There must be fundamental unprofessionalism in national financing of productions in Finland and, regarding this piece of tiresome crap, also on Germany. Dull, poorly directed and cut....could somebody explain why this was released at all ?
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Compelling but Contemplative view of guilt and death
jjr-7647428 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Clearly not your beers and buddy night movie. This is a slow paced, reflective, slightly depressing rainy afternoon piece.
It is first a reflection on reactions to an untimely death and the guilt it carries for survivors who feel partly responsible. However don't expect monologues and deep considerations, what actually makes it worth watching is its mundanity, people basically have to gon on living and working, while carrying the presence of death, or in this case of an actual corpse, int heir vicinity.
It is also a rare enough context, as it takes place on one of these giant container ships bringing products from a poor country sweatshop to the 10 euros bin of your supermarket. This allows the movie to also explore the difference of reactions between the crew, low pay natives from one of these poor countries, and the officers of the ship, well doing european professionals, in a way more deeply disturbed by death but having no choice but to follow the corporate expectations of the financial powers that decide the destiny of the ship and its cargo.
The almost documentary style works well, and the only scene which is really weak is the one time, in an harbor bar, when the movie is too scripted.
It is first a reflection on reactions to an untimely death and the guilt it carries for survivors who feel partly responsible. However don't expect monologues and deep considerations, what actually makes it worth watching is its mundanity, people basically have to gon on living and working, while carrying the presence of death, or in this case of an actual corpse, int heir vicinity.
It is also a rare enough context, as it takes place on one of these giant container ships bringing products from a poor country sweatshop to the 10 euros bin of your supermarket. This allows the movie to also explore the difference of reactions between the crew, low pay natives from one of these poor countries, and the officers of the ship, well doing european professionals, in a way more deeply disturbed by death but having no choice but to follow the corporate expectations of the financial powers that decide the destiny of the ship and its cargo.
The almost documentary style works well, and the only scene which is really weak is the one time, in an harbor bar, when the movie is too scripted.
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