Taufeeq Ahmed Sheikh

It is seldom I see that a master of craft like Jonathan Hopkins would ever let audiences focus drift from him as even his silence is captivating, not unless it is by design. It is by the virtue of brilliant storytelling combined with the grace of some truly dedicated artist true to their craft, that let this novel story shine and Jonathan Pryce I would say has arguably delivered one of his finest in cinema. The list of the techniques acquired and delivered to perfection was far too long that I had to give up noticing them in the first 20 mins of the movie itself and eventually just sit back and indulge in the sheer brilliance of what we call the cinema. A love story that wasn't told, a marriage that did not happen but it was all there to experience and hopefully for us to embrace. The smoke did rise up for me and the chimes were sweet as honey. It is rare to see Bella Ciao and Reverence to the church to be a part of the same narrative and yet not conflict.