Look, Stranger (2010) DVD Color Approx. 81 min. Optional English subtitles / close captions Playable on any standard North American (US, Canada, etc.) DVD player
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Tom Burke, Valentina Berisa, Naod Dile Zoric, Celestine Olisa, Andjela Stamenkovic, Nenad Ciric and Danilo Rondovic. Written and directed by Arielle Javitch.
Set in an unidentified world at war, this is the story of a woman (Anamaria Marinca) making a dangerous journey home. When her guide is killed on the road in an arbitrary act of violence, the woman is forced to rely on a young man (Tom Burke), who agrees to travel with her for a price. Increasingly unable to distinguish between reality and hallucination, the woman finds comfort in her relationship with the man and in the presence of a mysterious child (Valentina Berisa) from her past.
An intense character and landscape study, Look, Stranger is a visual meditation on the psychological trauma of war.
This film is the first and only feature film for dancer, turned filmmaker, Arielle Javitch, and wow, what a debut it i!. We'll warn you up front - this is a very abstract film, so don't expect a traditional dialogue-driven story, that can be easily watched and just as easily forgotten. Instead, we get almost a silent film where the images and excellent acting tell a story on a much deeper level than words ever could.
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