Tag: Locarno Film Festival 2022

My Neighbor Adolf

Posted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 4, 2022 | Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022 |

A misfire of perplexing obliviousness, in which we’re meant to believe that Udo Kier’s character once bore a striking resemblance to Hitler. The best that can be said about this limp comedy is that it could have been far more offensive.

Declaration

Posted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 4, 2022 | Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022 |

Class inequality, corruption and power dynamics between the sexes is the background to this working-class Malayalam drama anchored by the nuanced female lead, played by Divya Prabha, and mesmeric images in a latex glove factory.