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3.5/4
Everyman's crime.
memento_mori - wrote on 12/03/2013
This film was screening at a film festival near where I live, and for a long time I was considering going to see the film.
Well, freak occurrences seem to be a good thing in this case, because Potosí is phenomenal.
From the opening slide to the closing whisper, this film will spectacle you with pretty much everything that's bad about humanity.
It's inspiring to know the fact that this is a cinematic debut, and it works so well. The lighting and framework are simply perfect.
So many excellent recurring motifs oppose and combine throughout the story. Light and darkness, frustration and tranquility, anger and forgiveness, corruption and justice, deterioration and restoration, noise and silence. Jaw-dropping work in every single scene.
The way it is shot and cut makes it look …
