Other comments have detailed some of the plot elements of this beautiful film, but haven't really mentioned the perfect visual balances throughout this film that also help keep it from sliding into depression or wallowing or sentimentality. For example, as the main character hauls his possessions to sell at the market one by one, the visual incongruity of the huge items he's hauling on his own down a stretch of endless highway is so quirky and absurd that the subtle smart humor offsets any chance we'd let pity sully the scene.
There are scenes in this film so gorgeous that I think of them with crystal clarity, even months later.
Don't miss this film if you have the chance to see it.
There are scenes in this film so gorgeous that I think of them with crystal clarity, even months later.
Don't miss this film if you have the chance to see it.