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It also helps us to reassess what weve lost over the centuries.
It might just be nonsense.

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Well, it is.
As the story unfolds, its inherent violence is let loose with full, visceral force.
Never less than unsettling and sometimes devastating, it is not easy viewing.

‘Another End’Indigo Film/Rai Cinema
Assayas film, slight and playful though it is, is a stab in that dark.
And neither the country nor the characters are allowed a happy ending, which speaks to the films integrity.
It is an unforgiving kind of stringency; his frigidity leaves many viewers cold.
But it works well here.
But the perfect vehicle must be out there somewhere, waiting.
In this instance, however, these elements, taken together, feel frustratingly slight.