn stereotypes about Arctic life.

Murina

Posted by Deborah Young | Oct 22, 2021 | Cannes, El Gouna, Festivals |

‘Murina’, which won this year’s Camera d’Or in Cannes for first-time director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, extols female rebellion but walks a dangerous tightrope connecting the male gaze with the body of a rebellious 17-year-old girl.

As in Heaven

Posted by Deborah Young | Oct 16, 2021 | Featured, Festivals, San Sebastian |

In the 19th century, a 14-year-old Danish girl struggles between her will and God’s in Tea Lindeburg’s impressionistic period drama, winner of the best director nod in San Sebastian.

Author: Deborah Young

Clara Sola

Compartment No. 6

Life of Ivanna

Murina

As in Heaven