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But in the meantime, the happiness of five people at the onset of the AIDS epidemic is severely altered by events in Andre Techines fine film

Les témoins / The Witnesses (2007)

There are layers and layers of story lines here but they all converge on the beginnings of the plague which was first thought to be a gay disease.

Not so.

There is great joy in this film and, of course, great sadness. Each end of the cycle amplified by the other.

There is no accounting for the wonderful charm and pathos of this film. It speaks to us directly through the people who are most affected. One of them tells the story which becomes the film. A familiar plot line but, here, more extraordinary because of the circumstances.

I have seen this several times and will see it yet again.

This is a 5 out of Netflix5.

Superb. And the grand finale to the Techine fest. For now.

Labels: films