Love Film

Rating:
Summary: Truly a film about the complexities of "love"
Review: I can't remember seeing a movies truly capture the complexities of love, outside of some melodramatic tragedies or intelligently silly comedies. "Love Film" beautifully winds together the human experience of love from childhood crushes straight through to the harsh realities of adulthood.

Set in cold-war era Hugary, then Paris, the movie chronicles the inseparable Kata and Janci. Told under a somewhat muddied flashback from Janci's perspective, we see the two children as somewhat inseparable throughout their wintertime adventures, schooling in war-time, and as little children in a Stalinist regime. The two are quite believeable as childhood sweethearts, and the set for the first and second acts is very tightly composed. The courtyard, a railing on a bridge, a streetcar and a vacant lot all act to gorund the film as the characters grow up and navigate adolescence.

Separated by political circumstances, the main focus of the plot is Janci's reuniting with an adult Kata. The reunion itself brings back a few devices from throughout the film, though a little time is spent on the tragedy of Lovers separated by the word.

Eventually, the childhood couple, through adult realities and some bitterness, end up coming to a conclusion that is as realistic as the film itself.

Rating:
Summary: beautiful, intelligent love story
Review: I really enjoyed this film. The films was fluid, engaging, and realistic. It is not only a love film to two people, but also to Hungary.