Victoria

This film was one of the best films I've ever seen. All the young actors are astonishingly good, so much so I was so immersed in the story I felt like I was watching a documentary. It is heartbreaking, beautiful, tender and incredibly emotionally intelligent, but what stood out for me was the huge compassion with which these young people's stories are told. I don't think I've ever seen vulnerable young people's inner worlds and pain and trauma conveyed in such an intensely heartbreaking, raw and yet at the same time profoundly beautiful way. These characters, each and every one of them, touched my soul, I cared about them as if they were people I know, and they have stayed with me. Go and see this film, your heart will be broken, it is heart-rending but also profoundly uplifting which you will only understand when you see it. It will enrich your soul, and it will make you a better human being. Films like this are rare, an absolute jewel.