I'm not sure what film the other reviewers watched but they obviously have very low standards. Some of the reviewers are in fact cast and crew and friends of the filmmakers which is NOT a fair representation of this film.
Ill begin with a very fair breakdown of the film.
The images and landscapes are very fantastic and beautifully presented. The music was OK but I could have used more emotional scores. A few fine actors but overall, the layers of the characters were bare and felt lifeless. The 2 leads were not strong actors at all.
Lots of silence but yet the gap is hardly filled with any emotion or thoughts, if you look at the actors faces, their expressions did not fill me with emotion. A film doesn't need to be fast paced but its needs heart and soul and needs to hook into your heart but sadly it does not.
The topic does not fare well inside the poor storytelling. I love slow movies, but this didn't have the gravitas to move it forward. An exciting lead actor can move mountains without words and get you excited to follow their journey. I nearly fell asleep watching this and found it very hard to watch.
Films don't need an ending, they need a resolution, abrupt endings don't speak of the resolution that hasn't been found yet, when you feel yanked out in a technical way, it's not art, it feels odd and like a mistake or poor storytelling. There are many ways you could leave the audience, you shouldn't feel annoyed, you should feel YES this is an ongoing issue.
There was no real arc or journey here, just a bunch of mismatched scenes and trying to force emotion from a real important subject that the filmmaker actually did not live, and it shows.
Other than the cinematography and music there isn't much here to call home about, especially from refuges point of perspective.
