Beautiful movie! Carefully crafted, but so natural and free of movie fingerprints. The scenes were shot in sequence with lesser known or non-actors from the Delta area. Lots of dialogue was reshaped by the actors during shooting.
It's beautifully done. Moving story. I highly recommend this.
This review of Ballast (2008) was written by Umi B on 17 Feb 2009.
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