A Portrait on a search for Happiness takes us to the Northern Cape, in a modern-day proletariat's quest for diamonds. Director Benjamin Rost did a wonderful job in capturing the sensitivity of the characters' experience.
The film moves the narrative measuredly, often breaking away from each interview into these characters areas, so we get a clear understanding of why they spend their entire days, digging and digging and digging.
The film shows great ability to collide the experiences of three characters: a young father looking to change the fortunes of him and his family, a virtually homeless former cook who once rubbed shoulders with royalty, and a former diamond diver.
A Portrait on a search for Happiness, is a quest of the tangible, but what we can get from it is the intangible, human spirit.
The film moves the narrative measuredly, often breaking away from each interview into these characters areas, so we get a clear understanding of why they spend their entire days, digging and digging and digging.
The film shows great ability to collide the experiences of three characters: a young father looking to change the fortunes of him and his family, a virtually homeless former cook who once rubbed shoulders with royalty, and a former diamond diver.
A Portrait on a search for Happiness, is a quest of the tangible, but what we can get from it is the intangible, human spirit.
