From director Ye Lou of Suzhou River, comes this latest one which was banned in his homeland China. For references to the student democracy movement in '89 and lots of explicit sex. However, the movie has been released in island Red Dot with the tag line 'Uncut version of the film banned in China'. So political reporter K Kuppuswamy promptly called and we decided to watch it. Its a Passionate love story set during the period. And how the two protagonists get lost in their selves and the general chaos of the times. The director cleverly stays away from the politics (a pity though) and immerses himself in the characters. Laced with tragedy and the popular music of then. A fairly strongly made movie which highlights the passion of the youth with the background of a volatile situation - like many of the Indian movies made around the emergency / naxalite days. But somehow, the focus on the style makes it less gritty than what I would have liked.
Rating: * * +
2 comments:
Thank you for the nice post.
I lost myself in the film.
Rating: * * * +
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