Review of Sunset Song (2015) by Bolek K — 09 Dec 2015
A good film worth watching but....
It's the inverse of the Railway Children. Both in story and mood. Dark and and reflective of the rural working class daily strife set in a harsh Presbyterian Scottish community.
It is 90% about a young woman conflicted within the confines of rural poverty, religion and gender with fantastic acting from an old friend actually, Agnes Deyn.
The cinematography is awesome as are the sets. The script is wonderful only dipping into the unreal occasionally. No spoilers.
It feels at time like a play in theatre but then reverts back to a film.
One cannot help though and admire what is a unique and almost real window on our past and our history. Not the glorified history of books but the hard reality of working class struggle before the First World War.
Grim, enlightening, challenging, some minor oddities.
This review of Sunset Song (2015) was written by Bolek K on 09 Dec 2015.
Sunset Song has generally received positive reviews.
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