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Jirga

2018

Benjamin Gilmour

Sam Smith, Janaat Gul Mastana, Sharif Ullah, Waseem Arman ...

5.8

31

Drama After finding the family of a civilian he accidentally killed during the war, a former Australian soldier returns to Afghanistan to face his demons, in Benjamin Gilmour's affecting drama.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Luke Buckmaster The Guardian	"[It] is filled with calibrated rawness and contemplative restraint (...) This very fine film has a way of pulling you towards its wavelength (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Harry Windsor The Hollywood Reporter	"It feels a little obvious and even patronizing (...) The character registers more like a vessel for a moral lesson than flesh and blood"	NEG
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"This movie is undeniably a remarkable achievement. You wish it had just a little more dramatic heft."	POS
United States	Eddie Cockrell Variety	"As interesting as all this is, and as challenging and perilous it must have been to capture these images, 'Jirga’s' elliptical approach to plot and selective use of subtitles does the finished product no favors"	NEU
Australia	Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald	"It’s a fine film, even without the backstory. Gilmour shows a real empathy with the Afghani non-actors. Their character and traditions are part of the subject, and both are surprising (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Australia	Karl Quinn The Age	"No film released in 2018 deserves a Medal of Honour as much as 'Jirga' (...) A quite remarkable piece of work all the same."	POS
Australia	Louise Keller Urbancinefile	"It is gripping cinema. Benjamin Gilmour has made a visually stunning film whose narrative is simple, yet its implications are complex."	POS
Canada	Radheyan Simonpillai Now Toronto	"Well-intentioned but morally simplistic"	NEU

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