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The Great Movement

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2022)

El gran movimiento

2021

Kiro Russo

Julio Cesar Ticona, Max Bautista Uchasara, Francisa Arce de Aro, Israel Hurtado, Gustavo Milán

6.6

152

Drama A symphony of the city in the heights, the illness of a worker, the nightmare and his redemption.

	Media	Author	Review
		Manuel Betancourt Variety	"Kiro Russo has crafted a beguiling and nightmarish look at Bolivia’s capital (...) There’s an undeniable assurance in the filmmaking here and a clear point of view"
		Amber Wilkinson Radio Times	"Russo delivers a heady mix that requires a willingness from the viewer to leave logic behind and go along for the ride (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"This is a film of interesting ideas, brilliantly shot with some fascinating scenes. But for me it felt a little too obscure, too impenetrable (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Holland Screendaily	"It’s a small miracle that such a stylistic pick and mix should cohere into something satisfying, but it does"
		William Repass Slant	"A mosaic resolving out of innumerable shards, as exhilarating and revelatory as it is disturbing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Soham Gadre The Film Stage	"All culminates in a work both fascinating in its suggestions and beautiful in its compositions, but perhaps a bit too meandering in its own weirdness."
		Dustin Chang Screen Anarchy	"'El Gran Movimiento' is a topical film with strong visuals as well as a boundary-pushing cinematic exercise that is undoubtedly one of the best films of the year"
		Eamon Tracy Irish Film Critic	"One of the high marks of the [Venice Film Festival], possibly the year (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Fabien Lemercier Cineuropa	"Creating a striking level of chemistry between profound documentary realism and mesmerising fiction (...) Kiro Russo imposes his brilliant cinematographic personality and his highly original gift for conveying atmospheres"

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