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Kiss the Future

2023

Documentary, Self: Bono, U2, The Edge, Adam Clayton ...

Documentary The inescapably current story of defiance amid the 1990s Siege of Sarajevo. An underground community uses music and art to effect change and garner global attention, and a post-war concert by U2 celebrates the city’s triumph over ethnic nationalism.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This movie is a time-capsule of Europe’s recent tragic past (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"'Kiss The Future' is as smooth and slick a machine as any of the group’s giant stadium shows of the time"
		Matthew Carey Deadline	"'Kiss the Futur' succeeds on several levels – as an important reminder of a terrible genocidal war (...) and as a sort of time capsule"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Stirring doc depicts how U2 inspired war-torn Sarajevo"
		Chris Willman Variety	"While an interesting ’90s history lesson, Nenad Cicin-Sain's film could have benefited from portraying Sarejevo's resident artists at the close as extensively as it does at the beginning."
		Lou Thomas NME	"It was an emotional moment, demonstrating the power of music to bring people together – and remains so in this film (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"The story that 'Kiss the Future' tells offers an admirably potent blend of darkness and light. Specifically, the light that can emerge from darkness"
		Collin Souter rogerebert.com	"[It] uses hope, joy and love of art as its foundation for building its thesis on how the arts unifies, how it scares people in power and how it helped rebuild a city you’ll want to visit after seeing this film (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Ola Salwa Cineuropa	"By allowing music to speak, the director gives us a truly emotional experience and proves that even 30 years later, it still has a huge impact"

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