10/10
Incredible, raw, brutal, beautiful
24 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
It will take me a while to fully digest this film. It's been on my watch list a few years, having watched Antichrist, Melancholia and the Idiots.

I came across it on a list of films that you will only want to watch once.

I was absolutely captivated, horrified, entranced...

So many instances of Chekhov's gun, I wasn't sure they'd all be used but they were to devastating affect. My only criticism is the length of some of the musical numbers I wanted to be back into the brutal outside world, perhaps because I was dreading the inevitable sequence of tragedies and wanted them to be over.

I am not sure if I would watch this again. The emotions I experienced on this first watch will never be repeated.

Absolutely watch this film. Next in my watch list are Dogville and Breaking the Waves. Wish me luck!
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