esrosedotblog

POETRY

Today's film was the NYTimes Critics' Pick

Silent Souls (2010)

Two friends set out with the one man's dead wife to return her to her ancestral grave.

They talk. They remember. They carry out their traditions.

This is a beautiful film. Photography clear as a bell. But it has no pretenses.

I liked it very much. There is no describing it except to say that the memories come to them as they drive and we get to see them vividly.

As it turns out the men are bound together in ways they cannot yet understand.

I would not mind seeing this again. It is totally quiet and engaging. Irresistible. A 4 out of Netflix5.