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Ingmar Bergman famously struggled with “the silence of God,” and the nonetheless digicam seems to increase that mute-witness side of God, somebody who watches over this tranquil group however neither helps the great nor punishes the unhealthy
The title of Don Palathara’s new movie, which had its world premiere on the Worldwide Movie Competition of Rotterdam this yr, is an easy phrase, a heartwarming phrase: household. It’s the type of phrase you’d use to explain the bunch of individuals, on this small village, who collect to haul out a cow that has fallen right into a ditch. You’d say the group has come collectively as a “household”. However an early scene reveals us that the phrase could be one thing sinister, too. Throughout a theatrical wedding ceremony ritual, a barber is assigned to spruce up the groom. Beneath regular circumstances, this is able to simply imply giving a shave or a facial. However right here, there’s one thing the barber must do first. He must ask everybody gathered whether or not they give him permission to beautify the groom. He asks the individuals on the left aspect of the corridor, after which he asks these on the best aspect. And solely when everybody says “sure” does he start to do his job.
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